[BurleyBulletin] November 14, 2007: Poinsettias Order Due Tomorrow, Yearbooks, Student Achievement Event Tomorrow
Shelley Payne
shp33 at embarqmail.com
Wed Nov 14 12:59:10 EST 2007
The Burley Bulletin
November 14, 2007
Inside This Issue...
* Support The Burley Band With Beautiful Poinsettias
* Yearbooks are now on sale
* 8th Grade Make a Difference Day Event
* Bullying Prevention Program Update
* Book Sale Wrap Up
* Community Conversations on Student Achievement
* Production of Snow White and the Dwarves
* Teen Alcohol and Drug Awareness Presentation and Discussion
* Mark Your Calendar...
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Support The Burley Band With Beautiful Poinsettias
Contact Susan Allen for questions or to give an order. Orders are due by
November 15! (Tomorrow!)
295-5101
sfallen at albemarle.org
Pricing:
Small – 4” $4.00
Medium – 6” $8.00
One Color - Red
Checks Made out to Burley Middle School
Delivery Date December 3 or 4, 2007
Information needed for order:
Buyer's Name and Telephone Number
Size (small $4.00 or medium $ 8.00)
Number of Plants in each size
Total amount due
If you are ordering the poinsettias with Mrs. Allen please pay when the
flowers are delivered – if you are ordering with a band student please pay
when placing the order.
Thanks for all your support!
Yearbooks are now on sale
We will be selling yearbooks through the month of November. Every child
should have brought home an order form with all the information on costs.
If your child needs another form, please have them contact their homeroom
teacher or Mrs. Wilson. Save money and purchase your child’s yearbook now.
The cost goes up in the spring when the book arrives.
8th Grade Make a Difference Day Event
For Make a Difference Day, the 8th grade team has decided to host a 5K
Run/Walk to raise money for Albemarle County Fire and Rescue Squad. Each
student is asked to raise donations for this cause. The event will be held
on November 20, 2007 from 2:00-4:00. We ask that if parents need to pick
students up early on this day that they try to do so before the event
begins.
To kick off the fund raiser, Matt Orlovsky, our ESS-Region Ten
representative & a member of Albemarle's Fire & Rescue Squad will talk to
the students during TAP time to discuss their organization.
We look forward to a highly successful and profitable event!
Bullying Prevention Program Update
The bullying prevention program has been very active in the past few weeks.
In mid-October we had our kick-off assembly with former students Paul
Michel and Mos Rasool speaking on “How to Survive Middle School". Paul and
Mos, seniors at Monticello and Albemarle H.S. respectively, are both
exemplary students and athletes. They have been friends ever since they met
at Burley MS and both just won a full scholarship to attend Case Western
Reserve University through their work in National History Day. Paul and Mos
came and spoke on lessons they learned that helped them get through middle
school, including how to handle bullying or the peer pressure to socially
bully others. We were pleased and proud to have such outstanding young men
back in our midst, and the students seemed to connect very well with them.
Prior to the assembly, all students took the School Climate survey, which
has been given for the past six years. This data is very useful in helping
us find concrete ways to improve the school climate in general and with
regards to bullying. For example, this data has led us to focus on social
issues with sixth graders and to suggest that the school put up convex
mirrors in the stairwells to help monitor student traffic. We will get the
results from the current survey back soon, and will be sharing a summary in
a future Burley Bulletin.
The Burley Bullying Prevention Program has been honored by being invited to
showcase itself to representatives from around the state. Julia Weed, the
bullying prevention committee chairperson, presented the program in a
roundtable format at the annual Governor's Office for Substance Abuse
Prevention (GOSAP) conference. This year's conference was entitled
"Bullying and Beyond," and Ms. Weed was one of 2 people presenting from
Albemarle County.
Finally, this is a reminder that we have monthly bullying prevention
committee meetings. If you would like more information about these
meetings, please email Julia Weed at jweed at k12albemarle.org.
Book Sale Wrap Up
Great news! We sold 10% more this year than last at our annual Scholastic
Book Fair. Our profit was $1,083.82! It has been awhile since we have hit
the thousand-dollar mark...Please give a big thank you to Ben and Cheryl
Cottrell for chairing the book fair and for all those parents who donated
their time to come and sell books for us! The Library will be seeing many
new books because of our great profit! Thanks for all you are doing for us
here at Burley!
Community Conversations on Student Achievement
This event is TOMORROW NIGHT!!!!!
Community Conversations on Student Achievement (Albemarle County Public
Schools Southern Feeder Pattern) HYPERLINK
"http://schoolcenter.k12albemarle.org/education/components/docmgr/download.p
hp?sectiondetailid=5666&fileitem=25075&catfilter=6467"Click here for a
flyer.
Thursday, November 15, 2007 Union Run Baptist Church, 3220 Keswick Rd.
5:45-6:25 Meal and Fellowship
6:30-8:00 Community Conversation
Child care provided from 5:45-8:15 for participants
Call 293-2088 Ext. 7 to RSVP for meal and child care by 11/12/07
This program is designed for parents of students who attend a school in our
Southern Feeder Pattern*. Our conversation will focus on the issues
surrounding academic achievement as it affects the African American
community. School administrators will participate primarily as listeners to
welcome the input of parents. Our goal is to strengthen collaboration
between school and home to increase academic success for our students.
We want to know and talk about:
• what you understand about the achievement gap
• why, do you think, African-American kids are underachieving across the
board
• what you think parents and schools should be doing differently
• what commitments can be made from parents to have an impact on increasing
student learning
• what the schools can do to increase the level of parental involvement
*Participating Schools:
Cale Elementary
Red Hill Elementary
Scottsville Elementary
Stone-Robinson Elementary
Stony Point Elementary
Yancey Elementary
Burley Middle
Walton Middle
Monticello High
Event sponsored by the Albemarle County Office of Community Engagement
(293-0288) in collaboration with: Chapman Grove Baptist Church, Evergreen
Ministries, Union Run Baptist Church, Zion Hill Baptist Church
Production of Snow White and the Dwarves
Your kids are invited to perform in Snow White and the Dwarves, which is
being put on by The Jefferson Youth Theater. The rehearsals and shows are
all at Burley, and all school children are invited to participate. All
children will be given roles. There are many speaking roles available,
including a younger, middle and older Show White, eight dwarves,
stepsisters, sword fighting knights, lords and ladies, and forest animals
such as deer, bear, rabbits, chipmunks, etc. The play is a full-scale
90-minute musical version with costumes, sets, songs and dances.
Registration is November 19 and 26 (come the first day you can) at 6 pm at
the Burley cafeteria. Rehearsals are every school day from November 26 -
December 7 (the two weeks after Thanksgiving) at 6 pm., and run 1-2 hours
depending on your child's role. The shows will be on Saturday - Sunday,
December 8 - 9, at 5 pm at the Burley Auditorium.
The Jefferson Youth Theater has worked with over 4,000 children in Central
Virginia and New York. Last July, they performed at the Paramount Theater.
The play is a great deal of fun and an excellent learning experience for the
kids.
The fee to participate is $85 per child. Both full and partial scholarships
are available for Burley kids. Contact Mr. Peter Ryan at 249-2803 or
HYPERLINK "mailto:peterbasilryan at gmail.com"peterbasilryan at gmail.com for
information.
Teen Alcohol and Drug Awareness Presentation and Discussion
NEXT MONDAY!!!!! HYPERLINK
"http://schoolcenter.k12albemarle.org/education/sctemp/b46cccbffdf790d444be9
b68aa708d43/1195054282/AlcoholDrugPresentationMHS.pdf"Click here for a flyer
The MHS PTSO is hosting this presentation on Monday, Nov. 19 at 6PM in the
Monticello High School Forum
This program is for any parent/guardian with children and the goal is to
educate the public on the warning signs of teen alcohol and drug use.
All are invited!!
Panel Participants:
Pete O'Malley, Albemarle County Police/SRO Officer
Billy Haun, Principal at Monticello High School
Mark Perry, Student Assistance Counselor
Bonnie Lungren, BSW, CAC
Student Panelist
Refreshments will be served
Sponsored by: Monticello High School PTSO and Monticello High School
Counseling Dept.
If any questions regarding the evening, call PTSO President Karen Collier,
(434) 531-9527 or School Counselor, Thea Bertola (434) 244-3110, Ext 3253
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Mark Your Calendar...
* Thursday, November 15, Poinsettia Orders Due
* Thursday, November 15, 5:45 – 8:00 P.M., Community Conversations
on Student Achievement, Union Run Baptist Church, 3220 Keswick Rd
* Monday, November 19, 6:00 P.M., MHS Forum, Teen Alcohol and Drug
Awareness Presentation
* Monday, November 19 and Monday, November 26, 6:00 P.M., Burley
Cafeteria, Registration for Snow White Musical
* Tuesday, November 20, 2:00 - 4:00 P.M., 8th Grade 5K Run/Walk to
Raise Money for Albemarle County Fire and Rescue Squad
* Wednesday, November 21 -- Friday, November 23, Thanksgiving
Break – NO SCHOOL
* Wednesday, December 5, 8:00 A.M., Media Center, PTO Meeting
* Thursday, December 13, 7:00 P.M., Band and Strings Concert
* Thursday, December 13, Cici’s Pizza Night
* Friday, December 14, 6:30 – 9:00 P.M., School Dance
* Wednesday, December 19, 7:00 P.M., Choral Concert
* Monday, December 24 – Tuesday, January 1, Winter Break – NO SCHOOL
For more Burley calendar information visit: HYPERLINK
"http://schoolcenter.k12albemarle.org/education/components/calendar/calendar
.php?sectiondetailid=165&sc_id=1192680751"http://schoolcenter.k12albemarle.o
rg/education/components/calendar/calendar.php?sectiondetailid=165&sc_id=1192
680751
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