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Many blessings to you all! See you in 2021 - Love, Your Grateful Admin Team

at a Glance
12/18/20
MRS. JOHNSON'S NOTES
Dear Parents, 

Thank you, again for all the gift cards for our staff Bingo game. It was a big hit with the teachers. They certainly felt appreciated by your generosity. The spirit days this week were so much fun! Thanks to those that posted to the Padlet on our eCLASS page.

Winter break is now upon us. The staff have been busy recording some bedtime stories for you to watch every night. The schedule and link to the stories can be found on our eCLASS home page. Please encourage your child to read nightly and take AR tests. We are trying to beat our record of 12,000,000 words read in one month. Students have until December 31 to get their tests completed.

On January 6, families will be able to pick up lunches at the school from 11:00 - 12:00. This is a shorter window than normal.  

Students return on January 7. Please add these important dates to your calendars. January 11 @ 6:30- PTA General Meeting, January 13 - Picture retakes, and January 14 @ 6:00, School Council Meeting. PTA and School Council will be virtual meetings.  

Have a wonderful holiday break! We will see you in 2021!
PTA NEWS AND EVENTS
Thank you to all of our Reflections participants, Emilie DeBoer, Matiwos Haile, Aanya Pandey, Sanaa Williams, and Ji (Jimmy) Zhang.  A special congratulations to our Reflections winners who have moved onto the next round of judging! Thank you to all who participated, and we can't wait to see what you all create next year! 

Jimmy Zhang- 1st place for 4th grade- Literature

Sanaa Williams- 1st place- Film Production 

Matiwos Haile- 2nd place- Film Production 


We are sad to announce that our annual Holiday Shop will not be able to go on as planned this year. But there is still a super easy way for you to help raise money for our school, without any extra money out of your pocket- Sign Up for AmazonSmile.

Here's how to sign up for AmazonSmile:
  1. Visit smile.amazon.com.
  2. Sign in with your Amazon.com credentials.
  3. Choose a charitable organization to receive donations, or search for the charity of your choice.
  4. Select your charity.



Looking for an even easier holiday gift for your Bronco fan?? We are still selling our RD Head spirit wear! you can purchase anytime on member hub https://gapta-1792.new.memberhub.store/store

As you may have heard, we are having an exciting yearbook this year, with submissions from parents making up the majority of the yearbook.  So far, we have two challenges for submissions.  
Our August challenge: Submissions are closed!
Our September challenge: Visit a natural outdoor body of water (creek, stream, waterfall, river, lake, ocean, or sea) or outdoor water activity (water sprinkler, water balloons, swimming pool, water slide)
October Yearbook Challenge: zoo, animal, sanctuary, farm, or pet care. (Alpaca farm, yellow river sanctuary, do something with your pet, Stone Mountain barnyard, visit a pet store or a pet shelter)
November Yearbook Challenge: Take a hike, walk your neighborhood, go on a bike ride, scooter ride, roller skating, roller blading
December Yearbook Challenge: Bake something fun and share it with a friend or your family, make a holiday card and share it, or capture an act of kindness!

Please submit full resolution photos to rdheadyearbook@gmail.com

Follow us on Facebook for more information: https://www.facebook.com/HeadPTA

If you would like to volunteer, please contact any PTA Executive Committee member, we would love to have you!
AROUND SCHOOL

Winter Break Bedtime Stories

Over the break, make sure to visit our school's eCLASS page. A few of our Head Elementary staff members will be reading their favorite stories online. Stories will be posted by 5:00 PM for those that like to get to bed early!
 
Schedule of Readers: https://tinyurl.com/yy3ceclp

How do I access the online bedtime stories?: https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cYloYV83DV

CAFETERIA
Free Meals will continue through the end of the school year in May.  Free breakfast and Lunch are available to students learning in person. Digital students and any child 18 or younger may pick up free breakfast and lunch curbside in the car rider lane, Monday through Friday 11:00 to 1:00. Students do not have to be present when they pick up their meals.  


JANUARY 6TH ONLY 
MEALS WILL BE PROVIDED CURBSIDE FROM 11:00 TO 12:00 
AND ALSO BUS STOP DELIVERY WITH BUSES  
ARRIVING AT 1ST STOP 10:45-11:00 

NORMAL CURBSIDE HOURS OF 11:00 TO 1:00 WILL RESUME ON JANUARY 7TH 
THANK YOU ENJOY THE WINTER BREAK 
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR 




MEDIA CENTER

Digital friends:  Any books not picked up today, 12/18 will be checked in.  You will need to "rehold" books.  The first digital pickup day will be 1/8/21.  The hold due date for digital pickup is 1/6/21 by 4pm. 
 
If you are transitioning to in-person learning you will be allowed 4 books instead of 10 when you return.  
 
In-person friends, please don't put books on hold if you have 4 checked out or overdues.  Return what you've read, then put a couple on hold.  Thank you!
 
Here are some more options for reading over the break!
Use the SORA app to read online (link on Media Center page in eclass.)   Since you are reading online, you can easily open a tab to take the AR quiz when you are finished.  If you don't know the quiz # you can type the title or google AR book finder to get it.  There is also an app for AR book finder. 
 
For those who want more books to read than we can provide at school (like the whole Wimpy Kid series at one time or ALL the Mo Willems books...) You can reserve books from the public library online and they will notify you when they are ready for pickup.  You can even go into some branch locations to pick books in person using social distancing and wearing masks. 
 
 
With this link you enter the child's student ID number and their password is their birth month and day (ex. 0805.)  From here you can navigate and put books on hold at your closest Gwinnett Public Library.   Just another way to keep reading or supplement what you check out from the school.  Most books have AR so once you finish your book you can take the quiz.
 
If you have a library card you can reserve books that way as well.  

The link to AR is https://global-zone05.renaissance-go.com/welcomeportal/310783  This link is also on the student eclass page and can be used from home until 10pm nightly.  
 
Our December challenge ends 12/31 so try to take as many quizzes as you can!  We can't wait to see the top 3 in every grade.    Any quizzes taken 1/1/2021 or later will count for the January challenge.
 
Don't forget that Mrs. Griffith has put many "how to" videos on the Media Center website to help with many of your questions, like how to take an AR quiz, put books on hold, etc. If you have a question, check there.  The answer is waiting for you!
 
Enjoy your holiday break!
Bidding for Good
Visit the following site to bid for awesome prizes such as:
Lunch with the Principal in her office
Star on the Morning Announcements for a week
Become Principal for a Day
Go to the movies with Mrs. Johnson (you and a friend)!
Looking Ahead...
1/7 - Students return from Winter Break 
1/11 - PTA General Meeting at 6:30 PM
1/13 - Picture Retakes - More information to come after the break
1/14 - School Council Meeting at 6:00 PM