School Council, All-School Meeting & Football Friday

 Today, January 19, 2012, School Council met and we also held our January All-School Meeting.  I would like to share goals and highlights from both meetings:

 School Council

Our meeting opened up with a brief discussion about the recent event at Underwood that has impacted theNewtoncommunity.  We also began work on the School Improvement Plan 2011 – 2014.  Our goal was to review the draft of the document and revise it to reflect system-wide goals as well as school-based goals to meet the needs of our learning community.  This discussion will be continued at the next School Council meeting on February 16.  All members of the Bowen community are welcome to attend and participate.

 January All-School Meeting

At today’s All-School Meeting, we honored Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his work promoting peace, justice, hope, opportunity, respect and love.  The 5^th Grade December School Council led the meeting and shared the following announcements:

• School wide sing along of the Bowen School Song “The Best We Can Be”
• Pledge of Allegiance
• Recognizing those who celebrate a birthday in December or January
• Students from Ms. Sheehy’s kindergarten class shared two songs honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Students from Ms. Dickerson’s 2^nd grade class shared there own dreams inspired by Dr. King
• 5^th grade students who are members ofNewton’s All City Treble Singers sang “Dare to Dream”
• 3^rd grade students played  part of the song “We Shall Overcome” on the recorder while the school sang the song

 Football Friday

Tomorrow, January 20^th, is Football Friday.  Wear the colors of your favorite football team!