The Principals Pad

The Principal’s Pad

Weekly Notes From Principal Denise Comeaux

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Week of:December 17, 2010

UPCOMING EVENTS:

No School December 22-31, 2010
January 14, 1 pm. Monthly Assembly
January 20, 11-12. Second quarter parent support luncheon in the Media Center
January 26, 9 am. Monthly “Principal’s Coffee”

CURRICULUM CORNER…..Susan Bennett, Literacy Facilitator

We are excited that our school is participating in the D & S Powell McDonald’s Better Together Award initiative. Each month this program awards a winning teacher and school $500 each. We are excited to nominate Lorri Poerio from our transition level team for this honor. Please follow these easy steps to vote:

Register to vote by sending an email to with “Better Together – Register to Vote in the subject line. You can begin to register now through January 12.

1)Voting will begin January 5 and end January 12.

2)You will receive a ballot via email. Voting takes less than a minute.

3)The winning teacher and school will be announced on January 13.

Thanks in advance for your support of our school and Lorri Poerio, our nominated teacher. Thanks also to Shannon Martin for organizing this process for us.

Congratulations to Ethan T.! He is our Metro Star Student of the Week. Ethan is a student in Hannah Somers’ transition class. Delilah Cole and Robert Rhyne are the teaching assistants. Ethan received his star student badge and certificate during the closed circuit broadcast of the Thursday morning announcements. We are proud of you, Ethan! Keep up the outstanding work!

I would like to wish all of our Metro families a joyous and safe holiday season and a very healthy and happy new year.

DID YOU KNOW THIS ABOUT METROSCHOOL?

We are forming a committee to design a school crest to depict the vision and mission of our school. We have teachers and assistants on this committee, and would like to also have parents and community partners join with us in designing our school crest. If you would be interested in being on this committee, please let me know by phone (980-343-5450) or email ().

STAFF SPOTLIGHT…….Staff Social Committee

This week’s Staff Social Committee spotlight shines on several people. Our “Assistant of the Week” is Ms. Arianne Fishman. Arianne was nominated by her teacher, Ms. Kandace Wright. Congratulations, Arianne. The spotlight also shines on Ms. Jane Huber, our wonderful music teacher, for her hard work and dedication to our annual holiday program. Thank you, Ms. Huber. And to all staff who participated in the holiday program in any way, a great big “THANK YOU” goes out.

STUDENT SERVICES CORNER……LaShica Hemingway, Counselor

It's that time again!!! Metro will be hosting the second quarter Parent Support Luncheon. Please bring your brown bag lunch and join usas we continue our discussion ofissues that face our Metro families. The Support Luncheon will be held on January 20th from 11 am- 12 pm in the Media Center.Metro'sEye oftheTiger Coffee cartand Tiger Tail Bakery will also stop by for anyone who would like to purchase coffee or dessert. It is a wonderful opportunity for you to see the great things our students do here at Metro. Please call me at 980-343-1051 andRSVP by January 14, 2011. We look forward to seeing you here.

FROM THE ADAPTED PE DEPARTMENT

How will you be spending your holiday break? Why not take your child bowling? Our students will participate in Special Olympics bowling in January. Students will take the skills they learned in Physical Education and apply them in a community setting. Bowling is a great way for students to reinforce concepts they have learned in math, science, communication and socialization and to show off their bowling techniques. What a great way to spend time with your family and friends. Below is a list of bowling alleys around Charlotte.

George Pappas’s

1700 Monford Dr

Charlotte, NC

704-523-7633

Carolina Lanes

11210 Brigman Rd

Charlotte, NC

704-841-7606

Northcross Lanes

16317 Statesville Rd

Huntersville, NC

704-892-7177

University Lanes

5900 N. Tryon St

Charlotte, NC

704 596-4736

NO PRINCIPAL’S PAD NEXT WEEK. I HOPE YOUR WINTER BREAK IS RESTFUL.