Important DC Meeting

We'll be having a verrrrrry important Washington DC meeting for everyone that is going on this year's trip on September 14th at 8:00 in our cafeteria. It's the same night as our Open House so you'll be able to knock two things off on the same night. We'll be discussing flights, times, groups, itinerary, rules, etc....

First Week Bus Riders

One of the things I really look forward to is the end of the first day....and it's not why you think. Once that bell rings we have about 400 kids all looking for which bus to ride home. Of that 400, at least half have no idea what bus number they should be getting on. A good number of kids get dropped off in the morning so it's not a matter of them forgetting....they just don't know. A number of us will be out there with master lists helping to direct kids to the correct bus but if you get a chance, find out what bus takes them home, right it on a piece of paper and ask them to keep it in their pocket. (BTW.....I was joking about looking forward to that......it's a cluster)

Bloggers.....

Please help spread the word to parents and friends of SCMS to check this Blog hourly...ok....hourly might be a tad excessive but once or twice a week would be great. This blog is a great communication tool for SCMS thoughts and updates. The more people we can get to check it out the better. And as long as I'm talking about communication, please don't hesitate to shoot me an e-mail, pick up the phone or stop in to see me if you have a concern. Far and away the number one problem we have at the middle school comes from a lack of communication.

Main Webpage

The bump in the road has been worked out and I can finally update/change our main webpage.....now if I can just find the time to do it......

DC Fundraisers

If you click on the Washington DC link on our main page, I've added the results of how we did on all of our Texas Hold em's. I hope you can follow my explanation. Thanks to everyone who helped out. I've heard positive things from quite a few of you.

Incoming 6th Grade Parents...PLEASE READ

Sorry about capitalizing of the please read...I always think someone is yelling at me when they do that in an e-mail, but this is important. There is a new law that went into place January 1st 2010 on changes for vaccines for incoming 6th graders. The changes include:
One dose of Meningococcal Conjugate vaccine on or after the 11th birthday for all 6th graders and students new to your district.
One dose of Tdap on or after the 11th birthday if it has been 5 years since the last dose of tetanus/diphtheria vaccine for all 6th graders and students new to your district
Two doses of Varicella or history of chicken pox disease for all kindergarten and new entrants to your school.
Please help spread the word. These immunizations and vaccines can be obtained through your physician or at our county health department. The health department is offering free immunizations on August 28th. Please call for more details. 810-987-5728

Small Bump in the Road

Having a little technical difficulty with our main webpage....I'm not able to update/change any part of it including all the links. The only exception is this blog. Unfortunately, unless you click on this blog link, you'll have no way of knowing that I'm not a total web slacker. Hopefully we can get this back and running soon, but until then this blog is only link that is semi-up to date.

ECSD Garage Sale

In need of any computers, TV's, VCR's, shelving units, office furniture, etc....? Check out the district's garage sale on Wednesday, August 25th from 8:00 am until noon. It is being held in our maintenance building (behind our Central Office) on Meisner Road. Everything is priced to go!!!!

Back to Work.....

What a GREAT Summer so far. Compared to last year, which it seemed to be cool and wet, this summer is what a summer should be.

One quick thing as I try to clean my desk off.....for those of you that are wondering, Parent Connect will be available September 1st.

More to come in the days to follow....it's good to be back and I'm looking forward to a GREAT year.