New Year Resolution

Happy New Year from R.L. Young

As I am sitting here counting down the time we have left in 2015, I am starting to think of what my resolutions will be for the new year. Have you started making that list yet? If not I am going to encourage you to add to the top of your list to be more involved in your child or grandchild's school. We have great support from parents and grandparents at our school but imagine how much more we could accomplish if we worked together even more. 

How can you be involved at our school:

1. Are you a member of PTO? PTO meets once a month and can always use more volunteers. PTO does a lot for R.L. Young! The Spring will be busy so make sure to come to our next meeting to see how you can help out. 

2. Volunteer in the classroom. Set up a time with the teacher that you can come in once a week or once a month. Teachers always need an extra hand. You could help a group with reading, be a guest reader, help with arts and crafts, bring in snacks, help with computers and technology, talk to the class about your job or a talent you have, etc. Not only can you help in the classroom, volunteer in the school library media center. There is always things that need to be done there or kids that need help picking out a good book! 

3. Field Trips. Field trips and educational trips have become important means of giving children diverse experiences in the community. Without parent chaperons, these trips may not be possible. If you are able to volunteer, you will probably be responsible for a particular group of children. 

4. Build something. We are always looking for ways to beautify our school grounds. We would love to have some things built around the school or rooms painted. (If anyone wants to paint the library, I am all for it!)  

There are many more ways you can be involved! Something as simple as leaving snacks for the teachers to tell them you appreciate their hard work goes a long way! We would love to see mom, dad, grandmother, grandfather, aunt, uncle, anybody involved with our school. 

December Good Citizens

Nyhira, Cadence, Ansley, and Danica

Ean, Bayley, Grayson

Addie, Adelaide, Xavier, Joshua, Shavaria, and Jayden 

Top Checked out books @ Young for 2015

Hard Luck #8

The wait is over! The top library book at R.L. Young is.......................... Jeff Kinney's Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck #8. Students checked this book out 83 times from January to December.

Right behind was Big Nate On a Roll by Lincoln Peirce. For 2015, students checked out 12,891 books total! Wow, that is a ton of reading. I am so proud of them for taking the time to read, which only makes them smarter.

Top Books at Raymond L. Young   Title Author Call # Circulations 1. Diary of a wimpy kid : hard luck # 8 Kinney, Jeff. F KIN 83 2. Big Nate on a roll Peirce, Lincoln. F PEI 74 3. Ricky Ricotta's mighty robot vs. the mecha-monkeys from Mars Pilkey, Dav, 1966- F PIL 64 4. Ricky Ricotta's mighty robot Pilkey, Dav, 1966- F PIL 60 5. Ricky Ricotta's mighty robot vs. the voodoo vultures from Venus Pilkey, Dav, 1966- F PIL 58 6. Diary of a wimpy kid : the ugly truth # 5 Kinney, Jeff. F KIN 55 7. Ricky Ricotta's mighty robot vs. the mutant mosquitoes from Mercury Pilkey, Dav, 1966- F PIL 52 8. Diary of a wimpy kid : cabin fever #6 Kinney, Jeff. F KIN 51 9. Big Nate out loud Peirce, Lincoln. F PEI 46 10. Fancy Nancy : fanciest doll in the universe O'Connor, Jane. E O'CO 46 11. Blue : seeing blue all around us Schuette, Sarah L. 535.6 Sch 45 12. Ricky Ricotta's mighty robot vs. the Jurassic jackrabbits from Jupiter Pilkey, Dav, 1966- F PIL 45 13. Big Nate : from the top Peirce, Lincoln. F PEI 44 14. Big Nate strikes again Peirce, Lincoln. F PEI 41 15. Dork diaries : tales from a not-so-fabulous life Russell, Rachel Renee. F RUS 39 16. Dork diaries : tales from a not-so-smart Miss Know-It-All Russell, Rachel Renee. F RUS 39 17. Happy Easter, Little Critter. Mayer ,Mercer E MAY 37 18. Tales from a not-so-talented pop star Russell, Rachel Renee. F RUS 36 19. Abandoned Insane Asylums Williams, Dinah. 362.2 wIL 35 20. Ocean life beneath the crystal seas. Cox, Ted. REF 551.46 COX 35 21. Ricky Ricotta's mighty robot vs. the stupid stinkbugs from Saturn Pilkey, Dav, 1966- F PIL 35 22. Spooky cemeteries Williams, Dinah. 133.1 WILL 35 23. What do teachers do (after YOU leave school)? Bowen, Anne, 1952- E Bow 35 24. Dork Diaries : Tales from a NOT-SO-Happy Heartbreaker Russell, Rachel Renee F RUS 34 25. Ride, Fly Guy, ride! Arnold, Tedd. E ARN 33 26. The unfairest of them all Hale, Shannon. F HAL 33 27. Captain Underpants and the invasion of the incredibly naughty cafeteria ladies from outer space... : the third epic novel Pilkey, Dav. F PIL 32 28. Haunted houses Williams, Dinah. 133.1 WIL 32 29. Junie B., First grader toothless wonder. park, Barbara F PAR 32 30. Just a Snowman. Mayer, Mercer E MAY 31 31. Just me in the tub Mayer, Gina. E May 31 32. Red : seeing red all around us Schuette, Sarah L. 535.6 Sch 31 33. Captain Underpants and the tyrannical retaliation of the Turbo Toilet 2000 Pilkey, Dav, 1966- F PIL 30 34. Junie B. Jones is (almost) a flower girl. Park, Babara F PAR 30 35. Just a Piggy Bank. Mayer, Mercer & Gina E MAY 30 36. Just Fishing with Grandma. Mayer, Mercer E MAY 30 37. Just Say Please. Mayer, Mercer & Gina E MAY 30 38. Merry Christmas Mom and Dad. Mayer, Mercer E MAY 30 39. The Storybook of Legends Hale, Shannon. F HAL 30 40. Captain Underpants and the perilous plot of Professor Poopypants : the fourth epic novel Pilkey, Dav. F PIL 29 41. Eva's treetop festival Elliott, Rebecca. F ELL 29 42. Just a Thunderstorm. Mayer, Mercer & Gina E MAY 29 43. Kid President's guide to being awesome Montague, Brad. 158.3 MON 29 44. Captain Underpants and the terrifying return of Tippy Tinkletrousers Pilkey, Dav. F PIL 28 45. Haunted hotels Parvis, Sarah E. 133.1 PAR 28 46. If You Take A Mouse to School. Numeroff, Laura E Num 28 47. Junie B. Jones and the mushy gushy valentime Park, Barbara. F PAR 28 48. Junie B. Jones is not a crook. Park, Barbara F PAR 28 49. Junie B. Jones smells something fishy Park, Barbara. F PAR 28 50. Miss Holly is too jolly! Gutman, Dan. F Gut 28 Show the top 50 titles For the past 1 Years Include circulations from in-library use Include Book Report generated on 12/15/2015 1:23 PM

How easily does your 1st grader add and subtract?

Community Meeting

The Talladega City Schools invites you to attend the second community meeting on the five year strategic plan. The meeting will give the opportunity for the Talladega City School's stakeholders (parents, students, business and community members) to give input for the development of the plan. The next meeting will be held at Talladega High School on December 10th, 2015 from 6:30-8:00.

1st grade Read Alouds

First grade students in Mrs. Lamberth's class like Saniyah are working to create videos of them reading a book they picked from the library. The student videos can be found on Mrs. Taylor, the librarians, school YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5CrnN6I59WAYVe_Gz9U8NQ

November Good Citizens

Welcome Mrs. Freeman

Mrs. Freeman

We would like to introduce you to our new 4th grade teacher Mrs. Sylvia Freeman. Mrs. Freeman was born on June 25th in Pennsylvania, where she was raised. She says that's why you will hear her say "youins" instead of "y'all!" Some of her favorite activities include teaching, playing with her grand kids, and bible study.

Mrs. Freeman collects bibles and would love to visit Israel someday. Which is on her bucket list, very cool! She likes the color blue, sunflowers, and shopping at Kohl's and Target. Her favorite coffee drink is Starbucks' Cinnamon Dolce Latte. Mrs. Freeman has four children, six grandchildren, a wonderful husband, and two dogs. Her past teaching experience includes working in Florida and Virginia, as a teacher's aide at ASB, Head Start Teacher II, and guest relations at Shocco Springs.

Please let Mrs. Freeman know that we are glad to have her at Raymond L. Young.