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January 14, 2014
Important Dates To Remember Jan. 10 Lanier Spelling Bee 9:00 am (4th & 5th grades) Jan 14 ELL parent meeting 6:30 pm. Jan. 16 Report Cards go home Jan. 20 Martin Luther King Day - Holiday for Students & Teachers Jan 28 Parent Technology Night 6:00pm Tracy Giles Teacher of the Month
This is my 9th year teaching. I taught 1st grade for 5 years & this is my 4th year in 3rd grade. I attended Georgia College, NGCSU & Piedmont for my 3 degrees. My favorite subject to teach is math. I love watching my students grow and learn throughout the year. One of my favorite parts of the school day is when I get a chance to read a book aloud to my students! I am married to Josh w/ a baby girl on the way at the end of February. In my free time I enjoy reading and spending time with family & friends.
Principals Message ~ Happy New Year! Please review your childs report card and their progress 1st semester. The 2nd semester begins on January 13th. Please visit the Lanier website for school information and I. C. Parent Portal for attendance, report cards and grade book. I appreciate all your support and the privilege of working with your children! John Wiggins
Spelling Bee
Congratulations to Alexis Strickland (5th grade) for winning our Lanier Spelling Bee. She will go on to compete in the district spelling bee. Congratulations also to our runner-up Evan Moore (5th grade). Blackshear Place Baptist Church will host the event on Tuesday, January 28, 2014 at 9:00 .
Parent Technology Night
1/28/14 Hall County provides a large amount of useful educational (and fun!) resources. Our teachers utilize these resources regularly, but many are also availaNews from the Nurse ble for students to use at Cold and Flu Season is here! Please keep yourself home! Please join Ms. Hedden on January 28th at healthy by washing your hands often, especially 6:00 to learn more about after going to the bathroom, coughing or sneezthese wonderful tools that ing. Eating a balanced diet with all of the food can help your students excel groups and drinking plenty of water daily is a great way to stay healthy during the cold and flu and become more comfortaseason. The USDA recommends that half of your ble with technology. (More details to come via flier.) plate should be fruits and vegetables. For more
information on eating healthy, you can visit www.choosemyplate.gov. Please remember that if your child is running a temperature over 100.0, please keep them at home until they are fever free without use of fever reducing meds. If you have any questions or concerns, please call me at 770-532-8781 or send me an email at [email protected]. Have a great January. Nurse April
Business Partner of the Month
Clipper Petroleum/ Exxon Mobile Corporation Thank you for awarding us with the 2013 Educational Alliance Math & Science Grant! The $500 grant will go toward the purchase of math and science resources for our students. We appreciate all the support you give to Lanier Elementary.
Healthy School Initiative
We are only two steps away from achieving Bronze level toward Healthy Schools Program-Alliance for a Healthier Generation. We are working toward Bronze by increasing our physical fitness and movement time per week by 15 minutes. We are also increasing our health education by 15 minutes a week by reducing candy in the school and replacing snacks with healthier choices and talking more about healthy eating habits.
