Week 7 successes

We have finished 7 weeks of school. For 34 days, the students and teachers have been working really hard to cover the Georgia Performance Standards for their grade level. It is amazing how much each grade level has to master in a given year. (Please check out http://www.georgiastandards.org/ if you would like to see what standards your child will be learning this year.)

This video is a good to illustrate some of the standards that Kindergarten students are responsible for in math. It also has some vocabulary for 1st graders as well.

As I make my walks through the classrooms, I am always impressed by how much more the students at KES are achieving this year than they did this time last year. I am so thankful for the teachers that work at Kennedy and how they work to instill a strong work ethic in the students.

So how did we do on the goals for week 7?

1) Rise and Shine is ready to start on Tuesday. We have 20 teachers working with 85 students to provide some additional support in reading and math. If your child is participating in the program, you should have gotten a phone call to remind you to have your child at school by 7:30 each day.

2) We had 12 classes make their math goals. 3 short of the goal but 2 more than last week. Keep working on those facts!!

3) We once again had to cancel Hot Dogs and Homework due to lack of interest. We will try again in October.

4) I saw some amazing writing in all grade levels. Keep up the good work!

5) The CHEE beat Clarke 21-7

Goals for week 8

1) Get 300 people to tell http://www.care2.com/schoolcontest/ why Kennedy deserves $20,000.

2) Have 15 classes meet their math goal.

3) Finish up Kennedy's Balanced Scorecard and turn in to Dr. Saunders.

4) Have a successful week of Rise and Shine.

5) Get our new after school enrichment programs started off right: Running, Team Sports, Computer, and Nature clubs