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Variety Show Chair Seeks Assistant and Volunteers
First NoticeShadow this year's Chair of the May 25 Variety Show and assist with this delightful event so you can lead the fun in 2013. Volunteers are also needed to help with the preview and rehearsal sessions during recess hours May 15 & 17 and after school May 22 & 24, as well as the day of the show. Contact Variety Show Chair, Judy Brenner, at judy22rocks@gmail.com.
The Concord Food Drive Needs Your Help First Notice The Concord 2012 Food Drive will be held from Mon. March 19 through Fri., March 23. All food and cash donations will support the Emergency Food Drive Network. Look for empty brown bags to be sent home in students' backpacks later this week! Thank you in advance for helping others with food donations.
 Dine to Donate All Month at PerkinsFirst Notice Perkins is happy to help out Concord this March! Please bring a copy of your "Dine to Donate" letter (to be sent home in kids' backpacks) when you dine at the Edina Perkins during normal business hours ANYTIME in March 2012 and 10% of your pre-taxed total purchase will be donated to the Concord Elementary PTO. Letter must be presented to the cashier when paying; requests for credit cannot be honored without it.
 Concord School Store Open
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The Concord School Store will be open during lunch on Fri., Mar. 16th in the cafeteria. All kids are welcome to stop by during their lunch and stock up on pencils, erasers, sharpeners, folders and many other fun things that kids love! Most of the items are priced from $0.25 to $1.00 each. Happy Shopping! Celebrate Edina's Young ArtistsFirst Notice The 2012 Edina District Elementary Art Show will take place Mar. 20-Apr. 12 at the Edina Public Library (5280 Grandview Square, Edina). There will be an Open House on Thurs., Mar. 22, from 6:00-8:00pm. Students from all 6 Edina elementary schools will have original artwork displayed. Please come celebrate Concord's outstanding artists! 2012 "Foot in the Fair" Program for Edina Students
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 The Edina Art Fair sees the value in partnering with the community and really appreciates youth and the arts. For the second year, we are seeking to display original works by Edina Public School students between 1st and 12th grades for an exclusive art exhibit called Foot in the Fair. If you are interested, please take a photo of the original work and submit a jpeg image to footinthefair@hotmail.com and include the following: student's name, grade, school and art teacher. The maximum size for work displayed at the fair can be no larger than 12"x 18". Two dimensional and three dimensional pieces can be entered. All entries are due by April 15, 2012. Any entries submitted after this deadline will not be considered. All entries will be juried by the Edina Art Fair committee and only a limited amount will be selected for the fair. All work must be made between the 2011-2012 school year and done within Edina Public Schools. You will be notified by email to the email address that submitted the photo if art was selected by the end of April and further instructions and details will be given at that time. All art chosen for the fair will be juried by the Edina Art Fair committee; work will be divided by elementary schools and junior and high schools, ribbons will be given to each of these categories. Only one photo entry per student. For more information on the Edina Art Fair, please visit our website at www.edinaartfair.com or email Julie Boehm at footinthefair@hotmail.com. The Green Scene First Notice
Concord's student Green Teamers will be updating the recycling and compost/organics signs in the cafeteria. Recycling collection at Edina Schools is much broader than that offered residentially in Edina and can be co-mingled.
Recycling Collections at Edina Schools Includes:
- Plastic bottles and containers with the recycle symbol and number 1-7 printed (i.e., yogurt containers)
- Foil-lined milk and juice cartons
- Aluminum cans
- Aluminum foil (without food waste)
- Tin or steel cans
- Paperboard (Lunchables cardboard boxes, cereal boxes, etc.)
- Paper (Junk mail, phone books, flattened cardboard, magazines, office paper, newspaper)
Thank You For Saving Box Tops First Notice  Thank you everyone for your support of the Box Tops for Education program. In February we collected 6,498 Box Tops which translates into nearly $650 to support our PTO-sponsored programs. Please continue clipping Box Tops - they are found on literally hundreds of common products at the grocery store. Box Tops, Labels for Education (found on Campbell's soup cans, Post cereal, and many other products) and milk caps can be dropped off in the office anytime.Thank you again for taking the time to collect these items and support our school. Contact Deb Carlson with any questions at debjcrlsn@gmail.com or 952-915-6076. Southview Middle School Transition Information Second Notice 
April 27 5th Grade Visit to SVMS - 5th graders spend a part of their morning at SVMS with a special assembly, building tour and see an excerpt of the Spring Musical. August Events (Dates TBD): - Schedules accessible via SchoolView
- Get Connected Day / Meet your teachers
- WEB Day - Where Everyone Belongs - 6th Grade Orientation (1/2 Day)
Other Notes: - Math Placement letters will be mailed out in later April /early May. At this time, students should register for the Pre-Trans Math class and adjustments will be made at the time letters come out. Any additional changes will be made through the Counseling Dept. at SVMS.
- Letters will indicate more information regarding the OPTIONAL Math Placement testing taking place this spring/summer.
- Notification regarding INTERVENTIONS will be communicated in the spring/summer. Should a student need reading, math or other interventions the SVMS office will adjust schedules accordingly.
- EPS offers an opportunity to communicate needed information to the schools via the PARENT INPUT FORM. They are available this spring.
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