FREE ACCESS TO ROSETTA STONE

Rosetta Stone
Parents we have an awesome opportunity for your kids!!!  As many of you know, our 6th graders will have a 6 week class this year of Rosetta Stone taught by our Spanish teacher, Mrs. Rogers.  Mrs. Kracker, our FACS teacher, just found out that we can provide Rosetta Stone to our 7th and 8th graders as well.  What a great opportunity for your son or daughter to explore another language.  Mrs. Kracker is looking to start a 7th & 8th grade “Multicultural Club” where students can stay after school once or twice a month and share with their classmates what they are learning about their new language from Rosetta Stone.  It would be a very casual meeting for the kids and not mandatory in any way.  The course is provided via the internet so if you want your child to get involved please have him/her see Mrs. Kracker for a permission form by this Friday and she will in turn get them an access code.  This will give your son/daughter access to Rosetta Stone from anywhere and they can learn at their own pace.  When you sign your child up they gain access to the EVSC Rosetta Stone license.  EVSC renews the license in the Fall, so as long as EVSC continues to renew the license your child continues to have access to the program.
Please consider taking advantage of this opportunity, and best of all...IT’S FREE!!!

FALL FESTIVAL HELP!!!

Please consider working our Fall Festival Booth. It's a lot of fun and a great way to get involved and meet parents.  Please contact someone today and THANKS!!!

Monday: Contact Jackie Belli        the5bellis@wowway.com

9-12 am.......Need 1 person

12-3pm........Need 4 people

3-6 pm.........Need 5 people

Tuesday:  Contact Daphne Owen     daphneowen@insightbb.com

12-3pm........Need 1 person

3-6 pm.........Need 2 people

6 -10pm.......Need 1 person

Wednesday:  Contact Laurie Ritter at 319-2664

9-12am........Need 2 people

12-3pm........Need 5 people

3-6 pm.........Need 6 people

Thursday:  Contact Nicole Smith      nicolems77@yahoo.com

12-3 pm.......Need 3 people

3-6 pm.........Need 4 people

Friday:  Contact Melissa Whitler      whitlers@wowway.com

12-3 pm.......Need 4 people

3-6 pm.........Need 4 people

6-10pm........Need 4 people

**PLEASE DON'T WAIT FOR SOMEONE TO CONTACT YOU TO WORK...GO AHEAD AND CONTACT THE DAY CHAIRS AND SIGN UP!!!

Sweaters/Sweatshirts

We sent this home Friday, Sept. 9 with all of our students. It included a Sweatshirt order form:

As the weather started to change we decided to see what primarily our girls would wear and we were thinking those little button down cardigans would work.  That has now mushroomed to sweaters with zippers & pockets, and it’s become hard to determine what is and isn’t a jacket.  Also, we are seeing cover-ups that are light and have no buttons or zippers but hang and flow beyond their hips.  Being fashionable is not an intent of our new dress code.  I also do not want teachers spending time trying to make decisions on what are sweaters or a jackets and thus sending students out of class for me to make the determination.

The following is what the 2011 Dress Code states regarding sweaters/sweatshirts:

            Crew Neck solid color sweaters/sweatshirts may be worn over the Polo shirt due to weather.

Beginning Monday that will be the expectation.  The sweaters and sweatshirts must have a crew neck or v-neck (I’m going to add v-neck to the dress code immediately).  The look we achieved through the “any solid color polo” policy has been very successful.  I have heard nothing but positive comments from many parents and staff members.  This array of sweaters with zippers, buttons, frills, etc. does not keep with the look we are promoting.  The kids look very neat with the solid color polos and solid crew neck or v-neck sweaters and sweatshirts will continue that look.

Mr. Goodman has contacted his t-shirt vendor and we are going to make available crew neck sweatshirts at our cost of $8.50 (2XL are $10.50) to both our boys and girls in adult sizes.  The solid color choices are:  navy, white, dark heather gray, sport gray, red, Carolina blue, purple, violet, chocolate, Irish green, orange, black, and light pink.  We will take orders all of next week (Sept.12-16), and hopefully have the sweatshirts the next week.  Payment must be made when the student turns in the order form.

*Students are allowed to wear jackets, coats, hoodies to school.  We require them to put them in their locker before homeroom and they are allowed to wear them during lunch/recess.

Thanks for your continued support and if you want to yell at me for incurring additional costs you can reach me at 435-8326.

Darrin Carnahan

Cell Phones

Parents/Guardians:
When students get to school their cell phones are to go into their pocket or backpack.  At 7:47 when students report to homeroom they are to turn off their cell phone and lock it in their locker.  If they choose to bring a cell phone or mp3 player it is their responsibility.  I plan on allowing 7th & 8th graders to listen to music (with head buds) only when we are in the gym during the morning (7:15-7:47) when weather causes us to need to be inside.  6th graders are not allowed to do this.  It’s a 7th & 8th grader privilege
Beginning Monday: If a student gets a cell phone or any other electronic device confiscated during the school day his/her parent will have to come to school and get it.  If necessary, it is the student’s responsibility to request permission to contact home and inform parents/guardians that the cell phone has been confiscated and will only be returned to a parent.  If it is an inconvenience please take that up with your child.  It has been made very clear to them that cell phones and any other electronic devices are to remain in lockers.
Thanks and have a great weekend.

Dress Code Info.

Dear Parents:

A copy of the PHMS 2011-12 Dress Code for Perry Heights can be found on our web page: http://www.evscschools.com/AdminDefault.aspx?portalId=bf18a035-3a9e-4375-a06e-d07957306703&pid=afa82e65-9b31-4bfd-879b-5990e5432327

Let me clear up a couple of things and don’t hesitate to email me if you have further questions @ darrin.carnahan@evsc.k12.in.us

We are requiring shorts to come “at least” to the knee.

Cargo shorts are acceptable.  They are about the only ones made for males anymore.

Please, no prints/stripes/camo/plaid/etc shorts.  Black, blue, white, khaki-all shades of brown.  Think solid color for everything but those goofy little socks that girls wear now that don’t match (no, I don’t get it and I have a 14 year old daughter).

Shoes that have a closed toe and heel.  A strap around the heel is not closed.  Nothing that looks like a house shoe/slipper.  I know this is not an issue for boys; they will wear tennis shoes 99% of the time.  But, girls realize those boys would wear athletic shorts 99% of the time and they can’t wear them to school any longer.  So, Mr. Carnahan is being equally mean and horrible.

Parents, I love your kids and I would never ask of them anything I’d not ask of my own kids.  Please support me on this because I think it may make a really good current school climate and even better one.  If you are experiencing some serious financial stress please contact me.  Mr. Goodman has been very conscious of this possibility and is looking for ways to help out families in need.

Thanks and have a great remaining summer.

PHMS Parents

Enrollment forms will be coming home within a few days.  Please carefully read over them, fill out necessary spots, sign it, and then have your son/daughter return it to school as soon as possible.  This information helps us begin to piece together classes for next year (it'll be here before you know it).  Call me or email me if you have any questions.  Thanks for all of your help.