February 2010

Dear Parents and Guardians,

As we enter the month of February, I hope that you and your children continue to enjoy this cold weather by doing lots of fun family activities indoors.  We have been enjoying our indoor recess days at school and are thankful to our wonderful PTA who has provided us with so many games and activities for our children to play with.  However, we do encourage outdoor play as long as the weather permits.  As a reminder, on days where the temperature is above 32 degrees, the children will be going out to play, so please remember to send in gloves, hats, and warm coats.

As we continue moving forward through the 2009- 2010 school year, I would like to remind you of some important procedures that make our school environment safe.  As you all know, the arrival and dismissal of 600 students is a great endeavor.  We can not ensure the safety of this process without your help.  Please continue to be courteous when parking, dropping off and picking up your children.  We would also greatly appreciate it if you would refrain from parking in the ‘no parking zone’ on Jerusalem Avenue as this is a huge safety issue for our students who are crossing this busy street.  On a similar note, the road in the front of our school (Flower Road) is not for use throughout the day for pick-up and/or drop-off.  We have buses that transport our children throughout the day and this road must be accessible for their use.  I greatly appreciate your attention to this matter and look forward to continuous improvement throughout the remainder of the school year.

I would also like to remind you of our February school closings so that you can make appropriate arrangements for childcare and family fun.  From Monday, February 15th, through Friday, February 19th we have our February recess and school will be closed.  We hope that you enjoy good times with your children and we look forward to seeing them back at school on Monday, February 22nd.

As always, thank you for your cooperation and your continued support!           

Sincerely,
Beth McCoy