34 May 5 – 18, 2012 CHANDLER UNIFIED
SCHOOL DISTRICT May 28: Memorial Day holiday; no school May 30: High school graduation; last day of school
BASHA BOBCATS
Music notes – Basha’s fourth-graders will perform at the Chandler Centennial Celebration at 5 p.m. Thu., May 17 at the new City Hall Complex in downtown Chandler. The performance will feature many of the songs they performed at Basha’s Arizona Centennial Celebration in February. Save the dates – Mon., May 28 is Memorial Day and a day off from school. The last day of classes is Wed., May 30. Heat wave – With the weather
heating up, students should be coming to school with water and sunscreen. Good luck – Basha’s staff and students wish Mr. Wise, Mrs. Dillard, Mrs. Estes and Mr. Falconer good luck. All four are retiring at the end of the school year; they will be missed. —Kevin Rolfe
CTA-INDEPENDENCE HAWKS PTO parents – Nomination forms
are currently being accepted for next year’s PTO board. Anyone who wants to be considered can submit a form to the front office by May 11. Elections will be held at the PTO meeting at 3:45 p.m. May 18. Teacher thanks – Teacher
Appreciation Week, May 7 through 11, is an opportunity to show teachers gratitude for all their hard work. Happy
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Teacher Appreciation Week to all the teachers at CTA-Independence. High honors – Congrats to CTA’s Apple Achievement Award winners Rebeca Menaghan, Tim Budworth and Michael Leung, who will be honored May 16 at Chandler Center for the Arts. Awesome Askins – KNIX-FM
surprised fourth-grade teacher Miss Audrey Askins with the KNIX Teacher of the Week Award, arriving in her classroom to read a letter from the family who nominated her. The radio broadcast will air in May. Field day – Thanks to Coaches Robin
and Tuttle and all the volunteers who helped with field days. Thanks also to parents for sending students with water bottles and sunscreen applied. Students enjoyed being outside for an activity- filled afternoon of fun. Calendar May 9: Kindergarten orientation for
parents, 6-7:30 p.m. May 10: Patriotic Performance, second
grade, 6-7 p.m. May 18: Arizonan Wax Museum,
fourth grade, 1:30 p.m.; PTO General Meeting, 3:45-4:45 p.m. —Wendi Olson
HANCOCK HEAT
Box Tops – Thanks to everyone who turned in box tops this year. So far, more than $3,800 has been raised for Hancock through the box tops program. Box tops can be sent in any time to teachers or dropped off in the collection box over the summer. Families can continue to collect box tops over the summer for another
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BUDDING ARTISTS: Hancock fourth-graders Emily Jacoby, Katie Lien and Lauren Kubricky are winners in the ninth annual City of Chandler Environmental Art Contest. Their drawings will be part of the City of Chandler’s environmental issues advertising campaign. Submitted photo
classroom collection contest in the fall. Tree time – Girl Scout Daisy Troop 44 planted a tree on Hancock’s campus recently to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Girl Scouts. Thanks to troop members Lana Ambrose, Emily Anderson, Kirsten Buelt, Hailey Farran, Isabella Haggard, Gracie Halter, Alexa Hanson, Reese Littell, Violet Lliteras, Isa Mullen, Sofia Mullen, Kathryn Murphy, Haiden Shimkus, Sophia Wolpinsky, Madison Bougneit and Caleigh Burns for helping to beautify the Hancock campus.
Kindie class – Hancock offers an
accelerated class for kindergartners ready for a challenge during the 2012-13 school year. Parents may come in and register their child for next year, with the child’s birth certificate, immunization records and proof of address. Incoming kindergarten students are invited to a story time at 9 a.m. or 12:30 p.m. Fri., May 11 in the Media Center, where Mrs. Hull will read a story to students.
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Calendar May 9: Band and orchestra concert,
6 p.m. May 17: Volunteer Appreciation Lunch —Suzanne Incorvaia
JACOBSON JETS Word whizzes – The Library
congratulates all of Jacobson’s super Jet readers. This year third- through sixth-graders in the Millionaire Club and kindergartners and first-graders who have earned their dog tags by May 11 will be invited to go on the AR Movie Day fieldtrip to Pollack Theater. Box tops – Box tops will be collected
Fri., May 11. Calendar May 7-11: Teacher Appreciation Week —Susan Hegarty, Katie Perry
TARWATER TOROS
Class notes – Each sixth-grader is finishing out the year by choosing a country and writing a report on it, researching government, education, economy, culture, geography, history, religion, sports, popular foods, traditional dress and more. Students will make maps, graphs and timelines and present their findings at a World Fair May 18 to visiting classrooms and parents. Famous footnotes – Fourth-graders
are celebrating Arizona history by studying famous people. Each student will research a famous person, write a first-person biography and present their biography at their class wax museum. Thanks due – Kindergarten Rodeo was a huge success. Thanks to Tarwater
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