Watts Happenings, Fall 2009, the PTA newsletter, is here! Learn what the kids are doing, what are the teachers doing, what the PTA is doing, and what YOU can do, too!
Contents:
Parents Help Make Hispanic Heritage Month a Huge Success!
Recipes for Tlacoyos and other Mexican dishes
Just a Few Examples of Classroom Activities for Hispanic Heritage Month
Welcome [...]
November 2009 is our second annual Poetry Month at George Watts.
Each morning, beginning November 2nd, a poem is read over the loudspeaker for the entire school community. During the first 2 weeks of the month, teachers, staff and parents will recite. During the third week, our students will share their favorite poems.
Students also received printed booklets [...]
Congratulations to Art Teacher Carol Barnes and students Kiran Baucom, Yessica Berrera Santos, Nicholas Martelon, Laura Salazar, John Saylor, and Elizabeth Wood. They were awarded 1st Place in the 2009 North Carolina State Fair Art Competition!
George Watts has entered the State Fair art contest only three times (each of the past three years) and we’ve won [...]
udget cuts have made fundraising all the more important this year. George Watts really needs our help in bringing in the money our teachers and students need for things like paper, lamination rolls, paper clips, tape, folders, ink cartridges, etc.
We can raise BIG BUCKS just by clipping certain symbols off the packages of foods we [...]
In the month November, we will have a new offering at George Watts: an afterschool Spanish class for students!
Open to students currently enrolled in the afterschool care program at George Watts**
Must register by November 5 (Click to download registration form)
$30/student (scholarships available)
6 sessions total, 4:30-5:30 pm on November 9, 10, 16, 17, 18, and [...]
Last week, the bouldering wall in the in the George Watts gymnasium was graced by new handholds from Three Ball Climbing of Phoenix, Arizona.
The old alphabet holds looked good, but they were hard to grip for many kids. Three Ball Climbing’s owner Steve Dison graciously donated new holds that are shaped for kids’ hands and are [...]
There has been some discussion in the news recently about a new reading curriculum that will be implemented in Durham Public Schools this year.
The George Watts PTA is working with Principal Ms. Crum and Assistant Principal Mr. Reynolds, as well as the teachers, to understand how the program will be adopted at our school.
So we [...]
At the August 25 and August 27 parent orientation sessions, Kathy Logan and Katie Tise led a discussion about separation anxiety that young children often experience when starting school. The also provided a handout with the information below:
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Some children experience fear or panic when they think about going to school in the morning. These children [...]
On Tuesday August 25 and Thursday August 27, 2009, the school invited parents of Kindergartners and pre-Kindergartners to orientation sessions. Melissa Blalock, Montessori Coordinator for George Watts, moderated. Here’s what we covered:
1) PTA
Alice Bumgarner (August 25), Chair of the PTA Edible Garden Committee, and Jane Brown (August 27), PTA President talked about what the PTA [...]
Welcome back! School begins on TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 2009! But note the special schedule for the first week:
Students in grades 1-5 attend full days, all week: Tue 8/25 – Fri 8/28, 9:00 am – 3:30 pm
Kindergartners attend just for the morning on ONLY Tue 8/25 and Wed 8/26, 9:00 am – noon (no bus [...]
