Monday, November 13, 2017

November News 11/13/17

Principal Podcast LINK - info concerning tonight and Thursday night 

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American Education Week info:

Monday - Am Ed Night @ Athens Events Center @ 5:15

** Come visit our table **

Thank you to Ms. Black, Mrs. Thompson, Ms. McCaig, Mrs. Brister, Mrs. Craft and Mrs. Palmer for all of your hard work setting things up today and planning this event!

Events for this week:

Monday    11/13/17  -  Celebration at the Event Center in Athens 4:30.  Kids perform @ 5:30
Tuesday    11/14/17  -  Parents' Day - Parents are invited to read or share an activity in classrooms
Wednesday  11/15/17 -  Support Personnel Breakfast
Thursday   11/16/17 - Educator for a Day - special activities across Creekside
Friday  11/17/17 - Substitute Educators' Day - lunch provided honoring our hard working subs!

American Education Night - info here
November 13  -  Celebration at the Event Center in Athens 4:30 P.M.

All Limestone County Schools will be showcased on this night.   Schools will have showcase tables set up and each school will have a short performance.  Please see the recent info sent home by Mrs. Brister (our music teacher) if you would like your child to participate in the musical performance.

Please come by and visit our table tonight & see our students perform @ 5:30. ____  

Dyslexia Awareness Night will be Thursday, November 16th at 5:00 p.m. in the Creekside Primary library!  All parents and students are welcome to join us for a night of information and fun. 

This will be a hands-on experience to learn simple multi-sensory activities you can do at home to help your child read and spell words.  Theses strategies will benefit all students, not just the children with dyslexia or dyslexic tendencies.

Invitation HERE! We hope to see you there.
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Continuous Improvement Plan for Creekside Primary
Each year @ Creekside we collect data, have leadership team meetings and complete a plan with goals and activities.
You can view a short version of our plan HERE  ____ 
PTO email Did you know we have a new email address for Creekside PTO? 
Email us at:  Ptocreekside@gmail.com ____ 
Creekside Primary Facebook page
Like us on Facebook @ https://www.facebook.com/CreeksidePS/ ____
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Follow us on Twitter @CreeksidePS ____ 



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Remind
Stay up to date with info from Creekside Primary on Remind
Follow us @ remind.com/join/cpsremind  ____ 
So Many Activities - So Little Time - Report to parents - LINK
  • provided by National Association of Elementary School Principals 
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Upcoming CPS Dates:

Nov 13 - American Ed Night @ Athens Events Center - info here
Nov 16 - Dyslexia Awareness Night - info here
Nov 23-26 - Thanksgiving Holidays
Dec 14 - Supper with Santa - more info here
Dec 20 - Christmas Parties - 1/2 day of school
Dec 21-Jan 2 - Christmas Holidays
Jan 4 - 1st day of Spring Semester
Jan 23 - PTO meeting @ 6:00 pm
April 12 - Spring Arts Festival & PTO meeting

Thursday, November 2, 2017

November News

AUDIO PODCAST Version - CLICK HERE
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Mrs. Nona Adams - District 1 Elementary Assistant Principal of the Year!



Congrats to Mrs. Nona Adams! Mrs. Adams has been named the District 1 Elementary AP of the Year!  Mrs. Adams will now move on to the state level AP of the year as our District 1 representative.  Great job Mrs. Adams!!
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Attendance Awards
Thank you Chick-Fil-A for sponsoring our Attendance Awards!  Students who have perfect attendance each month will be receiving a certificate and a gift card from our Athens Chick-Fil-A for a cookie or ice cream.  Thanks to Mr. Matthew Kyle and Chick-Fil-A of Athens!

Some pics of September winners - link 
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Here are a few upcoming dates and reminders:

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Holiday Pics!
On Tuesday, November 7th, we will have Holiday Pics for students.  Santa will be visiting and making pics with our kids in grades K & 1.  2nd grade will just have the Holiday background.
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Veterans Day Programs
On Thursday, November 9th, Creekside will honor our Veterans with a short coffee and breakfast brunch in the Primary library.  After the brunch, our honored Veterans will be going into classrooms across Creekside to be guest speakers for our students.

Be sure to visit our "Wall of Heroes" next week @ Creekside!

Great job by Mrs. Nona Adams, our Assistant Principal, for working on this project and this great day!
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Thanksgiving Lunch - INFO LINK
We will be serving traditional Thanksgiving lunch at Creekside on Thursday, November 9th.  Lunch will be during normal lunch times. Please come and join us at Creekside on this day.  Visit our front office to purchase prepaid tickets.  (You do not have to purchase tickets.  You can just pay on the day of the meal.)
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NOV 10TH - NO SCHOOL - VETERANS DAY
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American Education Night - info here
November 13  -  Celebration at the Event Center in Athens 4:30 P.M.

All Limestone County Schools will be showcased on this night.   Schools will have showcase tables set up and each school will have a short performance.  Please see the recent info sent home by Mrs. Brister (our music teacher) if you would like your child to participate in the musical performance.
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Dyslexia Awareness Night will be Thursday, November 16th at 5:00 p.m. in the Creekside Primary library!  All parents and students are welcome to join us for a night of information and fun. 

This will be a hands-on experience to learn simple multi-sensory activities you can do at home to help your child read and spell words.  Theses strategies will benefit all students, not just the children with dyslexia or dyslexic tendencies.

Invitation HERE! We hope to see you there.
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Continuous Improvement Plan for Creekside Primary

Each year @ Creekside we collect data, have leadership team meetings and complete a plan with goals and activities.

You can view a short version of our plan HERE 
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PTO email
Did you know we have a new email address for Creekside PTO? 

Email us at:  Ptocreekside@gmail.com
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Creekside Primary Facebook page

Like us on Facebook @ https://www.facebook.com/CreeksidePS/
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Twitter

Follow us on Twitter @CreeksidePS
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Remind

Stay up to date with info from Creekside Primary on Remind

Follow us @ remind.com/join/cpsremind 
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So Many Activities - So Little Time - Report to parents - LINK
  • provided by National Association of Elementary School Principals 
____   
Upcoming CPS Dates:

Nov 7 - Tuesday - Holiday Pics
Nov 9 - Thursday - Veterans Day programs in classrooms
Nov 9 - Thursday - Thanksgiving Lunch @ Creekside - come join us!
Nov 10 - NO SCHOOL - Veterans Day
Nov 13 - American Ed Night @ Athens Events Center - info here
Nov 16 - Dyslexia Awareness Night - info here
Nov 23-26 - Thanksgiving Holidays
Dec 14 - Supper with Santa - more info here
Dec 20 - Christmas Parties - 1/2 day of school
Dec 21-Jan 2 - Christmas Holidays
Jan 4 - 1st day of Spring Semester
Jan 23 - PTO meeting @ 6:00 pm
April 12 - Spring Arts Festival & PTO meeting

AUDIO PODCAST Version - CLICK HERE