Announcements for Monday, February 27, 2012

1.       Today’s lunch is pulled pork sandwich on a kaiser roll, assorted fruits and vegetables, and low-fat white or chocolate milk.

 

2.       Due to the ½ days this week on Wednesday & Thursday, there are no after school activities Wednesday or Thursday. There will be no 5/6 shuttle bus.

 

3.       If you would like to be a Conestoga Football or Basketball Cheerleader for the 2012-2013 school year, then plan on coming to our practice days.  The practice days are Monday, March 19^th and Tuesday, March 20^th from 7:30-8:45 in the Valley Forge Middle School cafeteria.  The Try-out Days are Monday, March 26^th and Tuesday, March 27^th beginning at 5:30.  You MUST attend BOTH practice sessions in order to be eligible to try-out.  Practices will be held in the Valley Forge Middle School Cafeteria.  More detailed information will be given at the first practice session.  Hope to see you there.

 

4.       All wrestlers please return your clean uniforms to the Main Office by Wednesday

 

5.       The What A Life committee hopes that you have taken a minute to look at the bulletin board in the cafeteria. Many students have written in with situations that have challenged their personal integrity, and many fellow students have responded with creative and helpful solutions.
A summary of these exchanges is posted on the bulletin board.  You will notice that many students suggested talking about tricky situations with a teacher or another trusted adult, which is appropriate.  In situations where students noticed a peer behaving poorly, many students who wrote in suggested confronting the peer directly and asking them why they had behaved that way.  This can also be an effective strategy, and many students said that if you stood up to the peer who was acting poorly and stayed strong to what you believe, then others would also.  It takes one person to start.
For the next month What A Life will be focusing on Academic Integrity, which just means doing your school work honestly and independently.  
And get excited for next week, there will be a Survey Contest where you can win gift cards from ITunes, Handles, and more.
Integrity quote this week comes from Winston Churchill who was British prime minister twice and the first person to be made an Honorary Citizen of the United States.
“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen”

 

6.       8^th grade boys’ basketball team, please turn-in your basketball uniform by Wednesday 29^th