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During the October 7 meeting of the Danville School Board, the board made the following recognitions: Bullying Prevention Month, Farm to School month, National School Lunch Week, all celebrated in October.
In communications, Chief Human Resources Officer Dr. Natalie Halloran presented Cardinal Human Capital Management, the new employee self service platform for health insurance.
Chief Operations Officer Dr. Wayne Lyle and Director of Student Support Services Dr. Marva Tutt gave an update on DPS attendance protocols, which included information about truancy vs. chronic absenteeism, the attendance taking process, and current absence numbers. Dr. Tutt presented attendance interventions in order to assure student attendance, including an incentive plan, mentors, lessons on absenteeism ripple effects, health plans for students with long-term medical issues, mental health referrals/assessments, check in process/schedule with guidance counselors, and more.
Dr. Tutt and Health and Wellness Coordinator Renita Townes gave a COVID-19 update, in which they spoke about mitigation strategies, vaccination numbers and efforts, and the daily dashboard, which now includes active cases in addition to the cumulative cases.
Superintendent Dr. Angela Hairston presented an update on the district’s Corrective Action Plan. Dr. Hairston also updated the board on the opportunity for Big Brothers Big Sisters to use space in the Woodrow Wilson building.
The board took the following actions during Thursday’s meeting:
Approved the personnel recommendations brought forth by Dr. Halloran.
Approved the awarding of an RFP to ProCare Therapy to assist in recruitment of teachers and other instructional resource positions.
Dr. Marva Tutt accepts the proclamation for Bullying Prevention Month.
Dr. Marva Tutt accepts the proclamation for Bullying Prevention Month.
Director of Child Nutrition Phillip Gardner accepts the proclamations for National School Lunch week and Farm to School month.
Director of Child Nutrition Phillip Gardner accepts the proclamations for National School Lunch week and Farm to School month.
Approved the awarding of an RFP to Protected by Kingsman for the provision of security services at George Washington High School.
Approved the recommendation of an RFP for provision of designing, supplying and installing Bi-Polar Ionization Units in the schools.
Approved the awarding of an RFP to Hammerhill Computers for provision of Information Technology Help Desk Extension.
Approved accounts payable warrants brought forth by Director of Finance Sharon Barksdale.
Approved the awarding of an RFP to UVA for provision of Professional Development in Literacy Instruction.
Approved the Local Plan for Gifted Education brought forth by Coordinator of Advanced Learning Kimberly Agnor.
Galileo receives championship rings
The Galileo boys and girls 4x800m outdoor track relay teams received their state championship rings on Tuesday, Oct. 5. Congratulations to all of the runners along with their coaches!
Marching Eagles win Class AAA at Franklin County
The Marching Eagles had a very busy weekend! After a football game performance on Friday night, they woke up early to do some community outreach with Vote Yes for DPS before traveling to Franklin County High School to compete in the Eagle Classic.
Our students did great! They displayed the discipline and respect that we have come to expect from our Marching Eagles. They performed great! Our goal is not trophies this year, but progress and hard work week to week.
The Marching Eagles WON Best Visual (Marching) Class AAA, Best General Effect Class AAA, Best Percussion Class AAA, and winning Class AAA.
IMPORTAN UPCOMING DATES:
October 9 - Walk a Mile in Their Shoes Walkathon at 2 p.m.
October 11 - Columbus Day Holiday
October 12 to 15 - Fall Break for students; DPS Fall Learning Conference
October 12 - GW Volleyball home match vs. Tunstall
October 16 - Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination clinic at GWHS
Woodberry Hills students have fun with duct tape
On Friday, October 1, the third grade students at Woodberry Hills participated in a Reading Incentive Reward. Reading teachers, Susan Watkins and Tara DePriest, offered the students an opportunity to Duck Tape them to the Wall if they met the reading and writing requirements in the month of September. It was a huge success!
Superintendent Dr. Angela Hairston, Gibson Principal Dr. Star Norton, Assistant Principal Darlene Logan and Gibson families stopped for a photo at Tuesday evening's parent meeting!
Body Planes lesson at GWHS
Lisa Argyrakis' 4th block Introduction to Health and Medical Sciences class used gummy bears to replicate the human body while studying body planes. In the photo, Aundrea Tucker was able to slice her gummy bears into sagittal plane, frontal plane, and transverse plane. This was a great hands-on activity to introduce not only new vocabulary words but also allow students to replicate what these body planes look like.
Human Resources Updates:
Cardinal HCM is now live!
The Cardinal Human Capital Management (HCM) application is now LIVE for your use in accessing your health benefits information through the Employee Self-Service (ESS) feature! The ESS feature will allow you to view your health plan information, update personal data such as your name and address or to enroll in health plans as a new employee. Please check your employee email for a message sent by Lanie Davis on Oct. 7 for more information.
United Way Campaign
Last year, the employees of Danville Public Schools raised $13,418 for the United Way! Our goal for the 2021-2022 campaign is $14,760, which is roughly a 10% increase over last year's campaign. The United Way plays a vital role in helping to improve lives in our community, and they need our help now more than ever, as the effects of COVID-19 reach across our entire community. Employees, please check your email for more details on how to contribute. Public Information Officer Lanie Davis sent out the information via email on Tuesday, September 28.
Jessica McCray's class at Johnson has been learning place value and tens and ones, so they created place value scarecrows for fall! The scarecrow's straw hair is made out of tens, and ones were placed for decoration.
Follow our schools on social media!
Some of our schools have BRAND NEW Facebook pages! Click the links to the right to follow our schools on Facebook.
Schoolfield students experience game bus
Following last week's Walk-A-Thon fundraiser, the top 10 fundraising students spent time on Friday gaming on several different systems and were provided pizza for lunch.
Park Avenue's Panther, Fluffy, made several appearances at their PBIS assemblies to promote attendance!
Transition Stop Supply Drive
The Transition Stop is a one-stop, retail style store created by a partnership between Danville Public Schools and the United Way of Danville-Pittsylvania County. Thanks to a $25,000 grant from the Danville Regional Foundation, the store has been supplying clothing, school supplies, sundries and laundry services to our students. If you would like to donate, the School Board Office will have boxes in the lobby until Winter Break. The graphic to the right shows the needs of the Transition Stop at this time.
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