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HEAD ELEMENTARY LINKS
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Calendar at a Glance
1/27 - Color Stables Dress Up Day
1/30 - PTA General Board Meeting
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Dear Parents,
Wow, what a week! International Night was amazing! Thanks to all the parents who donated their time cooking and preparing food from their countries. The talent was wonderful! While this was taking place, I had the honor of representing Head at the GCPS board meeting to accept the Governor's Bronze award for being a high achieving school. Thank goodness for technology. When I arrived home, I was able to watch the videos on Facebook of the evening. Check out our Facebook page to see all the festivities.
It is time to sign up for your February parent conferences. The link goes live on January 29th. These conferences are very important. I hope you can find a time that works with your schedule.
Join us Thursday night for our general PTA meeting. We will review PTA initiatives and discuss how the funds from the upcoming Boosterthon will be spent. Come find out the impact that PTA has on our school and the education of all students.
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Mark your calendars! Head's Valentine School Dance will take place on Friday, February 7, 2020 from 6:30-8:00pm in the school cafeteria. This is a family fun event, so bring the whole family! Tickets are sold at the door for $2.50 per person (cash). Volunteers are needed to make this event a success! Please use the link to sign up to help with this fun event.
Our next General Meeting will be held on January 30, 2019. We would love to see you there!
Please send pictures from classroom celebrations and any other school events in their full (or largest) resolution size for our yearbook to
rdheadyearbook@gmail.com
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Early Release Days & Parent-Teacher Conferences
Early Release Days for Parent-Teacher Conferences are Wednesday, February 19th and Thursday, February 20th. 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.
Head Elementary will be utilizing an online scheduling system for this session of conferences. The online sign-up window will open on
Wednesday, January 29th at 4:00 PM and close on Wednesday, February 12th at 4:00 PM.
Georgia DOE Parent Survey
All Head Elementary parents are encouraged to participate in the Georgia Parent Survey administered by the Georgia Department of Education.
Data from the survey will be used to calculate the School Climate Star Rating on the College and Career Ready Performance Index (CCRPI), Georgia's accountability system that rates schools and school districts on a 100-point scale. The data will also be combined with that from the Georgia Student Health Survey II and the Georgia School Personnel Survey to determine each school's Climate Star Rating.
The Georgia Parent Survey will be available through
March 2, 2020.
The link to the survey is posted below. After you click on the link, a drop-down menu will appear and the parent will use the drop-down menu to select their school district and their school.
STABLE DRESS UP DAY
Monday is Stable dress day! Please encourage your student to come dressed from head to toe in their stable color.
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION - KIDS HEART CHALLENGE
RD Head is once again pleased and proud to be collecting donations for the American Heart Association. Students continually receive lesson related information on ways to promote heart health. All donations are welcome and the more your student is able to collect and donate, the more potential thank you prizes they will receive. Please see Mr. G's eClass website announcement for details on how to join our team. Thank you for your thoughtful consideration.
RUN THE REAGAN
is the premier Gwinnett County road race that financially supports the Brookwood Schools Foundation, the Lilburn Coop and OUR local school. The more people that register, the greater the financial benefit to our school!! Our school always has a great turnout and we hope that this year will be no different.
There are
walking and running options
of different lengths. 5K (3.1 miles); 10K (6.2 miles); Half Marathon (13.1 miles).
The race is on February 29, 2020 with the race starting locally in Snellville and running out and back along Ronald Reagan Parkway. (The road is closed to traffic!!!)
Please consider running or at least joining so that our school might financially benefit. This is a great way to get some exercise and even include family and friends. You will find participants of EVERY POSSIBLE fitness level. Other cluster schools are already signed up so please join in the fun.
Your entry fee includes a T shirt, medals for winners, goodies and give-aways from local vendors, plus fun activities.
Look on the right hand side for the tab that says Register
You can also download the physical form and send the form in via the mail.
General Information
: runthereagan.net
Team Name
: RD Head
Date
: Saturday, February 29, 2020
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 school year we have
102,891,686
words school wide. Can we get over 200 millions words before 5/10?
Please encourage your child to meet their reading goal so they can celebrate with us at the end of the school year.
Not only are students meeting individual goals, they also also participating in the stable challenge. Open the link below for the AR reading goal flyer.
https://tinyurl.com/wjlplfh
We are excited to celebrate students and staff who are already in the Million Word Club this year! We have 24 members! Who will be next?
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Biniam Deneke
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5,954,432
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Nobel Yemane
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3,002,195
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Ms. Branch
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2,948,387
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Jaze Underhill
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2,335,411
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Ms. Rodriguez
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2,171,744
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Jimmy Zhang
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2,152,979
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Morgan Baratto
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2,011,279
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Zaara Likhon
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1,968,522
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CJ Meacham
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1,921,446
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Gavin Zhang
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1,831,892
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Sofia Chacon
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1,707,266
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Kasey Stallworth
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1,659,732
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Caitlyn Pinheiro
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1,605,070
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Brewer Baker
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1,458,732
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Owen Foley
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1,440,357
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Reashme Rai
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1,362,797
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Ms. Griffith
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1,317,263
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Brielle Phillips
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1,261,364
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Afra Washima
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1,233,339
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Keegan Shaw
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1,200,510
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Samanyu Chaudhary
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1,153,013
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Todd Meacham (parent)
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1,116,955
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James Watson
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1,087,540
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Jan Sniady
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1,021,500
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Kindergarten is working hard on AR! Mrs. Irvin's class has 21,000 words and Mrs. Odum's has 14,405!! Kindergarten is really joining in the stable games!!!
Connor Asbridge
Paul Auten
Jackson Clark
Dean Cole
Luke Fenchak
Brandon Griffith
Kaleb Hayes
Lynhanzy Josma
Jacqueline Marquez
Tess Martin
Naomi Mathew
Elijah Newton
Levi Parker
Colin Phillips
William Pieper
Ben Powell
Kaylee Robison
Suzanne Sconiers
Sakina Shaikh
Kami-Ann Stallworth
Kayla Vo
Orion Watson
Here are the class leaders this week.
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1st Grade
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Stallworth
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626,258
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Ball
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330,243
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Pena
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273,061
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Ward
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120,212
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2nd Grade
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Bryant
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6,896,265
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Lee
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3,158,460
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Fenchak
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2,772,564
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Kang
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2,499,928
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3rd Grade
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Nocks
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8,618,755
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Auten
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5,665,132
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Mitchell
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5,274,866
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Galindo
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1,884,591
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4th Grade
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McMillen
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11,716,532
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Compton
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6,476,947
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Rodriguez
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6,442,869
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Richter
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1,815,958
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5th Grade
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Stortz
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11,478,360
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Neighbors
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8,321,330
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Lomax
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7,534,543
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Staff
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Over 100,000
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Ms. Branch
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2,948,387
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Ms. Rodriguez
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2,171,744
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Ms. Griffith
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1,317,263
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Ms. Snow
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950,258
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Ms. L. Johnson
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741,699
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Ms. Harlan
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455,689
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Ms. Galindo
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260,838
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Dr. Alvira
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177,624
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Dr. Doblar
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171,127
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Ms. Worsham
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121,049
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From the Robotics Team:
Hey kids (and parents), We are having a canned food drive for a local food bank. Please send in canned goods or non
perishable foods. January is one of the lowest months for food collection so we'd like to help some area families in
need. We will be counting the items toward the stable challenge.
We have 99 items collected this month. Let's finish January strong next week!
Book Fair is right around the corner!
Save the date!
We will be open for Sweetheart Lunches 2/12 and 2/13 as well as
2/18-21 (Conference / Early Release week) More information will be out soon! We are looking for volunteers to help
with set up on 2/11 (pm) as well as shopping helpers. Let us know if you can help. The website link will be up soon.
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. **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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