[BurleyBulletin] April 14, 2006: Volunteer Luncheon, Grade Level Photos, Spring Fundraiser
Shelley Payne
shp33 at alumni.virginia.edu
Fri Apr 14 11:08:30 EDT 2006
The Burley Bulletin
April 14, 2006
Inside This Issue
* Volunteer Luncheon
* Grade Level Photographs
* Spring Fundraiser
* Music Resource Center Benefit Concert
* Sleep-Deprived Teens Pose Safety Hazard
* Free Workshop: Together We’re Better: Inclusive Experiences For
Kids with Disabilities
* Effective Strategies for the Education of Children with Autism
* Advocacy Planning for Students with Disabilities May 20, 2006
* Partnership for People with Disabilities Respite Resource Project
* Mark Your Calendar...
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Volunteer Luncheon
If you have volunteered at Burley this year, the faculty and staff want to
thank you at the Volunteer Celebration this Thursday, April 20 from 11:30 –
1:00 P.M. in the Media Center. Please R.S.V.P. by calling 295-5101.
Grade Level Photographs
Grade Level Photographs will be taken on May 3rd, 2006. Flyer/envelopes
will be sent home Friday, April 21st, or Monday April 24th.
Spring Fundraiser
Hopefully your students have shown you a large white envelope
if not, dig
through those backpacks! The PTO is holding a Spring Fundraiser from April
12 – April 25. We are selling delicious cookies, pies, pizzas, pretzels and
soup – all of the frozen and easy to prepare variety. As a special note,
these cookies are the same ones served at Hilton Hotels worldwide – they are
yummy! There are, of course, the usual prizes to be won, plus, classrooms
that sell more than 200 items will receive a pizza party (small classrooms
will be grouped so that everyone has a chance to win). If a student sells
10 items they will receive a free box of cookies!
The proceeds of this fundraiser will go towards the following: Yearbook &
Technology, the Field Trip Scholarship Fund and the 8th Grade End of Year
Trip. Please note that most if not all of the 8th grade sales will be given
to the 8th grade trip. Hopefully, this will help encourage some of those “I
’m too cool to participate” 8th graders to sell some frozen food. :-)
Since these are frozen products, we have a specific pick up date!
Wednesday, May 24 from 5:30 – 7:00 P.M. If you order something please make
sure you mark your calendar to pick up on this date. We can’t store items
that aren’t picked up.
If you have any questions about the fundraiser, please call Shelley Payne at
984-6862 or e-mail shp33 at alumni.virginia.edu
<mailto:shp33 at alumni.virginia.edu> .
Music Resource Center Benefit Concert
On July 10th, The Legendary John Hiatt and the North Mississippi All Stars
will perform at the Charlottesville Pavilion.
“Rootsy Rock and Bluesy Country”
A portion of the proceeds from tickets sold by us will go to benefit the
Music Resource Center! Here’s a great opportunity to see good music AND
support the Music Resource Center!
To buy tickets or for more information please visit the following web site:
www.musicresourcecenter.tickets.musictoday.com
<http://www.musicresourcecenter.tickets.musictoday.com>
You can also call: 800-549-8499. Ask to be part of the prime seating
associated with the Music Resource Center.8
Those of us who grew up understanding there was no difference (that
mattered) in the music of Elvis, Ray Charles, Slim Harpo and Johnny Cash
knew immediately upon hearing John Hiatt’s first numbers 31 years ago that
he was a kindred spirit. That’s not to say only the rock and roll generation
can appreciate Hiatt’s cleverness, idiomatic versatility, distinctive gruff
and endearing voice, or slashing guitar skills. But when everyone from Bob
Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Rodney Crowell and Willie Nelson to Buddy Guy,
Flaco Jimenez and Ry Cooder have covered his tunes, it’s quite clear that
those who appreciate great songwriting and savor a keen wit, narrative flair
and refusal to pen a sloppy or sappy line, eagerly embrace John Hiatt’s
tunes.
It should be a great evening of music.
Sleep-Deprived Teens Pose Safety Hazard
March 28, 2006
(The New York Times News Service) -- An alarming number of adolescents are
nodding off in class, driving while drowsy and falling asleep over their
homework -- all because they aren't getting enough sleep, a new survey
shows.
"Only 20 percent of children are getting optimal sleep, and nearly half are
getting insufficient sleep," says Christopher Drake, a clinical psychologist
with the Henry Ford Hospital Sleep Center in Detroit and a member of the
board of directors of the National Sleep Foundation. "This is affecting all
areas of their lives," he says. "Clearly, there can be an impact on all
areas of functioning. Kids who are getting insufficient sleep are more
likely to feel depressed, more likely to get poorer grades and be impaired
while driving. This is a major, major serious area of concern."
The revelations come courtesy of the annual Sleep in America poll released
Tuesday by the National Sleep Foundation. The poll is part of the National
Sleep Foundation's ninth annual National Sleep Awareness Week campaign, held
March 27 through April 2, 2006. The campaign coincides with the return to
Daylight Saving Time on the first Sunday in April.
"It's a trend that we're beginning to recognize as real, though we have
suspected it for a while," says Dr. Francisco Perez-Guerra, a professor of
internal medicine at Texas A&M University's Health Science Center College of
Medicine and director of its Scott & White Sleep Disorders Center in College
Station. "This is the first poll to look at it, so I think we are beginning
to learn what is happening out there and what we can do," says Perez-Guerra,
who is also a member of the NSF's board of directors.
The survey, which includes data on more than 1,600 caregivers and,
separately, their adolescent children, also found:
* At least once a week, 28 percent of high-schoolers fall asleep in
school, 22 percent fall sleep while doing homework and 14 percent get to
school late or miss school because they overslept.
* During the past year, 51 percent of adolescents have driven while
drowsy. Some 15 percent of drivers in grades 10 to 12 drive drowsy at least
once a week.
* More than one quarter (28 percent) of adolescents said they're too
fatigued to exercise.
* Most parents (90 percent) thought their kids were getting enough
sleep time.
* Adolescents who get insufficient sleep are more likely to get
lower grades. Eighty percent of adolescents who reported getting an optimal
amount of sleep said they got As and Bs in school.
* Among adolescents who reported being unhappy, tense and nervous,
73 percent felt they didn't get enough sleep, while 59 percent reported
being excessively sleepy during the day.
* As adolescents get older, they get less sleep. Sixth graders
reported sleeping an average of 8.4 hours on school nights, while kids in
grade 12 reported just 6.9 hours, two hours less than recommended.
* Only 41 percent of respondents said they got a good night's sleep
every, or most, nights. Ten percent reported rarely or never getting a good
night's sleep.
* Boys and girls had similar sleep patterns. African-American
adolescents reported getting 7.2 hours of sleep on school nights, compared
with 7.6 hours reported by Hispanic adolescents, 7.4 hours by other
minorities and 7.7 hours by white adolescents.
* Three-quarters of respondents said they had at least one
caffeinated beverage each day, while 31 percent said they had two or more
such drinks. Caffeine can affect sleep.
* Rather than engaging in relaxing activities during the hour before
bedtime, 76 percent of adolescents reported watching television, 44 percent
said they played on the Internet and 40 percent talked on the phone.
"Electronics are invading the bedroom," Perez-Guerra says. And this can also
interfere with sleep.
* Almost all adolescents (97 percent) have at least one electronic
item in their bedroom, the number increasing with age. Adolescents with four
or more such items in their bedrooms are less likely to get sufficient sleep
and almost twice as likely to fall asleep in school or while doing homework.
Much of the problem lies not with teens but with society. Adolescents
naturally feel more alert later at night and wake up later in the morning.
More than half (54 percent) of high school seniors go to bed at 11 p.m. or
later. Yet those same adolescents have to wake up at around 6:30 in order to
get to school. "It is the natural tendency of adolescents to go to bed
later because of their body clock," confirms Perez-Guerra. "There is some
bias."
But apart from asking schools to start later (which some states have done),
what can be done?
"We need to tell parents to be alert and, just like they ask about drugs,
they can ask about sleep," Perez-Guerra says. "They need to learn that an
adolescent should be able to get out of bed without much prodding. "There
are a lot of things that parents can do to help teens get better sleep,"
Drake adds. "One is to get rid of the computer, get rid of the Internet, get
rid of the television. It's important to get those things out of the
bedroom, as well as to tell kids not to drink caffeine after 12 noon. It's
also important to keep a regular schedule on weekdays and weekends, allowing
for at least 9 hours in bed at night."
Copyright 2006 The New York Times News Service. All rights reserved.
Free Workshop: Together We’re Better: Inclusive Experiences For Kids with
Disabilities
The City of Charlottesville Parks and Recreation Department and the
PREP/Parent Resource Center are sponsoring a free workshop on Saturday,
April 22. The workshop is entitled Together We’re Better: Inclusive
Experiences For Kids with Disabilities and will be held from 10:00 to 1:30
at Westminster Presbyterian Church at 190 Rugby Avenue in Charlottesville.
Panel discussions include school and after school; recreation, leisure, and
summer camps; volunteer and community service. Childcare will be provided
but please register by April 15. For more information and to register
please call 975-9400 ext. 2342 or sblech at k12albemarle.org
<mailto:sblech at k12albemarle.org> .
Effective Strategies for the Education of Children with Autism
This conference will be held on April 20 & 21 at the Stonewall Jackson Hotel
& Conference Center in Staunton. Richard Simpson will keynote the
conference with a presentation on evidence-based interventions and his
recent work aimed at stratifying interventions on the basis of empirical
support – useful tools in light of NCLB and IDEA 2004. $170 early
registration (by March 24) for professionals; $150 for parents. $20 more for
registration by April 12. Friday only option available. Suitable for
professionals and parents. For a brochure, visit: www.viaschool.org
<http://www.viaschool.org/> . Contact the Virginia Institute of Autism at
information at viaschool.org <mailto:information at viaschool.org> .
NOTE: We will extend the early registration discount through April 12 for
anyone who says he/she heard about the conference from PREP. The
Friday-only option should be very interesting to parents, especially the
last session.
* Evidence-based Practices (Richard Simpson, EdD, University of
Kansas)
* Inclusion (Richard Simpson)
* Fluency-based Instruction (Richard Kubina, PhD, BCBA, Pennsylvania
State University)
* Managing Challenging Behaviors (Peter Gerhardt, EdD, Organization
for Autism Research)
* Language Development (Joanne Gerenser, PhD, Eden II, Staten
Island, NY)
* Desensitization and Generalization (Randy Horowitz, MS Ed, SAS)
Advocacy Planning for Students with Disabilities May 20, 2006
SAVE THE DATE... CALL TO ACTION
University of Richmond T.C. Williams School of Law
Preliminary Agenda
* Registration: 9:00am-9:30am
* Morning Sessions:
* 9:30 am - 11:00 am Discussion of legislation: Bills SB545 and
SB241
* 11:15 am - 12:15 pm Graduation issues
* Lunch
* Afternoon sessions:
* 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm
* SEACs and Communication with School Boards Working Towards
Legislation School Accountability for All Students
* Break: 2:15pm - 2:30 pm
* Repeat of Afternoon sessions: 2:30 pm - 3:45 pm
* Final planning session: 3:45pm - 4:30pm
Registration fee $15.00. For more information, contact Cheryl Ward
757-461-8007 or cward at endependence.org <mailto:cward at endependence.org> .
If you’re interested in carpooling to the event contact Emily Dreyfus at
nealemily1 at earthlink.net <mailto:nealemily1 at earthlink.net>
Partnership for People with Disabilities Respite Resource Project
This website provides camp listing and information about respite care:
www.vcu.edu/partnership/Respite2 <http://www.vcu.edu/partnership/Respite2>
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Mark Your Calendar...
* Wednesday, April 12 – Tuesday, April 25, Spring Fundraiser
* Monday, April 17, 6:00, MHS PTSO Meeting
* Thursday, April 20 from 11:30 – 1:00 P.M, Burley Volunteer
Luncheon, Media Center
* Wednesday, May 3, Grade Level Photographs
* Wednesday, May 24, 5:30 – 7:00 P.M., Fundraiser Pick-up Day
* Monday, May 29, Memorial Holiday – NO STUDENTS
* Friday, June 9, 6:30 -- 10 P.M., 8th Grade Recognition Night
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