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Volume 3 - Issue
27 - April 11, 2005 |
Governing
Board Meeting Preview
At
tomorrow night’s Governing Board meeting, the Board
will take action on revisions to the official District
calendar and on the Certified Meet & Confer
Agreement for the 2005-2006 year.
You
can view the KEA’s official record of the Meet and
Confer proceedings online.
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Pest
Management Practices
It
is time once again to be on the lookout for bees. Due to
the winter rains and the rising temperatures, we are
expecting the calls for bee swarms to increase. At this
time, our calls for swarming bees have doubled. The
Facilities Department is prepared to take care of these
bee swarms immediately. If you experience a swarm of
bees at your site there are some steps to follow. First,
remove all students from the area. Secondly, identify
the area by using caution tape or traffic cones. Lastly,
call the Facilities office at x4200, so we can dispatch
someone immediately. Do not call 911 unless the bees are
aggressive and attacking individuals. For more
information visit the Facilities
Services Web page or contact Roy
Morris at the Facilities office.
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Annual
Employee Appreciation Reception
Please mark your calendars for Wednesday, May 18,
from 4-5:30 p.m. to honor our valued employees who are
either retiring or reaching a milestone year of 15, 20,
25, or 30 years with the District. We will be
celebrating their contribution to Kyrene in the MPR at
Manitas Elementary School.
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Retirement
Celebrations
If you
are organizing a retirement celebrations for a Kyrene
staff member who is retiring, and would like to share
this information throughout Kyrene, feel free to send
the information regarding the celebration to Johnny
Cruz via e-mail. Announcements regarding upcoming
retirement celebrations will be published in upcoming
editions of the Insider.
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Sureño Staff Honoring Pat Tillman
Forty-two
Kyrene del Sureño staff members and their families are
honoring the late Pat Tillman by participating in the
first annual Pat’s Run event in downtown Tempe. Pat
Tillman, former ASU Sun Devil and Arizona Cardinal, died
during military service in Afghanistan. A longtime
volunteer at Sureño, Tillman read to students, helped
them write in journals, and visited many kindergarten
classrooms. The Sureño school community is proud to
honor Pat Tillman through their participation in Pat’s
Run.
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Kyrene Kids
Club: One Week Left to Receive Priority
Registration
There is one week left to receive priority registration for
Kyrene Kids Club Summer Adventure 2005 and 2005-2006
school year programs. If you're interested in
taking advantage of this great program, please remember
to register at a Kids Club program site or the Customer
Service Center (at the District Office) before April 15th.
Registration will be open to new families beginning at
the Super Saturday Registration on April 23. Remember
that Kyrene Kids Club will be offering childcare with
no monthly tuition charge to Kyrene School District
employees, including:
-childcare before and/or after school at
any Kyrene Kids Club school-age program (program
offerings vary per site, so please check for details)
-childcare on Staff Development Day for
school-age children
Kyrene
Kids Club will continue to offer the employee 20 percent
discount for all Early Learning Center programs (infant,
toddler, 3 and 4-year-old programs). If you have any
questions or would like a registration packet, please
contact Jane Cicotte
at x4039 or Terry
Rodriguez at x4096.
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Benefits
Open Enrollment
Benefits
Open Enrollment will take place from May 1st through May
31st. For the first time, benefits packets will be
mailed to your home address. If you have not updated
your home address with Sheryl
Halliburton in Human Resources please do so as
soon as possible. We are pleased to announce
that your benefits enrollment may be done online this
year, watch for details to come!
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Kyrene
Promotional Video
Thank
you to those who have already responded with ideas
regarding the Kyrene promotional video. Communications
is working with a videographer for the production
of a video that will highlight schools, programs,
students, etc. Brief video shoots and interviews are
being scheduled between now and the end of the school
year. If you have specific classrooms, programs,
activities, or individuals that you recommend appear in
the video -- or if you have existing video footage that
could be used -- please contact Johnny
Cruz at x4174.
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Highly
Qualified Coursework and Workshops
Individuals
who indicated that they are not Highly Qualified in
their content area received an e-mail on Friday, April
1st outlining summer professional development
opportunities and coursework for which they could
register. The three workshops listed in the attached
document are currently open to individuals needing hours
to become Highly Qualified, and then will be open to all
Kyrene teachers and administrators beginning Thursday,
April 7. Each of these workshops
will count for 5 points on the Highly Qualified rubric
under Professional Development Activities related to the
content area. Any content area teacher can use this
workshop to become Highly
Qualified. Please sign up for these workshops on
the PGO Web page.
In
addition, there are a limited
number of vouchers and seats available through Rio
Salado College and Heinemann for individuals who need to
become Highly Qualified in their content area. If you
are interested in a class, contact Margie
Lombardi at x4128 in the Curriculum and Assessment
Department by April 15. For more information regarding
these courses, please click on the links for Free
Highly Qualified Coursework or Summer
Opportunities.
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Centennial
Music Performances
Congratulations
to Centennial 6th Grade choir students who participated
in the ChoDA Festival Saturday. The Centennial Choral
Program is under the direction of Anna Branigan-Sweeney.
Centennial Middle School's Sabercat Band students
recently participated in the Aboda Festival today. This
advanced 8th grade band is under the direction of John
Pitner and Brian Wilson.
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Arizona
State Retirement System Newsletter
Attached
is the latest edition of the Arizona State Retirement
System newsletter.
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