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Fine Arts Nights
Course Selections
Dance Team Tryouts
Please continue to send in Box Tops to the library, a teacher or the drop box in the front office. We ac-
April 14-19 from 3:004:30 (acarter@jefcoed.com)
cept all coupons including Campbell’s soup labels. Thank you for your help!
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Fine Arts Night
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Coupon Books are now overdue. Turn in books to the library or $20.
Still Missing a Few Books! Please turn in today!
Breakfast over Books & Chick-Fil-A Cow Course Selection Information
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Volleyball Team Members
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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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Next Book Fair, Band and Art Night! A Night of Fine Arts will take place on Tuesday, April 15, from 5:30 to 6:30 all over the school. Please join us as we peruse the artwork and listen to wonderful music presented by the band along with other offerings at the school!
Fine Arts Night 5:30-6:30
The Book Fair will also be open from 5:30 to 6:30. We hope to see you there!
Congratulations to New Volleyball Team Members Congratulations to the following students for making the volleyball team: Taryn Bilberry Cierra Bugai Allomeshia Brown Emma Keating
Skylar Pickens Meghan Santiago Yasmine Smith Amanda Stanley Keiana Wilson
Alexis King
Yasminye Langford
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 Tryouts for GEMS is this week: Any 6th or 7th grade girls whose parents attended the April 10th meeting are welcome to try out for GEMS. 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.
Course Selections
Ninth Grade Course Selections scheduled for April 21st Incoming 6th Graders Visit scheduled for April 21st 10:40 12:15 SVHS Parent Night for Incoming 9th graders scheduled for April 29 @ 6:30pm
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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Lunch Menu for April 14-18 Monday: HAMBURGER OR TURKEY & CHEESE WRAP POTATO SALAD CALIFORNIA VEGGIES MIXED GREEN SALAD FRUIT
W/DIPPING SAUCE GREEN BEANS SWEET POTATOES MIXED GREEN SALAD FRUIT
Wednesday:
BBQ SANDWICH OR SLOPPY JO Tuesday: LEMON PEPPER CHICKEN RAW CARROTS & BROCCOLI W/RICE OR CHEESE STICKS BAKED BEANS RICE KRISPY TREAT
FRUIT
Thursday: SPAGHETTI W/ROLL OR BEEF BURRITO MEXICAN BEANS ITALIAN VEGGIES MIXED GREEN SALAD FRUIT
Friday: CHICKEN QUESADILLA OR HAWAIIAN WRAP RAW CARROTS & CELERY STICKS CORN PARMESAN TUSCAN SALAD FRUIT