Weekly Memo

I hope everyone had a great long weekend. I think I am finally over whatever sickness I had last week and back at full energy this week. A little weekend trip to Tybee Island for some rest and relaxation, and I am ready to go this week.

For such a short week, we have a lot of stuff going on. Tomorrow (Wednesday), the 8th graders will be taking the 8th Grade Writing Exam, while both the 7th and 6th graders will be participating in practice writing exams. They will be spending the majority of their morning in their first period classes, so I won't see my 2nd or 3rd period classes tomorrow.

On Thursday, we will be taking school pictures in the morning. These are the photos that will be appearing in our yearbook, so dress up nice for your photos.

Finally, on Friday, we will have Club Day, which means we'll have an altered schedule through-out the day. Not only will we be having Club Day, but we'll be taking Club pictures as well, so make sure you keep enough of your smile from Thursday for Friday's pictures as well.

In class, my 1st and 6th Period classes will be reading the story "I am Native North America," while in 2nd and 3rd we will be continuing our Natural Disasters unit with "Hurricanes: The Monster Storms."

To finish things off, I'd like to share two opportunities with everyone:

1) Calling All Students in Grades 4-8!

Now in its 17th year, the Breaking Barriers Essay Contest is a chance for students from all backgrounds to share their personal stories and how they have used Jackie Robinson’s values to face their own barriers.

Entries for this year’s contest are due March 14, 2013.

Click the link for more information.
http://link.scholastic.com/u.d?YYGjHp015vSrFD8fgJVtv=2771&s=1459551&ym_2rid=9001021


2) The United States Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol Squadron, of the Southern Crescent, will host a
Telescope Night on February 9, 2013. The public is invited.

Griffin, GA -- The Griffin Composite Squadron will be hosting a Public Telescope Night, in conjunction with
the Flint River Astronomy Club, to provide the community a glimpse into the vastness, and wonder, of space.

We will have numerous telescopes, from 6 inches to 18 inches, providing views of distant galaxies, nebula,
globular clusters, as well as the planets.

The Telescope Night is free of charge and open to the public of all ages. Our Civil Air Patrol squadron serves young people and adults from Clayton, Henry, Spalding, Pike, Lamar, Fayette and Butts counties. We invite everyone to come out, enjoy the wonders of space, and have a fun, family evening with our squadron.

In addition, there will be detailed information provided about our CAP squadron and the many activities and
lifelong benefits that young people and adults gain from this program. There will be information about the
National Cadet Special Activities, Annual Encampments, Aerospace and Emergency Services. Our squadron also features activities and involvement for Adult CAP Members' children, from 8 - 11 years old.

The Telescope Night will run from 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM on Saturday February 9, 2013. We will be meeting at our “home base” at the Griffin-Spalding Airport at 6:30, and then proceed to the telescope viewing area.
Additional information about this event, including a map to our facility can be found on our web page at:

www.griffincap.org