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Important School Calendar News!
Please note the first day of school is Tuesday, September 7 for all schools in the district. School will be open on Tuesday, 9/7, and Wednesday, 9/8, and closed for Rosh Hashanah on Thursday, 9/9, and Friday, 9/10. Classes resume Monday, 9/13. The next holiday/school closing will be Monday, 10/11, which is Columbus Day.
The 2010-2011 district calendar will be sent home with students the first week of school. To view a copy of it, click here. Please note there is an error on the printed version of the calendar that students will receive: Holiday Recess begins on December 24, 2010, NOT December 22, 2010. The version posted on our site is correct; to print out the page for December to replace that month in the calendar you will receive, click here.
If you have specific questions about your child's designated school, please contact the school directly. For a list of contact numbers, click here.
Menus and Free/Reduced Cost Lunch Information
To help cut costs and in a move towards "going green," instead of printing thousands of copies and sending them home with students, the Plainedge School Lunch Program is now posting its menus and free and reduced cost lunch applications online. Also available are applications and instructions for Yearly Discounted Lunch Cards (a 20 meal card is also available). To view and print the documents you need, click here.
Assist Plainedge Students in Their Survey Projects
Several Plainedge High School students participating in the Intel Advanced Research Program have created surveys they will submit to various science competitions, and they need people to assist them by taking the brief and anonymous surveys online.
For his project, Kyle Carpenter is measuring Long Islanders' awareness of and preparedness for hurricanes. He is inviting Long Islanders to answer a few questions and to email the survey link to friends and family located on Long Island, or to create a link on the personal pages of their social networking sites. Kyle is most interested in obtaining results from residents who live close to the shore, but all Long Islanders are eligible. To take Kyle’s survey, click here.
For her Intel project, Christina Raymond created a survey examining how different demographics affect opinions toward global warming. Her target population is adults and the survey is anonymous. To take Christina's survey, click here.
Ana Popescu's project is examining the relation between music and its physical and psychological effects on stress. As with Kyle's and Christina's surveys, all responses are anonymous. To take Ana's survey, click here.
Kelly James is also working on her Intel project, the James Effect of Punishment. To participate, click here.
High School Student Schedules Available on Power School
High school student schedules for the 2010-2011 school year are now available on Power School. High school guidance counselors will be available by appointment on August 30th, 31st and September 1st and 3rd to correct any errors. Please note that requests for schedule adjustments based on teacher preference, personal convenience and/or a change regarding requested electives will be denied by counselors. In addition, the schedule in Power School may not be the final draft, there are some adjustments that are still in progress. Hard copies of an official 2010-2011 High School schedule, locker information, and instructions for scheduling appointments with guidance counselors will be mailed home the week of August 23rd.
Plainedge HS One of Newsweek’s Best
Plainedge High School is among the schools listed in Newsweek magazine’s annual coverage of “America’s Best High Schools.” Newsweek makes its determination by looking at an index based on the number of AP exams taken, divided by the number of the graduating seniors. Any public high school that has an index of 1 or greater is included in the feature. Once again this year, Plainedge High School made the list—with an index of 1.3, Plainedge High ranks 1,249 out of approximately 67,000 public high schools in the United States. Only about 1,600 schools made Newsweek’s list. Congratulations to all of the faculty and staff and especially to the students who helped us achieve this wonderful distinction. Newsweek’s Internet coverage of America’s Best High Schools is available at http://www.newsweek.com/feature/2010/americas-best-high-schools.html
IMPORTANT - Athletic Department Update
Please note that ALL Middle School Fall Sports Paperwork must be handed in to the Middle School Nurse by September 8, not August 18, as originally requested.
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