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Calendar at a Glance
10/8 Culvers Night 5-8PM
10/9 Picture Make Up/ Retake Day
10/10-10/11 - Fall Break
10/14 - Student Holiday/ Teacher Work Day
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Dear Parents,
We have our first parents that have taken AR tests this week! Way to go
Mr. Sorensen and Mrs. Riggle. We appreciate you both helping create an environment where literacy is so important.
I enjoyed seeing some many students dress up for stable day. We will have Stable Dress Up Day the last Monday of each month.
This coming week begins our first nine-week interim assessment. These assessments are important to see how students have learned the standards that were taught this quarter. Assessment results will be used for reteaching of any skills not yet mastered.
Fall break begins next week. Students will be out on Thursday, Friday and Monday. Enjoy the time with your family. Don't forget to read every day.
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Thank You, Thank You, Thank You to all those who participated in our Kona Ice Party contest! The contest was a close one and we are thrilled to give the winners their party on October 7th!
Drumroll please, the winners and percentages are:
Kindergarten- Hill 100%
First- Pena 116%
Ward108%
Second- Fenchak 104%
Third- Auten 89%
Fourth- Richter 88%
Fifth- Neighbors 76%
Special Education- Abad 60%
Help our school while you online shop!
If you're an Amazon shopper, on your androidphone, download the Amazon Shopping App, and in the settings menus select Amazon Smile and then Select R.D. Head Elementary School PTA.
On any browser you can go to smile.amazon.com and choose R.D. Head Elementary School PTA as the recipient. As long as you make purchases through smile.amazon.com our school will receive a portion of the proceeds of the sale, with no extra cost to you! If you have any questions, please reach out to a PTA board member.
Please send pictures from classroom activities and any other school events in their full (or largest) resolution size for our yearbook
to
rdheadyearbook@gmail.com
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Our last General Meeting was held on Curriculum night on 8/13 and 8/15. The meeting minutes, along will other PTA news are posted on the bulletin board in the front lobby of the school. You can also review them at the link below.
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Early Release Days & Parent-Teacher Conferences
Early Release Days for Parent-Teacher Conferences are Wednesday, October 23rd and Thursday, October 24th. Students will be dismissed at 12:50 PM on those days. If your student is a walker/car rider/day-care rider, please make any necessary transportation arrangements for your child. Buses will drop students off at their stop at the earlier time.
R.D. Head Elementary will be utilizing an online scheduling system for this session of conferences. The online sign up window will open on
Friday, October 4th at 4:00 PM and close on Thursday, October 17th at 4:00 PM. A step-by-step direction sheet will be sent home in the Friday Folder on Friday, October 4th. Information will also be posted to the R.D. Head website.
LEADERSHIP CLUB
Broncos L.E.A.D. will meet on Wednesday, October 9 from 3:30 - 4:45. Pick-up will be in the car rider lane at 4:45.
SCIENCE OLYMPIAD
Science Olympiad begins on Tuesday. Pick-up is at 4:45 on the side of the building where the busses load and unload, NOT the usual car-rider line. That line is for Good News Club.
Veteran's Day Program
Mark your calendars for RD Head's annual Veteran's Day Program to be held on November 15th. A reception will be held at 9 AM to honor our veterans and their families. The program will begin at 9:30 AM. There will be more information forthcoming in your student's Friday folder with details regarding how to honor your veteran with pictures in our slide show and to RSVP if you are planning on attending the reception. We look forward to seeing you on the 15th.
CHANGES IN TRANSPORTATION
Please be sure to send any changes in transportation via a handwritten note. The note must have a date and signature to be accepted. Thanks for helping us make sure your child goes home the correct way.
FROM THE MEDIA CENTER
SAVE THE DATES! Book Fair starts 10/18! Classes will have a chance to preview and teachers will be making wish lists beginning Friday, 10/18. Classes will begin shopping on Monday, 10/21. Check out the link for book fair information and online book fair link.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YtOGT5VCcqWrQlpHOBOz2klSOWZBQbBv/view?usp=sharing
We accept checks and money orders (made only to Scholastic - not the school) and credit cards/Visa gift cards (if a child brings one we call the parent to verify authorization and amount.)
Please do not send cash with your child!
Only students with checks/money orders or cards will come at the designated shopping time as all students have an opportunity to browse the fair at other times.
We are looking for parents to volunteer during shopping times. Even if it is only for an hour or just during your students shopping time we are looking for parents to help other students calculate their purchases. We need cashier help.
8 am - 9 am is especially needed (if you are a car rider you are welcome to come at 7:55 and park in the gravel lot with and bring your child in early too!) Email
maria_branch@gwinnett.k12.ga.us or stop in to set up times.
Stop buy 8-4 daily. Open during conferences until 4pm.
We look forward to seeing you at the book fair!
MORE FROM THE MEDIA CENTER
Our AR challenge runs from 5/10/2019 through 5/10/2020 so that all students including 5th graders may celebrate their accomplishments each May. So far this year we have 51,849,930 words schoolwide!
We are excited to celebrate students and staff who are already in the Million Word Club this year! We added several more students this week! Check out the board by the Media Center!
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Name
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# of words
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Biniam Deneke
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2,246,098
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Zaara Likhon
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1,968,522
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Ms. Branch
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1,932,179
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Ms. Rodriguez
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1,805,778
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Jaze Underhill
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1,168,685
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Owen Foley
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1,123,015
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Jimmy Zhang
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1,048,584
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Gavin Zhang
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1,046,287
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Kasey Stallworth
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1,042,085
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Brielle Phillips
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1,022,685
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CJ Meacham
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1,013,783
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Keegan Shaw
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1,006,993
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Kindergarten has several students who have just started learning how to do AR.
We are so excited! We look forward to watching their progress.
Brandon Griffith
Tess Martin
Levi Parker
Kaylee Robison
Sakina Shaikh
Kayla Vo
New to the group are 2 parents who have come to take AR quizzes this week!
Welcome to the club!
Mr. Sorensen
Mrs. Riggle
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1st Grade top 2 classes
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# of words
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1st grade is just learning the AR process!
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Stallworth
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92,679
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Ball
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69,570
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2nd Grade
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Bryant
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2,585,552
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Lee
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1,748,255
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Kang
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1,537,877
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Fenchak
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1,153,714
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3rd Grade
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Nocks
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3,758,172
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Mitchell
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3,009,789
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Auten
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2,456,303
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Galindo
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1,385,320
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4th Grade
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McMillan
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5,134,031
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school wide leaders!
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Compton
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4,520,296
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Rodriguez
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2,998,918
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Richter
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1,153,835
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5th Grade
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Stortz
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5,065,983
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All over 4 million!
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Neighbors
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4,496,605
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Lomax
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4,350,803
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Staff
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Staff with over 250,000 words!
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Ms. Branch
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1,932,179
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Ms. Rodriguez
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1,805,778
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Ms. Griffith
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500,346
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Ms. L. Johnson
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448,475
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Ms. Snow
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390,278
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Ms. Snow
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251,300
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The media center is collecting gently used coats, hats, mittens and canned goods for a local shelter. We appreciate all of the donations received so far! In all we have collected 134 items with the BLUE stable donating the most with 42 items this week! Keep up the good work Broncos!
Accelerated Reader
If you are interested in viewing your child's AR reading progress from home, click on the link below for directions. Thanks!
BOX TOPS ARE GOING DIGITAL
- Be sure to register with the NEW Box Top app. Choose R.D. Head as your school (friends and family can do it too! Near or far!) and scan your receipts to digitally send your Box Tops in to us.
Each Box Top is worth 10ยข for our school.
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You may still find the old pink Box Tops on items. When you do, clip the Box Tops from the packages and send them to your child's teacher. The old box tops are still good until their expiration date!**
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