S.O.A.R Weekly

Are you interested in being a member of the school council? The purpose of school council is to bring communities and schools closer together in a spirit of cooperation to solve difficult education problems, improve academic achievement, provide support for teachers and administrators, and bring parents into the school-based decision-making process. We are in need of two parents and one business owner. Please email Dr. Singh if you are interested: singhti@boe.richmond.k12.ga.us

Report cards went home Friday, January 12th. Please contact your student's teacher(s) for a conference. The teacher will be available to better explain your student's progress and grade level expectations. The teacher(s) can also offer ways you can help at home.

Please complete the parent survey for the state. http://gshs.gadoe.org/Lists/Parents/NewForm.aspx

https://youtu.be/ZPB5l67gpKk

If you are like me, and raising a child with ADHD, it can sometimes be a lonely place. Here is a link that I have used in the past, to help get me through some of the trouble spots. It is entitled "5 Trouble Spots and How to Avoid Them": https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/child-learning-disabilities/add-adhd/avoiding-adhd-trouble-spots?view=slideview

Many people are unaware that gifted education is also special education. Want to learn more about acceleration? Acceleration occurs when students move through traditional curriculum at rates faster than typical. Among the many forms of acceleration are grade-skipping, early entrance to kindergarten or college, dual-credit courses such as Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate programs and subject-based acceleration (e.g., when a fifth-grade student takes a middle school math course). Check out this website: https://www.nagc.org/resources-publications/gifted-education-practices/acceleration

This means guiding students to explore new ideas and innovative strategies, challenging their ways of thinking and encouraging them to be confident in those decisions. This lifelong skill requires students to step out of their comfort zone and become courageous in their choices and actions.

“Go out on a limb. That’s where the fruit is.” — Jimmy Carter

Welcome to FPS passport to knowledge. Student's use their cellphone to scan the QR codes to learn about different countries. Its a big small world.

Let's try to stagger our dismissal. If we do that, it may not be so busy at the end of the day and you may not feel the need to "invent" ways to make it a more pleasant experience. And because my last name starts with an "S" and I am use to being last, lets start backwards. If your last name starts with the letter "Q-Z" try to get to the school around 3:55. We won't release until 4pm, but you will be first and out by the time others come. If your last name starts with the letter "F-P" try to get to the school at 4:07. That is usually after the first wave. If your name starts with the letter "A-E" try arriving at 4:10. Lets see how this works for the remainder of this week. Lets see if more parking spots open up and if the car line is shorter. If not, we can go back to business as usual. Let's just try it to see if it relieves some of the pressure.

Pre-Kindergarten registration for the 2018-2019 school year will be January 15th - February 28th. All applications for the Pre-K lottery will be processed online through the District’s website at www.rcboe.org.

We need your help. As you can imagine, the morning intake, lunch, and dismissal are some of the busiest times of the day. How can you help? If you can help at any of these times, please call the front office.

Morning (8:20-9:00)

• Help ensure cars do not park or drop off students in the bus loading area.
• Help ensure students are walked across the street safely (parents should not be letting students out to walk across the parking lot).
• Welcoming students to school in a cheerful manner (high fives, encouraging words, etc).
• Cafeteria helper (breakfast).
• Help students in the morning car line and ensure parents pull as far up as possible to get parents off the street.
• Help teachers get students started (unpacking, passing out items, collecting items, etc.).
• Hall monitor.

Lunch (anytime between 10:55 and 1:20)

• Managing lines and tables.
• Helping students open items.
• Any other assistance teachers or food nutrition needs.

Dismissal (3:30 - 4:30)

• Help ensure cars do not park or drop off students in the bus loading area.
  
• Help ensure students are walked across the street safely (parents should not be letting students out to walk across the parking lot).
• Help students in the afternoon car line and ensure parents pull as far up as possible to get parents off the street.
  
• Help teachers get students ready for dismissal (packed, passing out items, etc.).
• Help teachers get students to designated dismissal area.
• Hall monitor.