Hey Panda Family,
We hope you will join us this weekend for our Fall Festival on Saturday from 10:00 - 2:00! Bring your family and friends! You can even take a shot at dunking your favorite principal 😉 We hope to see you there. Have a wonderful weekend!
Here are the Weekly Wrap updates for this week:
New Updates
Staff Meeting: Our October Staff Meeting is this upcoming Tuesday, October 18. Please plan to meet until 4:45. Here is the agenda:
- Good News & Duck Winners
- AIG Financial
- Vote on School Improvement Plan
- United Way Kickoff
- SEL Professional Development
- Suicide & Threat Training
- Good of the Order
Open Enrollment Health Benefits (from district): The NC State Health Plan (SHP) is currently gearing up for the 2023 Open Enrollment (OE) period scheduled Monday, October 10, 2022- Friday, October 28, 2022 and WS/FCS Human Resources wants to keep you in the know! We encourage you to TAKE ACTION during this time to remain within your preferred medical benefit coverage option or to elect coverage within the plan. You may also enroll in or make changes to current coverage options within the Ameritas Group Dental Plan benefit, during this segment of Open Enrollment.
Active members and employees planning for NC SHP Open Enrollment can find information on the BlueCross BlueShield NC (BCBSNC) medical plans and locate valuable resources in preparation for the 2023 benefit coverage year at the NC SHP website. Visit this link to learn more.
Remember, if you are currently enrolled in the BCBSNC Enhanced 80/20 or Base 70/30 PPO plan, in order to continue receiving the monthly $60 period credit, you must complete the Tobacco Attestation Wellness Credit task during Open Enrollment in eBenefits [Login Page (hrintouch.com)] (no matter your current active enrollment status) and complete at least one Tobacco Cessation Counseling session, if you are a tobacco user.
Pope Foundation Donation: I have some great news to share! All Kernersville schools have been gifted $15,000 from the Pope family to spend how they best see fit. Our School Improvement Team has already begun to brainstorm ideas, but we would like your input too! We want to think big and strive for something that will benefit all. Here is the link to share your ideas: Pope Foundation $ Survey
Media Updates (from Ms. Epperley): Here are the updates from Ms. Epperley in the Media Center.
- Thank you for supporting the book fair and helping us spread the love of reading!
- Book Order Survey: Please help us order books for the library that you and your students want to read! Fill out this survey for yourself and again with your class. We will be sending it out on Dojo, too, so encourage your families to participate. Thank you!
Shout-Outs: From Ms. Mabe - Shout out to Ms. Sue for helping clean up a water and milk spill. Thanks Ms. Sue for always helping us teachers and our sweet students.
Important Items from Last Week
PBIS Event (10/28): Our first event is October 28 at specials. Students will participate in three stations for 10 minutes each - BINGO with Ms. Staley, a collaborative art project with Mrs. Mason, and Taekwondo with Master Posey. The cost is 50 Paw Bucks, paid to teachers. Teachers will enter how many students are participating here by 10/21. Teachers will stay to supervise and help students rotate between stations. (Rotation schedule will be sent closer to date.) Students not participating will be with other specialists.
October Drills: See below for specific details about each of our drills for this month.
- October Fire Drill: Our Fire drill for the month will be next week.
- Earthquake Drill: Our Earthquake drill will be Friday, October 14th at 10:45. We will walk the staff and students through the procedures over the intercom.
- Tornado Drill: Our Tornado drill will be October 20 at 2:10. We will walk the staff and students through the procedures over the intercom.
LETRS 1/2 Day Planning (for all Certified Staff completing LETRS): All Certified Staff that are completing LETRS may sign up with Ms. Pam Mason for a free 1/2 day to work on completing your coursework. You may sign up for one slot between now and the end of December. You may pick either a morning or afternoon session. Please make sure to leave Ms. Mason detailed sub plans. See Ms. Mason's schedule below to look over available dates. You may choose any day that is listed as "LETRS". Please reach out to Ms. Mason to schedule it. I hope this helps!
PBIS Procedures: Here are a few reminders regarding PBIS procedures. Please review these with your class and help us work together to enforce them. Thank you!
- The PBIS team voted to maintain the rule that students should walk in mulched area (playground). Please remind students of this and enforce this rule. (Here are our school's playground procedures - also linked on Piney Grove Canvas page).
- When students are standing in cafeteria (in line for food, throwing away trash, in line to leave) they should be at voice volume 0 (not talking) regardless of if music is playing or not. Please remind students of this and enforce this rule. The cafeteria staff especially needs our help supervising students as they go through the line to ensure they're not talking in line so orders can be heard.
- Classes should use either the 300 hall or cafeteria restrooms during their assigned times. Students going outside of these times should use the 200 hall restrooms.
Print Shop: Please make sure you are utilizing print shop for your large copy needs. This takes just a little bit of pre-planning, but it saves our school lots of money. The turnaround is normally very quick (couple of days). If you need help navigating print shop, or submitting an order, Ms. Owens can help you!
EC PreK Vacancies: Our school is growing! We are adding a new EC PreK Classroom and we need to hire two Instructional Assistants. Both of these positions are full-time. If you know of anyone that may be interested, please share the job posting that is linked here:
https://wsfcs.tedk12.com/hire/ViewJob.aspx?JobID=1658
Sub List: Here is the most up-to-date substitute list, Pam Mason's availability, and the direct link to Frontline. Please use these resources to find a sub in case you have to be out. Please reach out to Ms. Owens if you have any questions.
Upcoming Dates:
October 15 - PTA Fall Festival from 10:00 - 2:00
October 18 - Staff Meeting @ 3:30
October 19 - ELA Check-In (3rd - 5th)
October 19 - Unity Day (Wear Orange)
October 20 - Science Check-In (5th)
October 20 - Tornado Drill @ 2:10
October 25 - Math Check-In (3rd - 5th)
October 25 - SCC & Wellness Committees meet @ 3:30
October 28 - End of 1st Quarter
October 31 - No School (RS Day)
October 31 - Report Cards due to Ms. True
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