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Lost and Found

Like most years, we have a ton (yes…...2000 lbs) of shirts, shoes, coats, boots, backpacks, etc) in our lost and found. It is all being displayed on racks in the main hallway. Please take a look during PTC for any items that have come up missing from your house. Any items not claimed by the end of PTC on Tuesday night will be donated to Kids in Distress.

Rumors.......Arrrrrrrrrrgh

So.....here's an education in how rumors at Middle School start. I have invited any local police officer to stop by the school and if the timing is right, to have lunch with our students. Today we had a St. Clair County Sheriff stop by during 6th grade lunch (phase one of the rumor). Part 2.....As with many days, we had a staff member out ill today (phase two of the rumor). Put those two facts together and at the end of the day I received a phone call from a staff member that the entire 6th grade class was talking about the police coming to SCMS today, arresting a teacher and that teacher was getting fired (the teacher that was out ill). By the time I got that phone call, school was out, the buses had left and there was really nothing I could do but hope that this wouldn't take on a life of its own. Unfortunately...my hopes were dashed. By the time I got home I had received 6 texts from teachers saying they had heard the rumor. My wife said she had gotten a handful of texts and phone calls from teachers in other buildings asking if the rumor was true. Now I'm hearing that it's on Twitter and Facebook (isn't technology great?). As adults, my hope is that we can use this as a learning experience for our children/students and teach them that they need to be very careful in assuming what they hear is fact and then passing it on. In many situations, rumors can be very hurtful and do serious damage to a person's reputation.

PTC Times

Monday, November 25th and Tuesday November 26th, our Parent Teacher Conferences will be held from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. and from 5:15 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. (If you are interested in not waiting in line, the second day is always slower than the first)

Texting and E-Mail Etiquette

Now that technology is the main mode for communication, I think we need a class that addresses texting and e-mail etiquette. On average I probably exchange e-mails/texts with 50 to 60 people a day. I'm not sure why it bothers me so much but it really bugs me when I get texts/e-mails with certain words in all caps or bolded. Do they think I'm STUPID and wouldn't understand what they are trying to say if they didn't yell at me in the text/e-mail? And what's up with multiple question marks?????????? Does that mean that the question is really confusing????????? I completely understand how easy it is to read tone into e-mails and texts, but when all caps, bolding and multiple question marks are used, it’s takes a lot of the guesswork out of it. I sent this out to staff and hopefully it will become a topic of conversation in our classes. I wonder if Einstein used multiple question marks?

Pay it Forward Project

For the days and weeks that lead up to Winter Break, we are going to be talking about “Random Acts of Kindness” and the “Pay it Forward” theory. Our direction with this is to do something for someone that you either don’t know or something that you normally wouldn’t do, expecting nothing in return. The second part of this project is that when someone goes out of their way for you, that you “Pay it Forward” and return the favor to someone else. If you follow the logic of this, if I do two random acts of kindness to two separate people, and then in return, they each do two and then those people each do two…..you can quickly see how this will snowball. Please help promote this at home. Hopefully this can turn into a lifelong lesson/habit.

Thanks You PTO!!!

Our Activity Night was a Huge Success. Below are a few pictures of the fun. The Wrecking Ball, Joisting, Ping Pong, DJ for Dancing, Dodgeball Tourney's and a Photo Booth were just part of the fun our students had.