Tuesday, November 16, 2010

This Week (and next) At Bates!

Celebrate Parent Involvement Week at Bates!  There are lots of opportunities for the rest of November...
  • Parent Involvement Day Open House & Thanksgiving Lunch:  Thurs, Nov 18th
    • Open House:  9am-11am
    • Lunch:  6th grade @ noon, 7th grade @ 11am, 8th grade @ 10am
  • Giving Tree:  Come check out the the Giving Tree that was built by our students with the help of Ms. Orzech and parent volunteers!  The Giving Tree is an opportunity for parents to satisfy specific requests from Teachers and Staff for needs that they have.  The Giving Tree will be in the lobby from this week through mid-December. Contact Laura Stomski with questions (click on her name).
  • Scholastic Book Fair:  Nov 15-19th in the Media Center from 7:40am-4pm.  Buy books for your kids, help raise money for the Media Center, and consider filling teacher requests for books.
  • Teacher Appreciation Lunch:  Nov 22nd from 10am-noon.  Please drop donations of sides, salads, drinks, etc to the Media Center before 10am.  Contact Yvette Davis for questions by clicking on her name or calling 410-507-9867.
  • Student-led Conferences:  Nov 22-23.  If your student was not sent home with a request for conference, but you would still like to have a conference, please contact your Guidance Counselor.
Other Announcements:
  • Winter Concert Dates announced!  Strings & Dance will perform December 20th, Chorus & Band will perform December 21st.  Both are at Maryland Hall at 7pm.
  • Ms. Sileoni invites parents to learn Italian at AACC!  She recommends 4 non-credit courses:  Beginning Italian (LGA 376), Beginning Italian 2 (LGA 386), Speed Italian (LAN 319) and Conversational Italian (LGA 390).  More information on Ms. Sileoni's Blackboard page or click here for aacc.edu - search "italian".