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www.barnesvilleschool.org joy. support. excellence.      In this column... Exchange Students Are Here * Peace Week * 7th & 8th Grade Language Arts Projects * 2012 Gala Exchange Students are Here     Our four exchange students from Peru arrived successfully and are settling in to the Barnevsille Community. Please give them a warm welcome if you see them on campus. The students are pictured with their host buddies on the Tidbits banner above: Nicolas with Brian Huber; Paulina with Abby Smith; Ariana with Analiese Pappas; and Maria Jose with Anne Hundertmark.  Peace Week     In honor of Martin Luther King Jr., Barnesville students celebrated Peace Week from Jan. 9-13. The topic this year was Take a Stand, Lend a Hand! Let's End Bullying. Activities included writing and performing skits, recording ways to combat bullying on paper hands, constructing a Peace Tree; a few students even wrote poems and a rap song. The week culminated in a special all-school Peace Parade & Ceremony where students shared their ideas, performed their works and lit candles for Peace.   View a slideshow of the week's activities and watch a video of the final assembly, shot and edited by Sabrina Kontner. 7th & 8th Grade Language Arts Projects     On Jan. 19 the 7th and 8th graders presented their Language Arts projects in the gym in a museum-style format. Visitors included faculty and staff, and students from other classes who listened to brief oral presentations from each of the students. The 8th graders assumed the roles of authors they researched for the Author's Wax Museum, while the 7th graders presented biographical information about prominent individuals who overcame a disability for the Disability Project.   Read the descriptions of the projects and watch a slideshow on the website.      Raffle Baskets The excitement for Family Fun Night is growing. Displays of Raffle Basket items are beginning to line the hallways and the kids can be heard exclaiming, "I want this," and 'I want that." Their eyes are feasting on: The New Orleans American Girl Dolls (Cecile & Marie-Grace) Legos A Candy Basket A Movie Bucket This is just a teaser... More displays will go up later this week.   Make your kids' wishes come true by donating a Raffle Basket item or gift card (check out the 2012 Gala Wish List at Amazon.com), or asking your favorite vendor to support the school. Many businesses are happy to donate gift certificates and items or services as a way of promoting their establishment to the Barnesville Community. Take a donation form and letter to your favorite shop or restaurant and find out how they can help support our School. No donation is too small! The donation deadline is January 31.   Publish Your Child's Artwork Show off your child's artistic talents in the Barnesville at the Bayou Family Fun Night Catalog. Purchase a full-page, full-color commemorative ad for $25 and your child's work of art will be published. Ad specifics are available on the Ad Contract or email Kristen Carter with questions. Please return your form and artwork to Kristen by January 31.           In this column... Important Dates * 8th Grade Smoothie Sale * 3rd-7th Bring a Friend to School Day * Lice Presentation Important Dates     January 20: 3rd & 4th Grade Parent Coffee with Head, 7:30 am 23: MCPS & FCPS Bring a Friend to School Day 25: Bake Sale, 7th Grade 26: NOON DISMISSAL; Parent Conferences 27: 5th & 6th Grade Parent Coffee with Head; NOON DISMISSAL; Parent Conferences February 1: BPC Sponsored Lice Presentation, 8 am 3: EC-K Admissions Open House, 9:30 am 8: Bake Sale, 1st Grade 9: Parent Visiting Day; 1:30 DISMISSAL 8th Grade Smoothie Sale     Smoothie King Smoothies are back! Order one for your student for Friday, Jan. 27 and help raise money for the 8th Grade trip to New York City. They only have $1,000 to go to reach their goal of $5,000. Please return the attached form (one per order please) to Karol Nave by Monday, Jan. 23. 3rd-7th Bring a Friend to School Day!     Don't forget that Monday, Jan. 23 is "Bring a Friend to School" Day for grades 3-7. Be sure to RSVP to Susanne Johnson by Friday, Jan. 20 and send in the required Visitor Information form. Lice Presentation     Barnesville's Delagating Nurse Patti Saylor will give a presentation on everything you ever wanted to know (or maybe don't) about lice on Wednesday, Feb. 1 at 8 am (right after drop-off). The presentation takes place in the resource room and is sponsored by BPC. Return To:   Home Page  |  Newsletters Section