December 10

I hope everything is going well for all of you. I wanted to tell you of three exciting things for me that have occurred recently. First, I have created my own web site and blog. It is linked from the Swift Creek web site where the Principal’s page used to be. There is a variety of information on there that I hope will be helpful to you as parents and students. Also, Ms. Pittman has been working extremely hard to keep our school web site updated and informative. I hope you will visit both of these sites and give us your feedback. The web address is http://swiftcreekes.wcpss.net/.

Speaking of feedback, the other exciting news involves gathering input to help Swift Creek continuously improve! I went to the Superintendent’s Summit the other day. This meeting included teachers, principals, central office staff, support staff, parents and members of the business community. We all sat around and worked in small groups to give the Superintendent feedback and share our voices and opinions on items that are important for the Wake County Public School System. It got me thinking and I decided that this was something that we needed to do. Therefore, I am going to be creating a Swift Creek Principal’s summit that will meet quarterly. I plan to invite teachers, teacher assistants, bus drivers, custodians, office staff, specialists, parents, and central office staff to discuss things that are important to Swift Creek. We need to keep the group size manageable, but please let me know if you are interested in attending I will be sending out invitations in the next week. The first summit will be on February 19th (which is a teacher workday) from 8:00-12:00. We will be discussing Swift Creek’s vision, 21st Century Learning, and determining future topics of exploration. I am looking forward to this day and I hope that many of you can attend or at least give me your feedback on the event.

I also want to tell you about our celebration of academics. If you have seen the front lobby lately, you will notice the display of high quality academic work. We will be displaying several pieces over the coming months. We are also working on an academic celebration with the students… more to come on that!

Finally, a special thanks to all the volunteers that made for a great book fair. We had record turnouts and a fabulous time!

Until next time, keep on ROARing!

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Jim