Reflections Ceremony: The Arlington County Council of PTA’s (CCPTA) will host a countywide ceremony at 7:00 p.m. preceded by a reception at 6:30 on Thursday, January 17, 2013, in the Washington-Lee High School auditorium to honor Arlington’s PTA Reflections contest participants who prepared winning entries in six categories on the theme “The Magic of A Moment.” (A SNOW DATE WILL BE ANNOUNCED IF NEEDED)
Community Presentation: Doorways for Women and Children is a nonprofit organization aimed at assisting women and families out of domestic violence and homelessness. The presenters underscored the prevalence of homelessness among our APS students and illustrated the effects of homelessness and poverty on these students, including decreased performance and increased drop-out rates. The attached presentation (will be sent under separate cover) details many ways the APS community can contribute to Doorways. It was pointed out that since this groups serves children - it is an organization that school age children may be able to identify with and therefore may be interesting partnership for PTAs.
Boundaries: Meg Tuccillo presented on the ongoing process.
Boundary Survey - Arlington Public Schools is conducting a survey of the seven schools (Ashlawn, Glebe, Jamestown, McKinley, Nottingham, Taylor and Tuckahoe) involved in boundary decisions for the new elementary school on the Williamsburg site and other boundary adjustments for those existing schools to address capacity issues.
Budget: The new budget tool is now open to the public - Click here to start using the tool. The deadline to make suggestions is close of business on Fri, Feb. 1.
Social Networking - APS is now on:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/APSVirginia
YouTube: APSVAvideo (www.youtube.com/user/apsvavideo)
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