Heroes

Today many of us took time to remember and celebrate the life of little Jacob Hall. Jacob loved super heroes and many students in the community supported his family by wearing super hero shirts. Thank you for your efforts to show love to this family and to the faculty and students of Townville Elementary School during such a difficult time. We want to encourage them to remain Townville Strong.

I believe teachers are heroes who can truly change the world one student at a time. Thank you for the wonderful things you do every day for the students at Powdersville Elementary. You sacrifice your time, efforts, and more for the safety and education of our students. 

Guided Math and Technology PD
Our next Guided Math PD will take place on Thursday, October 6th during teacher planning periods in the PD Room. Please bring the following materials for our time together: laptop, lesson plans for the week, and stations for the week. We will have coffee in the PD Room. Thank you in advance for being prepared and prompt. 

Early Act First Knight
We will celebrate our first EAFK ceremony for the 2016-2017 school year on Friday. Remember this a very special event where we recognize our students for their efforts demonstrating the first nine week character words (respect and responsibility). Homeroom teachers, if you have not followed up with parents of students being recognized please do so by a phone call or email before Friday's ceremony. Remember to have prepare some words to share about each student you have nominated for the word. Below is our schedule for the events. We will make announcements for each grade level to report to the Multi-Purpose Room. 

Third Grade: 12:10-12:50

Fourth Grade: 12:55-1:35

Fifth Grade: 1:40-2:20

Alice Training and Drill

We continue to have discussions about safety and security in our building and in our district. These are healthy conversations. We will have an ALiCE training on Tuesday, October 11th at 3:10. All employees new to our building are required to attend. All employees are welcome and encouraged to attend. Our drill is set for Friday, October 28th. We will discuss this in more detail in the coming weeks. 

Let's take a moment to celebrate some of the excellent things happening at PVES that make us Powdersville Strong! We have so much to celebrate. 

Ms. Lee continues to add new mentors for our students. Thank you for supporting her efforts and making our mentors feel welcome at PVES. 

Our first Powdersville Homecoming Parade was a huge success! Students enjoyed the floats, cheerleaders, and band performance. Thank you to all who assisted in making this a success. 

Fifth graders had a bright time at the glow dance this past Friday. Thank you to the fifth grade teachers for all your hard work! 

Skate night happened last Thursday and what an awesome turnout! Thank you to Mr. and Mrs. White, Miss Marino, and Mr. Moore for attending. I know students enjoyed seeing these folks at the event. Everyone had a blast! We hope more folks will be able to attend for our next one on Thursday, October 13th. 

The very first garden box was completed Tuesday. We are excited to see our gardens come to life very soon. Thank you to Miss Wilcox, Miss Lockaby, Mrs. Payne, and Mr. White for taking the time to work on this after school. Look for details about work days coming soon!

This week's "Are You Smarter" events took place this week on Monday and Tuesday. Families enjoyed the activities. There was laughter and chatter in all the classrooms. Thank you teachers and staff who participated in this evening. We hope to continue to build on the successes of this event. Feedback was very positive and we are looking for improved attendance next year. 

Thank you everyone for participating in our One District, One Book initiative. Students have really enjoyed this event. Below are some snapshots of things happening in our building with the book. We will celebrate the conclusion of the book next Friday. Details will be in next week's blog. 

Tracey Redmon incorporates One District, One Book in her speech class.

Miss Jordan captured students reading at the homework table Wednesday morning. #A1Reads

Sarah Payne is encouraging students to learn their addition facts with her "Addition Retirement Home." Check out her newest members. Stop by her room to scan a QR Code to find out more. 

Tollison's Tidings

• Remember second our ROAR event taking place on Friday, October 14th. Click HERE for more details and the form to RSVP.
• SLO Training in Enrich with Christie Shealy will take place on Monday, October 17th. Please bring your laptop and have your plan for your SLO for this year. 
• Fifth grade will be going on their field trip October 11th-13th. Fifth grade will have morning and afternoon duty on Monday. Third grade will have morning and afternoon duty on Thursday. 

Mark Your Calendar

Monday, October 10th- Make up pictures

Monday, October 10th- Literacy Team meeting at 3:15 in the Media Center

Tuesday, October 11th- Alice Training

Thursday, October 13th- Skate Night from 6:00-8:00

Friday, October 14th- One District, One Book Celebration

Friday, October 14th- ROAR Event

I hope you will be encouraged by this week's video. You do make a difference and you are a hero! 

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