A new site bulletin has been sent out with the details for the NWP Annual Meeting for this November. You'll never guess where it is being held...
That's right- we'll be in Mouse land for NWP headquarters as well as NCTE. I can't wait!
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A new site bulletin has been sent out with the details for the NWP Annual Meeting for this November. You'll never guess where it is being held...
That's right- we'll be in Mouse land for NWP headquarters as well as NCTE. I can't wait!
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Thanks for a great summer ladies!
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You know what that means, don't you?
SWGWP's Summer Institute has started up!
This year we are 13 strong plus our hardworking leadership team. We are all hard at work trying to pull our teaching out of the "stuck place" as we all embark on our summer of inquiry (not to be confused with the summer of love).
We're all excited that today is Thursday because that means social day! We're all going to hang out at The Maze today in downtown Americus, Georgia, for some fun and food. Stop by if you happen to be in the neighborhood- we'll be there from around 2:30pm-4:30pm.
We'll try to make it back here a few times a week with postcards from our institue.
P.S. Don't forget that you can chatter, post, and play on our Facebook page!
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We'll be sending out a new visibility letter to our service area schools and principals this week, so please keep a lookout in your school for this letter to show up. Please also remember to nominate those teachers in your school who could benefit from our work in the summer and who could help us grow as a site. We're also inviting back our participants from last year to join us for the full round this summer.
Keep watching for new developments as we continue to shake things up.
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It’s time to pack up and head out. We’re meeting for what seems to be our second annual Leadership Retreat in Pine Mountain, Georgia, at FDR State Park. I don’t have the skinny on the location of the huts just now, but I’m sure Bren. or Peg will be happy to email that out. So far the plan seems to be show up when you can on Friday and plan to stay until Sunday lunchish.
In order to make things a bit LESS painful this year for all of us, we’ve come up with a menu and a shopping list. I spoke to Peg and Irm at the State Director’s Meeting last Saturday, and Laura, Keisha, and I have been chatting today, so I hope that we have a representative view of the food we’ll all want. If there is something on this list that you wouldn’t eat in 100000 years (ah, hummus?), then bring your favorite to take it’s place that day/time. Knowing what’s planned in advance can help us plan to make it gastro-happy for everyone!
· Friday pm- Sammiches and Chili
o White bread (Lacey -duh)
o Wheat bread (ugh-Lacey)
o Weird bakery bread (Peg?)
o Meats: Ham, turkey, roast beef (Lacey)
o Cheeses: American, provolone, swiss (Lacey)
o Veggies: lettuce, tomato, pickle (Lacey)
o Peanut Butter and Jelly (Lacey)
o Chili- (Keisha)
o Sour cream, shredded cheese, soda crackers for chili (Keisha)
o Chips and dip- Genie
· Saturday am- Muffins, toast, bagels, cereal
o Weird bakery muffins- (Peg?)
o Blueberry bread and cream cheese (Lacey)
o Granola cereal (Lacey – yes, a shock)
o Frosted Flakes
o Bagels and cream cheese – Genie and Irm
o Juices: Apple, Orange, Grapefruit, Pineapple Orange, weird blends? Irm for blends
· Saturday noon- Salads, Sammiches, leftover chili
o Salad fixin’s: lettuce (romaine?), carrots, onion, cucumber, baby tomatoes, olives?, dressings (oli and vinegar?, ranch, 1000 island Irm) The whole shebang - Bren
o Hummus (gack!)- Genie
o Fruits : apples, oranges, grapes( for Peg), nanners, fresh pineapple chunks- Irm
o Granola cookies (for Peg)
o Non-granola cookies - Genie
· Saturday pm – Peg’s Spaghetti – mmm good
o Stuff to make spaghetti – Peg
o Garlic Bread-Irm
o Cheese – the sprinkle cheese parmesan Irm says and will pick up
· Sunday am- Laura and Keisha’s Breakfast Goodness Casserole
o Laura has this covered along with the way to make it!
· Sunday noon – Leftovers
o Raid the fridge
· Misc:
o Cups (coffee and regular) -bren
o Cutlery - bren
o Coffee, coffee filters, creamer, sugar, sugar substitute – Irm’s bringing Café Campesino
o Trash bags (we ran out last year!) – Genie, Irm
o Wine? :) -Irm
o Sweet stuffs: those little treasures variety bags always seem a hit
o 2 Cases of water - bren
o Cokes (or sodas for those NOT from ‘round here): Diet Coke (genie) - bren
o paper towels, napkins, plates- bren
o Mousetraps??? [Just a joke :o) Although, Keisha thinks we might should bring some, so I’ll pick up a set]
Everything in green is already spoken for, so that leaves the black text in those lists that need to be accounted for.
If there’s something up there that you think we need, feel free to bring it yourself. If your name isn’t by anything, sign up and bring it. To sign up for a thing, email me or comment here so that we don’t all wind up bringing wine and mousetraps.
Also, save your receipts, and you’ll be reimbursed for your purchase (except for the wine).
Thanks and I’ll see you all next weekend!
Lacey
I "wordle"ed our homepage. Seems that we work a lot and drink a bit of coffee. Sounds about right.
That image was screencapped from their website. They have a creative commons copyright on that image. This one in fact. Thanks Wordle for the cool image.
]]>We're meeting to learn new things to bring to our classrooms. Wanna join us? Come on down to English 212 to learn how to use your digital camera in your classroom. We have other fantastic tech oriented workshops planned throughout the year as well. Check the listing below. When you pick your favorite ones, you'll need the registration form to print and send in. You'll find it located just to the right over there -> under Business Forms. See you there!
