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Good afternoon Carroll Cougars. This is your principal, Ms. Keech with this week's announcements. A copy of this transcript will be shared through the Carroll Yahoo email group and also placed on our web site in Keech's corner.
This is a reminder for all of our Cougar carpoolers. We have reminded everyone numerous times about our carpool procedures and safety requirements. We continue to plead for you to follow those procedures. The procedures were put in place for your child's safety and the efficient movement of our carpool. The procedures were not designed to inconvenience you. Please help us keep your children safe and our carpool moving and thereby avoiding accidents, citations for tresspassing (the bank) and injury to your child or someone else's. Please follow the directions of the staff trying to assist you and your child through carpool, do not park on Rowan or the bank and please do not allow your child to jaywalk and thereby violating raleigh city traffic laws. If you are not sure what to do in carpool or where to go, we have provided a complete plan for you to refer to on our website under the carpool tab. If you are unable to access our website, we have hard copies in our offices that we can send home with your child at your request. If you are looking for something other than turkey and do not wish to cook one more night this week, PTA will be having a Dine out night at Milton's tomorrow, Nov. 26th from 5-10. 100% of the profit is donated to Carroll. Carroll Families do not forget that we have a short week this week due to the Thanksgiving holidays. School will not be in session Wed, THurs and Friday of this week. We hope that everyone will have a nice and restful holiday and look forward to everyone's return on Monday, December the 2nd. That's all for now. Gooooooo Cougars!
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Good Afternoon Carroll Cougars! This is an important announcement from Ms. Keech your principal. A copy of this transcript will be shared through the Carroll Yahoo Email Group and posted on the website in Keech's Corner.
This morning we conducted a Emergency Lockdown Drill. This drill was done in partnership with Wake County Public Schools Security staff, Wake County Sheriff's office and our site school administration staff. We conduct these drills periodically to make sure that all students and staff are knowledgeable of emergency procedures in case an emergency ever arises. We want to thank all students and staff for participating and to let all know that the drill was completed with minimal issues. If you have any questions or concerns about today's drill and our drill procedures please contact your child's counselor. That's all for now! Goooooooo Cougars! Good afternoon Carroll Cougars! This is your principal, Ms.Keech with this week's announcements. A copy of this transcript will be shared through the Carroll Yahoo Email group and posted on our website in Keech's corner.
Courgar families don't forget that this Thursday night , Nov. 21st is our STEM night. Starting at 5:30 we will have a foodtruck rodeo in our parking lot and from 6:00-7:00 you will have an opportunity to see and experience some of the great STEM projects that our students have been working on this year in our gym. We will also have special guests from NCSU and other community members performing experiments. So don't miss out on this electrifying experience. See you there! Also on Thursday at 7:45 am, we will have our Cougar Chat in the media center for prospective Carroll Leadership and Technology magnet parents and students. On Friday, November 22nd beginning at 7:25 in our auditorium we will be conducting our first Character Counts at Carroll awards ceremony for this year. We will be recognizing students who have been nominated by their teachers for excellence in the character traits of Responsibility, Respect and Kindness. Parents, if your child was nominated, you should have already received your invitation in the mail to attend. Good Afternoon Carroll Cougars! This is your principal, Ms. Keech with this week's announcements. A copy of this transcript will be shared through the Carroll Yahoo Email groups and posted to Keech's Corner on our website.
In the spring of 2013, your student took new tests based on the new, more rigorous standard under the Common Core State Standards and N.C. Essential Standards. The scores from this test were release by the state last Thursday. Individual student scores will be coming within the next few weeks.The new tests tell us how well students are learning under the new standards. With the new standards, students are being asked to learn more, and at earlier ages. Typically, when new tests are introduced and standards for learning are raised, a change in scores is expected. It is important to note that a change in scores does not necessarily reflect a change in students'academic progress. Students continued to grow academically in 2012-13. These new scores simply mean that we are expecting students to reach higher levels of learning than ever before. We strongly believe the new standards will better prepare our students to be successful when they graduate from high school. We will continue to work toward these new, higher standards that the state has set for our students. Scores have increased steadily over time in Wake County public schools on virtually every test that the state has developed. We will continue working hard to ensure that these new tests will be no exception. For more information about these new tests, including links to the district’s results and tips to talk to your student about the test scores, visit www.wcpss.net/parents/new-scores Carroll Families, we were finally able to make student adjustments to our 30 minute LEAD elective last week. As you are aware we created a new course this year called LEAD in which students are being taught the Covey principles for leadership. Our intent from the beginning of school was for the classes to be more thematic/focused electives (Math Leaders, Reading Leaders, Leaders in Science, Leaders in College Prep,Service leaders and etc.) however, due to Powerschool challenges we were not able to do that until after the first quarter. Students were selected to participate in the Math Leaders and Reading Leaders courses based upon their past EOG and CASE 21 scores and if they were not receiving any extra assistance throughout the rest of their day. The students selected for the Math and Reading leaders course will continue to get course curriculum to develop as leaders in math and reading and extra assistance in those areas to help their performance on state standardized tests and in their classes. Students were selected for the Leaders in College prep because they may be the first in their families to go to college or because they were identified by counseling or staff as someone who would benefit from the course. Students selected for the other elective courses were chosen at random. Please note that all opportunities are not finite and if you would like your child to take something else, please let their counselor know. Parents of 8th grade girls, this Thursday, November 14th from 12:22-1:17 we will have an informational meeting about the Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy. Come hear about this college prep high school program for 9th grade which has an online application deadline of December the 6th. Parents are also free to join us. Also on Thursday we will have our first quarter honor roll celebration beginning at 7:45 for 6th grade, 8:30 for 7th grade and 9:15 for 8th grade. Please continue to check our google calendar found on our main web site for upcoming events and activities. That's all for now! Goooooooo Cougars! Good afternoon Carroll Cougars! This is your principal, Ms. Keech with this week's announcements. A copy of this transcript will be shared through the Carroll Yahoo Email group and posted on our website under Keech's Corner.
Parents, report cards went home with your children today. Please contact your child's teachers or grade level counselor if you have any questions or concerns pertaining to your child's progress. Our PTA would like to thank everyone who submitted Box Tops for our recent collection. The Bobcats turned in the most box tops. However, the Lions, Jaguars, Pumas and Tigers are coming up right behind them. Keep on clipping. The next collection date is January 10th! Want to enjoy at day at Carter-Finley and help raise money for our school? Go to www.gopack.com/promo and enter the promotional code -CARROLLCOUGARS for the NC State vs.Maryland football game on November 30th. For every ticket sold $5 will be given to our school. Carroll families, spread the word to your neighbors, family members and friends who may be interested in attending Carroll next year. Our next Cougar Chat and tour is this Wed. Nov. 6th at 4:00 pm in our media center. Picture day retakes will be this Friday, Nov. 8th and don't forget our Early Release also on Friday at 11:45, and no school on Veterans Day next Monday, November 11th. That's all for now. Goooooo Cougars! |
Cynthia Keech, PrincipalArchives
June 2015
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