September
18, 2013
Dear
Members of the J. Turner Hood School Community,
We’re
back! The 2013-2014 school year is under way! The pitter patter of more
than 350 pairs of feet (all sizes) was heard throughout the hallways as your
children went to their classrooms. Their faces were bright with big
smiles and a general feeling of excitement prevailed throughout the entire
school building. Thank you for preparing them so well for a wonderful beginning
to our school year. I look forward to working with the children, teachers
and parents this year to meet exciting challenges and fulfill our shared goals for
student growth.
Our
building looks beautiful, thanks to the monumental efforts of Mr. Geary, Mr.
Enos & Mr. Kalitka. I would also like to thank Mrs. String for her work to
insuring a smooth school opening.
“Hand
& Hand Together We Can”
Many
new members to our school community have asked? “What is the relevance of all
of the hand’s that I see throughout the building?” Our motto continues to be
“Hand & Hand Together We Can.” We
believe that by collaboratively working together throughout the entire school
community to ensure that the highest levels of student learning take
place.
SRR-I
have also been asked “What are SRR Behaviors?” At the J. Turner Hood School we
focus on our SRR Behaviors. Our SRR Rules are;
Safe
Responsible
Respectful
Get
Connected! This year is the year to go green! Our school website is a great
resource. We hope that you will find the information that is posted on our
website to be valuable to you and your children. I have shifted to utilizing
electronic communications for all school related communications. Please check
our site often as there are always things going on. The J. Turner Hood School
is proud of the cooperative relationship that we have with our families and the
community as a whole. We hope this website will be another way of us staying
connected with all of you. Please be reminded that our website offers an up to
date calendar of school activities. Please click on the School Events header in
order to view a monthly school calendar. In order to increase communications
from my office to the school community I have created a Principal’s Blog and
the 180 Days of Learning Blog. These blogs can be accessed in the staff
directory. Furthermore, many of our staff have taken the dive into the digital
world. Our staff directory has been updated and provides links to many
classroom websites where more information can be obtained. Please be advised
that we as a faculty are also experimenting with Twitter. I have been
“tweeting” pictures from and information about various school events. Please
follow the Hood School on Twitter @jthoodelemen
If you are not following us, you have missed almost 890 tweets.
Staff of the Month- Just a reminder that the Staff of the
Month nominations are located under the principal’s corner tab on the school
website. Please feel free to complete that document. This will enable me to
help recognize our staff for going above and beyond.
A
special thank you to our Hood School PA for all of their work this year. The
Parent’s Association is a very important group that supports the J. Turner Hood
School Community in many, many, unseen ways. THANK YOU!!!
Wishing
you all a happy, successful and rewarding school year,
Mr.
Glen S. McKay, Principal
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