The most important news and events for the week of January 29, 2018:

• Pep Rally for the Eagles on Thursday!
• Dress Down Day was RESCHEDULED to Friday, Feb 9th – Celebrate Chinese New Year and Valentine’s Day by wearing red or pink!
• Parent workshops: Supporting Students academically and socially on Feb 13th at 5PM
• The Chinese New Year Party will be on Tuesday, Feb 20th in the gym
• The Tech Lab needs your help!
• Register for Young Rembrandts or Girls on the Run!
• Mark your calendars for McCall’s 6th Annual Gala!
• Support our teachers! Many have updated Amazon wish lists and Donors Choose projects
• Volunteering at McCall: The District’s NEW policy

Our monthly Dress Down Day (wear red/pink) has been RESCHEDULED to Friday, February 9th. 

If participating, please send $1 in and the homeroom teacher will collect the money in the morning.

Participating students earn points toward Blue & Gold Day, McCall’s annual field day in the spring.

Wear Eagles (or green) clothing on THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1ST in support of the Eagles going to the Super Bowl!

On Tuesday, February 13th, the McCall Staff will offer the following workshops: 

• 5:00-5:30: Jupiter Grades (grades 7-8): Mr. Knoflicek (319)
• 5:00-5:30: Supporting Academics at Home (grades 5-6): Ms. Bottaro (326)
• 5:00-5:30: Technology Use at Home (grades 5-8): Ms. Smith (219)
• 5:00-6:00: Academic Support at Home (grades K-4): Ms. Cliggett (Chinese) (327B)
• 5:00-6:00: Supporting Academics at Home (to include homework and testing information) (grades K-4): Ms. Hantman and Ms. Morris (210)

• 6:00-6:30: Technology Use at Home (grades K-4): Ms. Smith (219)
• 6:00-7:00: What Is Bullying and How To Counter It (grades K-4): Ms. Hantman and Ms. Morris (210)

• 5:30-7:00: Cyber Bullying and How To Counter It (grades 5-8): Richard Guerry (guest speaker)

Biography on Guest Speaker:  http://www.iroc2.org/Internet_safety_speaker

In case you missed the Parent Education Workshops on Tuesday, January 23rd, click HERE to see some of the Handouts!

Thank you, McCall Staff, for implementing these valuable workshops for the parents!

Please join us as at our annual Chinese New Year‘s Celebration on Tuesday, February 20th from 3:30 to 5:00 PM in the gym.

Flyers will be distributed at school.

Admission is $5 per person ($15 maximum per family). Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Donations of Chinese food would be greatly welcomed, as well as clementines, water, and Chinese candy.

If you would like to be involved with the event, please contact co-chairs Alice Chin and Stephanie Grenier-Griffin (secretary@mccallschool.org).

Details to follow.

Student Council will be selling Valentine’s Day Candy Grams during all lunches the week of February 5th.

Grams cost $1 each.

Help Women’s Career Day raise money by buying a RED ENVELOPE!

They will be available for purchase for $1 during all three lunch periods the week of February 12th.

All envelopes include a chocolate coin and fortune. Twelve lucky envelopes contain a surprise!

McCall’s annual Women’s Career Day will be held on Friday, March 23rd from 9 AM to 12:30 PM.  

Volunteers will be invited to coffee and refreshments as well as a light lunch.

If you know any women who have interesting careers and could join in this event, please send their email addresses to Ms. Bottaro (jbottaro@philasd.org) and Ms. Greenberg (lagreenberg@philasd.org).

Beautycounter’s holiday sets are now live! Through the month of October, Paige Wolf will donate 10% of  Beautycountersales to the McCall HSA. Order through www.beautycounter.com/paigewolf and drop Paige a note to let her know it’s for the McCall fundraiser. If you have never tried Beautycounter products, please stop by the McCall HSA general membership meeting on Thursday, 10/18. Paige will have samples for people to test.

Beautycounter筹款活动

早上好！ Beautycounter的假日套装现已上线！到10月份，Paige Wolf将向McCall HSA捐赠10％的Beautycounter销售额。www.beautycounter.com/paigewolf订购，并给Paige一张便条，让她知道这是McCall筹款活动！如果您从未尝试过Beautycounter产品，请在10月18日星期四的McCall HSA会员会议上停止。 Paige将提供样品供人们测试。

Ms. Asto-Walls and Ms. Cliggett held “Understanding the 2018 PSSA” parent workshops on Tuesday, January 23rd, 2018. Below are their presentations:

Asto-Walls女士和Cliggett女士于2018年1月23日星期二举行了“了解2018年PSSA”家长研讨会。以下是他们的演讲：

Ms. Asto-Walls: Understanding the PSSA – 2018

Ms. Asto-Walls: Text-Dependent Analysis Checklist.docx

Ms. Cliggett: 2018 PSSA 中文讲座.pptx