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THIS WEEK—
Monday, Oct. 18
• Hall Burrito Day
• RSVP deadline for Twin Cities Mini-Triathalon
• 12:30pm | Hall yearbook meeting, Rm 504
Tuesday, Oct. 19
• Hall Bagel Day
• Hall Photo Make-Up Day
• 12:12pm | Hall Mathletes, Room 402 note
time!
• 1:15pm | Hall PTA Executive Board meeting, Hall Conf. Room; an agenda
will be posted as soon as it is available
• 3:15pm | Hall Mathletes
• 3:30pm | West Side Story rehearsal (main characters)
Wednesday, Oct. 20
• Walk & Roll to School Day
• Hall Jamba Juice Day
• Hall Photo Retake Day
• Hall 7th grade Owl Project begins
• 7:00pm | School Board meeting, Hall Library; see agenda
• 3:10pm | Hall deadline for Hall Weekly Bulletin submissions
— submit item
Thursday, Oct. 21
• Hall Pizza Day
• 12:12pm | Hall Mathletes, Rm 402 extra practice!
• 12:30pm | Hall yearbook meeting, Rm 504
Friday, Oct. 22
• Hall End of first quarter
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8:00am | Redwood HS tour, meet at Carlisle Bldg
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3:30pm | Hall West Side Story rehearsal, full cast
Saturday, Oct. 23
• 10:00am–1:00pm | Hall Campus Improvement Work Day
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2:00–5:00pm | Twin Cities Mini-Triathalon, Mt. Tam Racquet Club
(benfits the CMLSF)
NEXT WEEK —
Monday, Oct. 25
• Hall Burrito Day
• 12:30pm | Hall yearbook meeting, Rm 504
Tuesday, Oct. 26
• Hall Bagel Day
• 7:45am | Hall Geography Bee practice, Rm 504
• 3:15pm | Hall Mathletes
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3:30pm | West Side Story rehearsal (main characters)
• 7:00pm | Hall Parent Ed Night: teen drug use panel discussion, Hall Library
Wednesday, Oct. 27
• Walk & Roll to School Day
•
Hall Jamba Juice Day
• 3:10pm | Hall deadline for Hall Weekly Bulletin submissions
— submit item
Thursday, Oct. 28
• Hall Pizza Day
• 12:30pm | Hall yearbook meeting, Rm 504
Friday, Oct. 29
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2:23pm | 6th grade pumpkin carving
activity
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3:30pm | Hall West Side Story rehearsal,
full cast
• 7:00pm | 7th/8th grade dance, Hall gym
AHEAD —
Nov. 2: 7th grade Owl Project due
Nov. 3: Hall Costume Day; School Board meeting, 7:00pm; Corte Madera Larkspur
Schools Foundation meeting, 7:30pm
Nov. 10: Hall Campus Improvement Work Day, 9:00am–12:00pm
Nov. 11: Veteran’s Day holiday: no school
Nov. 12: Staff Improvement Day: no school for students
— Detailed 2004-2005
District Calendar
— Year-at-a-Glance 2004-2005 District Calendar (pdf)
ADDITIONAL NEWS—
—on the Hall PTA pages
—at the Corte Madera Larkspur
(CML) Schools Foundation website |
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PRINCIPAL’S
MESSAGE: Oct. 18, 2004 |
Academic Support at Hall
This week marks the beginning of after-school academic support
for students. The program is intended for students who are in
need of additional support in order to meet grade-level standards.
Last week a notification was sent in backpack mail to the parents
of all students who were identified by their teachers as qualifying
for additional support. The support program runs Monday through
Thursday in the library from 3:30–4:30pm. Students can attend
the Monday/ Wednesday session or the Tuesday/ Thursday session.
Hall teacher Jennifer Cornaggia will provide
support to students. If you have questions about the support
program, or your child’s eligibility for it, please do not hesitate
to contact me.
Smoky Skies
Last week we experienced smoky skies from several fires up north. As a precaution,
physical education teachers altered their lesson plans to keep
students from being active outside. While we allowed students
to be outside during lunch, we did not allow them to run around.
Several students were disappointed with not being able to get
their daily soccer or football game in, but we thought it better
to err on the side of caution. We will continue to monitor
air quality reports and respond accordingly.
Yankees Beat Grizzlies
Last week the Hall staff took on the Neil Cummins staff in a
game of softball. It was a great event that brought the two
staffs together in friendly competition. While Hall’s staff
is only half the size of the Neil Cummins staff, we managed
to keep it competitive, but were narrowly defeated. The analogy
I would use
would be a large market team like the Yankees playing against the Fresno
Grizzlies. Only minor injuries were reported. In discussion
for the next event are bowling, flag football, and volleyball.
My suggestion of online computer games hasn’t gone very far.
—Daniel
Norbutas, Principal
Attention All Mathletes!
Mathletes practice on Tuesday, October 19, will be held at lunchtime in Ms. Wethington’s
classroom (room 402) instead of after school. There will also be an additional
practice on Thursday at lunchtime. 6th and 7th graders are especially encouraged
to attend.
— Ms. Wethington
Campus Improvement Day
Saturday, Oct. 23, 10:00am–1:00pm
Mark your calendar! This Saturday, October 23rd, from 10-1, come
help improve our campus for students, staff, and parents. We'll be planting in
the courtyard between the music room and office. We'll plant a Japanese Maple,
bergenia, liriope, and get started on the hundreds of bulbs (daffodils, iris,
and hyacinthoides) that we have. It will be beautiful next spring and you can
feel good that you were part of it. All students who help will get community
service hours.
— Contact Maija
Norstad for more information
7th Grade Owls Project
Part of the focus on owls
in our ecosystems unit includes a visit from Victoria
Saxe, the science
illustrator, provided by Youth in Arts. During her four-day visit,
Ms. Saxe will teach the students how to draw owls for the cover of
the research project. This project, an exercise in technical writing,
will give each student an opportunity to learn about a particular
species of North American owl as a top consumer and as an intrinsic
part of a food web. To support students, classroom and library time
and materials will be provided. Homework during this time will be
limited to project work. A rubric will be distributed October 20.
Students will need to budget time for project completion by November
2.
We will end our unit with the dissection of owl pellets, prey
bone identification and mounting, and a computer-generated graph
of prey types and numbers. All will be an important part of our
Open House display.
— Ms. Smith
Geography Bee Meetings
Weekly, starting October 26, 7:45am
Students who are interested in participating
in the National Geography Bee should attend the weekly meetings
that start Tuesday, October 26, at 7:45am with Mr. Rodgers
in Room 504. Students will learn and share their knowledge about
geography through these weekly meetings in order to pass the
National Geographic qualifying exam, and then compete at the
school and county levels.
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Contact Eliott
Rodgers for more information
For Parents Only, Educate Yourself on Teen Drug Use!
Tuesday, Oct. 26, 7:00pm • Hall Library
Mark
your calendars for our first Parent Education discussion of the year
on Oct. 26th at 7:00pm (Hall Library). We are fortunate to host
a panel of 2 students and their parents, as well as a teacher Phoenix
Academy. Phoenix Academy is a charter high school in
Marin offering support for teens and their families for substance
abuse. Please come to listen to their personal stories
of drug use and abuse. Hall PTA has planned this discussion
in conjunction with Red Ribbon Week, a curriculum offered at school
for our students to learn about drug use. Please take this opportunity
to educate yourself on the reality of drug use among teens in Marin.
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