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MIDDLE SCHOOL EMPLOYEES OF THE MONTH
CARVER ROAD MIDDLE
Kelly Handley is the Employee of the Month for Carver Road Middle School. She pleasantly answers the telephones and greets everyone with courtesy. She volunteered to help with the Robotics competition and is always there when we need her. Thanks for the wonderful job you do! She has the #2185Pride.
COWAN ROAD
MIDDLE
Cowan Middle would like to recognize our GLISI team of teacher leaders, Patricia James, Debbie Hudson, Donnell Cox and Briana Edwards. Thank you for collaborating with us to implement performance culture protocols during our school improvement processes.
KENNEDY ROAD MIDDLE
Kennedy Road is proud to recognize Ms. Cheryl Wilder as our Employee of the Month. She has perfect attendance and is a trendsetter in the school. She has embraced the new 9 + 1 assessments and her students' scores set the bar for others to follow. Ms. Wilder, we appreciate all you do for our students!
REHOBOTH ROAD
MIDDLE
RRMS Employee of the Month is our nurse Cindy Powers. Mrs. Powers has done an excellent job working to manage illness and accidents at RRMS. She is willing to help in any way to make sure students are healthy and safe at school. Mrs. Powers has worked especially hard the past couple of weeks managing sickness at our school and her efforts are truly appreciated.
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COWAN ROAD ELEMENTARY SUPERSTAR PRINCIPAL
Congrats to Cowan Road Elem. Principal, Natalie Wood! Natalie was chosen as one of six "Superstar" principals to serve on the panel at the Griffin RESA 8th Annual seminar for aspiring principals titled,
Aspiring to the Principalship: Advice from Successful Principals.
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GSCS FIRST LEGO LEAGUE COMPETITION RESULTS FROM CARVER ROAD MIDDLE
Presentation Award -
Cowan Road Elementary
Inspiration -
Cowan Road Middle
Gracious Professionalism - Carver Road Middle
Advancing teams are
Cowan Road Elem. and Carver Road Middle.
Congratulations!
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GHS PAWBOTICS FINISH IN FIRST!
The Griffin Bears Robotics team, Pawbotics, finished
in FIRST PLACE at the Gwinnett School of Math, Science, and Technology regional Qualifier.
Way to go!
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SERVICE MATTERS AT GRIFFIN HIGH SCHOOL
Service is one of the core beliefs at GHS. During November and December, the GHS PBIS team challenged each Advisement class to complete a service project. Students met the challenge head on by making place mats for Thanksgiving for Brightmoor Nursing Home, making Christmas cards for troops and nursing home residents and creating boredom buster bags for patients at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta- Hughes Spalding.
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Can you believe that in just a few short weeks we will be welcoming the start of New Year 2015? It seems like yesterday we were preparing for the start of another successful school year. The holiday season is now upon us bringing a cheerful season filled with giving, reflection and promise.
As the year ends I want to reflect on the many things we have to celebrate and reasons to give thanks.
I am very thankful to be working in a District with such passionate and committed staff who work every day to reach every student and help them achieve. Your daily support and encouragement is making a positive difference for each student whose life you touch.
I am thankful for the knowledge and leadership of our Board of Education for selflessly giving their time and talents to ensure all students have the opportunity to a quality education.
I am grateful to our community for their continuing support of our district and schools.
Thank you to all of our parents who give and give in any way possible and share their amazing students with us!
I am thankful for our students. They make us laugh, sometimes cry, but always amaze us with their creativity, curiosity and optimism. They challenge us to think. It is because of them that we dare to do better!
I wish all of you a great holiday season! Please enjoy time with your family and friends, keep warm and safe. Let's return to work in 2015 rested and ready to enthusiastically serve the next generation of leaders.
Happy Holidays!
COLDR
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 The referendum date for eSPLOST V is Tuesday, March 17, 2015. Over the holidays help get the message out to the community on eSPLOST. Click HERE for facts about the GSCS eSPLOST V. |
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 GSCS LITERACY DAYS WINNERS
Griffin-Spalding County School System students recently competed among each other in the system's annual Literacy Days competition. The first place winners will advance to the Griffin RESA competition to compete against students from Fayette, Henry, Pike, Lamar, Newton, Upson, and Butts counties.
Click HERE to see the 2014-15 GSCS Literacy Day winners |
 GSCS 2014 CCRPI SCORES |
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2014
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2013
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Elementary
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78.5
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71
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Middle
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61.4
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64.8
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High
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61.6
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64.6
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District
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70.3
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67.9
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GSCS is very pleased that our overall CCRPI increased. While the state went down four points we increased. GSCS is just less than two points below the state average. This is exciting news for us and helps to indicate that our instruction is improving student achievement. In addition, our elementary schools did very well. Moreland Road Elementary had our highest CCRPI with 87.1 and Beaverbrook gained 15 points! We are delving deeper into the scores and plan to have a report ready for the Board of Education at its January 6 meeting. "Our elementary schools did well but like the state we continue to struggle with middle school and high school. It will take additional study of the report to determine the details but I am very happy overall with our results," stated Dr. Curtis L. Jones Jr., Superintendent. |
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IMPORTANT REMINDER!
 CHECK YOUR CHECK!
The 2015 State Health premiums will be reflected on your December
paycheck.
Employees will need to notify SHBP immediately of any errors:1-800-610-1863
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 RACE TO THE TOP REPORT TAKES LOOK AT FOUR YEARS OF WORK, REFORM ACHIEVEMENTS, WHAT'S AHEAD
Georgia DOE asks Georgia Partnership to Review its Efforts
Georgia has spent the past four years implementing the Race to the Top $400 million grant to improve educational outcomes for students. The scope and scale of the work undertaken was massive. There were 31 major projects and each project consisted of many activities. The goal of the grant was to reform standards, assessments, data systems, teacher effectiveness systems, certification, educator preparation programs, professional learning, lowest achieving schools and more. Although work remains on several requirements, as of this past September, all the reforms were in place. Read more... |
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GHS LADY BEARS AWARDED FOR ACADEMICS
The Griffin High School Lady Bears were recognized with the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) High School Team Academic Award for the
2013-2014 school year for having an outstanding grade point average. The 22 members of the varsity team had a combined 3.41 GPA. The team was one of only nine women's soccer teams in Georgia recognized.
You can find more information about the award here: http://www.nscaa.com/awards/2013-14-high-school-team-academic-award?utm_medium=short_url#girls
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Understanding Employees' Definitions of Value, Part Four
Click HERE for handout.
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 RESOURCES GOFAR (GEORGIA ONLINE FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT RESOURCE) LAUNCHED GOFAR (Georgia Online Formative Assessment Resource) has been launched to all systems statewide. User documentation has been developed to assist in the use of GOFAR. Click HERE for the following items...
* User Guide
* Quick Start Guides
* GOFAR Introductory Webinar (October 2014) BEST PRACTICES CORNER
Check out the some of the videos we have made, starring teachers, principals and even a student from all around the state. Watch users describe tips from "Teaching More Productively" to "Using DATA to Help Students Graduate" Click HERE to view Testimonial Videos |
 TEACHER CHOICE SERIES Read Like Your Book's On Fire (6-8 Teachers in All Content Areas) Get kids fired up about reading with this class designed to provide rich reading strategies that require students to interact with text across the content areas. Be prepared to move, echo, interact, sing along, and maybe read like your book's on fire! March 4, 2015 8:30 am to 3:30 pm Deadline: February 26, 2015 Preparing for the Mathematics Portion of the new Georgia Milestones Assessment System
(Teachers of Grades 3 -10) In this session, participants access resources that will assist them in preparing for the new Georgia Milestones assessment system. They will also gain an understanding of the varying types of items on the test (selected-response, constructed response, and extended-response items) in order to help create valuable assessments that measure learning and familiarize their students with the format of Georgia Milestones. February 5, 2015 8:30 am to 3:30 pm
Deadline: January 25, 2015 Register on-line at www.griffinresa.net |
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