[HenleyMatters] Henley News

[Hashisaki]

March 22, 2008

	Final Public Hearing for the 2008-09 Budget
	Middle School Sports Program - Track and Field
	Summer Opportunity - Journey Through Hallowed Ground
	Community Workshop for the Western Park Master Plan
	Donate Used Soccer Equipment
	Blood Drive
	Relationship Abuse Presentation
	
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At the time I posted this information the links to the Albemarle  
County website were not working.  This should be a temporary problem.

Teresa Hashisaki

Final Public Hearing for the 2008-09 Budget

Reminder:   The Board of Supervisors final Public Hearing on the  
Board's Proposed Budget and the 2008 Calendar Year Tax Rate (the  
advertised rate is $0.71) is Wednesday, April 2nd, 6:00pm, Lane  
Auditorium, County Office Building (COB).  The Albemarle County  
Parent Council will partner with the Albemarle Education Association  
to provide pizza, sides, drinks prior to the public hearing in the  
room directly across from Lane Auditorium in the COB at 5:30 PM.

If you cannot attend the Public Hearing please take the time to  
contact the Board of Supervisors.  You will find all of the contact  
information below.  You can email, call, fax or write but they need  
to hear from you!!

Link to Albemarle County FY 08/09 Budget Information  http:// 
www.albemarle.org/budget/

To contact the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors, you may use the  
following group email: bos at albemarle.org. Otherwise click on each  
Board Member's name [below] to contact them individually.


BOARD MEMBERS:
Lindsay  G. Dorrier, Jr.  (Scottsville District)
Dennis S. Rooker  (Jack Jouett District)
Sally H. Thomas  (Samuel Miller District)
David Slutzky   (Rio District)
Ann H. Mallek  (White Hall District)
Kenneth C. Boyd  (Rivanna District)

If you have any questions or comments please feel free to contact me:  
mailto:thashi at comcast.net or 293-7518,  Teresa Hashisaki

Middle School Sports Program - Track and Field

The middle school sports program is held at all 5 Albemarle County  
Middle Schools.  The program is a partnership with Albemarle County  
Schools and Albemarle County Parks and Recreation.  The program is  
run two days a week after school as an afterschool program for  
students who attend that school.  Registration forms for track and  
field are currently available in the PE department or email Amy Smith  
(mailto:ASmith at albemarle.org) at Albemarle County Parks and  
Recreation.  The track and field program is April-May 2008.

Summer Opportunity - Journey Through Hallowed Ground

Students are invited to move through history this summer as they  
hike, bike, canoe, and pod along the Journey Through Hallowed Ground,  
the 175 mile swath of land from Gettysburg to Monticello.  This  
Extreme program introduces participants to Where America Happened as  
they study the legacy of leadership provided by men and women along  
the trail and the decisions they made that shaped our nation.  What  
hung in the balance as James Madison’s contemporaries deliberated  
over the Constitution?  What did George Gilmore gain by staying in  
the south after the Emancipation Proclamation? Was Clara Barton out  
of line on the battlefield? Students answer these and other questions  
as they work with expert historians including authors, re-enactors,  
cartographers, professors and archaeologists who bring authenticity  
and depth to the experience.

Throughout the journey, students capture the stories using video, i- 
Pods and digital cameras.  The photographs, video clips and sound  
bites are then spun into an original vodcast that focuses on the  
lessons of leadership from each site and how we can apply those  
lessons to our contemporary world.  For more information on sites and  
activities, visit http://www.hallowedground.org or e-mail  
mailto:education at jthg.org.  Enrollment is limited to 24.

Dates:    July 7 – July 18
Registration:   Begins Monday, March 24 @ 9am Albemarle County Office  
Building
Eligibility:    Rising 6th, 7th, and 8th  graders (registration form:  
http://schoolcenter.k12albemarle.org/education/sctemp/ 
218b9f9224e76ea9150c89a71c14a6fc/1206188196/ 
Extreme_Journey_Promo_Flyer2.pdf)
Tuition:     $650.00
Contact:  Andy Johnson   296-5820  mailto:ajohnson2 at k12albemarle.org

Community Workshop for the Western Park Master Plan

What features would you like to see in the long-term plan for Western  
Park, a new County park to be located in Old Trail in Crozet?  Bring  
your ideas to the Community Workshop for the Western Park Master Plan.

Tuesday, March 25 at 7:00 PM in the Western Albemarle High School  
Cafeteria
(Sponsored by Albemarle County http://www.albemarle.org/westernpark)

Donate Used Soccer Equipment

Time to clean out your closets! Bring all of your old soccer  
equipment -- shoes, shin guards, jerseys, shorts, socks, and soccer  
balls -- to Henley Middle School during the weeks of March 24th -  
April 4th.  All of the equipment will be donated to underprivileged  
children at La Pedrera School in Guatemala. Did you know that 52% of  
the population of Guatemala is living below the poverty line? That’s  
a lot of people and with your help we can make a difference in the  
lives of these children.  A box will be outside the Henley office for  
your donations.  For more information, call Henley 8th graders Adam  
and Ben Schiller at (434) 970-7997. Thank you.

Blood Drive

Donate Blood on Thursday, March 27, 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM.  Bloodmobile -  
5221 Rockfish Gap Turnpike (Route 250 West), Blue Ridge Builders  
Supply.  To sign up email Diana at mailto:diana at brbs.net.  Walk-ins  
welcome too!  Free sports pouch.  Enter to win one of two free pizza  
coupons fro Dominos and/or a gift card from Otto's

Relationship Abuse Presentation

The Wide World of Relationship Abuse:
The Ways People Control Each Other and What to Do About It.

Abuse can happen in any relationship to any woman, at any age.

A discussion with Sarah Roth from the Shelter for Help in Emergency.

Tuesday, March 25, 7:30-9 p.m,
Congregation Beth Israel - 301 E. Jefferson Street

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Mark Your Calendar

	March 16 - 30 - Albemarle County Schools Fine Arts Festival at  
Fashion Square Mall

	March 25, Tuesday - White Hall Town Meeting 6:30 -9:30 PM at Broadus  
Wood Elementary School (cafeteria)

	March 31, Monday - PATSO Meeting in the library at 7 PM

	March 31, Monday - Community Forum on Preventing Underage Drinking -  
6:30 PM, Lane Auditorium, COB

	April 2, Wednesday - Board of Supervisors Public Hearing on the  
Board's Proposed Budget and the 2008 Calendar Year Tax Rate

	April 3, Thursday - EXPO Night

	April 7 - 11 - Spring Break

	April 18, Friday - Spring Dance 4:00 - 6:30 PM

	April 26, Saturday - Dogwood Parade
	
Links

Dr. McLaughlin's blog at: http://henleyhornets.blogspot.com/

The Henley website at: http://www.k12albemarle.org/Henley/

The School Division website at: http://www.k12albemarle.org/

The ACPS Parent Council website at:  http://acpsparentcouncil.org/




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