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We received this note from Councilman David Marks...
Carney Elementary School has been prioritized for air conditioning. The Board of Education received the budget request last night, and it should hopefully be approved in September. Funding will still need to be appropriated by the county and state. Plans call for design work in 2015 and construction in 2016. Six additional schools in northeastern and central Baltimore County were prioritized for air conditioning, part of County Executive Kevin Kamenetz's $1.1 billion school improvement program. Many thanks also to Superintendent Dallas Dance, my colleague Councilman Todd Huff, Senator Kathy Klausmeier, Delegate John Cluster and community leaders for their support as well. All partnered with our office. This is a great announcement for the community! Thanks to everyone who has supported us over the last couple of years and to Sherry McCammon for leading our PTA Advocacy efforts. If you’ve thought about joining PTA or becoming more active at school, but you’re not sure how, please join us at the General Membership Meeting on Tuesday, May 27 at 7 pm in the school library. We will be asking for feedback, suggestions, as well as planning for next school year. This will be our last PTA meeting for the 2013-14 school year. Elections to be held We are currently accepting nominations for President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer for the 2014-15 school year. The following nominees will be presented at the meeting on May 27. Michelle Reinhardt, nominated for President Judy Heiger, nominated for Vice President Angela Purdum, nominated for Secretary Nominations can also be accepted the night of the meeting. We are in need of nominations for Treasurer for next year! If you have any questions or would like to submit a nomination or nominate yourself, please reach out to one of the members of the nominating committee: Kim Cooper (kimcooper0527@gmail.com) 410-241-0896 Tina Crow (tinacrow21@yahoo.com) 443-677-0742 Judy Heiger (jlheiger@yahoo.com) 410-668-3543 Click here to download the Nomination Form. Please join us a fun-filled family event at our school. Enjoy great music, the limbo, hula hooping, beach ball playing, face painting and more! Don’t forget to bring your camera, chairs and blankets! Please click here for more information. Volunteers Needed! We need your help in order to make the picnic a fun and enjoyable evening for everyone. We hope you will consider volunteering for a 30 minute shift. We need people to man the drinks, snacks, lollipop stations, popcorn, as well as do face painting! Please click here to download the volunteer form and return to school by Tuesday, May 27. You can also email Angela Purdum at angelapurdum@gmail.com or info@carneypta.org. Please join us – Cougar Claws of Carney Elementary will be singing the National Anthem at the beginning of the game on Sunday, July 13 @ 5:30. Tickets are $12 each. Ticket orders must be received by May 30th! To download an order form, please click here. Checks should be made payable to Carney Elementary PTA. This game is an Autism Awareness Game. We will be donating $1 from each ticket sale to the cause. Come support Autism and our Cougar Claws. Thursday, June 12 is the last day of school for pre-k students
School will dismiss 3 hours early on Friday, June 13 and Monday, June 16. Monday, June 16 is the last day of school for K-5students Have a wonderful and safe summer! Contact: Office of Communications, 410-887-5908
Towson, MD - With globe-shaped trophies in hand, Baltimore County Public Schools administrators surprised principals at 10 elementary schools yesterday with the news that their schools have been selected to pilot a Spanish language instruction program for Grade 4 students. Beginning next school year, Bear Creek, Hampton, Johnnycake, Padonia, Pleasant Plains, Prettyboy, Reisterstown, Sussex, Vincent Farm and West Towson elementary schools will teach Spanish language. The school system plan is to expand the program to Grade 4 students in all elementary schools by 2015-2016. “Expanding world languages instruction will help us reach our goal of graduating globally competitive students,” said S. Dallas Dance, BCPS superintendent. “Research tells us that being proficient in more than one language provides a competitive career advantage, promotes cultural understanding and improves achievement on comprehensive standardized tests.” “The 10 selected schools are located throughout Baltimore County, and the review panel took great care to identify a cadre ofschools that truly represent the racial, ethnic and socioeconomic diversity of our school system,” said Brian Schiffer, BCPS director of social sciences, fine arts, and world languages. Pilot schools were chosen from among 31 elementary schools that initially expressed interest. The selection process included applications, surveys of teacher interest and a review panel. In addition to their trophies, the principals and their Grade 4 teachers received formal invitations to an Elementary World Languages Pilot Reception to be held on June 9 at Cockeysville Middle School. Students at the pilot schools will use Middlebury Interactive, a research-based, interactive, self-paced program developed by Middlebury College and Middlebury Interactive Languages. The course focuses on listening and speaking; language instruction will also include weekly conversational lessons taught by a BCPS elementary Spanish teacher. # # # Get ready for Spring Break at the Carney PTA's Spring Dance!
“SWING INTO SPRING” Thursday, April 10 th 6:30 p.m.- 8 p.m. Carney Cafeteria Come join your friends for dancing, activities, snacks, prizes, and lots more fun as we welcome Spring and Spring Break! Tickets are $2 per student in advance and $3 at the door. The ticket price includes all the fun! Please send in this form with your payment marked “PTA” to your child's teacher to pre-order your tickets. Pre-ordered tickets will be delivered to students in their classrooms. Help is needed for this event! If you can volunteer in any capacity, please contact Judy Heiger at either jlheiger@yahoo.com, 410-668-3543, or info@carneypta.org. Please fill out the ticket order form and return it with your payment. Thank you! ______________________________________________________________ The Maryland State Department of Education published a document on Jan 13 entitled “Top 10 Things Parents Need to Know about Testing in Maryland.” Click the link to open a pdf of this document http://www.msde.state.md.us/w/Top10TestingMD2014.pdf
Additional information can also be found at www.MarylandPublicSchools.org . |
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