Welcome to the Garrison Mill Elementary School
PTA Website
Home of the Greyhounds!
Calendar at a Glance:
- Tuesday, July 21 - New Student Registration
- Thursday, August 6
- 10:00 a.m. - PTA Board of Directors Meeting
- 3:00 p.m. - Class lists posted on front door of school
- Friday, August 7 - Sneak-a-Peek
- 8:30 a.m. - New families and Kindergarten Families
- 9:00 a.m. - M-Z
- 9:30 a.m. - A-L
- Monday, August 10 - 7:55 a.m. - First Day of School
Click here to access the 2009-2010 Cobb County District
Calendar.
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notification network that the police uses to update
the public about criminal activity in the area via
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about criminal activity and trends in their area. In
return, citizens are encouraged to ask questions or
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timely responses. The Garrison Mill PTA encourages
you to
sign up today to help create a safer community
for our children.
Principal'ly' Speaking
Dear Parents,
Thank you for
sharing your children with us this year and for your exceptional support of
Garrison Mill. We were thrilled to learn that our Garrison Mill PTA received
the 3rd place award for District 9 this year. This is quite an honor and
speaks very highly of our level of parent participation. We want to invite
all of our parent volunteers to our Volunteer Brunch on May 8 from 8:30
a.m.-12:00 noon. This is our “thank you” to each of you for all your support
this year!
Please join us in
congratulating the following staff members. They were recently elected by
their peers to serve in honored positions for 2009-2010:
• Classified
Employee of the Year — Jane Broaddus, Fourth Grade Paraprofessional
• Teacher of the
Year — Krissy Longyear, Fifth Grade Teacher
We also want to wish
our retiring staff members a wonderful retirement and to also thank them for
many years of dedicated service at Garrison Mill. We are losing some long
time staff members this year and will surely miss them. Our retiring staff
members are: Pam Britton, school counselor; Diane Dion, first grade teacher;
Heather Fowler, fourth grade teacher; Phyllis Nichols, kindergarten teacher;
and Peggy Snook, first grade teacher.
We hope that you
will continue to encourage your child to grow in the following areas this
summer: reading, math and writing. Our closest public library, Mountain View
Branch, has a brand new children’s department that is well worth checking
out! The easiest way to get your children
hooked on reading is
to find books that capture their interest. Also be sure to review math facts
this summer and check out math websites on the GM web page for some great
ways to review. We also want to encourage our students to continue writing
and would like to encourage them to keep a journal of summer travels and
activities to keep writing skills sharp.
Most of all, we hope
that you will find time to play, relax, laugh and enjoy each other this
summer! Thank you again for a fantastic school year, and we look forward to
seeing you all again at Sneak-a-Peek on August 7 and the First Day of School
on August 10. It has been a pleasure serving you this year.
Sincerely,
The Garrison Mill Leadership Team
Paula Huffman,
Principal Vicki Stasiak, Assistant
Principal
Paula.Huffman@cobbk12.org
Vicki.Stasiak@cobbk12.org
