Farquhar Middle School PTA

The PTA has set up an account with Paypal to add a “shopping cart” to our website, which we will call the Online Store. The Store will allow you to pay for membership dues, make a donation, and purchase spirit wear.  There is also a separate link to add your information to the directory all at once. No more writing checks and/or completing tons of paperwork. It is fast, safe and easy.

Check it out.  Click the two links to the left labeled “Online Store” and “Student Directory”.

The LEO Club and the Math Team will hold a competition between grade levels to raise donations for Haiti. The donations will go to the American Red Cross. The grade level with the most coin donations for Haiti will be rewarded. The competition begins Feb. 1. Look for the coin jars at lunch, after school and in the main hallway.

Blake High School is gratefully accepting contributions of the following items for the Blake PTSA Used Book and Media Sale, which will be held on February 19-21, 2010, at 742 Cloverly St. in the Cloverly Shopping Center:

New or gently used books (hardcover and paperback) — fiction, nonfiction, mystery, science fiction, romance, young adult, children’s, cookbooks, history, politics, health, test prep, foreign language, other

Other media — CDs, DVDs, books on tape, videos, comics, manga

Donation opportunities

At the store: Donations may be brought directly to the store on drop-off days, the first of which is scheduled for this coming Saturday, January 30, from 10 to 1. People will be available to unload your car at the curb in front of the store in Cloverly and, on request, give you a donation receipt. Donations may be carried into the store Thursday, January 28, 4-7 pm.

At school: Donations may be brought to the Blake High School main office (300 Norwood Drive, Silver Spring, MD 20905).
For more information, contact Orit at 301-384-3324, 240-460-1534, or oritil@yahoo.com.

Farquhar News for Jan. 27, 2010 posted

Montgomery County parents who wish to request a Change of School Assignment (COSA) for their children from their home school may begin the process during the upcoming transfer season—February 1 through April 1, 2010. http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/forms/335-45.shtm

If you attended and have any feedback about Sherwood High School’s Course Fair and Registration please let me know. I will compile the comments and send them anonymously to Sherwood so that they can make improvements next year.

Amy Matathi
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There were several questions about the STARS program. I looked up the information from last year and found that the information about the program became available at the end of February. I will post it to this Yahoo Group as soon as it is available. The link in this email is no longer valid but this is what the post from last year said:

STARS = Sherwood Transition Academy To Reach Success

STARS is a summer program offered to Sherwood High School incoming 9th grade students. It is a 4 day program offered in July and the first week of August.There is a $40 fee and the deadline is May 22.

To get an application and learn more about the program go to: http://montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/sherwoodhs/documents/stars.pdf

If you have additional questions please contact Renee Brimfield at Sherwood High School

Farquhar News for January 20, 2010 posted.

Farquhar News for January 13, 2010 posted.

Farquhar News for January 06, 2010 posted.

Join us on Wednesday, February 24th for a DELICIOUS fundraiser at Mamma Lucia’s in Olney. Between 5 and 10 pm Mamma Lucia’s will be donating 8% of all sales to Farquhar. AND to make this an even more enticing offer, it just happens to be 1/2 price for bottles of wine that night as well. What better way to be able to say, “I donated to Farquhar” than with a scrumptious meal and a full tummy? It’s not only a no-brainer, it’s good and good FOR you and Farquhar, too! Click to view larger image.

This is a link to the Superintendent’s SSL Award Flyer for this school year. Please note: This award is now given to any student who has documented 75 SSL hours (met the state SSL graduation requirement) by the first Friday in April of a middle school year.

THIS YEAR: (due to the spring break dates) Students have until the second Friday in April (April 9) to get the documentation to you. SSL coordinators have 1 week (until 8:30 am Friday, April 16) to get the hours in the students’ OASIS records. The 2010 Superintendent’s award winners will be pulled from OASIS at central office at 8:30 am, Friday April 16, 2010. Please have all the hours in (For those students who hope to qualify for this award) prior to that time. Meeting the state SSL requirement by April of a Middle School year is the only systemwide award for middle school students at this time.

FOR FUTURE YEARS:
• all documentation for the Sup’s award must be in to the SSL coordinator by the last Friday in March of a middle school year.
• SSL coordinators will have until the next Friday (one week) to enter hours in the record so the names of qualified students can be pulled at 8:30 am on the first Friday in April.