If you are a parent wanting to choose a new school for your child to attend next year, the new school choice selection process began Jan. 17th.

The first round of the choice selection period runs until Friday, Feb. 24. During that time, if you are new or returning to the school system, the parent of a rising kindergartner, or a parent who wants to change schools for next year, you may log onto the student assignment website, assignment.wcpss.net, investigate your options and make your choices.

Source: WCPSS.net

Seniors graduating in June who missed the deadline for orders:

Herff Jones has a website where you can now place late orders.  The website will be active until March.

If you order a cap and gown (and tassel) the total price is $53.37 ($30 + $20 S/H + $3.37 tax).

If you need additional information, Herff Jones’ phone number is (919) 890-5288.

Click here to order from Herff Jones.

In an essay of 250 words or less, get your student to tell why his or her teacher deserves a shopping spree. The ten student finalists and their teachers will be selected and invited to Crabtree Valley Mall for the final judging on Sunday Feb 5. The student who writes the winning essay will win a $500 Crabtree Valley Mall gift certificate; the student’s teacher will get a $1000 Crabtree Valley Mall gift certificate. Both the winning teacher and student will also receive a Kindle Fire courtesy of Barton College.  Lunch will be provided by McDonald’s for the student and teacher finalists during the final judging.

Entry deadline 12midnight Sun Jan 29 2012.

Click here for more details on how to enter.

Do you know what this is?

Well Mr. G., our honors Biology teacher knows and he needs one to make his lessons come to life.

From Mr. G: “Hands-on experience makes science come alive! Remember dissecting a frog in your science class? With on-going budget cuts and the increasing cost of materials, I am unable to have students perform as many experiments as I would like. A document camera would display experiments on a large screen.

As a teacher, I know that hands-on experiences improve learning, and I want to perform as many experiments as possible in my class. Participating in experiments and labs energizes my students. Describing their answers – and their approach to questions – improves their confidence and deepens their learning. These kids are highly motivated and deserve to be challenged to reach their highest potential.”

Mr G. has posted a project on donorschoose.org requesting donations in order to purchase this document camera. Help out by donating what you can at http://donorschoose.org.