Please remember that we are administering the Terra Nova Standardized Tests this week in grades 3-8. While this is not an assessment that can be studied for, it is helpful if students get a good night's rest and eat a good breakfast in the morning. If for some reason your child misses the chance to eat before coming to school, we do have breakfast available all week in the cafeteria for $1.00. If they forget their money they may still get a breakfast and bring their dollar the next day. Research has proven that students who eat do better in school and we want to offer our students the opportunity to do their best on the testing. Students who are absent due to illness will have an opportunity to make up the test. Our testing schedule is done in the mornings so please do not take your child out of school for appointments, workshops at other schools, etc. It is also important that students be on time as we cannot admit them to a classroom that has already started testing.

The Holiday Bazaar is fast approaching! We are looking for all types of donations for the Chinese Raffle/Silent Auction. In the past, we have had several families donate wonderful things such as handmade items, sporting event tickets, electronics and spirit wear, etc. If you or someone you know is interested in making a donation, please contact Cathey Pangborn (cpangborn@cs3technolgy.com) at 740-522-1331 or Marcy Wamer (mwamer@laca.org) at 740-364-1658. Thank you in advance for your generous support.

Many thanks to our PTA chairs Brooke McKenna, Mary Beth Musgrave, and Laura Reed for all their work in getting the St. Francis Drive off the ground. It is not too late to donate! Please check the PTA website.

We also want to thank Christy Annarino for chairing the Spaghetti Dinner and John Pressey for cooking on Saturday. Unfortunately less than 30 people attended the free dinner. It is discouraging when a group works so hard to plan community type events for our families and the participation is so low. Please consider supporting PTA events in the future. The funds raised by the PTA are much needed in providing assemblies, Religion curriculum items, technology, and lots of other things for our students!

Tomorrow look for the instructions to schedule your parent teacher conferences!