2011-2012 Calendar

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August 2011	September 2011	October 2011	November 2011	December 2011
January 2012	February 2012	March 2012	April 2012	May 2012

July 2011

26	27	28	29	30	July 1	2
3	4 Independence Day!	5	6	7	8	9
10	11	12	13	14	15 Full Moon	16
17	18	19 New Teacher Orientation	20 New Teacher Orientation	21 New Teacher Orientation	22 New Teacher Orientation	23
24	25 Pre-Planning	26 Pre-Planning	27 Pre-Planning	28 Pre-Planning	29 Pre-Planning	30
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August 2011

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
Team A Car Rider: Allday, Deems, Heard, Lairsey, J. Bennett, Hickson, Minchew, Thigpen, Fields, Floyd Words of the Week: School Pride	1 First Day of School First Nine Weeks Begins PTA Candle Fundraiser all month Breakfast duty every Monday: Patterson, Self, Geiger, Freelove Third Grade begins accepting donations for field trip expenses	2 Breakfast duty every Tuesday: Patterson, Self, Sweat, Freelove	3 Breakfast duty every Wednesday: Sweat, Howell, Mims, Zachary	4 Breakfast duty every Thursday: Mims, Freelove, Howell, Zachary	5 Breakfast duty every Friday: Mims, Self, Howell, Zachary 4^th & 5th Grades selling snacks during 4^th & 5^th recess	6
7 Team B Car Rider: Wester, King, Shelton, Woods, Rentz, Dial, Bell, Garner, Self, P. Harris Word of the Week: Punctuality	8 NEHS School Store Opens Every morning before school	9 5th Grade Fundraiser of autographed t-shirts (only for 5^th grade) – all week	10	11	12 4^th & 5th Grades selling snacks during 4^th & 5^th recess	13 Full Moon
14 Team C Car Rider: Griffis, Hooks, Marsh, H. Tyre, C. Bennett, Dickson, Zachary, Oden, Yaun, Buchanan Word of the Week: Courteousness	15	16 2:30-3:30 Academic Quiz Bowl Tryouts	17 Faculty Meeting – Sandy Osborn training on mandated reporting Growth Plan & Self-Assessments due this week	18 Picture Day – Picture orders must be prepaid 2:30-4:00 5^th Grade BOB	19 4^th & 5th Grades selling snacks during 4^th & 5^th recess	20
21 Team D Car Rider: Brasington, Kilmark, Spearman, K. Tyre, Gruver, Darlene Smith, J. Adamson, Howell, Sirmons, Lee Words of the Week: Respect for Others	22 2:30-4:00 Dance Club	23	24 (DQ 1 & 2 due)	25	26 4^th & 5th Grades selling snacks during 4^th & 5^th recess Away Football Game	27
28 Team E Car Rider: Miles, Reed, Roberts, Deas, Cowart, McCarthy, Freelove, Mims/Patterson, Sweat, T. Harris Word of the Week: Politeness	29 (Three DQ responses due) 2:30-3:30 News Show 2:30-3:45 Academic Quiz Bowl 2:30-4:00 Dance Club	30 Progress Reports Issued	31 (DQ 3 & 4 due)

September 2011

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
				1 Cookie Dough Sale all month Media Center Box Tops Contest Begins 2:35-3:50 Georgia Quiz Bowl	2 4^th & 5th Grades selling snacks during 4^th & 5^th recess Kindergarten Pickle Sale Home Football Game 5^th Grade Spirit Ribbons	3
4 Team A Car Rider Word of the Week: Patience	5 (Three DQ responses due) Labor Day	6 Calendar Reduction Day	7 Grandparents’ Lunch for K, 2, and 4 (DQ 5 & 6 due)	8 Grandparents’ Lunch for 1, 3, and 5 Papa John’s Pizza Day 2:35-3:50 Georgia Quiz Bowl	9 4^th & 5th Grades selling snacks during 4^th & 5^th recess 9-11 Program at 9:00 (Fields is in charge) Home Football Game 5^th Grade Spirit Ribbons	10
11 Team B Car Rider Word of the Week: Patience	12 Full Moon (Three DQ responses due) 2:30-3:30 News Show 2:30-3:45 Academic Quiz Bowl 2:30-4:00 Dance Club	13 2:30-4:00 Movie Club 2:30-4:00 Writing Club	14 (DQ 5 OR 6 due)	15 2:35-3:50 Georgia Quiz Bowl 6:00 Title I School Meeting 7:00 PTA Meeting	16 5th Grades selling snacks 5^th Grade hat day 4^th Grade Back to School Dance 6:00-8:00	17
18 Team C Car Rider Word of the Week: Fairness	19 (Three DQ responses due) 2:30-3:30 News Show 2:30-3:45 Academic Quiz Bowl 2:30-4:00 Dance Club	20 2:30-4:00 Movie Club	21 (WFSG meeting in Media Center)	22 2:35-3:50 Georgia Quiz Bowl	23 5th Grades selling snacks Away Football Game	24
25 Team D Car Rider Word of the Week: Responsibility	26 2:30-3:30 News Show 2:30-3:45 Academic Quiz Bowl 2:30-4:00 Dance Club	27 2:30-4:00 Movie Club 2:30-4:00 Writing Club	28	29 2:35-3:50 Georgia Quiz Bowl	30 First Nine Weeks Ends 5th Grades selling snacks Home Football Game 5^th Grade Spirit Ribbons Media Center Box Tops contest Ends

October 2011

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
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2 Team E Car Rider Word of the Week: Cleanliness	3 Second Nine Weeks Begins NO NEWS SHOW TODAY! 2:30-3:45 Academic Quiz Bowl 2:30-4:00 Dance Club (ELA Webinar for K-2)	4 Reading Post Test 2:30-4:00 Movie Club 2:30-4:00 Writing Club 6:00 5^th Grade Washington trip meeting 5^th Grade Raffle Starts (FTE count) (ELA Webinar for 3-5) 6:00 School Council	5 Math & Science Post Tests First Nine Weeks Report Cards Issued	6 Social Studies & ELA Post Tests Papa John’s Pizza Day 2:35-3:50 Georgia Quiz Bowl 2:30-4:00 NEHS Meeting	7 Kindergarten Pickle Sale Home Football Game (Homecoming) Spirit Ribbons	8 Fall Festival 11-1
9 Team A Car Rider Word of the Week: Citizenship	10 8:30 Assembly for Grades 1-5 2:30-3:30 News Show 2:30-3:45 Academic Quiz Bowl 2:30-4:00 Dance Club	11 Kindergarten Field Trip Extended Day for Staff NO CLUBS TODAY!	12 Full Moon Early Release for All	13 Calendar Reduction Day	14 Fall Break Home Football Game (Senior Night)	15
16 Team B Car Rider Word of the Week: Citizenship	17 Fall Break	18 Fall Break	19	20 2:35-3:50 Georgia Quiz Bowl 2:30-4:00 NEHS Meeting (GCTM Webinar for K-5)	21 5th Grades selling snacks Away Football Game	22
23 Team C Car Rider Word of the Week: Loyalty	24 Red Ribbon Week – It’s up to me to be drug free poster or essay contest. 2:30-3:30 News Show 2:30-3:45 Academic Quiz Bowl 2:30-4:00 Dance Club (ELA Webinar for K-2)	25 Sock it to drugs crazy sock day 2:30-4:00 Movie Club K & 2 Cookie Dough Sale Begins (Math Webinar for K) (ELA Webinar for 3-5)	26 Give drugs the boot – wear favorite boots	27 Brush off drugs – collect and bring new hairbrushes and toothbrushes for a local charity 2:35-3:50 Georgia Quiz Bowl 2:30-4:00 Movie Club 1^st grade 2:30-4:00 5^th Grade BOB (Math Webinar for 1)	28 Team up against drugs – wear favorite sports team shirt Away Football Game 5^th Grade Hat Day Fall Dance 6-8 p.m.	29
30 Team D Car Rider Word of the Week: Helpfulness	31 Halloween Career day – wear career clothing of your choice 2:30-3:30 News Show 2:30-3:45 Academic Quiz Bowl 2:30-4:00 Dance Club

November 2011

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
		1 2:30-4:00 Movie Club Canned Food Drive Begins	2	3 2:35-3:50 Georgia Quiz Bowl 2:30-4:00 Movie Club 1^st grade	4 Kindergarten Pickle Sale	5
6 Time changes – Fall back! Team E Car Rider Word of the Week: Cooperation	7 Progress Reports Issued 2:30-3:30 News Show 2:30-3:45 Academic Quiz Bowl 2:30-4:00 Dance Club	8 2:30-4:00 Movie Club K & 2 2:30-4:00 Writing Club Cookie Dough Sale Ends (Math Webinar for 2)	9	10 Full Moon Papa John’s Pizza Day 2:35-3:50 Georgia Quiz Bowl 2:30-4:00 Movie Club 1^st grade (Math Webinar for 3)	11 Hat Day – wear military or camo hats Veterans Day (Okefenokee PBL team registration due)	12 9:00 a.m. -12:00 noon Dance Club Practice in Wacona Gym Georgia Quiz Bowl at Center Elementary (tentative)
13 Team A Car Rider Word of the Week: Dignity	14 2:30-3:30 News Show 2:30-3:45 Academic Quiz Bowl (ELA Webinar for K-2)	15 (ELA Webinar for 3-5) 2:30-4:00 Movie Club K & 2 Canned Food Drive Ends	16 (WFSG Meeting in Media Center)	17 National Parent Involvement Day – Read with your child at Wacona! 7:50 Kindergarten 8:00 1^st 1:30 2^nd 12:45 3^rd 1:10 4^th 8:30 5th 6:00 Title I School Meeting 7:00 P.T.A. Meeting	18 Calendar Reduction Day	19
20 Full Moon	21 Holiday	22 Holiday	23 Holiday	24 Thanksgiving Day	25 Holiday	26
27 Team B Car Rider Word of the Week: Joyfulness	28 2:30-3:30 News Show 2:30-3:45 Academic Quiz Bowl 2:30-4:00 Dance Club	29 2:30-4:00 Movie Club K & 2 2:30-4:00 Writing Club	30 (Okefenokee PBL Principal Approval Forms, Facilitator Consent Forms, Parent Consent Forms due Payments due)

December 2011

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
				1 1^st Grade Sponsoring Pictures with Santa Fundraiser 2:30-4:00 5^th Grade BOB 2:30-4:00 Movie Club 1^st grade	2 Kindergarten Pickle Sale 5^th Grade Raffle Ends 1^st Grade Sponsoring Pictures with Santa Fundraiser	3 Waycross Christmas Parade
4 Team C Car Rider Word of the Week: Compassion	5 PTA Mistletoe Mall opens 2:30-3:30 Pageant Practice No News Show! 2:30-3:45 Academic Quiz Bowl 2:30-4:00 Dance Club	6 2:30-4:00 Writing Club 2:30-3:30 Pageant Practice (Math Webinar for 4) 6:00 School Council	7 Reading Post Test 2:30-3:30 Pageant Practice	8 Math & Science Post Test Papa John’s Pizza Day (Math Webinar for 5) (Decorate for Pageant)	9 ELA & SS Post Test 5th Grades selling snacks PTA Mistletoe Mall closes 6:00 Holiday Pageant 5^th Grade Raffle Drawing at the pageant (Okefenokee PBL Project Proposals due)	10 Full Moon
11 Team D Car Rider Word of the Week: Compassion	12 Christmas Sing-along NO NEWS SHOW! 2:30-3:45 Academic Quiz Bowl 2:30-4:00 Dance Club	13 9:30 Internet 2 Session with Santa for Kindergarten - Media Center Extended Day for Staff	14 Last Day of Second Nine Weeks	15 Pajama Day for K-3 for $1 Hat Day for 4-5 for $1 Early Release Day	16 Christmas Holiday	17
18	19 Christmas Holiday	20 Christmas Holiday	21 Christmas Holiday	22 Christmas Holiday	23 Christmas Holiday	24 Christmas Eve
25 Christmas Day	26 Christmas Holiday	27 Christmas Holiday	28 Christmas Holiday	29 Christmas Holiday	30 Christmas Holiday	31

January 2012

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
1 New Year’s Day Team E Car Rider Word of the Week: Thriftiness	2 Professional Learning/Plan Day	3 Professional Learning/Plan Day	4 Third Nine Weeks Begins	5	6 (K&1 Thinking Maps Training 8:30-4:00 RESA) Second Nine Weeks Report Cards Issued Kindergarten Pickle Sale 9:00 Honors Program	7
8 Team A Car Rider Word of the Week: Thriftiness	9 Full Moon 2:30-3:30 News Show 2:30-3:45 Academic Quiz Bowl 2:30-4:00 Dance Club	10 (2&3 Thinking Maps Training 8:30-4:00 RESA) 2:30-4:00 Web Site Club 2:30-4:30 Tutoring	11 Baby Shower for Brooke Dial	12 (4&5 Thinking Maps Training 8:30-4:00 RESA) 2^nd Grade Pajama Day Papa John’s Pizza Day 2:30-4:30 Tutoring	13 Calendar Reduction Day	14
15 Team B Car Rider Word of the Week: Creativity	16 Martin Luther King Day	17 (K&1 Bloom’s Taxonomy Training) 2:30-4:00 Web Site Club 2:30-4:00 Chorus 2:30-4:30 Tutoring	18 (2&3 Bloom’s Taxonomy Training)	19 (4&5 Bloom’s Taxonomy Training) 2:30-4:30 Tutoring 6:00 Title I School Meeting/CRCT Parent Workshop with Spaghetti Supper 7:00 PTA Meeting with Dance Club performing	20 5^th Grade Snack Day 5^th Grade Hat Day 8:15 School Spelling Bee – Multi-purpose Room	21
22 Team C Car Rider Word of the Week: Friendship	23 2:30-3:30 News Show 2:30-3:45 Academic Quiz Bowl 2:30-3:45 Georgia Quiz Bowl	24 2:30-4:00 Web Site Club 2:30-4:00 Chorus 2:30-4:30 Tutoring	25	26 2:30-4:30 Tutoring 6:30 NEHS Induction	27 4^th Grade Movie Night	28
29 Team D Car Rider Words of the Week: Respect for Yourself	30 2:30-3:30 News Show 2:30-3:45 Georgia Quiz Bowl 2:30-3:45 Academic Quiz Bowl	31 2^nd Grade Candygram Sales Start 2:30-4:00 Web Site Club 2:30-4:00 Chorus 2:30-4:30 Tutoring

February 2012

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
			1	2 2:30-4:30 Tutoring	3 Kindergarten Pickle Sale 5^th Grade BBQ Ticket Sale Ends	4 6:00-8:00 PTA Valentine Dance
5 Team E Car Rider Word of the Week: Kindness	6 Progress Reports Issued 2:30-3:30 News Show 2:30-3:45 Georgia Quiz Bowl 2:30-3:45 Academic Quiz Bowl	7 Full Moon 2:30-4:00 Web Site Club 2:30-4:00 Chorus 2:30-4:00 Math Club 2:30-4:30 Tutoring 6:00 School Council	8	9 Papa John’s Pizza Day 2:30-4:00 NEHS 5^th Graders 2:30-4:30 Tutoring	10 Chorus Bake Sale 9:00 System Spelling Bee – Central Office	11 5^th Grade BBQ Sale
12 Team A Car Rider Word of the Week: Kindness	13 Pajama Day for K-2 Favorite Sports 5-shirt/jersey and hat day for 3-5 2:30-3:30 News Show 2:30-3:45 Georgia Quiz Bowl (LAST PRACTICE!) 2:30-3:45 Academic Quiz Bowl	14 Valentine’s Day NEHS Bake Sale 2^nd Grade Candygrams Delivered 2:30-4:00 Math Club 2:30-4:00 Web Site Club 2:30-4:00 Chorus NO TUTORING!	15 NEHS Bake Sale	16 Calendar Reduction Day	17 Presidents Day Holiday	18
19 Team B Car Rider Word of the Week: Diligence	20 Presidents’ Day Holiday	21 Dr. Seuss Hat Sales Begin 2:30-4:00 Web Site Club 2:30-4:00 Chorus 2:30-4:00 Math Club 2:30-4:30 Tutoring	22	23 Spring Pictures 2:30-4:00 5^th Grade BOB 2:30-4:30 Tutoring	24 5th Grades selling snacks	25 Georgia Quiz Bowl with 5^th Grade Selling Concessions
26 Team C Car Rider Word of the Week: Generosity	27 2:30-3:30 News Show 2:30-3:45 Academic Quiz Bowl	28 2:30-4:00 Web Site Club 2:30-4:00 Chorus 2:30-4:00 Math Club 2:30-4:30 Tutoring	29 2^nd Grade WINGs Field Trip

March 2012

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
				1 2:30-4:00 5^th Grade BOB 2:30-4:30 Tutoring Dr. Seuss Hat Sales End/Dr. Seuss Hat Day	2 Dr. Seuss Day Crazy Hair Day Kindergarten Pickle Sale 6:00-8:00 Cut Loose with Dr. Seuss Dance	3
4 Team D Car Rider Words of the Week: Self Control	5 Reading Post Test 2:30-3:30 News Show	6 Math & Science Post Tests 2:30-4:00 Web Site Club 2:30-4:00 Chorus 2:30-4:00 Math Club 2:30-4:30 Tutoring	7 SS & ELA Post Tests for 1-3 Grade 5 Writing Test	8 Full Moon Papa John’s Pizza Day 2:30-4:30 Tutoring 2:30-4:00 5^th Grade BOB 6:00 Title I School Meeting 7:00 PTA Meeting	9 SS & ELA Post Tests for 4-5 Last Day of Third Nine Weeks	10 PTA Leprechaun Walk/Run
11 Time changes – Spring forward! Team E Car Rider Word of the Week: Dependability	12 Extended Day for Staff Fourth Nine Weeks Begins 2^nd Grade St. Patrick’s Day Sale Begins	13 3^rd & 4^th Grade School Battle of the Books 5^th Grade NEHS to Leadership Conference at Rock Eagle 2:30-4:00 Web Site Club 2:30-4:00 Chorus 2:30-4:00 Math Club NO TUTORING!	14 Third Nine Weeks Report Cards Issued 8:00 5^th Grade School Battle of the Books	15 Early Release Day for all 2^nd Grade St. Patrick’s Day Sale Ends	16 Calendar Reduction Day	17 St. Patrick’s Day
18 Team A Car Rider Word of the Week: Dependability	19 District Battle of the Books with 5^th Grade Serving Supper	20 2:30-4:00 Web Site Club 2:30-4:00 Chorus 2:30-4:00 Math Club 2:30-4:30 Tutoring	21	22 1^st Grade Sponsoring Easter Pictures 2:30-4:30 Tutoring	23 5th Grades selling snacks 1^st Grade Sponsoring Easter Pictures	24
25 Team B Car Rider Words of the Week: Respect for the Environment	26 2:30-3:30 News Show	27 3^rd Grade WINGs Field Trip 2:30-4:00 Chorus 2:30-4:00 Math Club 2:30-4:30 Tutoring	28	29 2:30-4:30 Tutoring	30 4^th Grade Movie Night Special Olympics (Okefenokee PBL Projects due at noon!)	31

April 2012

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
1	2 Spring Break	3 Spring Break	4 Spring Break	5 Spring Break	6 Full Moon Spring Break	7
8 Easter Sunday Team C Car Rider Word of the Week: Sportsmanship	9 2:30-3:30 News Show	10 2:30-4:00 Chorus 2:30-4:30 Tutoring 6:00 School Council	11	12 Papa John’s Pizza Day 2:30-4:30 Tutoring	13 Kindergarten Pickle Sale	14
15 Team D Car Rider Word of the Week: Pride	16 CRCT 2:30-3:30 News Show	17 Progress Reports Issued CRCT 2:30-4:00 Chorus	18	19 CRCT	20 5^th Grade Hat Day	21
22 Team E Car Rider Word of the Week: Cheerfulness	23 CRCT 2:30-3:30 News Show	24 CRCT 2:30-4:00 Chorus	25	26	27 1^st Grade Field Trip	28
29 Team A Car Rider 5^th Grade returns from Washington Word of the Week: Virtue	30 5^th Grade Washington Trip 2:30-3:30 News Show 7:00 Academic Boosters Awards at Ware Middle

May 2012

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
		1 5^th Grade Washington Trip 2^nd Grade Field Trip (tentative) 2:30-4:00 Chorus	2 5^th Grade Washington Trip (Tentative date for Okefenokee PBL Awards at WCHS PAC 11:00-1:00)	3 4^th Grade WINGs Field Trip	4 Kindergarten Beach Trip (tentative) 4^th Grade Field Trip (tentative)	5
6 Full Moon Team B Car Rider Word of the Week: Patriotism	7 5^th Grade WINGs Field Trip 2:30-3:30 News Show	8 5^th Grade WINGs Field Trip	9 Beach Day	10 Beach Day Papa John’s Pizza Day	11 Beach Day Kindergarten Beach Trip (tentative) 4^th Grade Field Trip (tentative)	12
13 Mother’s Day