After a few days off it looks like we all came back to school with our batteries recharged and ready to move into the last few weeks with a renewed commitment to providing the best education for our students.
The last couple of months will be filled with state assessments, a few field trips and the end of the year hoopla! We recently had our Kids Vote election on April 27th! The OCS Student Council and advisors, Mrs. Dowd and Mrs. Kantz, ran a very successful election, allowing students to vote for a school-wide reward for achieving the goals of the positive behavioral support program. The wining choice was a school movie day! Perhaps a showing of one of my favorite movies, "A Bridge too Far!" On second thought, we will ask the students and teachers for help deciding the titles to show.
Wow! I got through that blog without breaking into a rant about the budget.
Till next time...
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
April 12th...
Getting ready for the Spring Break and heading into the weeks before the vote on the school budget. I will be answering questions about the budget over at Mr. and Mrs. Nixon's home tomorrow night, Wednesday, 4/13 at 6:30 pm. There is even a Facebook page devoted to the event. Nine people have responded they are attending. I hope to get the word out about a lower tax rate and the impact on taxes again for next year. hopefully, the positive news will spread and anyone who attends tells their friends. I am looking forward to it. Till next time...
Friday, April 1, 2011
Today is the 91st day of 2011
Of course it is also April Fool's Day and Mother Nature has been playing quite a joke on all of us here in NJ with snow storms, plenty of rain and cold temperatures! For the life of me, I can not remember why I like Spring! Maybe that will change in a few weeks. This coming Monday, April 4th we will begin a charity fundraiser for the Red Cross and their efforts to assist the earthquake and tsunami stricken areas of Japan. The beauty of this project is where it originated! It is an idea that our first grade students came up with and from their zeal for this endeavor how could I not want to approve this wonderful idea?! We will collect change in the lunchroom and on Friday April 15th we will host a Hat Day for students and staff. Anyone who makes a donation to the project (no amount is too small) will be permitted to wear a hat that day of school! Thanks to our first graders for developing this idea! Till next time...
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