Eighth Grade Picture Day will be held on Thursday, January 19th in the Auditorium at 9:00 AM. Students are not required to wear their school uniforms and are encouraged to “dress your best.”

Money must accompany the order form sent home last week, and be brought to the camera.

Online ordering is encouraged and easy at mylifetouch.com with ID:
JL456536Q0 (last digit is zero).

Please read the order form carefully and please contact Frank Schaffer at fgsgems@gmail.com with any problems.

The most important news and events for the week of January 9-15, 2017

• Cases of flu are on the rise! Read Nurse Benjamin’s note here.
• The next Coffee with the Principal/ HSA Meeting will be on January 24th at 8:40Am
• The Chinese New Year Party will be on Friday, February 10th, 3:30-5:30.
• Please make sure all your clearances are up to date if you wish to volunteer at McCall. See details here.
• The School District has released the calendars for the academic years 2017-2018, as well as 2018-2019.
• Caviar, a restaurant delivery service, is running a special promotion for McCall until Jan 15th!
• Save the date for Casino Night!
• Our Fundraising Campaign is ongoing.

Don’t let the cold weather keep you from eating out! Order your favorite restaurant meal from Caviar and get FREE delivery right to your door – and McCall gets 10%!

New customers get $10 Off $40 orders and FREE delivery. Offer is valid now through January 15^th.

Code: 2017

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The School District has released the calendars for the academic year 2017-2018, as well as 2018-2019.

Our next Coffee with the Principal/Home & School Association Meeting will take place on Tuesday, January 24th at 8:40 AM in the library.

These meetings are a wonderful opportunity to hear from Ms. McKenna, meet other parents, and learn about McCall happenings.

All parents volunteering in classrooms or volunteering in after school clubs or activities must have clearances on file with the school. This includes chaperoning a field trip. Clearances are free to obtain for volunteers.

There are 3 required components:

• You will need to obtain a free Criminal Record Check
• You will also need to obtain a free  Child Abuse History Clearance.
• If you have lived in Pennsylvania for 10 years or more, you may sign a waiver stating that and avoid being fingerprinted. If you have lived in Pennsylvania for less than 10 years, you will need to obtain fingerprints from Cogent. There is a cost of around $25 for this.

All clearances are valid for 5 years. Please turn in copies of your clearances to the office as soon as you receive them.

As of now, volunteers without clearances will not be able to volunteer in the building until all of their clearances are updated.

Please contact Nurse Benjamin at rbenjamin@philasd.org or Ms. Asto at eawalls@philasd.org if you are unsure if your clearances are up to date.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation in this matter.

Please join us as at our annual Chinese New Year‘s Celebration on Friday, February 10th from 3:30 to 5:00 PM in the gym.

Flyers have been distributed.

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.

For questions, please contact Yu Hong Chen at yuhongchen99@yahoo.com.

Nurse Benjamin reports that cases of flu are on the rise in our area. Other respiratory viruses are also being reported in great numbers.

Please remind your children to cough and sneeze into their sleeves.

Frequent hand washing is very important, not all viruses are killed by hand sanitizer.

Wipe down desks, keyboards, doorknobs, phones, etc. more frequently.

Get plenty of rest and eat healthy foods!

Thank you for your participation in this month’s Dress Down Day last week.

Ms. Walsh’s class, Room 1, is again the winner!!