Let's try this again . . .

When life gets busy, some things go by the way side and my blog last year was one of them. If you go back and look at previous posts, you can see that it had, in fact, been over a year since the last update. I am going to try very hard to do much better this year and update my blog once a week. My main goal is to provide the links to some of the sites that my students use and to post important dates that you need to be aware of. Please be patient as I navigate this blog and get reacquainted with how it works.

Stoddard County Scholastic Meet

On Thursday, February 19, several of our students participated in the Stoddard County
Scholastic Meet.  Our students represented our school well and we are very proud of
them all.  Those that placed are as follows:

4th grade:
    Individual Spelling- Caroline Robison 3rd
    Math- Alex Gibbs 3rd

5th grade:
    Individual Spelling- Mara Mayo  3rd
    Math- Andrew Northern 3rd
    Science- Austin Bond- 2nd
    Language Arts- Morgan Fuwell  3rd
    Social Studies- Hailey Caldwell 2nd

In the middle school the following areas placed also-
 Individual Spelling- 8th grade Jennie Weathers- 3rd
 Spelling teams- 6th grade- 3rd place and 7th grade 2nd place
 Math- 6th grade Brent Lough- 3rd place
 Science- 6th grade- Tyler Hood 3rd
          7th grade- Rebecca Barker 2nd
          8th grade- Tom Sanders 3rd
Language Arts- 8th grade Micaela Griffin - 1st
Social Studies- 8th grade Travis Phillips 1st
Declamation- 6th grade Ricky Brotherton 1st
            7th grade Destiney Hill 3rd
            8th- Rebekah Northern 1st

Please note that school will be in session on Monday, February 16th.

Our Valentine's party will be held this Friday, February 13th, from 1:30-2:10. Parents are welcome to attend.

Mrs. Cox, Mrs. Townsend (our student teacher) and I have challeneged our students to learn the 44 Presidents, in the order that they served, by the end of February for 10 bonus points in Social Studies. Have fun and be creative!

Mrs. Angela Townsend is our student teacher in our classroom until March 13th. Mrs. Townsend is working towards her degree in elementary education. She is a wonderful addition to our classroom.

I hope everyone has a great week!

January Student of the Month

Congratulations to Austin Bollinger, our January Student of the Month. Our character trait for January was Perseverance - working hard and never giving up. Austin exhibits these characteristics in and out of the classroom daily and I am very proud of all of his hard work this year.

Progress Report Date Changed

Please note that progress reports will be sent home on Monday, February 9th.

News/Notes

I hope this entry finds everyone safe and warm. I know that it has been a long week and has been extremely difficult for many and for some the struggles continue. I think most of the students enjoyed returning to a routine today and found some comfort in the familiar. Following are a few announcements for this week:

The PTO meeting scheduled for tonight, Monday, February 2nd, has been cancelled.

Progress Reports will go home on Wednesday, February 4th - please note that with all of the missed days there may not be many grades for some subjects.

Our party celebrating January birthdays will be held this Friday, February 6th (rescheduled from last Friday). Our party celebrating February birthdays will be held on Friday, February 27th.

Thank you as always for your continued support, I appreciate you!

Finally Recovered . . .

my username and password that is. If you're like me, you have several things that you keep up with online and unfortunately you cannot use the same username and password for any of them. Some have to include letters and numbers and some case sensitive, ect. Well, it finally caught up with me - I couldn't remember what my password to my blog was and for some reason it was that easy to reset but I have finally gotten it done. I will hopefully be publishing my weekly newsletter on my blog and update it with my student of the month this past week. I will also put last month's student on the page as well since it was during my short sabatical (that sounds better doesn't it?). Thank you for being understanding.

Mrs. Vaughn