Dear Staff,
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| Dad's dogtags he wore into battle on Day 1 of Iwo Jima, his Purple Heart for his combat injury and his favorite Marine Corps mascot statue that sat on his end table next to his favorite chair for years. Semper Fi. Never forget. |
We know many of you are also thinking of family members presently serving in the military or those who served in the military, as well as those brave Americans who gave the ultimate sacrifice or are Wounded Warriors, still living the physical or psychological effects of combat.
If you have never watched the National Memorial Day Concert from Washington DC shown on Sunday night before Memorial Day, please take time to watch it or clips from it. Hosted by Joe Mantegna and Gary Sinise, the real-world stories of our everyday soldiers and their families are amazing.
The freedoms we enjoy and teach our students are not free. It is the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, and the Greatest Generation ever is almost gone, the remaining members well into their 90's now. It is up to us to teach our children the sacrifices of all of military personnel, past, present and future.
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| Marisol on her first Memorial Day! |
This Week:
Much thanks to all of you who made the seniors last week go smoothly. Thanks also to those of you who traveled to Cedar Point with our seniors, and a special thanks to Diane Murphy and Michael Cook for organizing the trip!
Seniors are finishing exams Tuesday- Thursday. Again-- please let us know if a senior is failing or will fail your course.
Wednesday: Mandatory graduation practice for all seniors participating in graduation. 1 PM in aux gym.
We have many banquets this week and some of our teams are still in competition, including Track and Boys LAX. Boys LAX faces Liberty Wednesday as tourney play continues.
Wednesday: Please send the names of Juniors and Seniors who have D's and F's to Colleen Bender in attendance so we know who is required to stay for exam week in its entirety. We know exam week is a little different this time with PARCC exams exempting exams for 9th and 10th graders and in Gov for Juniors. We will do the best job we can in tracking who is supposed to be here but truly do not want this to be a stressor for you. Just do the best you can in communicating to students what exams they are exempt in and we will go from there. All students who took the AP or IB test and PARCC exams are exempt in those subjects.
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| Congrats to proud Mom Lori-- Brad and Carly both are District Champs in the 3200, each lapping other competitors in the race and winning with big leads! Good luck in Regionals! |
Thursday: End of Senior Exams and the start of Underclassmen Exams. Exam bell schedule. Periods 1-2 exams
Friday: Period 3-4 Exams. Also Staff Luncheon sponsored by PTO starting at 1 PM. We are moving this from the last day of school to accommodate our retiring staff members whose last day is Friday, May 29. We will say goodbye to Elenita Irwin, Robert Durrett, Kelly Snyder and Peggy Russell. We have also invited back Terri Hazucha but am uncertain if she can attend. We would like the entire staff to join this end-of-the-year luncheon.
Saturday: Graduation 4 PM at the Schott. Much thanks to all of you who have volunteered to work Graduation-- one of our largest turnouts! Thanks so much! All who work can leave early on June 2. We truly appreciate your work prior to the ceremony as well as supporting our students and parents in this historic family event.
Monday, June 1: Periods 5-6 exams.
June 2: Period 7 Exam. Last Day for students and staff.
June 3: All grades due complete and accurate by 4 PM. Classified Recognition Breakfast 7 AM Scioto.
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| Graphic courtesy @Edutopia via Twitter. |
Thanks for making a difference every day for our students, parents, other staff, and for me.
Have a great week!
Cathy
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