ACCOLADES

• The district team has conducted 3 site visits and have had some wonderful discussions with teachers at Arnett, Tichenor, and Lindeman. Site visits at Howell, Miles, and Lloyd will occur in the next few weeks. We are very appreciative of the work teachers and principals are doing to focus on student learning, use real-time MAP data, other formative data, and the strives to improve instruction and increase student learning. Once all site visits are conducted we will post and share some of the great initiatives and ideas going on at the schools that other schools may be interested in replicating.
• On November 13th, all of the elementary teachers will be getting together for a district PLC. The school principals and teachers collaborated to create a fantastic agenda. Mr. Riehemann, the principal at Lloyd High School and Dr. Jennifer Cottingham will also be joining to help facilitate the grade level PLCs.
• Tichenor Middle School Student, Hayden Molitor participated in the Junior National Young Leaders Conference (JrNYLC) in Washington, D.C. He was nominated by teacher, Linda Noll.
• Lloyd High School is learning about and applying Developmental Assets for students. Chris Reeves, the school counselor has become a certified trainer and is collaborating with teachers.
• October 11th Tichenor Middle School students Beth Sheriff and Morgan Campbell as well as other Tichenor students participated in the Walk for the Cure in Downtown Cincinnati. Ms. Rainone and Ms. Campbell also walked with Tichenor Middle School Students.
• Tichenor Middle School Teachers and Administrators are collaborating with Joyce Harris, Literacy Consultant, and Tammie Sherry, NKU outreach literacy consultant to focus on literacy for students in all content areas. The staff has been pre-assessing and developing strategies to be implemented schoolwide.
• Lloyd High School held a Holocaust Assembly on October 27th. The guest speakers were Holocaust survivors who shared their stories with our students. It was a very moving experience for everyone in attendance. The presentation was a collaboration between the YSC and the teachers.
• On October 24th, Special Olympians and their families showed up for this year's Special Olympic Bowling Competition. There were over 50 people from Erlanger in attendance. Olympians from Tichenor, Lloyd, and graduates competed for the gold. Thanks goes out to those involved and Candace Campbell, Officer Brendel and Sam for their part as dignitaries handing out the medals.
• Lindeman Elementary will host a parent-involvement night with a live band, Salsa dancing and activities for parents and students on November 20th.
• Howell Elementary students partnered with Mazaak to conduct a penny war. The collaboration raised over $800 for the Elsmere Fire Department.
• I had the opportunity to conduct walk-throughs at Miles and Howell with Mr. Sayler and Mr. Gillis. We saw many great things occurring in classes we visited.

Veteran's Day

• Our schools had some wonderful tributes to our Veterans this week for Veteran's Day. Thank you to our Veterans for all that you have dedicated and sacrified and to our schools for honoring them.

UPCOMING NEWS AND EVENTS

• November 13-Early Release.
• November 19-Site Visit conducted at Miles Elementary
• November 20-Site Visit conducted at Howell Elementary
• November 23-Site Visit conducted at Lloyd High School
• The Kentucky Center for Mathematics will hold the annual KCM Conference on February 4th & 5th. It is only $60 to attend. Research-based effective strategies for math teachers in grades K-12 will be provided. Conference strands include: Teaching for Depth of Understanding and Formative and Summative Assessments. For more information visit the KCM website at www.kentuckymathematics.org or phone 859-572-7690.
• The Kentucky Reading Project is now accepting Applications for elementary teachers interested in taking part. The project provides training in research-based literacy strategies, free graduate credit, stipends and free materials. If you are interested in applying more information may be accessed through http://www.kentuckyliteracy.org/ and/or by contacting Kathy Burkhardt via email.

Trivia Night

Special Olympics Trivia Night was held on October 17th. Erlanger-Elsmere competed in the event with 5 tables! Howell Elementary Captain Krista Wainscott returned to her school with the 1st place trophy. Arnett/Miles had a table that included Mr. Engel, Ms. Weber, and Mr. Pilgrim. Captain Candace Campbell sported 3 teams from Tichenor and Lloyd. Team members included Mr. & Mrs. Flick, Mr. Robles, Mr. Hughes, the Edwards family, Ms. Burk, the Woolleys, Ms. Donnell, Ms. Hils, and Ms. Clark. One of the Campbell teams came in 2nd. Officer Brendel is now in charge of the event. Around $1900 was raised for Special Olympics.

UNITED WAY CAMPAIGN

On behalf of the Erlanger-Elsmere Schools, I would like to thank all of our employees who actively participated in our 2009 United Way Campaign. Our totals have increased this year, nearly nine-fold since last year, with $2,617.00 contributed in all. You’re to be commended for your efforts, and for your continuing commitment to those in need all around us. We’d like to offer special congratulations to the employees at Howell Elementary for having the highest employee participation rate during our United Way Campaign, with over 50% of their staff members participating. Howell also had the highest contribution rate per employee, averaging nearly $23.00 per staff member, and totaling $800.00. Howell was honored and presented plaques of recognition by the Erlanger-Elsmere Board of Education at the November 12th board meeting. We’d also like to thank our campaign managers for their energy and enthusiasm through the entire campaign: Kathy Nafus, Karen Costello, Maryann Moore, Karen Hughes, Missy Sorg, and Tracy Molley.