The Principals Pad
The Principal’s Pad
Weekly Notes from Principal Denise Comeaux
School Evacuation Site: Marion Diehl Center, 2219 Tyvola Rd., 704-527-0237
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· For issues concerning transportation, call CMS Transportation at 980-343-5359
· Always inform the school when your child will be absent
Week of: May 20, 2011
UPCOMING EVENTS:
· May 24, 1:00 pm, Monthly Assembly
· May 25, 9 am, Principal’s Coffee
· May 26, CBT End of Year Celebration
· May 30, No School
· June 3, 7:00 pm, Graduation, The Blake Hotel
· June 6, 10 am, Preschool Graduation
· June 10, Last Day of School
CURRICULUM CORNER…..Susan Bennett, Literacy Facilitator
The initial administration of our NCExtend1 alternate assessment has been completed. Parents or caregivers of students who will be retested will be notified. The retest window begins on May 23 and ends on June 9. If you have a question or concern regarding this alternate assessment, please feel free to contact me.
Congratulations to Preston H.! He is our Metro Star Student of the Week! Preston is a student in Shannon Martin’s transition level classroom. Bruce Crede and Cynthia Charles are the teaching assistants. Preston received his star student badge and certificate during the closed circuit broadcast of the Thursday morning announcements. We are all very proud of your hard work, Preston! Way to go!
DID YOU KNOW THIS ABOUT METRO SCHOOL?
This has been a very exciting week. Our NCExtend 1 assessment has ended; our Athletic Banquet was on Wednesday; our Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon was on Thursday; and our prom was today, sponsored and hosted by the Matthews United Methodist Church.
STAFF SPOTLIGHT…….Staff Social Committee
This week we have had a very bright staff spotlight shining on several people. Ms. Gail Hester was named as our Employee of the Week; we thank you Gail for all you do for the students with whom you work. We also are appreciative of our Staff Social Committee members for the wonderful staff salad bar lunch on Wednesday. We thank the members of our Fish! Committee for organizing our school-wide Bingo game on Thursday. We appreciate all that our PE staff and Special Olympics coaches did to make the Athletic Banquet so great for our student athletes. We thank our technology facilitator, Ms. Hillary Knorr, for the great slide show presentations at the luncheons. We thank our volunteer coordinators, Ms. Lori Polite and Ms. Janie Young, for organizing our Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon. We thank the high school and transition staff for making the prom so terrific for our students. We thank the PTO for their support of our school’s special events. We also thank the people who donated food for our Athletic Banquet and for our Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon. So many people to thank for so many great special activities!
STUDENT SERVICES CORNER……LaShica Hemingway, Counselor
School will soon be ending, and the students know this change is coming. The more we keep their school and home routines stable, the better the students will make this transition. We have seen that as End of Year events take place at school and expected school routines change, students’ behaviors may change. Keep home routines in place as much as possible through the end of the school year so that your children experience stability and structure through this transition time.
STAFF UPDATES
Jennifer Tuchscherer will be returning to work on Monday following the birth of her daughter. Stephanie Dorton, SLP, had hip replacement surgery this week and will be out for the remainder of the school year. Christie Satterfield will be returning to work next Friday following a medical injury. We do not expect Mike Shuford to return to work until the fall.