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April 8: Physicals Day (Make-Up) April 10:
Please continue to send in Box Tops to the library, a teacher or the drop box in the front office. We ac-
Parent Meeting for Dance Team Tryouts
cept all coupons including Campbell’s soup labels. Thank you for your help!
April 14-19 from 3:004:30 (acarter@jefcoed.com)
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Girls in Engineering
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Coupon Books are now overdue. Turn in books
Still Missing a Few Books! Please turn in today!
Breakfast over Books & Chick-Fil-A Cow The Chick-Fil-A Cow will Come to Read! Breakfast over Books is a free “book club”. This is the program’s 8th year! April’s book is Found by Patricia Haddix. The meeting date is in April.
Last formal book club of the year!
Reviews of Found can be found at www.goodreads.com. Check out a copy from the library now and tell your student to join us for a book/ breakfast discussion in the library. E-mail ehester@jefcoed.com for more information.
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Clubs and Tutoring... Tutoring continues in the Library:
Tutors Continue to Offer Great Services to Students!
Shades Valley High School Beta Club Members come Tuesdays and Thursdays to the library for tutoring in the following subjects: Math, Science, English, Social Studies,
Test Studying, Organizing Notebooks. This service is just as important to our students as it is to the tutors. They get service hours for tutoring. Another great bonus is that former IMS students serve as tutors and they know how to help students succeed.
Physicals Athletic physicals will continue on April 8th. Students who previously signed up only please.
UAB Girls in Science and Engineering Join UAB for the 4th annual Girls in Science and Engineering Day on Saturday, April 12. Register online between March 8 and March 29 at www.uab.edu/girlsinscience.
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GEMS Tryouts Any 6th or 7th grade girls who would like to try out for the dance team needs to sign up with Ms. Carter or Ms. Brown. A mandatory parent meeting will be held on Thursday, April 10, at 5:00 p.m. in the cafeteria. Tryouts will take place
over several days from April 14 to April 18 from 3:15 to 4:30. You must have a completed physical in order to try out. Questions? E-mail Ms. Carter for more information at acarter@jefcoed.com.
Volleyball Tryouts Volleyball tryouts will be held April 8th through 10th from 3:15 to 5:00 p.m. Students must have an upto-date physical on file in order to try out. See Ms. Johnson for more information.
Upcoming Softball Games April 11-12, Sylacauga Tournament JV April 17 Leeds 4:30 April 24 @ Vestavia 4:30/6:00 Varsity/JV
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Common Sense Media Looking for guidance on technology, cyber bullying, movies, or books? Check out the information on www.commonsensemedia. org for great information on movies, websites, and apps.
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Did you know that if you have a Gmail account, you have access to Google Drive? Through Google Drive, get access to spreadsheets, Docs, maps, calendars, files, and folders.
All documents can then be accessed from any computer. That eliminates the need for a flashdrive or thumbdrive. Questions? E-mail ehester@jefcoed.com.
Lunch Menu for April 7-11 Monday: Grilled Chicken Sandwich or turkey & Cheese Hoagie French Fries Green Peas Raw Veggies w/ranch Fruit
Tuesday: Crispito or Vegetable Quesadilla
Pinto Beans Raw Veggies W/Ranch Mexican Rice Fruit
Wednesday: Steak Nuggets or Tater Tot Casserole SWEET POTATOES GREEN BEANS WW ROLL FRUIT
Thursday: Tetrazzini W/Roll OR Pepperoni Hot Pocket Italian Veg Pinto Beans Mixed Green Salad Fruit
Friday: Pizza or Hot Dog Northern Beans Raw Carrots W/Ranch Broccoli Mixed Green Salad Baked Chips Fruit
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Congratulations! Congratulations to Trenton Scott for winning the 8th grade t-shirt design contest!
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