Comet Express     1.16.12Monday Morning Music

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y_mode=1&safe=activeKeeping in mind that many songs are inspired by books and/or contain literary references, this week’s song of the week is Katy Perry’s “Fireworks.” Perry told Billboard magazine that the inspiration for the song came from an unlikely source. “My boyfriend showed me a paragraph out of Jack Kerouac's book On The Road , about people that are buzzing and fizzing and full of life and never say a commonplace thing. They shoot across the sky like a firework and make people go, 'Ahhh.' I guess that making people go 'ahhh' is kind of like my motto."

Important Dates***OSHA Visit will happen this month.***1/23 Kerri Lamb PD, District BT-2 meeting, BB Tournament at Eastern Randolph High School1/24 ExCELL Training for 8th and 7th grade, BBTournament continues, Parent Technology Meeting with Marty Williams in the Media Center at 6:00.1/25 Report Card Pick Up at McDonalds,Admin Meeting at PDC, Human Race Breakfast, Dr. Frost will visit NAMS1/26-CASE 21 Item Bank Training-A separate emailwill be sent with additional information. DistrictBT-1 meeting, SMARTS afterschool1/27-8th grade Field Trip to the Civil Rights Museumin Greensboro, BB Tournament Semi-Finals1/30-Admin PD, District wide AVID meeting1/31-District Science Fair at SAMS, Leadership Team2/2-All County Band at Providence Grove High SchoolSMARTS Program afterschool2/3-All District Band, Sound to Sea for PAGE students

Celebrations and Hot TamalesHot Tamales to April and Jay for leading the charge inin preparing us for the upcoming OSHA inspection.More importantly, Hot Tamales for theirongoing efforts to ensure that we have a safe campusfor students and staff every day! NAMS has a grand reputation for leading the district in the area of OSHA.Hot Tamales to Jordi for organizing a great Spelling Bee.Hot Tamales to the Alison Yungeberg for being ourTeacher of the Week. Fernando Fernandez recognizedAlison for making learning fun and planning cool lessons!

Learning Links and Stuff to think aboutImproved Education for ELL Studentshttp://tinyurl.com/7gm5l58Homeless Student Semi-Finalist in National Science Fairhttp://tinyurl.com/6rcalg8Classroom Cultures Free of Racismhttp://tinyurl.com/7qmbdglAdvantages and Disadvantages of Online Learninghttp://tinyurl.com/7bch4nqWhat’s next for school technology?http://tinyurl.com/7ujmlp8

Keeping Us on the Same PageOSHA Visit-Jay and April have completed their preOSHAwalkthroughs. Overall, our school is in good shape. The mainthing that we all need to focus on is “housekeeping” issues. Let’s all keep working together to ensure that we have a safeand clean campus. This will always take a team effort. Peer Observations-Peer Observations, post-conferences, and completion of the McRel online forms should be completedby February 17th. Please see Candace or April if you havequestions or need assistance.Distribution Lists-Please work to keep your email distribution lists up to date. Lost and Found-Please remind students to collect any of their Belongings that may be in the lost and found items stored in The media center. Welcomes-Welcome to Sheila Brewer, our new AIG teacher, Betsy Hammond, the District’s Science Lead Teacher. NAMS Picture of the Week

Spelling Bee C-h-a-m-p-Kayla Phelps!

Comet Express     1.16.12