April 13-April 19

MONDAY, APRIL 14- DAY 5

2:45 Staff Meeting ALL staff should plan on attending.

TUESDAY, APRIL 15- DAY 6

7:30 Choplin @ principal meeting

2:45- SIT 

4:00- Choplin/Stewart meeting on campus

Report Cards go home today.

336-703-4224: School

336-703-4225: Cafeteria

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16- DAY 1

5th Grade To Camp Hanes.  Enjoy your trip!

Sweet Frog Day

2:45- Spring Carnival Committee Meeting

THURSDAY, APRIL 17- DAY 2

7:30- Choplin @ Elementary Principal meeting

1:30- Choplin @ Staff Development Committee Meeting

Any snow make-up time sheets should be submitted by end of day.

FRIDAY, APRIL 18- NO SCHOOL

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APRIL 19~ Mrs. McKenna

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Allison Mathews, Janene Dolge, Jessica Joyce and Libby Miller for signing up to assist Mrs. Hartman decorate for the "Buzzy Bee" Volunteer Breakfast.  Thanks to every grade level that has signed up to date and the specialists that have joined in.  We still need the fruit tray to be taken and for the specialists/EC/PRT TA's to sign-up to assist with this event.

Mrs. Hartman is also making paper flowers for the event.  If you are  willing to assist with this task please see Mrs. Hartman.

Thanks again for helping make our volunteer breakfast a success.
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REMINDER: Progress Reports go home April 21st.
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Focus Thought of the Week:

Have you ever thought about how students feel who just do not get it in school or don't look like or talk like the others in their classes.  As a former special education teacher, I have thought about it a lot.  A few weeks ago, I was at home with Ellie one Sunday morning.  She had a fever and I didn't want her to miss school on Monday so we stayed home and took some ibuprofen make everything better.  We curled up on the couch and decided to watch TV. As she was flipping stations,  I caught a portion of Joel Osteen  preaching his weekly sermon.  He said something that really caught my attention.  I made Ellie stop and we watched the sermon~ for a bit. This focus is based on what I heard that morning.  It is not meant to be a sermon for you  but for me to share how his words inspired me.    I missed the beginning  of the sermon but the gist goes like this....

Have you ever purchased a dented food can at the grocery store?  You know ~the section of damaged goods that have been taken off the shelf and discounted greatly.  The damaged can did not change the quality of the food inside... it just made the can look less attractive to the customer.  The food was still preserved and most likely  tasted the same.  As the customer you believed when you purchased the food it would taste just fine.  You get the point.... the outside looks different but the inside is the same as the food without the dent.

I thought to myself this analogy applies school students in so many ways.  Students here and across the country come to us in all shapes and sizes.  Students come dressed in the most popular trendy clothes to clothes that are dirty, ragged and clearly second hand.  Students come to school ready to read and others have yet learned how to correctly hold the book.  For some the learning comes easy and other it seems like we have to share the same information over and over and over.  Some come from families with mom, dad and 2.5 kids and others have two moms, two dads, eight grandparents and 6.5 step siblings.  Sometimes the students mentioned in the later of each if these examples are the ones who often feel like dented goods.  I BELIEVE it is our responsibility to make all student feel like they are shelf worthy!  As I visit classrooms here at Lewisville, I know that you are making sure all students are being successful despite obstacles that they may face when they leave us each day.  You, as a whole staff,  you find the good in every child.  You know instinctively that students are coming to school and want to learn and want to please you.  Sometimes they just may be a little dented on the outside but the inside is wanting, needing, and yearning to be like everyone else.  

As your principal and as a parent I thank you for looking past the "dents" and appreciating the good that is in every child that we serve.