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THIS WEEK—
Monday, Feb. 2
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Tuesday, Feb. 3
• Hall PTA Hot Lunch: TJ’s Mexican
• 7:45am | Hall Student Council meeting
• 3:45pm | Hall Mathletes practice
Wednesday, Feb. 4
• Hall PTA Jamba Juice
• 12:00pm | Hall Bridge Club, Room 508
• 3:10pm | Hall Bulletin deadline; use online
submission form
• 6:30pm | Hall meeting for parents of 8th graders: About
Redwood HS with Nancy Neu, Principal of RHS, Hall Library
Thursday, Feb. 5
• Hall Pizza Day
Friday, Feb. 6
• Morning | Hall group yearbook photos
• 7:00pm | Hall 7th/8th grade dance, Hall gym
Saturday, Feb. 7
• 10:00am | Hall Beautification, 10:00am
NEXT WEEK—
Monday, Feb. 9
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Tuesday, Feb. 10
• Hall PTA Hot Lunch: TJ’s Mexican
• 7:45am | Hall Student Council meeting
• 12:30pm | Hall 8th grade graduation dance planning meeting,
Lerner residence
• 3:45pm | Hall Mathletes practice
Wednesday, Feb. 11
• Hall PTA Jamba Juice
• 12:00pm | Hall Bridge Club, Room 508
• 3:10pm | Hall Bulletin deadline; use online
submission form
• 7:30pm | Corte Madera Larkspur Schools Foundation meeting,
NC Conf. Room
Thursday, Feb. 12
• Hall Pizza Day
Friday, Feb. 13
• Hall Career Day
AHEAD—
Feb. 16–20: NO SCHOOL: Presidents Week Recess
Feb. 24: Hall PTA Executive Board mtg, 1:15pm; Hall Mathletes competition,
3:45pm, San Jose MS; 7:00pm School Board mtg
Am. 15 Mai - Wir sind die Welt
(May 15th - We are the World - German)
Detailed month-by-month District
Calendar
Year-at-a-Glance 2002-2003 District
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| PRINCIPAL’S
MESSAGE: February 2, 2004 |
PTA & LCD
Last week computer teacher Bob Montes began the first round of staff
development on the new LCD projector cart. Thanks to the generosity
of the PTA, the staff at Hall has access to a portable computer
and projector. This cart contains a laptop computer with a wireless
internet connection and a Liquid Crystal Display projector that
displays what is on the computer screen in clear color for the entire
class. Teachers have already begun using it in the classrooms for
PowerPoint presentations, sharing images from the internet and for
student presentations. The staff training this week will acclimate
teachers to the technology and discuss the many ways it could be
used as an instructional tool. We are grateful to the PTA for their
ongoing support in providing teachers with classroom supplies and
instructional resources.
Lunchtime Intramural Sports Begin
This week marks the beginning of lunchtime sports and games with
a three-on-three basketball tournament. Both boys and girls teams
will compete for fun and prizes in an organized tournament supervised
by counseling intern Brian Lynch. We are looking forward to a great
week of games and hope to involve other sports and games throughout
the year to spice up the lunch break.
Mathletes Solution Revealed
I had promised the solution to the Mathletes problem in my previous
message, but neglected to include it. I know it may have been tough
for some of you to wait two weeks to find out if you correctly solved
it, but fear not, the solution is here.
Again, here is the problem:
You have two regular (1-6) dice, one red and one blue. How many
different ways can you roll them simultaneously to have the result
be an odd sum with a red prime number and a blue composite number?
Got it yet? The Mathletes students had two minutes to solve it in
a competitive setting. Looking at the red die first, we know it
can only be a prime number. Since a prime number is a positive integer
that has exactly two factors, we know that the possible prime numbers
rolled by the red die are 2, 3, and 5. With regard to the blue die,
knowing that a composite number is one that has more than two factors,
we can conclude that the only possible outcomes on the blue die
that we need to consider are 4 and 6. Since the total must be odd,
we find that there are four different ways to roll an odd sum (red
3 and blue 4, red 3 and blue 6, red 5 and blue 4, and red 5 and
blue 6). So the answer is 4. Pat yourself on the back if you got
it.
—Daniel Norbutas, Principal
NOTE: full names of students are in the online Hall Bulletin,
available by subscription only
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Come
on Saturday, February 7th, from 10:00am to 1:00pm (if you
went to the dance, you can always come later!). We’ll
plant Hardenbergia vines on some parts of the chain
link fence, weed the area outside the fence along Doherty,
and maybe spread some mulch. The ground is damp, so the weeds
are easy to pull! Bring gloves and digging tools (always a
good idea to put your name on them). Also, at the last work
day, someone left a pair of green leather garden gloves; I’ll
bring them on Saturday. 
It’s
happening! You’re invited to our 8th-grade dance planning
meeting. We will discuss various details and begin preparations
for this event. If you are unable to attend this meeting but
still want to be involved please let me know. We will meet
on Tuesday, Feb. 10 at 12:30pm at the Lerner residence
(see your new Directory for the address!) Looking forward
to seeing you!
