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(Thursday) March 4, 2010
Happy Birthday to…The ACPS Daily Digest, turning one year old today!! Thanks to our loyal subscribers for your many kind and helpful comments. Keep reading, and remember, in the words of legendary Notre Dame Coach Knute Rockne (born on this date in 1888), “One man practicing sportsmanship is better than a hundred teaching it.”
Bell Changes
Starting Monday, March 8, the bell schedules at both T.C. Williams High School campuses will be revised to incorporate the 30 minutes of instructional time added daily to make up for instructional time lost during the recent snow days. View the complete schedules online at
http://www.acps.k12.va.us/tcw/bell-schedule.pdf
Turn The Page!
It’s not too late to join a book discussion group and talk about “NurtureShock: New Thinking about Children” by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman, the featured book in the Alexandria PTA Council’s “Turn the Page” community reading event. Visit www.acps.k12.va.us/ptac/read for an up-to-date list of meeting times and places. SAVE THE DATE: Plan to attend a lecture by co-author Ashley Merryman at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, March 8, at T.C. Williams High School, 3330 King St., Alexandria. Ms. Merryman will be available to sign books after the presentation.
Odyssey Of The Mind
Three student teams will represent Alexandria City Public Schools (ACPS) at the Region 8 Odyssey of the Mind competition to be held on Saturday, March 6, at West Potomac High School, 6500 Quander Road, Alexandria. Two teams from Matthew Maury Elementary School and one team from Francis C. Hammond Middle School will compete. Read more at http://www.acps.k12.va.us/news2010/nr2010030401.php .