Dress as your favorite book character for the Accelerated Reader (AR) 60% cut-off date!
The 60% AR cut-off is this Friday, January 27th. To celebrate our school's progress in AR and enthusiasm for reading, students (and teachers!) may dress as their favorite book character on the cut-off date. Have fun with this dress-up day, but please do not bring toy guns/weapons and follow DeKalb County dress code. The 60% prize day will be the following Friday, February 3rd. You may check your student's progress in AR at https://Hosted51.renlearn.com/48836/HomeConnect. E-mail bethannhanson@yahoo.com with any questions.
The 2012 Father + Daughter Dance at Henderson Middle School on February 11th will be here soon. A fun time is always had and volunteers are greatly appreciated (if you are interested in helping, contact Scott Foerst at sfoerst@hotmail.com).
Ticket prices are $16 per family in advance and $20 day of the dance due to food coordination. In addition, EvansDads also has made arrangements with a local florist for dads to present their girls with a rose and baby’s breath and to wear a boutenier themselves, if they wish. Prices are the florist’s list prices for the Valentine’s week. Tickets will be sent home the week of January 30th and flowers will be handed out at the dance.
Advance sales help greatly with our planning, so the deadline for turning in the form that was sent home in your daughter's courier is Monday, January 30th. Please make our job easier and be respectful of this deadline! While dance tickets will be sold at the admission table on the day of the dance for $20 per family, flowers can be purchased in advance only.
Teachers and Administration are invited to join us! Please check with your homeroom teacher if you have not received or misplaced your invite or click here to open a reservation form.
HMS Tours for Parents of Rising 6th Graders
Henderson PTSA will be conducting tours of the campus for parents of rising 6th graders on February 8th and 14th. Each of the tours will begin at 10 am and will be followed by a Q&A session with principal, Terese Allen. An evening tour is scheduled for February 2nd at 6:30pm. Please plan to attend one of these events if your child will be attending HMS next year.
Science Club Updates
Science Night - Febuary 29th 6:30-8:30pm
Save the date. The will be a Lego Robotics demonstration, Science Fair, hands-on physics demonstrations, brains, science demonstrations and more. Do you work someplace that has interesting technology, flashing lights or practical applications of science? Email Ben Kupronis bakupronis@gmail.com so the whole school can see. Also, volunteer for an hour at the event and help make it a success.
Science Fair - Febuary 29th 6:30-8:30pm
Do you have a budding scientist? Want to track rainfall patterns or traffic flow? Start work on your science projects. More info to follow.
Lego WeDo Robotics for K-2nd
Tuesdays, February 7th-March 27th @ 2:45-3:45pm. Robotics for the younger kids lead by Youth Engaged in Science. More info and sign-up on the Science Club webpage. http://www.evansdalepta.org/Default.aspx?pageId=771025
Math Tournament Results
Congratulations to our Evansdale Eagles. Many of our students participated in the Sagamore Hills Math Tournament. We had two students who placed at the event this past Saturday:
Katherine Carlton
Katie Keung
A special “pat on the back” goes to Ms. Moore and Ms. Cook for attending and organizing the event for our students.
Green Team News
Exciting news! Evansdale is proud to announce that our Healthy Living movie won $1500 in the Kroger Earning Plus Learning competition. Wow!
Thanks to all the students, staff, and parents who participated in the filming, and thanks to all of the great and dedicated volunteers and teachers who make all of the healthy living programs happen in the first place--without you we wouldn’t have had so many awesome healthy activities to brag about.
And special thanks goes to Nathan and Noelle Reetz, parents of Maggie Reetz in Ms. Mitchell’s class, who filmed and produced this wonderful movie. To view it, please go to
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=F9a-GasibzQ
Cultural Arts Update
The Capitol City Opera company has rescheduled it’s performance of “Sid the Serpent” for Thursday, March 22nd. The entire school will be treated to this show!
Congratulations to the following students. They will be representing Evansdale and DeKalb County in the regional social studies fair in January.
Elayne McGrail
Alec Bundesman and Matthew Powell
Also, congratulations to Mrs. McCloud, Dr. Smith, and the fifth grade teachers for their hard work with the social studies projects!
GAO – Remember you can fundraise all year long!
By logging onto www.gaschoolstore.com and entering in the Evansdale online store ID: 1601608
Consider doing some of your upcoming holiday shopping online or re-ordering your magazines through GAO. GAO offers a wide selection of gifts, jewelry, & magazines. The school will earn 50% on every gift item, 45% on jewelry and 40% on magazines.
From the Evansdale Education Foundation
Class Challenge Reward Assembly
Congratulations to the classes listed below that met The Evansdale Education Foundation class challenge! The following classes will attend a chemistry program presented by The Science Alliance assembly on February 13th. There will be two back-to-back programs beginning with the younger grades at 8:30am.
Stradford Anderson Syed-Alwi Cross Finley Mitchell Craddock G. Bradley Lane Murphy McCollum Moore Kegler Kirven Keesee
Kelley Watt
"The Science Alliance's chemistry show - Close Encounters of The Chemical Kind! - will WOW your students with exciting chemical reactions while they get involved in experiments with color changes, a mysterious Genie, gooey Gak, springy Superballs and more! Electrifying displays of fire and liquid nitrogen thrill the students while providing the opportunity to discuss and emphasize safety. Using tons of hands-on volunteers, Bill Bosworth teaches that Science is Super, Chemistry is Cool, and KIDS CAN DO IT!"
Red, Hot & Blue
Mark your calendars! Save the date of March 24th for the 2nd annual Evansdale Education Foundation Red, Hot & Blue auction event at Smokerise Country Club. Last year's event was a huge success, grossing over $20,000! And you won't want to miss it this year - Last year's event was an absolute blast!
The foundation is currently seeking donations for the Red, Hot & Blue event. If you donated last year, we'd love your donation again this year. Even if you don't own your own business, you can purchase a gift certificate to donate to the foundation, or ask your friends and family to donate a service or good. Donations can be dropped off in the foundation mailbox in the front office or folks can contact Lauren Shankman lshankman@comast.net to arrange pick-up.
Let us know if you'd like to volunteer for the event. It is surprising how rewarding it is to put on an event like this!
We Need Your Junk!
Students will begin work on the art items for the auction next month. If you have any of the following items laying around your home, please send them in with your child. We will have a box in the lobby where items can be dropped off. We need: shells, metal bottle caps, buttons, beads, yarn, twine, gems/old jewelry, wire, corks, French chocolate wrappers/boxes.
Foundation Benefit Concert - February 11th
Evansdale dads, Jeff Barnes & Ben Wakeman, will perform a concert at Kavarna in Decatur (http://www.kavarnadecatur.com/) on Saturday, Feb. 11th. Ben's set will begin at 9pm followed by Jeff's band, Summer Dare. Tickets can be purchased at the door for $7 each and the foundation will receive 50% of all ticket sales to the event. Book a sitter and plan to come out for a fun evening of musical entertainment while raising money for your child's school.
Evansdale Education Foundation Bake Sale
It's that time again for the Evansdale Education Foundation Bake Sale. The Bake Sale will be during the Consignment Sale on March 3rd and 4th. We need your help to make it a HUGE success!
1. Volunteer at the sale - if you can volunteer, please send an email to Denise Jenkins at niecyjenkins@gmail.com for more information about days and times we need help.
2. Donate baked goods - if you would like to donate baked goods please email Denise niecyjenkins@gmail.com or call 678-394-6815 to designate what you plan on baking so we can keep track of expected inventory.
3. Mark the date so you can stop by for yummy treats and help a great cause on March 3rd and 4th.
Dekalb County 2012 Technology Fair
CALLING ALL TECHIES!!! The 2012 DeKalb County Technology Fair will be held on Saturday, February 4th, 2012, at the Elizabeth Andrews High School located at 1701 Mountain Industrial Blvd. Stone Mountain, Georgia 30083 (new location). The DeKalb Technology Fair allows students to present and/or display computer and video projects to the DeKalb County community. Students in grades K-12 will be able to display their technology and video projects while students in grades 3-12 will be able to participate in a competition. Students in grades 3-12 who win First Place in the competition will be eligible to participate in the 2012 State Technology Fair. Visit http://fc.dekalb.k12.ga.us/~techfair/index.html for more information about categories and requirements.
From DCSS
The Office of School Improvement – Title I has been steadfast in its quest to carry out the Parent Resource Centers’ mission to empower parents to actively participate in their children’s education by providing support, resources, and assistance that will increase parental involvement, enhance student achievement and promote community partnerships. This school year has been no exception in fostering the centers' mission. Title I has offered its parents the opportunity to become engaged in many activities that have promoted the increase in parental involvement with the goal of increased student achievement. It is our hope that all your goals are realized during this new year. The Parent Resource Centers, through Title I, are fully committed to continue to partner with parents, students, and all stakeholders to promote student achievement .
Please view the Parent Resource Newsletter for more information on activities and collaborations, and also a schedule of parent Resource Center workshops, Jan-March 2012.
From Georgia PTA - Legislative Update
The Georgia PTA monitors our Georgia Legislature for decisions affecting education and advocates on behalf of children. Click here to view the most recent update.
Snack Sax
We still need your help! There is a collection bin in the front lobby for Snack Sax. Snack Sax is headed by a community church, and is an effort to provide students who otherwise might not have a lot to eat over the weekends with healthy snacks. They deliver hundreds of snack bags each week. The ongoing needs for Snack Sax are as follows:
• single serving unsweetened applesauce cups
• single serving fruit cups in light or no syrup
• single serving pudding cups
• single serving 100% juice boxes (no sugar added)
• single serving milk boxes (no refrigeration necessary)
• single serving cheese or peanut butter crackers
• single serving dried fruit - (raisins, cranberries, mixed fruit)
• fruit and grain cereal bars, granola bars
• single serving boxes of cereal
• single serving packs of cookies, teddy grahams, goldfish crackers, and pretzels.
• pop-top cans of meatless Spaghetti-o’s and Chefboyardee (meatless contains less sodium and fat)
• “no sugar added” fruit strips (available at Target). Fruit rollups and gummy treats are not real fruit! Another product called "fruit leather" is also “no sugar added” and available at Costco.
Each week when you do your shopping, please consider picking up an item or two on this list to contribute to the cause! This will be an on-going effort.
