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HEAD ELEMENTARY LINKS
Red Ribbon Week
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Calendar at a Glance
10/28 Color Stables Dress Up Day & Stuffed Animal Day
10/29 Sweatpants Day
10/30 Twin Day
10/30 Hansel & Gretel at 9:00 and 10:30
10/31 Dress Up Day (no masks or accessories)
11/1 United Way PJ & Stuffed Animal Day - Bring $1 for each
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Dear Parents,
What a busy week we had at Head. Students are getting some great books at the book fair. Unity Day and Red Ribbon Week have been fun for the students. Our second coin collection day for United Way was Friday! We will have the results of the winning stable next week.
We had our first of two required lockdown drills on Thursday. The officers were impressed with how quickly and quietly our students moved into position.
We had a tremendous turnout for parent conferences. Thanks to all the parents who took time out of their busy schedules to attend a conference. Thanks to the wonderful teachers who conducted all the conferences. These conferences are so important to ensure that our students are successful throughout the school year and to continue the teacher/parent partnerships. If you were unable to attend a conference this week, please contact your child's teacher to set one up for next week.
Red Ribbon week continues next week. In addition, students are allowed to dress up for Halloween. We just ask that no scary costumes are used. Friday, we have PJ Day and Stuffed Animal Day. Students can pay $1.00 to wear pajamas and an additional $1.00 to bring a stuffed animal. All proceeds go to our student campaign for United Way.
Don't forget to dress in your stable color for our monthly Stable Day on Monday. Parents can order colored shirts with the stable name on My Payments Plus. A flyer is also going home this Friday to place an order.
Have a restful weekend and as always, don't forget to encourage your child to read every night.
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Congratulations to our school's Reflections Winners!
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Sanaa Williams
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Film Production
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1st Grade- Ward
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Evonne Guyton
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Film Production
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3rd Grade- Nocks
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Casera Guyton
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Film Production
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5th Grade- Lomax
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Enioto Shogbesan
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Literature
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5th Grade- Lomax
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Evonne Guyton
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Music Composition
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3rd Grade-Nocks
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Hunter Ward
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Music Composition
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4th Grade- Richter
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Casera Guyton
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Music Composition
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5th Grade- Lomax
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Leyla Petric
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Photography
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1st Grade- Ball
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Addyson Amsberry
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Photography
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3rd Grade- Nocks
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Zachary Scanlin
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Photography
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Kindergarten- Tundidor
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Michael Schuerch
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Visual Arts
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2nd Grade- Bryant
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Tiara Huang
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Visual Arts
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3rd Grade- Mitchell
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Lola Greer
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Visual Arts
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4th Grade- Rodriguez
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Eva Schuerch
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Visual Arts
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Kindergarten- Salmon
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Astrid Bruneau
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Visual Arts
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4th Grade- McMillen
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Mylo Greer
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Visual Arts
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Kindergarten- Tundidor
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Parents and loved ones are invited to the Area 1 Reflections Exhibit on Sunday, November 10, 2019 from 3 pm - 5 pm at Parkview High School, located at 998 Cole Rd., Lilburn, Georgia.
Red Ribbon Week CONTINUES next week!
Our schedule is as follows:
28th-Bring a Stuffed Animal- To give Hugs not drugs!
29th- Sweatpants Day- To remember that living a drug free life is no sweat
30th- Twin Day- To show that friends don't let friends do drugs!
31st- Dress up/ Costume Day - To say BOO to drugs!! (no masks or accessories)
GET READY TO JUMP!
We are having our first ever Gravity Jump night fundraiser on November 8th from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm.
Come have fun and jump with your friends!
Gravity is located at 2135 Main St E, Snellville, GA 30078
Pizza will be available for purchase for an easy dinner!
Veteran's Day Celebration
Our Veteran's Day celebration is November 15, 2019, if you are a Veteran please join us to be honored. A continental breakfast will be served at 9:00 am and our program will begin at 9:30 am.
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 Red Ribbon Week and any other school events in their full (or largest) resolution size for our yearbook
to
rdheadyearbook@gmail.com
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Want to take a look at next year's Gwinnett County school calendar? Click on the link below.
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.
WITZZLE PRO
Witzzle Pro Math Club sign ups have been extended until Friday, November 22, 2019. Click
here to print the sign up sheet & return it to Kellie Hill.
SPELLING BEE FOR 4TH AND 5TH GRADERS:
There are also hundreds of online resources for spelling bees. The top two spellers from each class will compete in the school-wide spelling bee in December (date TBA). The winner will go on to compete in the county.
MUSIC
The Atlanta Opera is coming! We are hosting the Atlanta Opera for 2 performances of Hansel and Gretel this Wednesday, October 30 at 9:00 and 10:30 a.m. If you would like to attend, please sign in at the front desk. Seating will be limited and performances will begin promptly at 9 and 10:30 and last for 45 minutes. Please let Kelly Mraz know if you have questions. Thank you to the PTA for co-sponsoring this exciting Cultural Arts opportunity!
MORE FROM MUSIC
Attention 5th grade parents:
Tryouts for the Holiday Show are Tuesday, November 5 from 7:45-8:45 a.m. If your student is trying out for a singing, acting, or dancing part, they need to bring the permission slip with them to the tryout. This will also be used for Gwinnett County Honor Chorus auditions. If you have any questions, email
kelly_mraz@gwinnett.k12.ga.us.
RUNNING CLUB
The third running club meets on Tuesday, October 29th. Students stay after school and pickup is promptly at 4:20 PM from the car rider lanes. Please consider donating a case of water to the club. Waters can be left in the lobby at your convenience with Mr. G / Running Club written on it. Thanks. Students should come with sneakers, their own water bottle and clothing that is appropriate for running.
Your student will have received an email confirmation if they are part of the club. Thanks for your support!
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 58,529,573 words schoolwide!
We are excited to celebrate students and staff who are already in the Million Word Club this year!
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Name
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# of words
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Biniam Deneke
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2,767,955
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Ms. Branch
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2,166,566
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Zaara Likhon
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1,968,522
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Ms. Rodriguez
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1,805,778
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Jaze Underhill
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1,459,564
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Owen Foley
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1,290,695
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Jimmy Zhang
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1,224,250
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Caitlyn Pinheiro
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1,085,769
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Kasey Stallworth
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1,082,241
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Gavin Zhang
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1,064,059
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Brielle Phillips
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1,046,815
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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
Dean Cole
Jacqueline Marquez
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1st Grade top 2 classes
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# of words
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Ball
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105,883
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Stallworth
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105,908
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2nd Grade
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Bryant
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3,180,832
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Lee
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2,065,232
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Kang
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1,623,443
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Fenchak
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1,429,775
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3rd Grade
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Nocks
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4,201,664
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Mitchell
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3,393,638
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Auten
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2,865,521
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Galindo
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1,524,952
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4th Grade
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McMillan
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5,594,039
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Compton
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4,742,715
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Rodriguez
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3,460,615
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Richter
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1,290,929
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5th Grade
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Stortz
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6,248,925
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Neighbors
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5,070,392
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Lomax
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4,477,475
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Staff
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w/ over 250,000 words
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Ms. Branch
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2,166,566
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Ms. Rodriguez
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1,805,778
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Ms. Griffith
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541,349
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Ms. Snow
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453,479
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Ms. L. Johnson
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448,475
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Ms. Galindo
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260,838
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Parent Survey Opportunity
All Head Elementary parents are encouraged to participate in the GCPS Parent Perception Survey. The purpose of this survey is to gather feedback from parents/guardians about the quality of education that our school is providing. Your answers will remain confidential. This survey should take 10 minutes or less to complete. Please complete one survey per school where you have one or more students enrolled.
There are two ways to complete this survey:
1) Parent Portal - From October 21 to November 22, parents logging into the Parent Portal will be prompted to take the survey.
2) There are paper copies at the school.
Thank you for taking the time to let us know how we are doing!
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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