Wednesday, May 3, 2023

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Today is an A Day.

Happy Star Wars Day.  May the Fourth be with you!

From Ms. Dunbar:Attention all Garden Club members: We will finally have another good-weather Friday this week! Please join us in the garden so that we can continue prepping soil for planting. There will also be some flower bulbs and seeds to plant this week. Join us!

From Ms. Campbell and Ms. Mills-Mirick.To all students and TA teachers.iPads must be at an iOS of at least 16 by this point in the year to ensure they will function properly for SOL testing.  You must update your iPads if needed.  Go to Settings/General/Software Update.  Tap install now.  Your iPad needs to be fully charged to run the update.  Thanks This is a message from Jocelyn Hernandez-Santos and Jasmine Juarez Montano, please donate to the Arlington Clothesline for summer clothes, items that come in cannot be damaged, worn out, or stained. The last day to donate is May 5, we appreciate those who donated, there are boxes located in front of the main office and one downstairs in the 8th grade doors, thank you. There will be Kingdom Talk today in Senora Ferrara’s room form 2:40-3:40. Can’t wait to see you there!

From Ms. Tyler:Don’t forget there is Jazz Band today after school from 2:40 to 4 o’clock From Mr. Banach:Attention all Band, Orchestra, and Chorus students:Please bring your Spring Trip Forms and Money to the theatre lobby immediately after morning announcements.

From Roxana, Daniela, and Selena:Please donate food on the boxes around the school for our community project.Hi! I’m Sabrina Yimer.  Just a couple days ago was the last day of April. Along with April’s many titles; Arab American Awareness month, Autism Awareness Month and many more, April is also National Child Abuse Prevention month. Child abuse, whether physical or sexual is a serious issue that has been often ignored and has been a large big contributor to mental health issues such as depression, bipolar disorder and suicidal attempts. Helps support the cause to prevent child abuse by bringing your money and buying baked goods today at the end of the day. All revenue will go to Families Forward Virginia, a nonprofit organization that works towards stopping child abuse, neglect and poverty within Virginia.

From Lucas Retzke:Attention all students:Do you want to support dogs in your community? Donate dog food by the main office, through Thursday, to help support man’s best friend.  This supports an 8th grade community project.  Rocco Kramer, Jordi Umana, and Caio MC are starting a food drive to combat food insecurity in the Arlington area. All foods will be donated to the Arlington Food Assistance Center. Please bring in non-perishables like canned veggies, beans, and cereals and donate them to the buckets today. The buckets are located in the back end of the eighth grade hallway; if you have trouble finding them ask the front office.Please donate, Thank you so much!!!!

Now here’s a special announcement:Hi, we are a group of students, Edom Bedane, Oleg Kaitov, and Yeabsira Bekele. For our community project, we are talking about homelessness in Arlington, and we wanted to donate to PathForward, formerly A-SPAN, which is a shelter for homeless people, to help the homeless people.  In order to do that, we need your help. On Monday, you will notice boxes around the school labeled “Donate here to PathForward” either with a label “Books” or “Clothes”.  Could you please donate any books to the boxes labeled “Books”. This will then be given to PathForward for their library.  Could you please donate formal or casual adult clothes to the boxes labeled “Clothes”, preferably formal clothes. Also, if you can, please donate white socks. And please, do not donate underwear or bras. These will then be given to PathForward’s clothing storage.  The boxes will be there for one week from May 1st – May 5th.  Please bring to the school what you can to donate.  There will also be posters around the school.  Thank you very much!

From Preontee Barua:Please donate to the boxes around the school with canned food and cereal, make sure they are not expired or opened. The food raised in this food drive is going straight to AFAC to help those in need of food.  Thank you!

From Ms. Wall and Ms. Z:Students—if you remembered your overdue library books today, please come return them to the Library after announcements!

From Ms. Wall and Ms Rosegrant…and probably every teacher in this school:Please check your Canvas messages and Announcements every day!  Important information is sent to you through Canvas, and you need to know what is happening!Have you checked Canvas yet today?