Notes from the Principal
Mrs. Burklew
As we enter the month of November, we continue to have so much to celebrate and be thankful for! We give thanks for our wonderful students, faculty, staff, and parents. Irby is such a special place to be! J A special thanks to Mrs. Rowe, our PTA President, our PTA Board, all the wonderful volunteers, and our staff who have worked so hard to make our Fall Festival a big success. A big thank you as well to Mr. McCann and the wonderful staff at Beef O’Bradys for being such terrific supporters of our school.
IMPORTANT DATES FOR NOVEMBER --
11/1 Daylight Savings Time Ends (Fall Back)
11/2 -11/20 Pennies for Pilgrims ( a holiday coin drive)
11/3 PTA Board Mtg. 7:50 a.m.
11/4 Report Cards go home
11/4 Title I Kgn. Parent Involvement Mtg. (CANCELLED) Rescheduled for Dec. 2nd
11/10 Title I Annual Meeting at 8:00 a.m. (all parents Pre-K-2nd gr. invited to attend)
11/11 Veterans’ Day (No School)
11/12 and 11/13 2nd grade Camp Crystal (your child’s teacher will send additional info.)
11/13 Picture Make Up Day
11/16-11/20 Book Fair Week
11/17 PTA Mtg. 6:45 p.m., 1st gr. Play 7:00 p.m.
11/24 Kindergarten Feast (All Classes)
11/25-11/27 Thanksgiving HolidaysTEACHER OF THE YEAR AND VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR! ☺
Pleae join me in congratulating Mrs. Deanna Feagin, one of our second grade teachers, who was selected by our faculty as this year’s W.W. Irby representative for Teacher of the Year! We would also like to extend our congratulations to Mrs. Caron Rowe, our PTA President, who was selected as our Volunteer of the Year. We thank both of these wonderful ladies for their years of dedication to our students and school.
ACCELERATED READING (AR Program)
We are thrilled to share that our AR program is up and running! The program is now web based with over 160,000 quizzes available on the site. This program is designed to be a motivational program to encourage children to read and increase their comprehension. Students earn points through a short computerized test and are eligible for weekly AR prizes and recognition on our morning announcements.
SAFETY REMINDER
Please help us keep our children safe by following the directions of staff members who are on car/bus duty each day. Every procedure and policy that is in place is to help ensure the safety of our children, faculty, staff, and visitors. Parents are strongly encouraged to remain in cars and follow car pick up procedures. Car pick up is typically a 15 minute process beginning at 1:45 p.m. Please note that double parking in the parking lot is strictly prohibited for any amount of time. For safety reasons--- If the double parking issue continues, it will require us to lock the gate into the parking lot every day beginning at 1:30 p.m. We thank you in advance for adhering to these procedures when picking up your child.
WALKING CLUB
A huge thank you to Mr. Tony DiFranco for his tireless dedication to our Irby Walking Program. It is off to a great start! J A note of thanks too to Coach Crone, Mrs. Pricher, and all the teachers and parents who make this worthwhile program possible. Walking Club is open to any child K through 2 and to any parent who would like to volunteer.