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Dear Parents,
We are about to end the first six weeks and school is going very well. Please remember that there are many wonderful athletes playing on our Downing teams and football and volleyball are well underway. The games are fun, exciting and inexpensive. What a great combination! Please remember to call if you have questions or concerns! The following notice was shared with me by a concerned parent. I do not know if this has been a problem in our area, but knowledge is powerful and it is always better to be safe than sorry. We will work together to keep our kids safe.
Lisa Lingren
NEWSFLASH!!!
New drug in Schools...
Please pass this on even if you do not have kids in school. Parents should know about this killer drug.
Grandparents, send it to your familys and friends.
This is a new drug known as 'strawberry quick '.
There is a very scary thing going on in the schools right now that we all need to be aware of.
There is a type of crystal meth going around that looks like strawberry pop rocks (the candy t hat sizzles and 'pops' in your mouth). It also smells like strawberry and it is being handed out to kids in school yards. They are calling it strawberry meth or strawberry quick.
Kids are ingesting this thinking that it is candy and being rushed off to the hospital in dire condition. It also comes in chocolate, peanut butter, cola, cherry, grape and orange.
Please instruct your children not to accept candy from strangers and even not to accept candy that looks like this from a friend (who may have been given it and believe d it is candy) and to take any that they may have to a teacher, principal, etc. immediately.
Pass this email on to as many people as you can (even if they don't have kids) so that we can raise awareness and hopefully prevent any tragedies from occurring.
Click on the link below, it is very informative!! Us Parents need to know this!!
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,271215,00.html
Drop off and pick up policy for dances:
We always keep the front doors locked for these dances so the drop off and pick up spot is the loops by the breezeway connecting the gym to the cafeteria.
We do expect if the students come to the dance that they stay at the dance until the end time, unless a parent comes into the dance and picks them up. Please be ready to show a form of identification and only send someone to pick up that is a legal guadian or on the list of approved people on the student information form. If your child is going to leave early with someone other than their parents, prior to the end of activity, they will need a note from home authorizing the pick up. At the end of the dance, we will release all the students just like we do at the end of the school day and if they have plans to go home with someone other that their parents we will not require a note. We do not allow students to walk home from evening activities for their own safety.
We enjoy having your children here for these after hours events. Please feel free to email any questions you make have.
Upcoming Calendar Dates:
10/3 Band practice marathon
10/4 Volleyball Season Tournament@ Hebron
10/4 District Orchestra Auditions
10/9 Choir Dress Rehearsal at MHS 10-2pm
10/9 Choir Cluster Concert @ MHS 7:30pm
10/10 Report Cards go home
10/11 District Choir Auditions
10/11 Band Car Wash at Kroger
10/18 Band trip to UIL Marching Contest
10/18 Regional Orchestra Auditions
10/21 Orch. Concert 7-8pm
10/23 Brad Burns to come to visit 7th grade
10/24 Stuco Dance 7-9pm
10/24 Choir All District Clinic and Concert @ TCHS
10/24 Progress Reports go home
10/25 All district Band Auditions @ Arbor Creek
10/27-31 Red Ribbon Week
10/28 180 degree program for Parents (evening)
10/30-31 180 degree program for 6 grade
10/31 Happy Halloween, Be safe!
11/1 Choir All Region Auditions
11/3-6 180 degree program for 7/8 grades
We are in the beginning stages of implementing a program called Safe and Civil Schools. This is a collaborative program that works with the students, parents and staff to be more proactive with policies and teaching expectations, than reactive when students fail to meet expectations. We are so excited about this and we will need parents help!For more information about Safe and Civil Schools go to:
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