[BurleyBulletin] May 2, 2007: PTO Organizational Meetings, Lost & Found and LOTS more!
Shelley Payne
shp33 at earthlink.net
Wed May 2 15:32:25 EDT 2007
The Burley Bulletin
May 2, 2007
Inside This Issue...
* 2007-08 PTO Organizational Meetings
* Teacher Appreciation Week
* Lost & Found Update & Thank You!
* Burley Represented in Regional Youth Orchestra
* Leadership Forum Participant
* Last Day of School
* MHS Athletic Information
* 6th and 7th Grade Boys Support Group
* Mom EXPO
* Family Resource Fair
* College Bound
* Navigating the Maze: Making Government Benefits Work for People
with Disabilities
* Mark Your Calendar...
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2007-08 PTO Organizational Meetings
If you are waiting to be asked to get involved in the PTO, here is your
invitation! Sorry, we just can’t call all of you personally! :-) You only
need to attend one of these organizational meetings where we will be
planning our activities for the upcoming school year, getting to know “new”
(and “old”) parents and re-energizing our PTO. We will be getting together
on Tuesday, May 8 at 7:30 PM and again on Wednesday, May 9 at Noon. Both
meetings will be in the Auditorium.
We need lots of parent input and we truly need a great turnout from our
current 6th grade parents and the parents of rising 6th graders! (Right now
our PTO has way more soon-to-be-8th-grade parents than it should!) For more
information please contact Shelley Payne at 984-6862 or HYPER:-(IN:-|
"mailto:shp33 at earthlink.net"shp33 at earthlink.net.
Teacher Appreciation Week
Teacher Appreciation Week is May 7 -11. In addition to the Teacher Ice
Cream Social and PTO gifts, we are asking parents to think of ways, big and
small, to say thank you to those that make a world of difference in our
children’s lives every day. A personal note or a small token for a teacher
who has made a difference for your child is always a welcome treat!
:-(ost & Found Update & Thank You!
Many thanks to :-)udy McHale who took on a mountain of :-(ost & Found items
and won! Please go look for that winter coat you haven’t seen lately, along
with jackets, binders, shoes and the always present Burley gym clothes! All
these items and more are on display in the hallway near the Auditorium
thanks to :-)udy’s efforts. Bulky coats can be found hanging in the :-(ost
& found closet. Older :-(ost & found items have been placed in marked
boxes, so you may want to check those as well.
Burley Represented in Regional Youth Orchestra
:-)aime Criser represented Burley in the Southwestern Virginia :-)unior
Regional Orchestra on March 23rd and 24th. :-)aime was the only Burley
student out of approximately 25 Albemarle County Schools 7th – 9th graders
selected to participate. The orchestra performed in the Municipal
Performance Hall in :-(ynchburg and a CD has been made of their
performance. Congratulations :-)aime!
:-(eadership Forum Participant
The week of March 19th Brianna Burnett attended the People to People World
:-(eadership Forum in Washington DC. She was nominated by her teachers last
year and selected because of her leadership skills, academic achievements
and community involvements. Congratulations Brianna!
:-(ast Day of School
The last day of school will be Friday, :-)une 8 and it will be a full day.
MHS Athletic Information
Note: If anyone has information regarding AHS Athletic information or
additional information about MHS Athletics, please forward to
shp33 at earthlink.net.
Field Hockey
Varsity and :-)unior Varsity Field Hockey conditioning will begin Monday,
:-)uly 2nd and run through tryouts every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from
9:00 TO 11:00 A.M. If you plan on trying out for field hockey at Monticello
(either as a rising 8th grader or freshman), it is suggested (but not
mandatory) that you attend these conditioning sessions.
Football
Important Dates for rising 8th and 9th graders wishing to play :-)V football
at Monticello next year
Summer Conditioning:
:-)une 11 - First Day
Every Monday, Tuesday and Thursday at 6pm in the High School Weight Room
Continues all summer until practice begins
August 6 - First Day of Practice
1st Week - 8am until 2pm - practice and meetings
2nd Week - 4pm - 7pm
3rd Week - School Schedule - 4pm - 6:20pm
6th and 7th Grade Boys Support Group
:-)osh Cordonnier with :-(ewis Weber & Associates is starting a facilitated
general support group for middle school boys, with an emphasis on improving
social skills. An intake is done on each child to make sure they are a good
fit for the group. For more information contact: :-)oshua M. Cordonnier,
:-(CSW, CGP, 434-963-0324 ext 11, email: josh at joshcord.com
Mom EXPO
The first Mom Expo will take place on Saturday May 12th, from 10:00am to
2:00 pm, in the UVa Hospital :-(ink. The Mom Expo is a collaborative project
between OB/Gyn and Albemarle Family.com-our goal for the day is to provide
new moms an opportunity to learn about local resources, businesses and
agencies that support and serve moms, and to celebrate motherhood on
Mother's Day weekend. UVA departments will have health and wellness
information, and local agencies and business that support and serve moms
will exhibit. Some special activities include seated massage sessions from
the Virginia school of Massage, a book sale by UVA book store, and many door
prizes and give a ways. Moms can also attend talks on going back to school
strategies, and family nutrition that goes "beyond the chicken nugget". We
are especially lucky to have local authors :-)ennifer Niesslien and
Stephanie Wilkinson, editors of the national magazine, Brain.Child, talk
about motherhood in the media age. Ms. Niesslein's upcoming book
"Practically Perfect in Every Way", has been named a highly anticipated book
by the Washington Post Book World.
The day will begin with a benefit walk around grounds to raise funds for the
MomCare fund, founded by Albemarle Family.com to support expectant and new
moms with emergency travel and lodging and other support related to their
care. This has been identified as a large gap in services for our most
vulnerable expectant and new moms. Vendors will be donating 15% of their
booth fees towards this as well. For more information call Diane Sampson at
924.9920
Family Resource Fair
The Blue Ridge Care Connection for Children is sponsoring a free Family
Resource Fair for Children and Youth with Special Needs. The fair will be
held at :-|luge Children’s Rehab Center on Saturday, :-)une 2 from 10 a.m.
to 2 p.m. For more information: Blue Ridge Care Connection for Children ,
434-924-0222
College Bound
College Bound is a college transition program for students with disabilities
who are interested in attending college. College Bound 2007 will be held on
the Virginia Tech campus, :-)une 20-22, 2007. Commonwealth of Virginia high
school juniors, seniors or upcoming college freshmen and their parents are
eligible to attend. College Bound’s goal is to provide information and
experiences that will better prepare students for the transition to
post-secondary education.
Participants interact with successful college students with disabilities,
discuss policies and strategies with disability service providers, and are
given hands-on opportunities with assistive technologies. Students
participate in workshops and activities related to leadership,
self-advocacy, assistive technology, college prep, learning styles, study
skills, and team building. For parents, College Bound is an opportunity to
acquire transition information as it uniquely relates to students with
disabilities. It also gives parents the opportunity to network with their
peers and explore aspects of their changing role as the parents of a college
student.
For the second year, we are pleased to extend an invitation to fifteen
middle and high school educators from across Virginia to attend College
Bound, :-)une 20-22, 2007, on the Virginia Tech campus. The Educator Track
is an important part of the College Bound program. We are planning a
dynamic program that will integrate the best parts of College Bound with
sessions that are designed specifically for educators. All participants
will interact with successful college students with disabilities, discuss
policies, strategies, rights and responsibilities with disability service
providers, and be given hands-on opportunities with assistive technologies.
Educators will learn transition strategies and assistive technology
information from experts in the fields of federal law, college accommodation
services, transition resources, and/or from other participants. College
Bound is a collaborative effort of the Virginia Department of Education,
Virginia Tech, New River Community College, Radford University, Virginia
State Outreach and Technical Assistance Center, and Virginia Assistive
Technology System.
For more information and registration forms, please visit the College Bound
website:
HYPER:-(IN:-|
"outbind://98-000000003C75A275B902D411BDB4204C4F4F502044380102/www.swvats.ad
a.vt.edu/graphical/collegebound.htm"www.swvats.ada.vt.edu/graphical/collegeb
ound.htm
Additional questions, please contact Maureen Weyer or Ellen Bielema:
HYPER:-(IN:-| "mailto:collegebound at vt.edu"collegebound at vt.edu (email)
540-231-4270 (V)
540-231-3035 (TTY)
540-231-1724 (Fax)
Navigating the Maze: Making Government Benefits Work for People with
Disabilities
:-)une 21, 2007 at the Richmond Times Dispatch Building, :-)une 22, 2007 at
Roanoke Higher Education Center
The Arc of Virginia and the VACSB are hosting a one day seminar in Richmond
and the same one day seminar in Roanoke on Navigating the Maze: Making
Government Benefits Work for People with Disabilities.
This seminar is for:
* Families of young children (Part C)
* Case Managers for people with mental illness or mental
retardation/developmental disabilities
* parents/children transitioning to adulthood
* Families in need of financial planning for their family member
with mental disabilities
* Others interested in independence/recovery and self determination,
financial planning & understanding the “maze” of government benefits for
people with mental disabilities
Did you know there are several types of special needs trusts? Which one is
best for your situation and how to go about setting up the trust? What are
the steps you take to set up trusts and the dos and don’ts? How do parents
and caregivers safeguard Virginia entitlement benefits so necessary for
people with disabilities and navigate through the SSI maze? The presenter,
Theresa M. Varnet, M.S.W., J.D., has been an advocate for persons with
disabilities for over 25 years. In addition to being a parent of an adult
daughter with significant disabilities, she is a certified teacher, licensed
clinical social worker and a graduate of the DePaul University College of
Law. Her experience includes extensive work in the area of in-service
training with families, special educators, social workers and other
professionals. She is a frequent speaker for volunteer and professional
groups and has presented nationally at the National Conferences of TASH,
AAMR, NADS, and The Arc U.S. among others. She is also the co-author with
Richard Spain, of “Home Control through Estate and Financial Planning”,
funded by the Illinois and Missouri Planning Councils on Developmental
Disabilities. Ms. Varnet lives in Northborough, Massachusetts with her
husband and daughter. This workshop is a MUST for parents, families and
case managers.
For more information:
Amy Butler, Administrative Assistant, The Arc of Virginia
2025 E. Main Street, Suite 107, Richmond, VA 23223
office: 804 649-8481 Toll free: 888 604-2677
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Mark Your Calendar...
* Wednesday, May 2, 8:00 AM, PTO Meeting, Media Center
* Tuesday, May 8, 7:30 PM, Auditorium, 2007-08 PTO Organizational
Meeting
* Wednesday, May 9, Noon, Auditorium, 2007-08 PTO Organizational
Meeting
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