A new session of Young Rembrandts will begin on Tuesday, April 18th from 3:15 to 4:15PM for students in Grades K through 5.
Cost is $114 for 7 weeks, or $109 with the early bird discount.
Here is the flyer and online enrollment will be available soon.
McCall students did well at the recent Pennsylvania Middle School Computer Fair and Philly TEC Showcase.
Eighth graders entered their Constitution PSAs.
Lucia Layden, Ivan Zeng, and Ada Mac won 2nd prize in the Digital Movie category of the PA Middle School Computer Fair.
Joanna Huang, WenWei Lu, and Remy Milroy won 2nd prize in the Philly TEC Multimedia (6-8) category and Louis Dong, Tina Yang, and Presley Brown won Honorable Mention.
Students in Mr. Brown’s fourth grade won in the Digital Movie (3-5) category for their African American PSAs.
Paul Sobol won 2nd Prize and Jayron Aghdasi won Honorable Mention. Alexa WIlber, Kenedi Pollard and Eric Lin also competed.
Congratulations!
The next meeting of the Philadelphia Home & School Council will be at the Education Center, 440 North Broad Street, Room 1075, at 10 AM on Tuesday, April 4th.
They will discuss the 211 system and how it differs from 311. 211 is a national service with websites as well as chats and Amanda Wanza of Southeast PA will provide more details.
They will also have a speaker from the Pennsylvania safe school advocate, Mr Roi A Ligon, Jr.
The Philadelphia School District is partnering with PCCY to provide FREE dental care available to kids 0 to 18 years old the week of April 10-14 for “Give Kids a Smile” Week! Parents may call PCCY starting March 27 to make appointments for their children.
All kids are welcome – particularly those who do not have insurance or haven’t seen a dentist in over six months. Many generous dental practices in southeast Delaware County, Philadelphia and the Norristown area have created space for over 700 children to secure free care!
For more information, go here or call PCCY at 215-563-5848 x32.
P.S. Volunteers are needed to make Smile Day appointments for kids and to provide language interpretation on Smile Day at the dental offices. To volunteer go to http://bit.ly/2l1RthL.
The most important news and events for the week of March 27 – April 2, 2017:
Starting on April 18th, the younger students who currently rehearse only on Thursdays will practice on Tuesdays as well.
A letter will be sent home this week.
There will be no rehearsal on Early Dismissal Days.
We will have a brief meeting Friday, March 31st at 8:45 AM in the library, for people who are interested in helping solicit auction items, experiences, and sponsorship for Casino Night.
If you can’t make it, but are interested, please email Laurel at president@mccallschool.org.
Your child should have received his/her Art to Remember Order Form. They are due back by Friday, March 31st. You can send a check with your order or preferably, order online!
This fundraiser incorporates your child’s artwork into beautiful gifts for you, your family, and your friends for Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, birthdays, and more!
If you have questions, please contact Sheri at (sherifeinberg4@gmail.com).
Our next Coffee with the Principal/Home & School Association Meeting will take place on Thursday, April 27th at 8:45 AM in the library.
These meetings are a wonderful opportunity to meet other parents and learn about McCall happenings.
Here is information that Ms. McKenna shared about McCall School’s 2017-2018 Budget at the last Coffee with the Principal.
From now until the final show of “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory,” May 13th, 100% of all commission from this trunk show will go directly to McCall’s Drama Club!
Stella & Dot is a boutique-style jewelry and accessories company. Mother’s Day is right around the corner, shop for all the special moms in your life while helping out the Drama Club!
Please shop the party link (https://www.stelladot.com/ts/yg2r6 ) in order to contribute to this wonderful organization.
Please contact Francis Giron at fran.j.giron@gmail.com with any questions.
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