Douglas Dragoneer
Douglas A+ Creative Arts and Science Magnet Elementary School
Volume 1, Issue 15 December 12, 2005
Getting to know. . .
Name: Belinda Sellers
Position: Media Center Assistant
Hometown: Raleigh, N.C.
Family: Mrs. Sellers family consists of her husband, 4 sons, and 2
daughters. Three of her sons attend
college. One son and her twin daughters
attend Douglas Elementary.
Hobbies: Mrs. Sellers enjoys cooking and painting. She also enjoys writing and illustrating
children’s books.
Claim
to fame or something unique: Mrs.
Sellers has been to Germany to visit Auschwitz and Munich.
Getting to know. . .
Name: Cyndi Lynn
Position: One-to-one teacher’s assistant
Hometown: Raleigh, N.C.
Family: Mrs. Lynn’s family consists of her Husband (Vic), her
stepdaughter (Leah), her son (Andrew), and her daughter (Emily). Leah currently attends Appalachian State
University. Andrew and Emily attend
Douglas Elementary. Andrew is in Mr.
Pinho’s 3rd grade class and Emily is in Ms. Shaw’s kindergarten
class.
Hobbies: Mrs. Lynn loves to read!
Claim to fame or something unique: As a high school student at Broughton High, Mrs. Lynn performed
with the show choir and the group won the regional
Dec.
13 First day for 2nd.
3rd and 4th
graders in their new
classrooms
Dec.
23 First day of Winter Break
Jan.
3 School
Resumes
Wake
County is conducting a district wide parent survey during the coming
month. Survey envelopes will come home with students in
their Monday folders.
Instructions on the envelope ask parents to complete the survey and
return it to school after sealing it in the envelope. Please return the
envelope to your child's teacher by December 22.
Book Bags with Wheels
As you do your holiday shopping, please avoid buying
the “luggage” style book bags. These
book bags with the popup handles and wheels can be a hazard at school. Although this type of bag works well for
adults in airports, children do not experience the same success. Upon arrival in the morning and again at
dismissal time our students travel down the hallways in much closer proximity
to one another than adults do. They
also do not attend to where they are going as well as an adult might do. The result is students tripping and falling
over the bags of other students. Also,
these bags are cumbersome when boarding a bus or car. If you plan to buy your child a new book bag for the holidays, or
at any time, please choose the traditional book bag with two shoulder straps.
Read to your Children
Reading to your children is the single most
important thing you can do to help children develop a love of books and
reading. While bedtime is traditionally
a story time, don’t limit yourself. Keep
books in your car, in your bag, by the sofa, and even by the bathtub. That way, reading can easily be part of the
day. Also, keep books on low shelves,
on the floor, in toy chests, or anywhere else your child can reach them.