Keeping it Light from Mary Margaret Justis
Head of School Search
Committee Update
BookIt! Program
Going the Distance with the Cross Country Team
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5th Grade is
"Brushing Up"
SPLAT! The Week in Pictures
Secondary
Placement Fair
Food City Value Cards
Upcoming Events
for the Week of
Sept. 30 - Oct 5
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Please look in this week's Friday Folder for a Sullins Academy car sticker. Place the sticker in your car window and show your eagle pride!
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Label All Clothing!
Remember it is very important to label all school uniforms such as blazers, jackets and gym clothes, etc. Please take a moment to check the blazer that you have to make sure it belongs to you. We have several that did not make it home this past Monday. Thank you!
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Kids' Tech University
The primary goal of Kids' Tech University is to create the future workforce in science, technology, engineering and mathematics by sparking kids' interest in these fields.
Ages: 9-12 yr old boys & girls
Cost: $100 (covers both Oct 19 and April 5 sessions)
For information contact
Penny McCallum at pmccallum@swcenter.edu
or call 276-619-4310
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Substitutes Needed!
We are in need of substitutes for the school year. Please stop by the office for an application if you are interested. Tell a family member or friend as well. When you pick up an application we will explain the hiring process or if you have any questions feel free to call.
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Sullins Academy Mission
To ensure success for our children in the global community, the mission of Sullins Academy is to provide a positive educational environment, fostering academic excellence while maintaining a commitment to the core values of integrity, honesty, respect, responsibility, and service to others. We develop minds and character while providing inspiration for a lifetime.
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Be Sociable,
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at
instagram.com/sullinsacademy#
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 The Eagle's Nest
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News and current events for the Sullins Academy community
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 All of Sullins Academy is saddened to accept the retirement letter from Ms. Mary-Margaret Justis. Please read the letter below. We are sure she will stay close as we plan to use her for special projects.
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Head of School
Search Committee Update
The Search Committee is moving forward with our Head of School search process. We have distributed the Head of School survey to everyone and are grateful to those of you who have taken time to respond. If you have not had a chance to complete the survey, please take time to do so as the committee would like to have your input while the Head of School position criteria are developed.
On Monday, September 30, 2013, Jamie Estes and Drew Lineberger, from Southern Teachers Agency, will be visiting our school. They will be here to observe our school, which will include attending assembly, touring the school and attending our Pizza Inn fundraiser on Monday evening. This visit will help them develop a sense of who we are in order to create an accurate profile for the Head of School position.
Also on Monday, Jamie and Drew will be gathering more in-depth input from a variety of advisory panels made up of different constituent groups both in the school and in the larger community. We have five advisory panels in place. The panels include: a current parent panel, a former parent/alumni panel, a student council officer's panel, an administrative staff panel, and a faculty panel. Jamie will work with each panel separately to identify performance objectives, skills, competencies, and characteristics that are important to look for in successful Head of School candidates.
After these advisory panel meetings are completed, the Search Committee will begin working with Jamie and Southern Teachers Agency to identify the requisite skills, competencies and characteristics and develop a position profile for the Head of School position. The committee's goal is to have the profile completed by mid-October. After the position profile is complete, we will be sharing that final result with you.
The Search Committee welcomes your questions, comments, and suggestions. Please forward these to suzanne@senter.com
Respectfully,
Suzanne Senter
Search Committee Chair
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Let's BookIt!
Exciting news from the library. Sullins Academy will be participating in the BOOKIT! reading incentive program sponsored by Pizza Hut again this year. This program runs from October through March and allows students an opportunity to earn a FREE Personal Pan Pizza certificate for reading a grade level appropriate amount of time each night and documenting this participation on a calendar reading log. The reading log will be provided to you each month and you will need to initial each night your child reads and meets the criteria. (Kindergarten parents can count time that you read with your child.) At the end of the month, you will return this reading log to the librarian and your child will receive a certificate for the free pizza. We are looking forward to lots of participation as we READ OUR HEARTS OUT with the BOOKIT! program.
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Kindergarten
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| 1st grade
| 10 minutes
| 2nd grade
| 15 minutes
| 3rd grade
| 15 minutes
| 4th grade
| 20 minutes
| 5th grade
| 20 minutes
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For more information you can go to: readyourheartout.com
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 Going the Distance
On Saturday, September 21, the Sullins Academy Cross Country Team competed in the Walker's Run meet at Hungry Mother State Park. Claire Melton was our first girl home with a time of 11:16 for the 1.5 mile course. Finn Glasscock was the first boy home with a great time of 10:45. The cross country team is working very hard in practice and I am so proud of them. This meet was a great start to our season. This Saturday, they will compete at Steele Creek Park in Bristol, Tennessee. Middle School girls will run at 1:20 p.m. and the boys at 1:50 p.m. (We do not have any runners in the 9:30 a.m. race.) --Coach Paul McNamara
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PIZZA! PIZZA! PIZZA! PIZZA! PIZZA!
Please click on the link below for detailed information about the Pizza Inn Fundraiser in Abingdon on Monday, September 30.
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5th Grade is "Brushing Up"
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BRUSHING UP
Mrs. Gooch's 5th graders discussed the role of design and function in regard to uses of technology. For their project, they worked on creating a new and improved toothbrush prototype. Do you think you'd like to own a "Techno-Brush?"
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SPLAT!!
Parents,
Please check out the new Splat story by Jeff Kinney, author of the popular series, DIARY OF A WIMPY KID. It will be available on October 1st, in observance of National Book Day. You should be able to find the link for the story that will be read by the author by going to the BookIt! website www.bookitprogram.com on Tuesday, October 1. In the meantime, check out his short video on the BookIt! website.--Judy Stamper
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Mark Your Calendar for the
Secondary Placement Fair at Sullins Academy!
On October 21, 2013, Sullins Academy will play host to over sixteen nationally recognized boarding schools. We hope all middle school parents will drop by to learn more about alternative schooling available to students after eighth grade.This school fair is open to the public and we encourage you to bring a friend.
Time: 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
Location: Sullins Academy Gymnasium
Preliminary List of Schools Attending:
Asheville School, Baylor, Blue Ridge, Chatham Hall, Christchurch, Cornerstone Christian, Fork Union, Miller School, St. James, Salem Academy, St. Andrews, St. Margaret's, St. Mary's, Virginia Episcopal School, Webb School, Woodberry Forest, McCallie
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Value Cards at Food City - A BIG Deal
We have just learned that during the 2012-13 school year, Sullins Academy earned $3,149.10 in School Bucks from Food City. The previous year, our check amount was $747.23. Two factors account for the increase:
1) Sullins received 25,000 bonus points because we doubled our Value Card registration last year; and
2) Kim Long, our SPA volunteer for Corporate Programs, personally went to Food City to make sure our cards were entered into their system.
This year, the system has changed a bit, so it is VERY IMPORTANT for every Sullins family, your relatives and friends, to register Value Cards at your local Food City, either by using the card itself or by using the bar code that was sent home in Friday Folders. If we double our registration once again, just think of what our check for this year might be!
The School Bucks program runs from the end of August till the first of May. Cards MUST be re-registered each year. Many thanks to Kim Long for her exceptional work with Corporate Programs!
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Upcoming Events for Sept. 30- Oct. 5
Monday, 9/30
-Individual School Pictures for 4th-8th grade only - Dress Uniform Required
-Pizza Inn Fundraiser for those who purchased tickets. 5:00-8:00 -Volleyball game away, Sullins vs. Titans at 4:00 and 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, 10/1
-Cross Country practice, 3:30-4:15 p.m. Parents pick up at front
-Tennis practice, 3:15-4:45
Wednesday, 10/2 Thursday, 10/3 -Cross Country Meet, 5:40 - (All) Randy Smith Classic at
Sugar Hollow Park
-Volleyball Game away, Sullins vs. Cedar View at 4:00 and 5:00 p.m.
-Tennis Match home, 4:30 Sullins vs. Glenrochie Country Club
Friday, 10/4
REMINDERS & ETCETERAS...
** Friday, Oct. 11 - Noon Dismissal - Children's Center Open
**Monday, Oct. 14 - No School - Columbus Day - Children's Center Closed
**Food City Cash Cards - This is an ongoing fundraiser for our school. Stop by the school office and get your cards; they spend the same as cash at Food City.
Parent Directory/Parent Student Handbooks
The Directory/Parent Student Handbooks were handed out at the Thursday night parent meeting. If you did not attend the meeting, your book will come home with your child today in the Friday Folder.
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If you have any items of interest that you would like included in the "Eagle's Nest", please feel free to send your suggestions to me at mbarrett@sullinsacademy.org by noon on Wednesday. Best Regards,  |
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