November 9, 2009

New Announcements:

 

·         WOW Winners:  Teachers and staff are recognizing students who successfully demonstrate our “Mega-skills” inside the classroom, on the playground, or around campus. Our “mega-skills” are Responsibility, Respect, Honesty, Caring, Teamwork, Positive Attitude, Focus, Confidence, and Effort. Students receive a “WOW” slip when they are “caught” using mega-skills. On most Friday’s, teachers draw one WOW winner to be invited to the “WOW Lunch” with me. Students receive a prize as a part of being honored for their efforts. Although the prizes have not arrived yet, they will receive the prizes when they come.

 

The following students were WOW winners for this week:

Graciela A. from Ms. Parkhurst’s class

Riggs M. from Ms. Rodriguez’s class

Makenna C. from Ms. Biven’s class

Macy B. from Ms. Tayeb’s class

Sean H. from Ms. Schaeffer’s class

Christopher W. from Ms. Garrahan’s class

Abby R. from Ms. Koby’s class

Kagan L. from Ms. Siskind/ Ms. Vanasupa’s class

Nicholas A. from Ms. Costa’s class

Jonathan P. from Ms. Drain/Fissore’s class

Verona P. from Ms. Macias’s class

 

·         No School on Wednesday:  Yes, that is right…no school on Wednesday due to the observance of Veterans’ Day.

 

·         Thank you San Ramon Rotary:  the San Ramon Rotary Club donated dictionaries to all of our third graders this past week. Three members came to campus and presented the dictionaries to each third grade student in this longstanding tradition. We appreciate our partnership with the Rotary Club! To see pictures of the presentation, click here.

 

·         PTA Meeting on Thursday:  we have a very important PTA meeting this Thursday, November 12. During last month’s meeting, I gave a presentation regarding our instructional technology landscape at Disney. Since attendance at the October meeting was low, we decided to wait until November to vote on the allocation of PTA funds that will potentially be combined with school site funds and DESEF (the Disney Education Fund) funds to give us a significant upgrade in our instructional technology.  Come to this meeting, which starts at 7:00 pm in the library, to have your voice and vote count.

·        Technology Town Hall Meeting:  our Disney Elementary School Education Foundation (DESEF), Parent Teacher Association (PTA), and staff are working together to host a “town hall” meeting to discuss how we can address our technology situation. The meeting will be scheduled for November 19 at 6:30 pm in the MPR. While the topic of this meeting is similar in nature to what will be discussed at the November PTA meeting, the specific nature of this meeting is different. If bringing more technology to our classrooms is important to you, come and watch a presentation and have an opportunity to ask questions, provide feedback, and be a part of our solution.

 

 

Recurring Announcements:
         

·         PC Desktops/Laptops Needed: we are still looking for donations of PC desktop or laptops. Even though our school is predominantly on the Macintosh platform, our library and one classroom has a need for a limited number of PC’s. If you or your company are looking to donate PC desktops and/or laptops, please contact me via email or by calling the school office at 479-3900. I am looking for PC’s that are able to run Windows XP proficiently.  We would be happy to provide you with a tax ID number for your tax purposes (please consult your tax advisor to see if your donation is tax-deductible).