Author: EMINTS

Mrs. Mefford’s Class News
August 14,2013

Dear Parents/Guardians,
My name is Karen Mefford and I will be your child/ren’s home room teacher this year. I am excited to have a great group of students this year! We are making a few changes from year’s past which include: a new school wide behavior plan, minimal classroom changes, and working with technology for our 21st century learners.
Our new behavior plan is based on positivity and character education. When students are asked if they are being responsible, respectful, or a Davis Tiger. They will be guided to think about what it entails to be each of those things. We are hoping to have the students think about their actions before they happen and how they can improve themselves and our Davis community.
This year the students will remain in my room for most of the school day. The fifth graders will be in my room all day while the sixth graders will leave only once for Social Studies in Mrs. Johnson’s room. This means I will be teaching the English Language Arts this year. We have a new series that is very well rounded and I am excited to see all of the growth that will be taking place.
We are becoming more and more aware of how much our students need to use technology in the classroom to have them ready for high school and beyond. Students will be using technology in the classroom everyday with the SMART board and classroom computers. They also will have the opportunity to work with technology in the new reading/writing series, geography, and Accelerated Reader (tests administered through the computer after reading a free choice book).
There are many exciting things happening at Davis R-12 and I am happy to get to share those moments with you throughout this year. If there is ever anything you need you can contact me at the school 885-2629 or email kmefford88@gmail.com. I also have a webpage kmefford.weebly.com where you can see what is going on in the classroom and I will post newsletters there as well as sending them on paper. Please forgive me, I have not quite got the webpage up-to-date yet. I will try and have everything there by the first of next week.
Karen Mefford

T rustworthy
Integrity Minded
Generous
Empathetic
Respectful
Safe

Upcoming Events
August 23- School Pictures
September 2- Labor Day No School
September 10- DARE program begins
School Board Meeting
September 19- PTO Meeting, 5:30 dinner
September 20- Dismiss at 1:10
September 23- Clinton Inservice, No School
September 24-27 Stanford 10 Testing
September 28 Pan Fried Chicken Dinner 4-8 p.m.

Last but not Least…..
Please return school packets to Ms. Brenda as soon as possible.
Students will have homework every night in Math that needs to be returned the next day.
Book Order will be due by August 30th. You can order online with the code GQNWP and earn points to be used in our classroom.
Encourage your student(s) to enjoy school and do their best everyday!