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=Carolina Springs Elementary School Summer WIKI space .=

Purpose: To provide current information for all faculty and staff members at Carolina Springs Elementary School to plan and be prepared for the 2011-2012 school year. Check back often for updates!toc

=Upcoming Important Dates for your Calendar=

pkbolin@lexington1.net, cwhitmire@lexington1.net || The day begins at 8:00 a.m. with a Faculty/Staff walk. Healthy breakfast will be at 9:00 a.m. We have a guest with us for the day from the State Department Childhood Obesity Project. Lunch will be provided (healthy). The day ends at 3:00 pm. || 6:00 p.m. || Back to School Banquet (details below) ||  || 5 - 7 p.m. || Parent Drop In to Classrooms ||  || 2:00 p.m. || Kindergarten Parent Orientation (parents only). ||  ||
 * August 4 || Registration Day at CSES || Notes: If you can help, please let Penny or Chris know at
 * August 5 || CSES Trade Day (see below) || Saluda Shoals Park. Dress comfortably. Lunch is included
 * August 9 at
 * August 15
 * August 16

=Unfolding News.... =


 * Our new homes for Karen Able and Nancy Oldham have arrived and are being set up this week!
 * Cafeteria Manager, Lynette Roberts, joined our staff.[[image:P1040621.JPG width="195" height="198" align="right"]]
 * Welcome to new family members:
 * Beth Borten - Fourth Grade
 * Brittany Halfacre - Kindergarten
 * Michelle Kyzer - Third Grade
 * Lynette Roberts - Cafeteria Manager
 * Lisa Ross - Fourth Grade
 * Penny Steinmeyer - Guidance
 * Mary Catherine Whisnant - Fourth Grade
 * Joshua White - Fifth Grade
 * Lane Dortch - IT Technician
 * Laptops have arrived for the other computer lab. This will free up some more desktops for classrooms.
 * Joshua White, our new fifth grade teacher, will be getting married this month (July 30) to Amanda Hyndmann.

= Summer Reading =

Dr. Woodward has purchased a summer reading book for all of our teaching staff. The books arrived after everyone left for the summer. If you happen to be up at the school this summer, I have placed them in your mailboxes. The book is entitled: Better Learning through Structured Teaching. The author will be our guest at a district in-service later this year. New staff members will find their books in their team leader's mailbox. (See team leader list below).

Team Leaders for 2011-2012
Kindergarten Kathy Curry (206) First Grade Debi Garrett (207) Second Grade Karen Addy (310) Third Grade Tracie Prevatte (416) Fourth Grade Julie McGill (403) Fifth Grade Nancy Oldham (Portable 12) Related Arts Lynn Odom (PE Room) Special Education Haley Walker (301) Special Areas Stacey Merritt (Media) Interventionists Jeannette Farr (402)

= Data Journals = As a part of our ongoing student leadership development, students will be maintaining data journals this year. The components of these data journals have been incorporated into the daily agenda books for students in grades 2-5. We will spend some time early in the year getting these set up for students. These journals will become a vital part of students becoming self-directed and will assist in parent conferencing. Our goal is to have students conference with their parents around the information they are maintaining in these journals. Take a look at the link below. These are the components that will be in the opening pages of the student agendas.

= Trade Day, August 5 Theme: LexLives = Schedule: We will meet at Saluda Shoals Park at 8:00 for a fitness walk (dress comfortably and wear comfortable shoes). 9:00 a.m. Lite Breakfast (Healthy!)

Workshop 9:30-12:00 Childhood Obesity Project (State Department of Education), Session I Lunch 12:00-1:00 (Catered) 1:00 - 3:00 Childhood Obesity Project, Session II (Further details will be in your summer newsletter).

= Back to School Banquet = August 9, 2011 6:00 p.m. Golden Hills Country Clubhouse (entrance across from Office Depot/Kohl's in Lexington on Highway 378) Cost: $10.00 per person. This is a faculty FAMILY activity. You and your spouse/guest are invited to come and be a part of our annual "getting the year off" to a great start event. Dinner will be catered by Sweet Magnolias. Menu will be announced this week. Menu: Chicken Marsala  Rice  <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Corn Casserole  <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Broccoli Salad  <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Rolls  <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Tea  <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Cobbler

= Read and review our current School Improvement Plan =

= PASS Results. Please review the charts attached below. = Chart 1: Compares percent met in all four content areas from 2009 to 2010 to 2011. (includes 5th grade writing) Chart 2: Compares percent met in all areas compared to the other elementary schools in our cluster. The other schools are not identified by name, only by a letter. Also you will find the district percent met as well.



= ﻿The Learning Commons Concept = One of the district's initiatives for the 2011-2012 school year is the development of a Learning Commons approach in our Media Center. This means that we will not be scheduling classes in the media center for weekly sessions. We will be learning as we go, but to give you an idea, please read the article below.......

= Supply Lists = The superintendent asked us to review all supply lists this year to determine what we could remove to assist our parents. The administrative team reviewed the supply lists and removed items we felt we could either do without or find other ways to provide. We deleted "name brands" as a requirement. Also, the district does not have a policy on rolling book bags and we feel that we cannot make a rule of "no rolling bookbags". You will find the revised lists below that we have sent to local stores, etc. If you have particular questions or comments, please feel free to call or email.

=School Calendar=

=Summer Faculty Newsletter=