Week beginning September 24, 2007!
Good Monday morning, EVERYONE! Welcome to Spirit Week/Homecoming 2007 at Southern Lee High School! We have lots of fun activities that your students developed to keep energy and spirits high this week as we welcome our varsity football team home after a 3 consecutive road games. We also have a lot going on at Southern Lee this week, so buckle up and enjoy the ride!
We’ve been talking A LOT about character education and the development of character and citizenship in some of our students. As most of you know, we begin each day with the Pledge of Allegiance, which is required under North Carolina law. The law has provisions for students who do not wish to participate, and that’s cool, but some of the ones who do not participate aren’t participating not because of conscientious objection, but because they don’t feel a part of what our priorities are as a nation, state, city, or even school. We have to do a better job of helping our students take ownership and responsibility for their school, its appearance, effectiveness, routine, and environment.
To this end, we will begin our character education initiative on Monday, October 1, 2007, with a “Character Trait of the Month” featured in our school, along with activities designed to encourage our students and staff to display those traits. The character traits we will cover this year are:
October: Responsibility
November: Integrity
December: Selflessness
January: Honesty
February: Perseverance
March: Commitment
April: Courage
May: Self-discipline
We are also hosting Mr. Randy Hogue on Monday morning at 10 a.m. in our main gym. Mr. Hogue will speak to students at several Lee County school sites this week, and he was gracious enough to speak with our students and staff first, recognizing that this is Spirit/Homecoming Week, and our kids’ focus may be elsewhere if he were to wait until mid-week to come. If you would like some information on our speaker, please visit www.randyhogueministries.tripod.com.
If you come to school sometime during the week, do not be alarmed at how our students may look. Our students and staff will be dressed in character, and this week should prove to be a lot of fun, as our week will culminate in a Spirit Assembly on Friday, as we unveil our new dance team, our step teams, receive performances from our Sound Machine and flag girls, and introduce our fall sports teams. We will host the Vikings of Union Pines at 7:30 that evening, crown our homecoming princesses and queens at halftime, and offer a dance to our students and their guests from 10 p.m. until 1:00 a.m.
In line with our dance, the Student Government Association and I request and need your assistance with dance supervision. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO WORK AS A CHAPERONE/SET OF EYES AND EARS/ADULT PRESENCE, please call Mrs. Lashonda Mellette at 718-2400, OR e-mail her at lmellette@mac.com. We need adult volunteers for our dance to ensure a GRAND TIME can be had by ALL!
I also have applications for the Junior Miss Lee County Fair (grades 9-10), the Miss Lee County Fair Pageant (grades 11-12), and the new Mr. Lee Regional Fair Pageant (males, grades 9-12). If you believe your student would be interested, please have them visit the main office to pick up an information packet.
I am also desirous of hosting you to come into our building to walk the halls with us, visit classrooms, serve as volunteer dining hall/corridor monitors, and observe instruction. PLEASE, come check us out. Simply come into the main office, ask for me or an available administrator. We’ll sign you in as a guest, give you a complete tour of the school, and sit and chat with you about how you can assist us with the attainment of our educational, supervisory, safety, and school climate goals. If you wish, call or e-mail me, and I’ll hit you back!
Well, before I go, the last blog discussed our next PTSO/Parental Involvement Initiative. We are looking to host you in November. This will give us enough time to plan the parent workshops and forums designed to inform and engage you and your student in the school process. If you can’t wait for November to roll around and wish to come NOW, please, by all means, participate in our volunteer program and walk those halls with me!
Be cool, and as always, we thank you for your interest and support of the Southern Lee High School program!
Until next time,
HDL
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