from the HALL WEEKLY BULLETIN

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PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE: June 2, 2003

GET OUT AND VOTE ON TUESDAY, JUNE 3!

June 3 is Election Day for Measure B, a supplemental parcel tax for the Larkspur School District. This two year tax is $75 per year, per parcel. Seniors age 65 and over can file for an exemption.

YOUR VOTE COUNTS! Did you know that there are over 8600 eligible voters in this election? Did you know that only 865 are parents of children in our district? You can vote at the polls from 7:00am– 8:00pm. You can walk your Permanent Absentee Ballot into the polls. If you have lost your Absentee Ballot you have the right to request a “provisional ballot.” Put on your red, white and blue shoes and get to the polls! VOTE! VOTE EARLY! VOTE!

Please consider the issues surrounding this Special Election carefully and take the time to vote! NEED TO KNOW MORE? Check out our Voter Information page.

HALL SCHOOL NEWS: Events

HALL TALENT SHOW
Wednesday, June 4 • 6:00pm (Rehearsal)
Thursday, June 5 • 11:48am (Show)

Dress Rehearsal: All performers in the Hall Talent Show will be in a dress rehearsal on Wednesday, June 4, 6pm, in the Hall gym. Parents, family and friends are welcome to watch and to take photos or videos.

Show: The show will be on Thursday, June 5, at the  assembly in the gym at 11:48am. Parents are welcome. 

BYE, BYE, BIRDIE COMING THIS FALL

The Hall Musical Theater Committee has been working on the plans for next year’s musical. Two important decisions have been made:

(1) The play will be Tony Award-winning Bye Bye Birdie — the story of an Elvis Presley-type character named Conrad Birdie who has been drafted into the Army at the peak of his career in the 1950s, and the furor it causes among his fans and his songwriter. The era, costumes and humor of the play are very similar to Grease.

(2) The timing of our production has been changed to Autumn, to avoid the many school projects and tests that occur in the Spring (especially for 8th graders). The performance weekend will be Nov. 21-23, right before Thanksgiving.

We need a producer and a costumer to sign up now!! (We’ll also need a set designer, tech director, prop coordinator, and rehearsal volunteer coordinator, but those jobs can be filled after school starts.) If you are interested in any of these positions, contact director Becky Reed.

HALL SCHOOL NEWS: Information

DRIVERS NEEDED FOR END-OF-YEAR PICNIC
Monday, June 9 • 9:00am & 2:30pm

Drivers are DESPERATELY needed for the June 9 school picnic at Indian Valley College. We need at least 60 drivers (20 from each grade level) to make this happen, and to avoid the BIG cost of hiring buses. Ask your spouse — in at least one family, both the mom and dad are driving separate cars.

Please call TODAY (and not at the last minute so we will know if this is remotely feasible, or if we will need to spend the money for busses.) We will leave Hall around 9am and drop the kids off for the day. Then we will need to pick them up around 2:30pm. Don’t forget to tell us how many kids you can take in your car. THANKS!

Please call your grade level VP:
6th Grade: Claudia Gropper or Rebecca Sarokin
7th Grade: Liz Krakow or Susan Wirta
8th Grade: Ann Morrison, Suman Vyas or Diana Putterman

GRADUATION NEWS
Graduation is Wednesday, June 11 • 4:00pm Hall Gym

No Spike Heels at Graduation, Please!
The 8th grade girls know this already, but moms, family and friends need to know — small, spike high heels are very bad for our new gym floor! Please wear flats or wider heels to the graduation, and pass the word on to your guests. 

Hall Graduation Activities
There are many ways to help with Hall’s Graduation. See the PTA pages for how you can participate—it’s not just for parents of 8th graders!

Get the Best Seats at Graduation, & Support the PTA!
Ask any parent who has had front-row seats at 8th grade graduation — seeing the kids’ faces close up, while in the comfort and coolness of the front row, is priceless! Don’t miss the opportunity to bid on a set of 4 reserved front row graduation seats. Proceeds go to the Hall PTA, so your donation will support school supplies, the Spring Musical, and so much more. A Win-Win situation! Stop by the Hall school office to sign up on the bid sheet for one or both of the sets of 4 seats. Bidding closes on May 28 at 3pm. No phone-in bids allowed.