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CHANDLER UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT May 26: Memorial Day holiday; no school May 28: High school graduation; last day of school; fourth quarter ends May 29: Teacher in-service workday; no school
Carlson Champions Help wanted – PTO is seeking chairpersons for next year’s committees. If interested, fill out the form provided in the Monday Morning Message, indicating position of interest. —Lora Robinson
CTA-Independence Hawks Save the dates – Student Council Yearbook Stomp is 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 22. Students are invited to bring anything from their yearbooks to their class T-shirts to homemade memory books to have signed by their friends. Thanks due – Thanks to all the wonderful, supportive parents of CTA-Independence. Through purchases during the month of March at Costco, nine cases of copy paper were donated to the school. Thanks also to Amanda Chandler and the PTO board for organizing a wonderful Spring Fling, and to Dad’s Club, room parents and volunteers for helping
the event run smoothly. More than $18,000 was raised, which will be used for instructional materials, equipment, grants for classroom funding, library, music, P.E. programs and more. Calendar May 28: Sixth Grade Clap Out; last day of school. —Wendi Olson
Haley Tigers Music notes – Haley third graders recently performed a multicultural music concert, “I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing,” at the school wide Celebration of Learning. All thirdgrade students participated, singing, playing instruments and dancing. Earth Day – For Earth Day, preschool Tigers talked about ways they could help Earth by reducing, recycling and reusing items. As a class project, students used imagination in reusing something they were planning to recycle or throw away. Kids brought in homemade binoculars, bird feeders, animals, pencil holders and more, and presented them to their peers. Sporting chance – The new Chandler Sports League, consisting of four Chandler schools with a total of six teams, recently competed in its final game. Haley’s two teams are ranked first and second in the league. —Stephanie Vatistas
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Creative classrooms – Hancock is the recipient of a matching grant of $2,000 from the Arizona Commission on the Arts, including funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, for an all-school Artist in Residence program that began earlier this spring. Extracurricular tax credit donations from parents also helped provide funding. Award-winning artist, author and university professor Stella Pope Duarte has been guiding students through the art of creative writing. The program culminated in a combined Art Walk and Classroom Creative Writing Performance event held at the school. —Andrea Dickson
Hull Heroes Warm welcome – Welcome to new PTO officers Peg Linge, Heather Henry and Shelly Warren. Thanks due – Thanks to Hull’s PTO, faculty, staff, students and teachers for celebrating World Autism Day with Light It Up Blue. Thanks also to all the outgoing PTO officers, committee leads, Art Masterpiece coordinators, Junior Achievement volunteers and all volunteers. Reading success – Hull PTO and students raised almost $2,395 at the recent Read-a-Thon, recording more than 37,860 minutes. Kudos – Congrats to AAA award winners Jorge Garfio, custodian; Jessy
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Calendar May 23: Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast, 7:30 a.m. Media Center; third grade’s 2,000 reading minutes ice cream party; fourth grade Grand Canyon trip. May 28: Kindergarten graduation, 9:30 a.m.; Sixth Grade Clap Out, end of day; last day of school. May 30: Kindergarten testing. —Lalitha Krishnan
Jacobson Jets Kudos – Fourth graders Grace Mao, of Mrs. McNeeley’s class, and Daniella Cervantes, of Ms. Banda’s class, were recently honored as two of 19 winners in the City of Chandler’s 11th annual Environmental Art Contest. They were recognized for their effort and commitment to the environment. —Tammy Raschke
Tarwater Toros Kindie class notes – Every kindergarten student gets his or her own caterpillar for the science study of life cycles. Students will observe the stages and report findings in science journals. Students also recently enjoyed a field trip to
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