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NEXT SCHOOL GOVERNANCE COUNCIL MEETING:
PLEASE VISIT OUR BARNWELL SGC PAGE
NEW:
Parent Focus Group Invitation:
The School Governance Council is delighted to invite parents to participate in focus groups to discuss your child's experience at Barnwell Elementary. The purpose of the focus groups is to hear your perception of the student learning environment and school climate at Barnwell and, share your thoughts on the future direction of the school. We believe that input from the school community is essential as we begin the process of developing a new strategic plan and we value parent feedback. Focus Groups will be held at Barnwell on March 10th and 11th and will last for 1 hour. Both morning and evening sessions are available. Please provide your child(ren)'s grade(s) when signing up. We encourage your participation.
Please RSVP via the link below:
Parent Focus Group Signup
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Greetings Barnwell Community:
Teacher of the Year Announcement:
Congratulations to 3rd Grade Teacher, Mrs. Marla Grosswald, who will proudly represent Barnwell as our Teacher of the Year during the 2015-16 school year. We thank you and salute you for your dignified service to our school.
Congratulations, Mrs. Grosswald: Barnwell's Teacher of the Year!!!
-Dr. Norman C. Sauce III, Principal
Photo Above: Dr. Norman Sauce, Marla Grosswald & Bridgette Marques
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Professional of the Year Announcement:
Congratulations to Para Professional, Mrs. Susan Johnson, who will proudly represent Barnwell as our Professional of the Year during the 2015-16 school year. We thank you and salute you for your dignified service to our school.
Congratulations, Mrs. Susan Johnson, Barnwell's Professional of the Year!!!
-Dr. Norman C. Sauce III, Principal
Photo Below: Dr. Norman Sauce, Susan Johnson & Bridgette Marques
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Photo Below: Dr. Norman Sauce, Marla Grosswald, Susan Johnson & Bridgette Marques
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Barnwell School Governance Council Meeting / Info:
Click Here
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Students at Barnwell Elementary are jumping at the chance to fight heart disease and stroke, our nation's No. 1 and No. 4 killers. This week, Feb. 23 through Feb. 27, we will host our annual Jump Rope for Heart event during physical education classes. This event raises money for the American Heart Association to fund lifesaving heart and stroke research and community and educational programs for our youth.
Jump Rope for Heart teaches students how physical fitness benefits the heart and shows them that volunteering can be a fun and positive experience. Visit us online at heart.org/jump to learn more. You may also contact Mrs. Kennedy our physical educator at kennedyr@fultonschools.org.
STUDENTS CAN SIGN UP HERE
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Pre K Registration
Pre-K Registration will take place March 30 & 31, 2015.
The Lottery will be held May 14, 2015 at 1:30pm.
New GA Milestones Resources Posted
Barnwell Parents,
Just posted under the "Quick Links" section are 3 resources the DOE recently released to the public. These resources are called "GA Milestones Performance Level Ranges." There are separate documents posted for Reading, English Language Arts, and Math. Each document contains specific information for grades 3-8. These documents provide the public with information on how the DOE defines performance levels a student can score on the GA Milestones assessment within each academic standard.
Be on the lookout for additional GA Milestones resources via our website and Beargram as they become available.
Keep Those Barnwell Memories For A Lifetime
For those who forgot to purchase a yearbook at Open House, you still have the opportunity to purchase your book online in just a few easy steps:
- Go to www.yearbooks.lifetouch.com
- Click on "Order A Yearbook" on the green bar to the left
- Enter the Barnwell ID Code: 12122615
- Enter your info and pay! The cost per book is $35.00
Barnwell has a host of fabulous After School Programs that we offer each day after the final bell rings. Go HERE to see the list of great options offered this year.
Congratulations Barnwell PTA
Barnwell Elementary School and Barnwell Elementary PTA
Recognized Nationally as a "School of Excellence"
Johns Creek, GA August 25, 2014 - National PTA® has recognized Barnwell Elementary School and Barnwell Elementary PTA as a National PTA School of Excellence for their achievement in building effective family-school partnerships. Research shows that when families and schools work together, student achievement increases, schools improve and communities grow stronger. Being recognized as a National PTA School of Excellence demonstrates Barnwell School and Barnwell PTA's leadership and commitment to partnering to support student success and continuous school improvement.
Please click on the link below to read the entire press release.
Check Out Barnwell's Official Twitter Page: The Barnwell Beat!
The administrative team will be updating this Twitter page periodically to provide our parents, community members, and staff with relevant and important school-wide updates, announcements, photos, and information regarding school events, activities, accomplishments, and announcements.
Catch TheBarnwellBeat! Live on 
at http://twitter.com/TheBarnwellBeat
*** UPDATED SEPTEMBER 7, 2014 ***
As of July 1, 2012, Georgia law states that all school volunteers are now MANDATED REPORTERS and are required to report any suspected child abuse or neglect. Therefore, all Barnwell Elementary School volunteers must be trained in the procedures for reporting.
Click here for details
Bus Stop Information
Are you looking for Bus Stop information for your students? Bus routes, stops and times are managed by the North Fulton County Transportation department. You may locate your information by visiting their website:
Click Here -> Fulton County Schools Transportation Information
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Common Core Parent Night
On Wednesday March 19, 2014, Barnwell Elementary School and Barnwell PTA co-sponsored an evening event that allowed our parents to learn more about the curricular shifts embedded within Common Core Georgia Performance Standards across the curriculum. These include shifts with rigor, pace, assessment, and expectations with Common Core academic standards. Also discussed were ways that parents can support their students' academic performance within Common Core, beyond the classroom context. Below are web links and documents that were shared with parents as resources at our March 19 evening event:
Common Core Curricular Shifts Presentation
Common Core ELA and Math Shifts Prezi Link
Common Core Math Parent Resource Symbaloo Link
Common Core English Language Arts Parent Resource Symbaloo Link
Georgia Department of Education Releases First CCRPI Scores - May 2013
Greetings Barnwell Family!
The state of Georgia recently launched a new school accountability index, to provide schools, districts, and communities with valuable insight as to the particular areas that educational organizations excel, and are emerging. The index, called College and Career Ready Performance Index (CCRPI), combines multiple factors in determining schools’ and districts’ overall effectiveness in providing students with meaningful, comprehensive, and salient educational experiences to effectively prepare them for success in post-secondary education, the 21st century workforce, and mastering 21stcentury skills. School-level multiple-measures calculated in the index’ include: CRCT scores, CRCT score growth, attendance rates, writing assessment scores, reading lexile scores, achievement gap closure, graduation rates (middle and high schools), advanced placement and international baccalaureate exam scores, and the academic growth of English Language Learners, Students with Disabilities, and Economically Disadvantaged students. The index provides schools and districts with a “score” between 1 and 100, with certain measures counting as “Challenge Points,” awarding schools which have shown success in some historically challenging school metrics with 1-10 “extra credit” points.
This week, the Georgia Department of Education released the first publication of schools’ and districts’ CCRPI scores. I am proud to share with all of you that Barnwell Elementary School scored a 95.4 (out of 100) on our first CCRPI score! As a district, Fulton County Schools scored an 85.7 on its first CCRPI score.
As our staff reviews and analyzes the disaggregated data within the index scores, we will continue to examine ways to refine and enrich the highly effective educational experiences our dedicated staff already works tirelessly to provide. Way to go, Barnwell!!!
-Dr. Norman C. Sauce III
Principal
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*** FULTON COUNTY SCHOOLS STRATEGIC PLAN 2017 ***
FCS Strategic Plan 2017 Four-Pager.pdf
FCS Strategic Plan 2017 Presentation.pdf
The Barnwell Bear and a Student
at Open House!!