Comet Express    2.13.12Monday Morning Music & Valentine’s Dayhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QZjJU-mtFU&feature=relatedImportant Dates

2/13-ELA/SS Vertical Meeting, Soccer at RMS,8th Grade FanFare at the PDC-6:302/14-Volleyball at Home-Happy Valentine’s Day!2/15-Principals’ Meeting at PDC, Science VerticalMeeting at SAMS, Soccer at Home2/16-Explore Parent Meetings at 12:30 and 6:30,SMARTS afterschool, Volleyball at SERMS, DistrictBT 2 meeting2/17-Peer Observations should be completed 2/20-Annual Leave Day2/21-Kerri Lamb PD Day, Science Fair at Salem College, Track practice begins, Leadership Team Meeting, VB at Home, Soccer at Home, District Spelling Bee2/22-A Mark III representative will be in the mediacenter to speak about financial plans and opportunities.3:45-4:00, VB at SWRMS, Soccer at Home, All-County Band Enrichment at AHS2/23-All-County Band Clinic at AHS, Mark IIIrepresentative on campus for individual appointments, ELA Standard Based Grading meetingfor parents at 6:00, meeting I-dent-a-kid photos (Faye will send additional information.)2/24-All-County Band Clinic at AHS, Mark III individual appointments, Soccer at Home2/26-7th Grade AVID students visit Wake Forestfor Virginia Tech game

Celebrations and Hot Tamales and Quotes of the Week“I love what Amanda Hicks has done with displaying digital student work. She has placed QR codes outside her room so that anyone who has a QR scanner on their smart phone can be taken to the website where the digital work is housed. What a great idea!” KerriHot Tamales to Megan Paden, Scott Benhardt, and Lee Williams for being nominated by students for being Teacher of the Week!Hot Tamales to the Leadership Team for a great presentation to Dr. Frost!Learning Links and Stuff to think about

Why teachers should read and write with their studentshttp://tinyurl.com/6nnnhvhPreparing students to learn without us(Great article by Will Richardson.)http://tinyurl.com/7hladsc

Keeping Us on the Same PagePTO Minutes-The minutes from our last PTO meeting are posted on the NAMS website.New Custodian-Please take the time to welcomeour new custodian, Ron Davis.Bus Driver Appreciation Week-This is Bus Driver Appreciation Week. Please encourage our studentsto express their gratitude to our bus drivers for gettingthem to school safely each day.Formative Assessment Wiki-Dr. Frick has created a wikifor formative assessment resources. It is located at http://acsfa.wikispaces.com/ and will be updated.Displaying Student Work-We are still at a solid B as a school for displaying student work. Quality student work is springing upthroughout the building. Our goal is to have student work displayed in every classroom and be an A+ school!Comet Corner-The school store opened with great successlast Friday. Please remember that Comet Cash should be given to students for demonstrating outstanding behavior in the areas of S-Safety, O-Ownership, A-Attitude, and R-Respect.The school store will be open on Friday mornings before school.Students can trade in Comet Cash for big ticket items in the office after lunch on Fridays. The type of items available at the school store will increase in the future and you will receive an updated list. School store information will be added to the Google site within the next week.Media Center on Thursdays-Mrs. Olson is now planning on keeping the media center open until 4:30 for students.NAMS Picture of the Week

Comet Express    2.13.12

Grand Opening!