ACPS Daily Digest For Jan. 28, 2010

(Thursday) January 28, 2010

If late January’s fickle weather has you confused, heed these words of Anton Chekov: “People don’t notice whether it’s winter or summer when they’re happy.”

Orientation Tonight
The T.C. Williams High School Orientation Night for 10th, 11th and 12th grades will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 tonight in the cafeteria and auditorium at the King Street Campus. Parents, students and guardians are invited to attend. Read more at http://www.acps.k12.va.us/news2010/nr2010011303.php .

Work Session Tonight
The Alexandria City School Board will hold a FY2011 Budget Work Session at 7 tonight in the Third Floor Training Room at 2000 North Beauregard St., Alexandria. For more information, please contact Rosemary Webb, Clerk of the Board, at 703-824-6614.

Turn The Page
A discussion group schedule and discussion questions now are posted on the Alexandria PTA Council’s “Turn the Page” Web page, devoted to the second annual community reading event. The featured book for the 2010 program is “NurtureShock: New Thinking about Children” by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman. “Turn the Page” is designed to encourage parents, teachers and community members from across the city to join together to read and discuss books related to the future of education. Visit www.acps.k12.va.us/ptac/read for the latest information.

Parker-Gray Game
The Third Annual Parker-Gray Memorial Basketball Game will be played on Monday, Feb. 1, at 6 p.m. on the Earl Lloyd Court at T. C. Williams High School, 3330 King St., Alexandria. The date marks the third attempt this season to play the game, which was postponed twice due to snow! As they say, the third time is a charm, and the Boys’ Varsity Basketball Team hopes for a lot of support as it competes against Kecoughtan High School from Hampton, coached by former T.C. Williams head coach Ivan Thomas.
Read more at http://www.acps.k12.va.us/news2010/nr2010012801.php .

Upcoming Meetings
The Alexandria City School Board will hold FY2011 Budget Public Hearings and Work Sessions at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 6, and at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 11. Both meetings will take place in the Board Room at 2000 N. Beauregard St.

If you would like to address the Board, please contact Clerk of the Board Rosemary Webb at 703-824-6614 or rwebb@acps.k12.va.us.

Information about the budget is posted online at www.acps.k12.va.us/budgets/ .

Theatre Audition
Theatre Club LLC – in partnership with the City of Alexandria’s Human Rights Commission, the Alexandria Black History Museum, the Department of Recreation, Parks and Cultural Activities, Office of the Arts, and the Alexandria Commission for the Arts – announces open auditions for the stage production of “The Rose that Grew from Concrete.” Auditions, open to high-school students ages of 14 to 18, will take place from 6 to 9 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 3, at Charles Houston Recreation Center, 905 Wythe St. Read more at http://www.acps.k12.va.us/news2010/nr2010012802.php .

Calendar
Check out all the latest happenings, from PTA meetings to school assemblies, listed in the ACPS online calendar at http://www.acps.k12.va.us/events/ .

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