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Dear Parents,
We had such a wonderful turnout at Thursday's School Council Meeting. Thank you to the board members and parents who joined. It's nice to come together in a positive way and support our school and teachers.
On Wednesday classes held discussions and conducted activities that honored veterans. Thank you to all our parents who have served. In honor of our veterans, we have a bulletin board in the hallway with pictures of family members from the different branches.
As we move closer to Thanksgiving Break, please help your children make sure they are not missing any assignments that need to be turned in. With only three weeks in December before the end of the semester, every student must do his/her best to finish strong. I know you can do it... and keep reading at the same time!
Have a wonderful weekend!
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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:
- Visit smile.amazon.com.
- Sign in with your Amazon.com credentials.
- Choose a charitable organization to receive donations, or search for the charity of your choice.
- 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
Thank you to those who participated in Reflections this year! Save the Date for the virtual Reflections Exhibition on SUNDAY DECEMBER 6 of all the entries from our Area. There will be a link sent out once it gets closer, but will be a great way to see the work you submitted and can be shared with parents, teachers, friends, and family.
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, rollerblading
Thank you to all of our parents, teachers and administrators who have already joined PTA this year. For those who haven't, we hope you'll join us soon! PTA supports our school, teachers and students throughout the year and does not require any volunteer time from its members. We cannot do what we do, without your support! You can join PTA and support our school for just $6 per year. If you are able to give a little more to our program, we would love for you to purchase a membership package for just $24. This package includes 4 PTA memberships, and a FREE surprise R.D. Head spirit gift!
If you would like to volunteer, please contact any PTA Executive Committee member, we would love to have you!
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There is a correction to the Kindergarten top readers from the October challenge!
London McKibben 65,433 Aiden Douglas 13,944 Wyatt Sheppard 10,392 (sorry, Wyatt!) Louis Nguyen 6,899 All these kindergartners had over 5,000 words in October! Can't wait to see November's word count for all grades. Remember you can take quizzes from home and it is helpful for parents of younger students to with reading questions and answer choices. AR
Parents, please help your students with the AR process in the lower levels (K-2) by reading the questions and answer choices and, encourage your older readers to be taking AR. This can be done at home now!
Book Holds
Both in-person and digital students are limited to 2 books per series or popular author, like Mo Willems, Wimpy Kid, Amulet or any graphic novel. This is so all students have access to books. Most teachers are requesting at least 1 non-fiction book be put on hold. Limit 4 books for in-person students, 10 for digital students. BEFORE putting new books on hold, in person students should be almost finished with what they have checked out and take the AR quiz. We will start deleting holds that are all from one series, if the student already has two checked out, so other students can be reading the series and books don't show as unavailable. The public library does not limit how many holds on a series so you may want to use their online hold system for the popular series books you are missing. This video is how to put books on hold. We no longer contact parents with digital holds ready. If you have books on hold by 4pm Wednesday, plan to pick them up on Friday from 9-10:45 am or 1-2:15 (you will be stuck in the car rider line after 2:15 pm.) We will be deleting digital student holds today that have been sitting here more than 3 weeks. IF the Friday pickup does not work for you, we can make other arrangements with advance notice. Contact maria.branch@gcpsk12.org or call 770-736-2109. Thank you for your patience and support of the media center. Digital Parents If you are a digital parent with children putting books on hold, try to come on Fridays to pick up books. We can make other arrangements with advance notice. If you are not sure or unaware if your children have books on hold to pick up, have them log into the media catalog. If books are checked out, they will be listed under the checkout link on the column on the left and ready to pick up. If they are still on hold, they are not ready to pick up. Remember, holds are due by 4pm on Wednesdays for digital students. Pickup is on Friday 9-10:45 am and 1-2:15 pm. Beginning next Friday, 11/13, any books that have not been picked up for 2 weeks will be checked back in so students on waiting lists can have their turn.
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Looking Ahead...
11/17 Dogwood Pizza Night
11/23-11/27 Thanksgiving Break (No School)
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