3800SEHIDDENBROOKDR.–VANCOUVER,WA98683(360)604-6650FAX(360)604-6652-JUDIDESROCHERS,PRINCIPAL FEBRUARY Volume 20 FEBRUARY 3, 2012 www.evergreenps.org ******************************************************************************************************************* REMINDER: NO SCHOOL FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17TH & MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20TH President’s Weekend 6 7 8 9 10 Chess Club 3:40Mad Science 3:40 pm 4:40 EARLY RELEASE 1:15 PM Drama Club 3:404: 40 13 Brown Bag Book Club 14 ELECTION DAY 15 16 17 at Lunches Mad Science 3:40 pm (Drop off ballots at Fisher’s Landing) Chess Club 3:404: 40 Drama Club 3:404: 40 EARLY RELEASE 1:15 PM PTO Mtg. 6:30 pm NO SCHOOL Today and Monday 2/20 President’s Weekend MARINERS CODE * I AM RESPECTFUL * I AM RESPONSIBLE *I AM SAFE *I AM PREPARED I am here to learn; therefore I will do nothing to keep my teachers from teaching, and anyone, myself included, from learning. I will cooperate with all school people. I will respect myself, others, and the environment. I am capable. I make choices that will help me connect with others and contribute to the positive climate of our learning community. PULL TAB COLLECTION Junior Girl Scout Troop # 40200 is collecting pull tabs from aluminum cans. These pull tabs will be donated to a local Ronald McDonald House Charities. Each Year, the Pull Tab Program raises money to be used toward the operating budget and helps defer the cost for families staying at the Ronald McDonald houses. Pull the Tabs from your soda or other beverage cans, soup cans, pet food cans, tennis ball containers etc. Girl Scouts will have a collection can available in the school office for deposit. Our collection will run through May 30th . Valentine Grams are here again!! Tell your friends and family how much you care about them with a Valentine Gram! These cute and delicious candies and cards will be available for sale Feb. 8, 9, and 10 at 9:00 – 9:15 a.m. in the Media Center. Prices are $1 for the large Valentine Grams and 75 cents for the medium Valentine Grams. Celebrate friends and support your Student Council at the same time! th th 4and 5Grade Parents Preview Human Growth and Development and HIV / AIDS Videos Thursday -March 15, 2012 (Morning): ASC / Tan Complex / Evergreen Room 9:30-10:15 am 4th Grade Human Growth & Development 10:15-11:00 am 5th Grade Human Growth & Development and HIV AIDS (same material repeats in the evening) Thursday – March 15, 2012 (Evening): ASC / Tan Complex / Evergreen Room 5:00-5:45 pm 4th Grade Human Growth & Development 5:45-6:30 pm 5th Grade Human Growth & Development and HIV AIDS GET YOUR PICTURES IN THE YEARBOOK! The Yearbook Staff invites students and parents to submit photos for the yearbook. If you’ve got great photos of school and community events or you and your friends just having fun, we’d like to see them. Our photographers can’t be everywhere. Help us get as many photos as possible to create a terrific book everyone will want to have. Here is how you can submit photos online: • Go to : https://images.memoryebooks.com/login • If it does not automatically log you into the site, enter username: 400134350 and password: Fishers • Browse to select the photo(s) you wish to upload. • Enter information about the photo and provide contact information in case the staff needs additional information. • Click “Save Details”. It’s that easy! Submit your photos today! The last day to submit photos is 4/13/12. Thank you and enjoy the rest of the year. Sincerely, Yearbook Advisor and the 2012 Yearbook Staff (The Yearbook Staff will review all photos and determine final yearbook content. We cannot guarantee that all submissions can be used in the book.) School Breakfast Program A reminder to all parents/guardians: Each school prepares healthy breakfasts for students in the morning before school. It is so important for your student to start each day with a well-balanced, nutritious breakfast. We know that hungry students can't learn, and the school breakfast program is one of the best ways to ensure that all children start the day well fed and prepared for success. Breakfast is free for students qualified for free and reduced meals and $.95 for all other students. Kindergarten Music Informances: Bates: Friday March 23 2:00 – 2:30 Logan: Tuesday March 27 3:05 – 3:35 Tashima: Thursday March 29 12:25 – 12:55 McCoy: Thursday March 29 1:00 – 1:30 Parents please mark you calendars. Evergreen Public Schools to place Replacement Levy on ballot Evergreen Public Schools has a maintenance and operations levy on the February 14, 2012 ballot. The levy, if approved, helps fill the gap between what the state funds and what it actually costs to maintain the educational programs in Evergreen Public Schools. Funds from the current levy allow the district to pay for part or all of a variety of instructional services and programs, including: • More than 200 instructional staff (for example, teachers, librarians and counselors) • More than 140 non-instructional staff (for example, building clerical support and security staff) • Textbooks and supplies • Selected English Language Learner Programs • Selected Special Education Programs • EXCEL classes for Highly Capable students • Bus transportation for elementary students that live more than a half-mile from school • Classroom Technology • Library Materials and Equipment • Building and Grounds Maintenance • Extracurricular activities such as music, athletics and clubs If approved, the four-year levy will raise $43,331,000 in 2013, $44,150,000 in 2014, $45,400,000 in 2015 and $46,700,000 in 2016. With passage of the levy, the projected rate per thousand dollars of assessed value will be $4.19 in 2013, $4.42 in 2014, $4.54 in 2015 and $4.51 in 2016. The actual impact upon the property taxes on a home will depend on whether the home increases or decreases in assessed value and, if so, by how much. The total amount of the levy collected cannot increase even if the district’s assessed value increases. This levy, if approved, replaces the levy voters approved in 2010 and that expires at the end of this calendar year. For 2012, the tax rate is $3.83 per thousand dollars of assessed value. The owner of a median-priced home will pay approximately $655.00 towards the levy this year. If the voters approve the levy on February 14, 2012, the collection will not begin until April of 2013. QUOTE FOR THE DAY “Life is like a ladder. Every step we take is either up or down.”