Seattle Children's Museum: So that's how the carabao (Philippine's animal symbol) came to have split hooves.
It seems it was only yesterday when this picture was taken as we waved goodbye to the 2009-2010 school year...
...now we're gearing up to say hello to the 2010-2011 school year!
This week:
8/9, Mon. - School Board, 6:30 @ Ballou JHComing up:
8/12, Thurs. - Char and Almai @ PSD Administrative Conference, 8:30 - 4:30 @ TYC
Coming up:
8/17-18, Tues - Wed - Char and Almai @ WWU Superintendent classes
8/18, Wed. - LouAnn back
8/19, Thurs. - Christina back
8/19, Thurs. - Char and Almai @ PSD Principals Conference, 8:30 - 4:30, Chief Leschi
8/23, Mon. - Building opens for staff desiring to come back (can be as early
as 8/21 if needed
School Board, 6:30 PM @ Ballou JH
8/25, Wed. - Registration begins
8/26, Thurs. - Mail postcards to families
8/30, Mon. - Supplemental Day #1- Cultural Compentency and Social Justice Training,
Session 1 @ PHS; Session 2 @ Firgrove
7:30 AM Registration begins at PHS, speaker begins promptly at 8:00 AM
10:00 AM leave PHS, 11:00 AM session 2 promtly begins @ Firgrove
8/31, Tues. - Supplemental Day #2 - Building Data and Nuts and Bolts; Open House
Day begins at 10:30 AM to accommodate Open House later in the day
Firgrove Open House, 4-6 pm
9/1, Wed. - Supplemental Day #3 a.k.a. 181st Day - School Initiatives and Powerful
Instruction, 8:30 - 3:30 @ Firgrove
9/2, Thurs. - First Day of School - Look-out for those bright-eyed Hawks "soaring" through the hallways!
New Information regarding our 2010-2011 Bell Schedule: Our school district needed to make adjustments on the bell schedules to ensure that all students arrive on time. The only impact it has on Firgrove is the Wednesday schedule. The other days of the week's bell schedule is still the same as last year's. Below is the schedule for your reference.
Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri:
Bus Arrival @ 8:10
Warning Bell @ 8:20
Tardy Bell @ 8:25
KAM Dismissal @ 11:03
KPM Bus Arrival and Warning Bell @ 12:03
Tardy Bell @ 12:08
Early Release Wed:
Bus Arrival @ 8:00
Warning Bell @8:10
Tardy Bell @ 8:15
Dismissal @ 11:51
KAM and KPM will continue to alternate attending school on Wednesdays.