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Friday February 5, 2010
ATTENTION SENIORS! Important info from the Yearbook Staff Friday January 29, 2010 YOUR INPUT on the 2010-2011 BUDGET Between now and Monday, Feb 1 is the time to express your comments and concerns to the BOE members regarding possible impacts (positive and negative) of their proposed changes to the Superintendent's 2010-2011 School Budget on the SHS community:
Please:
The BOE will vote no later than Monday, February 8 on the Superintendent’s Proposed Budget making it then, the BOE Proposed Budget that will go before the Board of Finance in early March.
If you have any questions about the proposed budget, including the BOE’s list of amendments, please contact either one of us. Thank you.
Lee Saveliff and Sandy Rappaport, SHS PTA Co-Presidents, (poley@optonline.net or 203-226-2569 and slrapp@optonline.net or 203-227-3693)
INTRODUCING MSG VARSITY Each week our email will include highlights from MSG Varsity for the following week: Here’s a look at the production, TV coverage and website exposure planned for the week of January 31st:
· Girls Ice Hockey - Staples vs. Fairfield Ludlowe This game will air on Friday, January 29 at 8:00 pm. Be sure to tune in! · Girls Basketball - Staples vs. Stamford Tuesday, February 2, 7:00 pm MSG Varsity will have a single cameraman on-site · Girl’s Ice Hockey - Staples vs. Darien Wednesday, February 3, 8:10 pm MSG Varsity will have a single cameraman on-site
Missed a game or an event? Catch up with the action on the Staples page on MSG Varsity! http://www.msgvarsity.com/connecticut-westchester/staples-high-school
REMINDER: VOLUNTEERS NEEDED If you are interested in assisting with the Staples Spectacular Student Challenge tomorrow, Saturday, Jan 30, please contact Kathy Sharp at kathy_sharp@westport.k12.ct.us to find out what shifts are available.
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relief IMPORTANT DATES Sat 1/30: All-State Auditions – North Haven HS Sat 1/30: Staples Spectacular Student Challenge Mon 2/1: BOE Meeting, 7:30 pm, SHS Cafeteria Tues 2/2: Youth Concert (Orchestra) Grades 5 and 6, 9:15 to 10:15 am, SHS Auditorium Wed 2/3: All-City Concert, 7 pm, at BMS, CMS, w/SHS Chamber Orchestra Thurs 2/4: Youth Concert (Orchestra) Grades 3 and 4, 9:15 to 10:15 am, SHS Auditorium Sat 2/6: ACT: SHS is NOT a Test Site Sat 2/6: Science Fair, Convent of the Sacred Heart, Greenwich, 8 am to 2 pm Mon 2/8: BOE Meeting, 7:30 pm, SHS Cafeteria
BOARD of EDUCATION The next Board of Ed meeting is scheduled for Monday, February 1 at 7:30 pm in the SHS Cafeteria. The BOE will continue its discussion and could possibly vote on the Superintendent’s Proposed 2010-11 Budget. The meeting can also be viewed on Channel 78.
COMMUNITY NEWS and the COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARD · Internet Safety Workshops sponsored by the district will be held Tuesday, February 9 and Wednesday, February 10. Please go to http://internetsafety.westport.k12.ct.us by February 3rd to register. · Connecticut’s Race to the Top: Ensuring a Quality Education for Every Child Monday, February 8, 2010, 7:30 PM, Westport Public Library, McManus Room Would you be surprised to learn that Connecticut is dead last in the country...50th out of 50...in terms of the results we achieve for our low-income students, while our spending per student is among the highest? Or that even public school children in our wealthiest districts score a full grade level behind their peers in neighboring Massachusetts?
Join us as we learn from Alex Johnston, President and CEO of the Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Now (ConnCAN), about: the state of public education in Connecticut, and where we rank, the exciting new opportunity offered by the Federal "Race to the Top" funding program, and what we can do together to improve public education for ALL children.
Our children get one chance at an education; what can we do to give them the best shot?
· FINANCIAL PLANNING WORKSHOP offered to college- bound students and their parents on Wednesday, Feb. 10, from 7:30 – 9 p.m. at Toquet Hall. This FREE workshop is presented by the Connecticut Money School (CMS), and co-sponsored by Westport Dept of Human Services. The program will help families prepare for college by talking about financial health and spending habits and reviewing college funding options. Space is limited and seating will be first come, first serve. For reservations contact Kevin Godburn by e-mail: toquethall@hotmail.com or phone (203)341-1155. · COMMUNITY SERVICE/STUDENT LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITY February 17th is the deadline to submit an application for the Bank of America Student Leader Internship Program. If you are an 11th or 12th grade student with a passion for improving your community, Bank of America would like to help you turn that passion into action. Selected students will have an opportunity to attend a leadership seminar in Washington, D.C. in July 2010 and participate in an eight-week paid internship in the summer of 2010 with a nonprofit organization in Fairfield County. For more information and online application go to http://www.bankofamerica.com/foundation/index.cfm?template=fd_studentleaders. If you have questions, please call Nicholas Vazquez at Bank of America in Stamford at 203-905-4132 or email him at nicholas.s.vazquez@bankofamerica.com . Please click on the Community Bulletin Board link to read about the latest additions to our Community News. · Westport Continuing Ed courses including Drivers Ed
Friday January 22, 2010
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FRIDAY JANUARY 29
Friday January 15, 2010 PENS: Parents ENhancing StaplesThank you to the many families that have given to our PENS non-event fundraiser. If you are interested in making a donation, a PENS form is attached for your convenience 2010-2011 COURSE CATALOG ONLINE The course catalog for 2010-2011 was distributed to students last week, and is also available on the SHS website under the Learning tab. EXAM SCHEDULE and INFORMATION Mon 1/18: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day – No School 8-10 am 10:30-12:30 pm Tues 1/19: 6 7 Wed 1/20: 5 8 Thurs 1/23: Exam Make-Up Day For detailed information about the remainder of the Exam Schedule, please refer to the Email from last week, which is posted on our website under Emails Messages on the PTA tab. ALL CHANGES to the EXAM SCHEDULE due to WEATHER will be explained in a ConnectEd email from Mr. Dodig. Please be on the lookout for this email if snow and/or inclement weather are in the forecast. ATTENTION ALL SENIORS PRIOR TO JANUARY 25th, you MUST log into your Naviance Family Connection Account and update your list of Colleges I am Applying to. • If you decided not to apply to a college you originally requested a transcript for, delete the college from your list. • If you have submitted your application, click on the have you applied link and check off I have submitted my application. • Edit the application status for each college on your list. Click on the pencil to update your results. Let us know if you were accepted, deferred, denied, or still don’t know. Why do you need to do this? And why is it so important? Mrs. Ketley, the transcript secretary, will automatically mail your mid-year transcripts to each school to which you have applied. It is essential that she send your transcript only to the schools to which you have sent an application. Updates and accurate information are important for the Guidance Department to be able to properly process your mid-year and end of year transcripts and the data we collect helps us to assist other students in the entire college application process. STUDENT ART ON DISPLAY AT FINE AND PERFORMING ARTS NIGHT Student art will be on display in the SHS auditorium lobby during the Fine and Performing Arts Night on Thursday, January 28. The works will remain on display in the auditorium lobby for about a week after the event. REMINDER: SCIENCE FAIR JUDGES WANTED The 10th Annual Southern Connecticut Invitational Science & Engineering Fair is seeking judges with a degree in one of the sciences, engineering or mathematics. Teams of judges will evaluate projects at the Fair on February 6 at the Convent of the Sacred Heart in Greenwich. If interested contact Fran Lichtenberg at fwlichtenberg@snet.net or 203-371-0778. www.scsef.org SHS WEBSITE Visit the homepage of the SHS Website at http://shs.westport.k12.ct.us for up-to-date information including: • SafeRides: seeking Board members for 2010-11 • Westport Reads in the SHS LMC IMPORTANT DATES Mon 1/18 Martin Luther King Jr. Day – No School Tues 1/19 Midterm Exams 6 & 7: 8 to 10 am, 10:30 to 12:30 pm Wed 1/20 Midterm Exams 5 & 8: 8 to 10 am, 10:30 to 12:30 pm Thurs 1/21 Midterm Exams Make-Up Day – No School for those students who are not taking a Make-Up Exam Fri 1/22 2nd Quarter/ 1st Semester Ends Sat 1/23 SAT: SHS is NOT a Test Site Mon 1/25 3rd Quarter/2nd Semester Begins Thurs 1/28 SHS Fine Arts Night: ART, 7pm; MUSIC (SHS Bands, 9/10 Orch), 7:30 pm Auditorium Fri 1/29 PTA Coffee with John Dodig, 9 am, Faculty Dining Room Sat 1/30 All-State Auditions – North Haven HS Sat 1/30 Staples Spectacular Student Challenge BOARD of EDUCATION There will be a meeting on Tuesday, January 19 at 7:30 pm in the SHS Cafeteria. You may also view this on Channel 78. The board will have a work session with the Board of Finance reviewing the health and medical insurance, discussion/action of Mandarin Chinese in the middle schools and of the Amendment to the Westport Public Schools Retirement Plan. The Board also plans to continue its review of the Superintendent’s Proposed Budget. Natalie Carrignan, Director of Instructional Technology will be presenting the Technology budget. Highlights of the budget in regards to SHS:
COMMUNITY NEWS and the COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARD
• Concussion Training, Saturday, January, 16 at 10:30 am, SES Auditorium • ParentConnect
Friday January 8, 2010 JANUARY NEWSLETTER’s PRINCIPAL’S LETTERIf you have not yet had a chance to read Principal Dodig’s letter in the January For the Wreckord, please click on the attachment to do so. It is a timely letter as this year’s budget season begins. SUPERINTENDENT’s PROPOSED BUDGET The link for the budget is now working properly. View the Superintendent’s proposed budget for the 2010-11 school year by clicking this link http://www.westport.k12.ct.us/budget.htm. In addition, for a synopsis of Monday night’s BOE meeting, please read the most recent BOE in Brief sent out by PTA Council on Wednesday, January 6. All BOE in Briefs can be found on the Parents tab in Blackboard. JUNIOR PARENTS’ NAVIANCE TRAINING...RSVP by January 8 The College & Career Center will be conducting a training session on Naviance for parents of juniors on Tuesday, January 12th from 7:00-8:00 p.m., and Wednesday, January 13th, during 1st and 2nd lunch (10:45 -11:50 a.m.) in the Library Media Center. Space is limited to 30 people for each session, so please RSVP with Shauna Flaherty 341-1886 or Susan Fugitt 341-1424 by Friday, January 8. PACIFIC PLASTIC GARBAGE PATCH on January 11 SHS and GFA Science Departments invite all parents and children to hear Captain Charles Moore of Algalita Marine Research Foundation speak about the state of our oceans in a talk called " A Sea of Simmering Synthetic Soup…the plastic concoction that is poisoning our oceans…our planet…our selves…” on Monday, January 11 at 7 pm in the Staples HS Auditorium. See www.algalita.org for information about this topic. INFORMATION about MIDTERMS Exam Schedule: 8 to 10 am 10:30 to 12:30 pm Thurs 1/14: 1 4 Fri 1/15: 2 3 Mon 1/18: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day – No School Tues 1/19: 6 7 Wed 1/20: 5 8 Thurs 1/23: Exam Make-Up Day One of the following will be provided: A two hour exam A one hour exam and a one hour class A two hour class session. Students who are late to or miss an exam may be permitted to make up the exam, with the permission of the student's Assistant Principal. All students who are absent from an exam must have permission from their Assistant Principal to make up a missed exam. Students will not be permitted to take an exam if they self-select to not sit for an exam on the day in which it was scheduled. Absences will be excused for legitimate reasons beyond the student’s control, i.e. illness. Students DO NOT attend school unless they have a Make-Up exam. Students are required to be in school only when they have an exam or class. During unscheduled periods, students may go to the Cafeteria, Library/Media Center, Computer Lab or leave campus. Buses: For all Exam Days, except the Make-Up Day, the buses will run the normal route in the morning and be available for the ride home following the end of the second exam at 12:30 pm. The buses will leave Staples at 12:40 pm. There are NO BUSES on Make-Up Exam Day. Cafeteria: On Exam Days, except the Make-Up Day, the Cafeteria will be offering a full breakfast menu and will be open from 7:15 am until the end of the break between the two exams. The Cafeteria will NOT BE OPEN on Exam Make-Up Day. In case of Inclement Weather: Per Mr. Dodig’s ConnectEd email on Thursday, 1/7: A SNOW DAY means the entire schedule moves up one day. IF THERE IS ONE SNOW DAY on or before WEDNESDAY Jan 13, Exams will still start on Thursday, 1/14. A 2 HOUR DELAY means the students would arrive for 9:30 a.m. start. And the first exam would run from 9:45 to 11:45 and there would be a 30 minute break with the next exam running from 12:15 to 2:15. In this case the cafeteria would be closed and students should bring a snack or lunch if they so wish. An EARLY DISMISSAL means the second exam of that day will be re-scheduled for 8 am on the Make-UP Exam Day. ALL CHANGES to the EXAM SCHEDULE due to WEATHER will be explained in a ConnectEd email from Mr. Dodig. Please be on the lookout for this email if snow and/or inclement weather are in the forecast. WESTPORT READS DISCUSSION at SHS Do you wonder what mathematicians think about The Housekeeper and the Professor? Do English teachers think it is great literature? Do students like this choice for the Westport Reads month of January? Parents and students are invited to Staples LMC to listen to a panel of English and Math teachers, as well as students, who will be discussing The Housekeeper and the Professor, on Wednesday, January 27, during the first (10:45 to 11:15 am ) and second (11:20 to 11:50 am) lunch waves of period 6. SCIENCE FAIR JUDGES WANTED The 10th Annual Southern Connecticut Invitational Science & Engineering Fair is seeking judges with a degree in one of the sciences, engineering or mathematics. Teams of judges will evaluate projects at the Fair on February 6 at the Convent of the Sacred Heart in Greenwich. If interested contact Fran Lichtenberg at fwlichtenberg@snet.net or 203-371-0778. www.scsef.org SHS WEBSITE Visit the homepage of the SHS Website at http://shs.westport.k12.ct.us for up-to-date information including: • Junior Parent Night Post Secondary Planning Workshop handout • Social Studies Contests and Summer Programs • Sophomore Class Music Festival Post Design Contest • Soundings • Staples Academic Challenge IMPORTANT DATES Fri 1/8: BOE Meeting, 8:30 am to 2:30 pm, Westport Public Library McManus Room, PUBLIC INVITED Sat 1/9: Staples Players One Act Festival, 5 & 8 pm Sun 1/10: Staples Players One Act Festival, 5 pm Wed 1/13: 8th Grade SPED Parent Night, 7 pm Thurs 1/14: Midterm Exams 1 & 4: 8 to 10 am, 10:30 to 12:30 pm Fri 1/15: Midterm Exams 2 & 3: 8 to 10 am, 10:30 to 12:30 pm Mon 1/18: Martin Luther King Jr. Day – No School Tues 1/19: Midterm Exams 6 & 7: 8 to 10 am, 10:30 to 12:30 pm Wed 1/20: Midterm Exams 5 & 8: 8 to 10 am, 10:30 to 12:30 pm Thurs 1/21: Midterm Exams Make-Up Day – No School for those students who are not taking a Make-Up Exam BOARD of EDUCATION
COMMUNITY NEWS and the COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARD CONCUSSION TRAINING Concussions have been in the news lately and pose a real threat for student athletes. Parents interested in learning more about how to recognize and treat a concussion are invited, free of charge, to attend a training program for PAL Football coaches on Saturday, January 16, 2010 at 10:30 AM at Saugatuck Elementary School. Full announcement can be found on CBB so please click the link below. For further information, please email aterber@optonline.net. PARENT CONNECT Ever feel you could use some help with parenting your child? Start 2010 off right by attending a session of ParentConnect for your child in grades 6 - 12. Facilitated by a professional (who’s also a parent!) this is an opportunity to share your concerns and successes with those facing the very same issues, with confidentiality ensured. Here’s the schedule for the rest of the school year: ParentConnect Grades 9/10--Every 2nd Thursday, 9:30 - 11AM Jan 14, Feb 11, Mar 11, Apr 8, May 13 ParentConnect Grades 11/12--Every 2nd Wednesday, 12 - 1:30PM Jan 13, Feb 10, Mar 10, Apr14, May 12 (Please note some dates may be different than normally scheduled weeks due to school vacations). Please click on the Community Bulletin Board link to read about the latest additions to our Community News. |
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