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Daily Archives: October 1, 2016

Dear Parents and Caregivers, I write to you not just as the President of the PTO but also as a concerned parent. Many people have raised concerns with me about the increasing number of cars that are not following the Drop-Off Lane Rules. We as a community worked hard to get these guidelines into place and have done a tremendous job transitioning to the new rules. Lets please continue to follow them and to not let old bad habits return. Please take a moment to remind yourself of the basic rules and to share them and even print them out for anyone else in your household responsible for dropping of your children. Remember: these rules exist to ensure the safety of our children, to ensure the safety of us as drivers, and to ensure a more efficient and calm drop-off. Children MUST remain in cars until the Drop Off Lane begins which is denoted by the blue sign at the telephone poll by the driveway.  Please do not drop children earlier and then peel off into oncoming traffic which is headed towards the crosswalk! Drivers MUST pull all the way forward – either to the Next Blue Sign a telephone poll […]
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We are looking for 8 to 10 adults with very steady and patient hands to help us paint a United States map on the newly paved blacktop. Our goal is to paint it on the next warm weekend day from about 8:00 am in the morning until 1:30 pm. We will do two or three shifts if we have enough people but the longer you can stay the better! Please contact Christie at cbengel@gmail.com if interested!
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For those of you who were unable to attend the musical informational meeting this past week, we shared the following key dates: November 4th: Kick-off meeting for parents and students November 14th, 15th, 16th:  Workshop November 17th, 18th: Tryouts / Callbacks November 21st: Roles announced November 28th: Rehearsals begin February 10th, 11th, 12th: SHOWTIME We also discussed volunteer opportunities. Right now we are focused on getting one more person each for the important roles of Musical Liaison and Volunteer Coordinator. Please read the following handout (Shrek the Musical Key Dates and Volunteer Needs) for details of the positions and email Sheila if interested: smccraith@hotmail.com    
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