[BurleyBulletin] May 5, 2006: Book Fair, Lost & Found
Shelley Payne
shp33 at alumni.virginia.edu
Tue May 9 17:09:35 EDT 2006
The Burley Bulletin
May 5, 2006
Inside This Issue
* Book Fair
* Lost & Found
* 8th Grade Dance Volunteers and Donations
* Lead Exposure Tied to ADHD Symptoms
* Mark Your Calendar...
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Book Fair
The Book Fair will be held May 24 – 30 from 9:30 – 3:30 each day. There
will be two Parent Nights, May 24 and May 25 from 5:30 – 7:00 P.M. If you
can help with the Book Fair, please contact Linda Sigler at 973-5542 or
Siglfam at aol.com <mailto:Siglfam at aol.com> .
Lost & Found
Yes, it is that time of year, the bird are singing, the flowers are blooming
and the Lost & Found is overflowing! The PTO will need volunteers on
Tuesday, May 16 to help put all the lost and found items out prior to the
concert on May 17 (this is also a great chance to look for your belongings).
If you can help please contact Janice Archer at 971-3693 or
dajaweb at ntelos.net <mailto:dajaweb at ntelos.net> or Shelley Payne at 984-6862
or shp33 at alumni.virginia.edu <mailto:shp33 at alumni.virginia.edu> . Please
remember to stop by the school on May 17 or come early to the concert to
look for all those items that have mysteriously disappeared this year. The
Lost & Found will be on display until Friday, May 19. Please remember that
at the end of the school year all items still in the Lost & Found will be
donated to charity.
8th Grade Dance Volunteers and Donations
The 8th Grade Recognition Night and Dance are fast approaching – June 9th to
be exact. The recognition ceremony will start at 6:30 P.M. The dance will
follow the ceremony, starting around 8:00 P.M. and go until 10:30 P.M.
Since the dance is a parent-sponsored and planned event we need your help!
Please consider lending your time and financial support in order to make
this a special evening for our 8th graders.
Each year the PTO makes a generous donation to help offset the cost of the
dance. This year we are also fortunate to have had parents from another
local school donate the use of their decorations from a dance in April to
us. However, in order to make this a great evening filled with food, fun,
music and memories, we are asking each family to consider making a financial
donation to help cover the remaining costs. Any amount will be greatly
appreciated. Keep in mind that there is no admission fee for this dance and
that refreshments will be provided for free. As you may know, regular
dances at Burley are $3.50 plus you pay for refreshments. Please send your
donation in an envelope marked “8th Grade Dance.” You can mail it to Burley
at 901 Rose Hill Drive, Charlottesville, VA 22901 or you can send it to
school with your child and have them take it to the main office. Please
make checks payable to Burley and note “8th Grade Dance” in the memo
section.
We will be transforming the Burley cafeteria into an “oasis” that evening
and we will need many volunteers. Please contact one of the following
people if you are willing to help:
Decorations/Set-up Susan Turner 971-8122
susanturner at adelphia.net <mailto:susanturner at adelphia.net>
Food Susan Rives 979-0963
srives8880 at aol.com <mailto:srives8880 at aol.com>
Chaperones Lisa Mann 293-5546
chvillemann at aol.com <mailto:chvillemann at aol.com>
Clean-up Shelley Payne 984-6862
shp33 at alumni.virginia.edu <mailto:shp33 at alumni.virginia.edu>
Other/Misc. Janice Archer 971-3693
dajaweb at ntelos.net <mailto:dajaweb at ntelos.net>
Decorating Items Needed: Do you have silk plants, outdoor wicker furniture,
white/clear holiday lights or anything else with an “Aladdin” or oasis theme
that we could borrow? Please contact Susan Turner.
Lead Exposure Tied to ADHD Symptoms
May 1, 2006
>From the Aetna InteliHealth web site at www.intelihealth.com
<http://www.intelihealth.com/> .
(The New York Times News Service) -- It's known that lead exposure poses
serious health risks, including cognitive function problems. But new
research suggests that certain children are more likely to develop
attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder when exposed to lead in their
environment. The study found that youngsters with a specific genetic
variation in a dopamine receptor, dubbed DRD4-7, had more problems with
tasks that required attention and flexibility. The researchers also found
that boys exposed to lead were at greater risk of attention problems than
girls.
"Lead exposure leads to problems with attention and executive function. And
certain kids are going to be more affected by the adverse effects of lead,"
says study author Dr. Tanya Froehlich, a developmental, behavioral and
pediatric specialist at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.
Froehlich was expected to present the findings Monday at the Pediatric
Academic Societies annual meeting in San Francisco.
An estimated 3 percent to 5 percent of American children, some 2 million,
have attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. Symptoms include the
inability to pay attention, hyperactivity and impulsive behavior. The exact
cause of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder isn't known, but there are
numerous theories as to what contributes to its development. Environmental
factors, such as lead exposure, have long been suspected of being a
contributing factor, according to the National Institute of Mental Health.
Since lead exposure can contribute to problems with attention and executive
function -- the ability to plan and organize behavior -- and people with
attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder also have problems with attention
and executive function, the researchers thought there might be some genetic
connection. So they looked at the dopamine receptor gene DRD4, because it
had been previously associated with children with attention-deficit
hyperactivity disorder, Froehlich says. In a group of 172 boys and girls,
the researchers looked at the DRD4 gene and tested the children for lead at
60 months of age. Then at 66 months, the children were given
attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder tests. Eight percent of the
children were diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, but
about one-quarter of them showed symptoms of attention-deficit hyperactivity
disorder.
The researchers found two types of DRD4 variations: a low-risk and a
high-risk one. Children with the high-risk variation were more likely to
have attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder symptoms, such as problems
with spatial working memory (the ability to keep information in mind while
performing a complex task) and "attentional flexibility" (the ability to
change when you get new information or encounter an obstacle). Exposure to
lead didn't seem to increase the symptoms in this group, however. But in
the low-risk group, whose members were less likely to have attention
problems to start with, lead exposure significantly impaired their spatial
working memory and attentional flexibility, the study found. "In an
environment contaminated with lead, a genetic variation that was protective
becomes disadvantageous," Froehlich says.
The researchers also found that boys were more likely to suffer from lead's
adverse effects. And, Froehlich notes, boys have higher rates of
attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. "This could be one of the reasons
why," she says. Dr. Karen Ballaban-Gil, a pediatric neurologist at
Montefiore Medical Center in New York City, says: "Lead exposure may have
more cognitive consequences in a susceptible subset of the population.
Parents need to be very vigilant about looking for homes that are free of
lead. And it's not just houses -- lead can be in toys or ceramics,
especially those bought outside of the United States." Simple lead tests,”
she adds, “are available in stores.”
"The most important thing is to prevent lead exposure in the first place,"
Froehlich says.
Copyright 2006 The New York Times News Service. All rights reserved.
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Mark Your Calendar...
* Friday, May 5, 6:30 – 9:00 P.M., School Dance
* May 7 – 13: Staff/Teacher Appreciation Week
* Friday, May 12, Teacher Appreciation Ice Cream Social
* May 10 – 13: Mountain Trekkers Trip
* Wednesday, May 17, 7:00 P.M., 6th & 7th Grade Band Concert – Date
Change
* Friday, May 19, Progress Reports
* Friday, May 19, Golf Trip to Highlands Park
* Wednesday, May 24, 6:00 P.M., Chorus Concert
* May 24 – 31, Book Fair
* Wednesday, May 24 & Thursday, May 25, ?? -- ?? P.M., Book Fair
Parent Nights
* Monday, May 29, Memorial Holiday – NO STUDENTS
* Thursday, June 1, 7:00 P.M., Band & Strings Spring Concert
* Tuesday, June 6, Field Day
* Wednesday, June 7, 8th grade field trip
* Thursday, June 8, Honor Roll Field Trip to Mint Springs Park
* Friday, June 9, 7th grade and 6th grade field trips
* Friday, June 9, 6:30 -- 10 P.M., 8th Grade Recognition Night
* Friday, June 9 – Last Day of School
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