October+Announcements

October Announcements: I'm putting out an order for a long sleeve tshirt with a new Baldwin Logo. It's a bubble letter (EVBES) with paw prints inside the letters. There is a table set up in the Media Center with the order forms and info on the type of shirts available. I will be placing this order Friday of this week. I want them back before Thanksgiving. There will be other orders placed after this first shipment. So, bring your checkbook, and stop by the Media Center this week. ***I'm working on another order, embroidered shirts, jackets, denim, etc. This order will be available later in the week. Jenny Scott

//__Girl Scouts__//: I just wanted everyone to know that there will be 2 Girl Scout Troops (K-1 grade, and 2nd grade) meeting in the Media Center on Tuesdays from 3-4:30. We appreciate Mr. Yardis and Mrs. Scott for allowing us to use this facility! Thanks everyone for **NOT** scheduling something on a Tuesday before 4:30 in the Media Center! If there are any questions, feel free to ask! --Polumbo

 The Ribbon Walk to Cancer is this Sat. If you wish to make a donation I will accept cash or check (Friends of the Cancer Center) or go online to [|www.ribbonwalkforcancer.com] and donate there. Thanks, Emilie Davenport Our very own, Vicki Cole was honored as the [|Reader's Choice for best schoolteacher].

Jars - keep those glass jars with lids coming. I am going to need as many as I can get. Don't worry about giving me too many. If I get too many, I will recycle them. Dincher

This will be included in the Choice Program this year:



I guess this means we are good for next year. YIPPEE!!!! Hallelujah!

=United Way contribution forms are in everyone's box. Please fill out and return to the box in Mr. Yardis's office. We are shooting for 100% participation so please give what you can.=

=Teachers,=
 * In your boxes are the NC Report Card. Please make sure they go home Monday. If you need additional copies, please let me know.**

= = = = = = =EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY!!!= =THE DAILY TRIVIA QUESTIONS WILL NOW BE POSTED ON OUR SCHOOL WEBSITE ([|WWW.EVBES.K12.NC.US]). THIS IS WHERE STUDENTS WILL READ IT, AND TURN IN THEIR ANSWERS. THEY WILL NO LONGER PLACE ANSWERS IN THE BOXES IN THE FRONT OF THE SCHOOL. TODAY'S QUESTIONS ARE ALREADY POSTED. (Robinson)=
 * Thanks! Helms**



What is the new policy on tardies and reporting them? This does not effect how anything is reported in NCWISE - this is simply for truancy issues. If you have a child who meets this criteria to 'earn' an unexcused absence because of tardies or early checkouts, please let Mrs. Thigpen know. We have a tardy letter that goes home at that point, and it also counts towards their unexcused absence total so it may influence what action the school takes.

Somehow, the grade level notes in OneNote have been messed up. Please send this week's minutes to admin - especially your priority list of monetary needs. We will take whatever format you want - just make sure it meets the criteria outlined in the newsletter.

** Please do not forget to email me the names of the students that have had perfect attendance with NO tardies for the months of Sept and Oct ASAP. These students will receive discount cards to the dance. You may update the lists until Fri at noon. The cards will be delivered to you around 12:30 Friday. Dingwell, Nichols, Patterson, Cole, Stamp, Freshley, Smith-Lusane, Keefer, and Robinson are set. ** ** Thanks! Johnson **

In an effort to make the morning announcements more inclusive, we are assigning the job to grade levels on a rotating basis. Each grade level will have a week to 'perform' the announcements. They will be taped the afternoon before, and then placed on the shared drive for classes to show the next morning. Mr. Robinson will still type up a script, but then teachers can make it their own and show off their own unique talents! How to accomplish this is really up to you - you may rotate it each day with a different teacher, team up together, or have one person take the whole week. I just need the name of the person on your grade level to head this up - we will meet very briefly on Monday in the media center to show you how to accomplish this. Please send Mr. Yardis a name by the end of the day Thursday.

If anyone has some extra mirrors (little ones to use in Science), the 3rd grade team would greatly appreciate you letting us borrow them next week :) Thanks! (Frashure )( I have some that my husband cut for Pat Harris years ago. I have them in the Media Center. You can stop by and borrow them J. Scott )  Dollar General 10 cent sale:  Dollar General has their summer toys, swim, lawn and garden, and green dot home items on sale for 10 cents. Some have a prior price of $25. Starts today, October 25 through October 31. Maybe you can find some treasures for your classroom! - Bunce

= When is the "Vittles for Vets" breakfast? (Pownall 10-23-11) On the calendar. Also, I hate to be too fussy, but could the school calendar actually have "details" when you click the details button? It would be nice to have times at at minimum. Thanks. The times are already on there. They are beside the event. []=

For instance, it would be good to know in advance when the times are for the dance, etc. (Some times are listed.) Thanks (Pownall 10-24-11)

That's up to the person who adds the event - if the organizer of the event adds it, they can provide the most information. = = = = =  = = = ==RRW supplies have been placed in classroom teacher's boxes. You should have a Class Pledge, Red Ribbon for the trees, red ribbons for students to wear, and a schedule. The school pledge is on the stage and you need to have students sign it sometime before/after lunch on TUESDAY. The entire school will be signing this banner so please tell them not to write HUGE! If you have any questions or are missing something, please let me or Ms. Bunce know. Thanks for your support! Strickland ==

Thoughts requested on Professional Development page ... please check (Moody)
= DONT FORGET THE OSHA TESTPLEASE--IN THE MEDIA OR MY HUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GARRETT = = If you need to borrow anything from the computer labs please return them. Someone has borrowed 4 headsets, 1 mouse, 2 chairs form Lab A, 1 chair from Lab B. Classes are not able to use all the computers without these items. Please return!!! = = = = Heroes Homecoming: = = 1.) We planned a 'Vittles for Vietnam Veterans', in which the vets would be honored with a breakfast, and Mrs. Horn would put together a little performance for them, but as of today, I have the name of just one Vietnam Vet to invite. We need more! = = 2.) Mrs. Stephen is working on art projects to post in the credit union. = = 3.) Individual grade levels/teachers each must do some grade appropriate activities in the classroom during period of the 4-13th - this is our focus. There are plenty of outside activities to honor the living Vietnam Veterans, our focus as a school should be to educate the students about what happened and why we need to honor them now. =

=== Red Ribbon Week will be celebrated October 24-28. A schedule of theme days and activities will be placed in your boxes on Friday. Hopefully we will have the ribbons by Friday so they can be passed out and ready to go Monday morning. We will be doing ribbons around trees, class pledges, and school pledge. Materials needed for these activities will also be distributed to each teacher by Friday. I will also try to upload the schedule of events on this Wiki, get Mr. Robinson to add RRW info to the morning announcements, and have it added to the Baldwin website as well. ===

- Strickland
= 3rd grade needs prisms. If anyone has some that we could borrow, we would be grateful. Thanks. Wynne = = October 17-21 = = READiNG 3D: I have updated all adds/deletes submitted to date. If your roster is not accurate and you have SYNCed, please let me know immediately. (Moody) I know some think it is a jinx to say good job before the end so GREAT JOB TO DATE! Powers that be can't believe the job being done at Baldwin so far! :) = =Teachers,= =If you receive a bus assignment form when a new student comes to Baldwin, please make note of it in you Dismissal Form and then give the form to the appropriate bus driver. Thanks, Helms= We believe that someone called for a **'FLASH MOB'** in the Media Center this morning. The search is on for  who did it!!! Hahaha. Our statistics show 250 checkouts within the 7:00-8:00 hour this morning. WOW! Someone yell "Traffic Control"

Please remember to send only **3 students at a time** for book check out. Also, it will help to give them a time limit to check out their book. Many students are spending a lot of time here to do a simple task. Thank you for your help in this matter. Jenny Scott

= = = HELP--has anyone seen my pull cart? It was at the end of D hall?????????? hula hoops--poly spots--pigs etc--Garrett --FOUND IT = = = = DONT FORGET OSHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANKS -- GARRETT = =Reading 3D folks: Please check Reading 3D page ... (Moody)=

I am not sure if I am missing something, but an Excel spreadsheet with FSU student assignments is on the September Announcements page. (T. Robinson) = Were the students from FSU supposed to start today? (Frashure) If that is the schedule you worked out. DO NOT worry if they do not show. That is their responsibility. Do NOT let this become more work for you. If you planned something for them to do and they didn't show, note it on the evaluation instrument in the end. Remember, these folks may be working next door to you one day. Let them know what "real" teaching is!! If you have ANY issue, please see me immediately. (Moody) Thanks. I really didn't have anything planned for him today, but I haven't heard from him to work anything out. (Frashure) On a similar note, along with my stolen laptop went my schedule for FSU students. IF you know who you are supposed to have or if I emailed it to you ( I WISH ), please be so kind as to take pity on me and email me what you know or have. !! Moody = = = = = = Media Classes will be on "B" week. Call if you have questions as to which you are-2229 J. Scott = = = = What is the ETA on Bear Bucks (I can cut my own if needed)? Any news on when there will be a dance? My kids are asking. (Pownall 10-17) = = = = OCTOBER 10-14, 2011 = = All Teachers, = =Effective Tuesday, October 18th, we will be adding a "new" bus and adjusting bus routes as we have had overcrowding since our break has been over. I will let you know as soon as possible what children are affected and what bus they will be riding. I will also be sending a letter to parents. You know what this means...updated Dismissal Charts!! Have a great weekend!!= = = ===** Hello all, I just wanted to send a reminder that teachers are to contact Mary Gray to arrange coverage for any meetings. __Please try to give her ample amount of time prior to your scheduled meeting.__ This can be done via email with the time and date for which the coverage is needed. D. Blanford **===

=I have decided to "splurge" on Yoplait yogurt and bypass store brands. Ok, so my question is... Does anyone collect the pink 'lids" and mail them in to the Susan G. Komen foundation? If so, I'll give them to you and you can mail mine with yours. If not, send yours my way and I'll be happy to mail them in. I've just started collecting them. Don't throw the pink tops away! (Casey Chandler)= = = = = = We are always hearing about the "bigger bang for our buck/time." Go to the professional development page and think about word walls and how ten minutes a day can help improve student achievement. = = = =Thank you everyone for conserving energy - we have already saved $3,172 in electrical costs in the first three months of school. Keep turning those lights off, not running the A/C at 60 degrees, and turning off the computers and we will not only save the county enough to hire another TA, but possibly earn the school a bonus of $1,000!= = = Please take a few minutes to verify/update which content vertical team you work with on the Professional Development page. Each certified staff  member should be aligned with one team (ELA, math, science or social studies). If you work with technology, for our purposes, please align yourself with one of the basic four. It would be appreciated if this could be updated by Friday, October 14, 2011. (Moody) = = =I have been asked to update our "Wall of Honor" for military family members in the family resource center. Please ask your families to send in new pictures as soon as they can. The pictures should be labeled with students' name, your name, family members' names and branch of service. Thanks for your help with this! (Also, thanks for advertising the center to your families! I will be happy to answer any questions about it.) T. Robinson= = = =The Reading Rocks total donation equals to $1580.15 from the school book fair and a few additional donations from Kindergarten students. Someone went to the Texas Roadhouse on Sept. 13th and was able to earn us $18.90 cents. Yay! The walk will be held on Oct. 22 at 9 a.m. If you have titles of books that you would like to see the Media Center carry, please address them to me through an email. (J. Scott)= = = = Maria Polumbo and I are participating in the Ribbon Walk for Cancer walk-a-thon on Sat. Nov. 5th. If you wish to join us, go to [|www.Ribbonwalkforcancer.org] and register. It cost $25.00 and you get a t-shirt. If you would like to donate to either one of us, go to the same site and click on donate and then enter the persons name. (In the past we could not see who donated so do not be offended if you are not thanked as we do not know who donates.) We also accept check ( Friend of the Cancer Center) or cash. Thanks! Emilie Davenport = = =

Help PLEASE!! I have a coaches' meeting on Thursday. We were just asked to bring two things ... first, a list of writing prompts Baldwin used in 2010-2011; second, student work examples of what academic rigor looks like at Baldwin. If you can help me on either point, I'd be "indebted" to you :) (Moody) I have the writing prompts. Come see me - Helms



Hello from the Baldwin Cafeteria and Welcome Back. Our first week back will be full of fun things with Mr. Yardis's permission we will be doing The Walk to School this will be done when your class goes to see Mrs. Garrett she will have all the student's walk out a path on the play ground by doing that they will be safe and can also participate in the promotion. On Wednesday 10-12-11 EVERYONE will receive a FREE breakfast that walked the path. We will be having French toast sticks, juice and milk. We will still need them to enter there NCWise numbers or get it from one of the teachers that have cafeteria duty for breakfast. Thank you helping us make this a BIG success.

I got Mr. Yardis's permission before we got out on break to include ALL of the adults at Baldwin that would like to HELP raise money for BREAST CANCER by paying $5.00 to Mrs. Peal and on one day (suggestion) you all together can wear jeans to school this day for the cafeteria staff is a Friday put Mr. Yardis suggested the staff have a different day because you are already allowed to wear jeans on Friday's. I have a sign up sheet and have to turn the money in at my manager's meeting on October 14, 2011. I hope that you feel the desire in your heart to help with this we have several cafeteria employees who have and some that are at this time FIGHTING this ugly BATTLE BREAST CANCER doesn't care who you are or what you do for a living. I know for a fact that this money that is raised in Cumberland County stays in our county. The cafeteria managers that was at Terry Sanford is right now fighting this battle she is in stage 4 and knows that if not for the money raised in our county she wouldn't have been able to have a lot of the treatments she has received. She does have insurance but the max cap comes fast when test cost $3,000.00 to $10,000.00. We as a Baldwin Family also have some of our own fighting this same battle. The money is to help pay doctor bills, do research, buy wigs etc. and the BEST IS THAT IT STAYS in our county. Please before you say "No I don't have an extra $5.00" remember it could effect your family one day and it has mine my Mom lost her battle with this terrible diease and I know the cost is HIGH. PLEASE just do it. If this is something you want to do sign up and make some suggestions on which day of the week you would like this to be on. Sorry this got alittle long but it is a cause I feel very STRONG about. So PLEASE, PLEASE help us make this a SUCCESS. THANK YOU

I am out of town and attempting to look at our school calendar....I cannot remember how to locate it away from school.....any takers? (Tyson) -- If you have your school laptop you should have a link there. [] That is what I copied and pasted. Let me know if it didn't work -- S.Roush = = Will the school be open tomorrow?

Email has returned!

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There have been quite a few changes on Baldwin's campus since school was last in session. To help facilitate these changes, there is a HUGE need for help in laying sod on Tuesday, Oct 11 - right after school. There has already been one donation of sod from Lowes. A second delivery from Cumberland County Schools is scheduled to be delivered for Tuesday the 11th. Monday night (10th), the ground is scheduled to be tilled up and fertilizer to be added before we lay the sod. The plan is to sod the entire front of our yard just under the cafeteria windows. With a lot of us helping, it shouldn't take long. Won't you please come with your garden shoes and gloves to help us beautify our school? If you can help, please let me know as soon as possible so I know how many people to plan on helping. Thank you! - Frye======

A great big Thank You goes out to our Beta Club !!!!! After we prep the ground, there will be 3,000 lb bear placed in the front of the school to welcome our Baldwin family each day! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! - Frye



FYI - As of 9 PM on October 4th, CCS email system has been down all day. The technology people have no idea when it will be back up. Update - still down - should be back up by the end of the day. Ok, maybe not. The system crashed again, similar to what happened last year, but luckily we have a backup this time. The delay is in restoring everything from the backup. A new email system is coming soon!

Fire Prevention Week - Oct. 9 -15 =Monday, October 10th we will take a staff picture at about 1:00.= = = =I have a class set of bags of patterns blocks in my room that I inherited. ( why could it have not been money?) If anyone could use these, PLEASE come and take them. =

=-Davenport = Lunch Schedule for Early Release Days has been added to the lunch schedule - (1 hour, twenty minutes early).

Whoever was involved in Quiz Bowl last year, please let Mr. Yardis know - there is debate county wide about whether to continue this, and I would like the input of the people who participated last year.

Relief is coming - finally. [|Read this]

Mrs. Savage has laminated all the Bear Bucks we will ever need, but now we need them cut! If you have any sympathy (for her), please feel free to come by the school and pick some up to cut for us. We just need to cut them down to individual sheets, and then the print shop will cut them from there. All done - thank you everyone!


 * Good news!! Ricky Lopes, the county Asst. Superintendent for Finance, has informed me that the new pay date law for new year will NOT affect year round teachers at all. Your pay schedule will remain the same. (O.k., you can go on a spending spree now). (Yardis) **
 * That's good. Now he needs to work on a raise. Dincher <--Agree. (Frashure)

What about if we, the school, aren't year round next year? (Roush) Then first pay date will be one month after we begin (around Sept. 15th)

??????Have you heard anything more of a possible change of calendar? That would still mean a missed check in August perhaps? If we get paid for June in July, then we would not get paid for July, in August, as we would not be working in July to merit a check. No word - if any info is provided, we will pass it along as soon as we hear. That last word was that the district was planning to meet with all YR schools to discuss how they can better support us going forward - a good sign I think.


 * Be sure to check out the Instructional Resources page for new resources ... **

‍ 12:55 - 1:55: Reading 3-D Training K-2 (Media); ClassScape Training 3-5 (Thrash's Room)
= Another school in CCS had a bomb threat - guess how? It was on a class blog. Make sure your class websites require a log-in and people can't post anoynmously. Also, anyone with a blog/wiki or class website needs to email Mr. Yardis the link. = = (SPELL CHECK!) = = = = Update on pay date law - the law is being re-written, but it looks like it will read that teachers will get paid one month after starting work. So if we begin on July 10th as projected next year, teachers would be paid on August 10th. Again, this is a working document so feel free to lobby your representative. (see update above). =

=First and Kindergarten Science= I am putting up a sign up sheet for first and kindergarten science. There are three time slots per day. I will come to your room and read a book about animals. The sign up sheet is on the filing cabinet next to my door. There are markers on the table and probably a pencil or too on the floor dropped by a careless fifth grader. I am going to try to make this a permanent schedule. So think about what time you want me to come every week and I will be there. There are 13 classrooms and 15 time slots so everybody should be able to, hopefully, pick a time. Dincher

Mrs. Lavallis needs a list of any students that __**can't**__ have their pictures placed in the yearbook or anywhere around school by Oct. 14th. Just email her the names of these students. Thanks

Last year I loaned out a poster I had created on topic, main idea and supporting details. It was on 3 sheets of goldenrod paper hanging on a coat hanger. If you have it, I would like to use it the first week we come back from break. Thank you! -Wynne