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THIS WEEK—
Monday, Sep. 1
• LABOR DAY HOLIDAY: no school
Tuesday, Sep. 2
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Wednesday, Sep. 3
• [1:30pm | NC ONLY early dismissal]
• 3:10pm | Hall Bulletin deadline; use online
submission form
• 3:15pm | Bye Bye Birdie workshop
• [NC Back-to-School Night]
• 8:30pm | Corte Madera Larkspur Schools Foundation meeting,
NC Staff Room
Thursday, Sep. 4
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Friday, Sep. 5
• 3:15pm | Bye Bye Birdie workshop
NEXT WEEK—
Monday, Sep. 8
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Tuesday, Sep. 9
• Lunch | Hall Student Council petition pickup
Wednesday, Sep. 10
• 3:10pm | Hall Bulletin deadline; use online
submission form
• 3:30pm | Bye Bye Birdie auditions
• 7:00pm | School Board meeting, Hall Library; an agenda will
be posted as soon as it is available
Thursday, Sep. 11
• 1:05pm | Hall ONLY early dismissal
• 7:00pm | Hall Back-to-School night
• 8:30pm | Hall PTA general meeting: Vote on the budget!
Friday, Sep. 12
• 3:30pm | Bye Bye Birdie auditions
AHEAD—
Sep. 15–19: Hall Student Council campaign
Sep. 15–Oct. 15: Hall yearbooks on sale,
$30
Sep. 16: Hall PTA Executive Board meeting, 1:15pm
Sep. 22: TJ’s lunches begin
Sep. 26: Hall Assembly: Student Council speeches
& election
Detailed month-by-month District
Calendar
Year-at-a-Glance 2002-2003 District
Calendar (pdf) |
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| PRINCIPAL’S
MESSAGE: September 2, 2003 |
We had a wonderful opening of school last week. The first day of
school was Wednesday, August 27. Students and staff came to school
excited about the new year. Students eagerly reconnected with familiar
friends and teachers before the first bell. Throughout the day they
also met their new classmates and teachers. All told, on the first
day 132 eighth graders, 88 seventh graders and 120 sixth graders
made their way through the school.
Hall is fortunate to have four new staff members this year. Carin
Wethington and Carolyn Pruden have joined the eighth grade team.
Carin comes to us from Tamalpais High School and teaches Algebra.
Carolyn taught at Mill Valley Middle School last year and will be
teaching eighth grade Language Arts. Mary Fagan is our new sixth
grade Math/Science teacher. She previously taught at Sacred Heart
in San Francisco. Cookie Morin is the new district counselor. She
will be at Hall on Thursday and Fridays. Cookie has extensive middle
school experience, most recently at Miller Creek.
Seventh and eighth grade class meetings were held the first week
of school. At those meetings the teachers and I talked to the students
about high academic and behavioral expectations and discussed responsibility
and respect. Sixth grade discussions took place within each of the
classrooms.
Construction work on the front of campus was completed in time
for the start of school. The school is looking great after all of
the work that has been done. It has been a long road, but the end
result is definitely worth the effort.
Remember when dropping off or picking up your student to use the
drop-off area on the west side of the campus. Enter at the school
entrance (not the district office) and then turn left and proceed
to the circle to pick up or drop off your student.
It has been a great start to what will be a great year. I have
enjoyed meeting the staff, students and their families. Please come
by and introduce yourself if you haven’t done so already,
or call to schedule a brief meeting. I look forward to eventually
getting to know the entire community.
—Daniel Norbutas, Principal
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Our
Hall musical comedy, Bye Bye Birdie, will be presented
in the Fall this year, so it is starting right away, with
workshops this week (9/3 & 9/5, 3:15-5pm) and auditions
next week (9/10 & 9/12, 3:30-5:30pm). Though rehearsals
were planned to be on Wednesdays (for major characters to
rehearsal scenes and solos) and Fridays (for the full cast),
we’ve heard from several kids that those days don’t
work for them. So we’re taking a very quick survey —
If your student would like to be in the play, which
days after school (3:30-5:30pm) work for them? The
four performances will be the weekend before Thanksgiving.
Contact 
Thanks to ALL of you, The Foundation raised over $550,000
in its four fundraising programs in 2002-2003! Thanks
to all our generous donors and the hard-working volunteers
who made 2002-2003 such a success.