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THIS WEEK:
No Name-Calling Week —
Monday, Jan. 24
• Hall Burrito Day
• 12:30pm | Hall Yearbook meeting
Tuesday, Jan. 25
• Hall Bagel Day
• 3:15pm | Hall Mathletes practice
Wednesday, Jan. 26
• Walk & Roll to School Day
• Hall Jamba Juice Day
• 3:10pm | Hall deadline for Hall Weekly Bulletin submissions
— submit item
• 7:00pm | NC Parent Ed: Michael Pritchard
Thursday, Jan. 27
• Hall Pizza Day
• 9:00am | Hall 8th grade Graduation planning meeting, at HALL (note change
in location)
• 12:30pm | Hall yearbook meeting, Rm 504
Friday, Jan. 28
• Hall Hot Dog Day (bring $5); benefits CMLSF auction projects
Saturday, Jan. 29
• 10:00am | Hall Beautification Day
NEXT WEEK:
Winter/Spring lunch menu starts —
Monday, Jan. 31
• Hall Asian Day
• Hall 7th grade Science folders go home
• 12:30pm | Hall Yearbook meeting
Tuesday, Feb. 1
• Hall Pasta Day
• 3:15pm | Hall Mathletes practice
Wednesday, Feb. 2
• Walk & Roll to School Day
• Hall Jamba Juice Day
• 3:10pm | Hall deadline for Hall Weekly Bulletin submissions
— submit item
• 7:00pm | School Board meeting, Hall Library; an agenda will be posted
as soon as it is available
• 7:30pm | Corte Madera Larkspur Schools Foundation meeting, NC Conf. Room
Thursday, Feb. 3
• Hall Pizza Day
• 12:30pm | Hall yearbook meeting, Rm 504
• 7:00pm | Hall Parent Book Club discussion: Right from Wrong,
by Riera & diPrisco
Friday, Feb. 4
• Hall Chicken/Salad Day
AHEAD —
Feb. 8: Hall Mathletes competition, 4:00pm
Feb. 11: Redwood HS Tour, 8:00am
Feb. 15: Hall PTA Executive Board mtg, 1:15pm
Feb. 21–25: Mid-winter Recess: NO SCHOOL
— Detailed 2004-2005 District Calendar
— Year-at-a-Glance 2004-2005 District Calendar (pdf)
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PRINCIPAL’S
MESSAGE: Jan. 24, 2005 |
No Name-Calling
While I agree that sticks and stones do
break bones, I’ve never subscribed to
the theory that names do not hurt. In
fact, being called a name can stay with
you your entire life. I can still recall
times in my life that I have been hurt
by the words of others. This week the
students and staff at Hall will be
participating in the National No Name-
Calling Week. Ms. Cohen, the school
counselor, will be working with
teachers and with students during
homeroom to discuss the negative
impact of name-calling. I encourage
families to discuss name-calling — how
it makes you feel when it happens to
you, ways to respond when you are
called a name, and more appropriate
ways to express yourself. This is also
a great opportunity to enforce a No
Name-Calling Week at home as well.
Ms. Cohen will be providing everyone
with more information and activities.
Math Solution
Several parents responded to last
week’s Mathletes question: The
sequence of 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11… consists of all positive
numbers which are not squares or cubes. What is the
200th term in this sequence?
This can be solved by beginning with
the assumption that a sequence of
200 terms starting at 2 would have an
ending term of 201. Then we need to
take out squares and cubes,
remembering to not take out 64 twice
(it is both a square of 8 and a cube of
4). This means we add 17 terms and
land on 218 as our answer.
Congratulations to parents Michael
Erickson, Alla Wood, and the
Schlichting Clan for their correct
responses. You are invited to
lunchtime ice cream on Thursday,
January 27. It was great to see so
many parents take a stab at the
answer – keep on trying. I hope the
problem sparked some great math
discussions at home.
—Daniel Norbutas, Principal
ADDITIONAL NEWS—
— on the Hall PTA pages
— on the Hall Weekly
Bulletin (full online version; password required)
— at the Corte Madera Larkspur
(CML) Schools Foundation website
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