Dear Parents:
Welcome to the 2010-2011 school year at Blair....
Our Open House will be August 19th from 5-7 p.m.
School starts bright and early for Grades 1-5 on August 25. That is a Wednesday!! School hours are 8:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Students may begin arriving at 7:30 a.m. and go to the classrooms.
If you are a new Kindergarten parent, you should have received your staggered Kindergarten letter. Your child will come to Blair one day-Wednesday, Thursday or Friday only, then start on August 30th full time.
I am available to you at all times...I believe in an open door policy. Feel free to email or call me at any time.
We know you will have a wonderful year here at Blair.
Barbara Stock
Principal
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Friday, April 30, 2010
WEek of May 3
Dear Parents:
We are hoping that April's showers will be bringing May flowers!! We are very busy getting ready for our Grade 3-4-5 End of Grade Testing (EOGs), which begin for Fifth grade on May 14. If you have a child in any of these grades, please be sure that you are providing a stress-free environment during testing, providing a good nutritious breakfast, and providing positive encouragement for your child.
Our PTA has received many recognition awards this past week at the PTA Banquet. We were recognized for the following categories: New Hanover County Outstanding PTA Unit Award, District 2 Membership Awards, Ruby Acorn Award, National Healthy Lifestyles and the Communications Award. We are so proud of our PTA and all that they done this year for our students, faculty and school.
Please help us appreciate our staff on May 5. Ask the PTA how you can help them help us celebrate.
Wednesday evening from 6-8 pm is the Rita's Ice Cream PTA fundraiser. Part of the proceeds will benefit the PTA, which in turn will benefit Blair students. Please help support them!
On Friday evening, our school will be celebrating four retirees from Blair. The following will be retiring as of July 1, 2010:
Mary Ann Clay-Teacher Assistant
Ernestine Freeman-Teacher Assistant
Rosemary Minton-Data Manager
Sue Stott-Technology Facilitator
Please join me in wishing them the best extended vacation ever!
Hoping everyone has a great and relaxing weekend!
Yours in Education,
Barbara Stock
We are hoping that April's showers will be bringing May flowers!! We are very busy getting ready for our Grade 3-4-5 End of Grade Testing (EOGs), which begin for Fifth grade on May 14. If you have a child in any of these grades, please be sure that you are providing a stress-free environment during testing, providing a good nutritious breakfast, and providing positive encouragement for your child.
Our PTA has received many recognition awards this past week at the PTA Banquet. We were recognized for the following categories: New Hanover County Outstanding PTA Unit Award, District 2 Membership Awards, Ruby Acorn Award, National Healthy Lifestyles and the Communications Award. We are so proud of our PTA and all that they done this year for our students, faculty and school.
Please help us appreciate our staff on May 5. Ask the PTA how you can help them help us celebrate.
Wednesday evening from 6-8 pm is the Rita's Ice Cream PTA fundraiser. Part of the proceeds will benefit the PTA, which in turn will benefit Blair students. Please help support them!
On Friday evening, our school will be celebrating four retirees from Blair. The following will be retiring as of July 1, 2010:
Mary Ann Clay-Teacher Assistant
Ernestine Freeman-Teacher Assistant
Rosemary Minton-Data Manager
Sue Stott-Technology Facilitator
Please join me in wishing them the best extended vacation ever!
Hoping everyone has a great and relaxing weekend!
Yours in Education,
Barbara Stock
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Week of April 26, 2010
Dear Parents:
As we are slowly approaching the end of the school year, we are making plans for a new School Improvement Plan for our school. Mrs. Powell, our Media Coordinator and Jessica Taylor, our Reading Specialist, as well as myself, have spent 3 full days in workshops learning how to design and prepare this document for the needs of our Blair students. We are now working on teacher input for areas of strengths and weaknesses that we need to put into place to make Blair the best school it can be!
This week teachers are working on small group sessions for our Grades 3-5, a program called PowerUp! This helps students with reviews and practice for areas that will be tested on the EOGs. Testing will begin May 14 for Grade 5 Science and May 18-21 for all REading and Math testing. More details will follow as we get closer to that date.
We hope that everyone is enjoying the fresh air and warm weather. This is a great time to read outside in the sun with your children.
Yours in Education,
Barbara Stock, Principal
As we are slowly approaching the end of the school year, we are making plans for a new School Improvement Plan for our school. Mrs. Powell, our Media Coordinator and Jessica Taylor, our Reading Specialist, as well as myself, have spent 3 full days in workshops learning how to design and prepare this document for the needs of our Blair students. We are now working on teacher input for areas of strengths and weaknesses that we need to put into place to make Blair the best school it can be!
This week teachers are working on small group sessions for our Grades 3-5, a program called PowerUp! This helps students with reviews and practice for areas that will be tested on the EOGs. Testing will begin May 14 for Grade 5 Science and May 18-21 for all REading and Math testing. More details will follow as we get closer to that date.
We hope that everyone is enjoying the fresh air and warm weather. This is a great time to read outside in the sun with your children.
Yours in Education,
Barbara Stock, Principal
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Week of April 19
Dear Parents:
Do you ever wonder where the time flies??? This is the last week of April and our last school day for students is June 8....
This week at Blair we will be concentrating on Power Up groups that emphasize specific objectives we are working on for EOGs. We will be having a visit from 72 Pre-Kindergarten students next week as well. We have made little goodie bags to welcome them to the school.
Our PTA will be celebrating our last formal meeting of the school year on Tuesday night at 7:00 pm If you would like to join us for our cookout, please fill in the blue PTA sheet sent home on Friday and return it to school. We have a lot of activities planned for the final PTA meeting.
In honor of Earth Week, on Wednesday, there will be two assemblies, one for k-2 and one for 3-5 for conservation. On Thursday, Earth Day, we will be dedicating and planting a tree in the front school lawn area at 1:45pm.
On Friday evening we will be having our voluntary Relay for Life Tent and Walk at Ashley High School beginning at 4:00 pm. We hope to see many of you there.
Have a great week. Please listen to your child read this week!
Yours in Education,
Barbara Stock, Principal
Do you ever wonder where the time flies??? This is the last week of April and our last school day for students is June 8....
This week at Blair we will be concentrating on Power Up groups that emphasize specific objectives we are working on for EOGs. We will be having a visit from 72 Pre-Kindergarten students next week as well. We have made little goodie bags to welcome them to the school.
Our PTA will be celebrating our last formal meeting of the school year on Tuesday night at 7:00 pm If you would like to join us for our cookout, please fill in the blue PTA sheet sent home on Friday and return it to school. We have a lot of activities planned for the final PTA meeting.
In honor of Earth Week, on Wednesday, there will be two assemblies, one for k-2 and one for 3-5 for conservation. On Thursday, Earth Day, we will be dedicating and planting a tree in the front school lawn area at 1:45pm.
On Friday evening we will be having our voluntary Relay for Life Tent and Walk at Ashley High School beginning at 4:00 pm. We hope to see many of you there.
Have a great week. Please listen to your child read this week!
Yours in Education,
Barbara Stock, Principal
Friday, April 9, 2010
Week of April 12, 2010
Dear Parents:
It is about 4 weeks to EOG's ...how time flies when you are having fun! We have been working hard getting our students ready for testing. Please remember, though it is important, it is one test of measurement of your child. We do not want our children totally stressed out over testing. All students who do not pass have another chance to retake the test with parental permission and can improve their scores.
Our PTA Green Team has results for the Third Grading Quarter on our recycling activities:
Most recycled classrooms:
K-Mrs. Donna Davis
1-Mrs. Kolander
2-Mrs. Norris
3-Mrs. Peacock
4-Ms. Shannon
5-Mrs. Williams
We have recycled 745 lbs of paper and have saved 17 mature trees this year so far!!
Things in the plan for this coming week:
Tuesday evening there will be a PTA fundraiser at Domino Pizza-you may dine in or take out!
Friday morning is our Relay for Life Carnival. Students will all receive 2 free tickets so that everyone can participate. This should be a fun time for everyone!
Hope everyone enjoys the weather this weekend. Sit outside and read with your child.
Yours in Education,
Barbara Stock, Principal
It is about 4 weeks to EOG's ...how time flies when you are having fun! We have been working hard getting our students ready for testing. Please remember, though it is important, it is one test of measurement of your child. We do not want our children totally stressed out over testing. All students who do not pass have another chance to retake the test with parental permission and can improve their scores.
Our PTA Green Team has results for the Third Grading Quarter on our recycling activities:
Most recycled classrooms:
K-Mrs. Donna Davis
1-Mrs. Kolander
2-Mrs. Norris
3-Mrs. Peacock
4-Ms. Shannon
5-Mrs. Williams
We have recycled 745 lbs of paper and have saved 17 mature trees this year so far!!
Things in the plan for this coming week:
Tuesday evening there will be a PTA fundraiser at Domino Pizza-you may dine in or take out!
Friday morning is our Relay for Life Carnival. Students will all receive 2 free tickets so that everyone can participate. This should be a fun time for everyone!
Hope everyone enjoys the weather this weekend. Sit outside and read with your child.
Yours in Education,
Barbara Stock, Principal
Friday, March 12, 2010
Week of March 15
We have some fun things going on at Blair this week:
Monday: The fifth grade students will be doing a week long Starbase project that begins with a fun (secret) activity arriving at 9:30 a.m. Also, students will be blasting off their rockets at our Friday rocket launch. This is an activity we have been doing for years and all students of all ages love watching this....
Wednesday: If you are a parent representative for our School Improvement Team, we will be meeting Wednesday at 2:45 to discuss our new improvement plan for the next three years, the survey of partnership needs and needs of students for next year.
March 17 is also our St. Patrick's Day celebration.
Thursday, March 18 is our PTA "Go Green Nite" from 5-7 pm at the Blair Cafeteria. Please join us for some "eco-friendly" ideas and items to help our environment.
Yours In Education,
Barbara Stock, Principal
Monday: The fifth grade students will be doing a week long Starbase project that begins with a fun (secret) activity arriving at 9:30 a.m. Also, students will be blasting off their rockets at our Friday rocket launch. This is an activity we have been doing for years and all students of all ages love watching this....
Wednesday: If you are a parent representative for our School Improvement Team, we will be meeting Wednesday at 2:45 to discuss our new improvement plan for the next three years, the survey of partnership needs and needs of students for next year.
March 17 is also our St. Patrick's Day celebration.
Thursday, March 18 is our PTA "Go Green Nite" from 5-7 pm at the Blair Cafeteria. Please join us for some "eco-friendly" ideas and items to help our environment.
We would like to thank all our volunteers this year for all their time and services to our students and faculty at Blair. You guys are terrific!!
Remember, next week we have a half day (release at noon) on March 25 and there is no school on March 26 for students.
Yours In Education,
Barbara Stock, Principal
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Week of March 8, 2010
Dear Parents:
March is coming in like a lion....Our weather sure has been colder than usual.
Our Data Manager, Rosemary Minton has retired....we didn't believe her, but she really did it. Congratulations!!!!We promise we will not call you before 8:00 a.m. to ask any questions!!
We are working on extra structured time for Math and Reading practice, as well as Fifth Grade Science to begin preparing our students for EOG practices. We are confident that the students are prepared and are great 21st century learners. But first, we need to do the important things....I promised to kiss a pig on Friday, March 5th if the school read over 3,000 books in a week. Welp...watch me squeal and pucker up, as the students met the goal!!!!!!!!! I will be kissing the pig live on Blair on the Air tomorrow morning. No snorting or pig jokes....
On March 11, we will be presenting at our annual Technology Fair at UNCW Warwick Center beginning at 4:00 p.m.
To give you an update as to what we are planning ahead, I would like to list the activities and dates for your reference:
March 15- a.m. Grade 5 begins their week of StarBase training with the parachute launch on the 19th. We have a special (secret) treat for the students on March 15 in the morning.....
March 18 5-7 p.m. PTA Green Team Environmental Night
March 22 3-5 p.m. We will be selecting Student Intern candidates from UNCW for next year.
March 25 noon dismissal for all student
March 26 Teacher workday
March 29-April 4 Spring Holiday
April 15 Tax Day!
April 16 Relay for Life Carnival at School
April 21 - a.m. assemblies from Public Utilities Co.
April 22-Earth Day Showcase 8-10 a.m.
This should keep everyone busy for awhile! Have a great week. Read a book with your child....
Yours in Education,
Barbara Stock, Principal
March is coming in like a lion....Our weather sure has been colder than usual.
Our Data Manager, Rosemary Minton has retired....we didn't believe her, but she really did it. Congratulations!!!!We promise we will not call you before 8:00 a.m. to ask any questions!!
We are working on extra structured time for Math and Reading practice, as well as Fifth Grade Science to begin preparing our students for EOG practices. We are confident that the students are prepared and are great 21st century learners. But first, we need to do the important things....I promised to kiss a pig on Friday, March 5th if the school read over 3,000 books in a week. Welp...watch me squeal and pucker up, as the students met the goal!!!!!!!!! I will be kissing the pig live on Blair on the Air tomorrow morning. No snorting or pig jokes....
On March 11, we will be presenting at our annual Technology Fair at UNCW Warwick Center beginning at 4:00 p.m.
To give you an update as to what we are planning ahead, I would like to list the activities and dates for your reference:
March 15- a.m. Grade 5 begins their week of StarBase training with the parachute launch on the 19th. We have a special (secret) treat for the students on March 15 in the morning.....
March 18 5-7 p.m. PTA Green Team Environmental Night
March 22 3-5 p.m. We will be selecting Student Intern candidates from UNCW for next year.
March 25 noon dismissal for all student
March 26 Teacher workday
March 29-April 4 Spring Holiday
April 15 Tax Day!
April 16 Relay for Life Carnival at School
April 21 - a.m. assemblies from Public Utilities Co.
April 22-Earth Day Showcase 8-10 a.m.
This should keep everyone busy for awhile! Have a great week. Read a book with your child....
Yours in Education,
Barbara Stock, Principal
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