March 2014 Calendar
3 - Celebrate Reading Day!, NCC meeting 6:00 pm
4 - Chess Club 3:45-4:30
5 - Early release 2:45
7 - Lunch with the Principal
11 - Chess Club, Little Steps 6:30 pm
12 - Early release 2:45
18 - Last day of Chess Club
19 - Last Early release 2:45
21 - No School - Furlough Day
24 - 28 - Spring Vacation
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Kids and Entertainment
Movies (as well as television shows and video games) can be a great choice for entertainment for children and families. Yet how do you know just what content is in a given movie or game? The best method is for you, as the parent, to preview shows or games before your child gets involved, but this isn't necessarily realistic. A "quick check" is provided by the rating system that is in place for all movies, video games and many television programs.
MOVIES
G - GENERAL AUDIENCES (Content is appropriate for all ages.)
PG - PARENTAL GUIDANCE (May contain some material parents may not like for their children to view.)
PG13 - PARENTS STRONGLY CAUTIONED
(Parents are urged to be cautious. Some material may be inappropriate for pre-teenagers.)
R - RESTRICTED (Parents strongly cautioned as movie contains adult content related to sexuality, nudity, violence, drug use, etc.)
NC17 - NO ONE 17 AND UNDER ADMITTED IN THEATERS
(Strong adult content related to sex, violent acts, blatant drug use, etc.)
VIDEO GAMES
 | EARLY CHILDHOOD
Content is intended for young children. |  |  | EVERYONE
Content is generally suitable for all ages. May contain minimal cartoon, fantasy or mild violence and/or infrequent use of mild language. | |  | EVERYONE 10+
Content is generally suitable for ages 10 and up. May contain more cartoon, fantasy or mild violence, mild language and/or minimal suggestive themes. | |  | TEEN
Content is generally suitable for ages 13 and up. May contain violence, suggestive themes, crude humor, minimal blood, simulated gambling and/or infrequent use of strong language. | |  | MATURE
Content is generally suitable for ages 17 and up. May contain intense violence, blood and gore, sexual content and/or strong language. | |  | ADULTS ONLY
Content suitable only for adults ages 18 and up. May include prolonged scenes of intense violence, graphic sexual content and/or gambling with real currency. | |  | RATING PENDING
Not yet assigned a final ESRB rating. Appears only in advertising, marketing and promotional materials related to a game that is expected to carry an ESRB rating, and should be replaced by a game's rating once it has been assigned. |
Please carefully screen movies and video games before your child watches or gets involved. We see a growing number of students at school talking about movies they watch or games they play that are not appropriate for students in the elementary grades. With the help of parents, we can hopefully steer students to enjoy entertainment through movies and games appropriate for their age.
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Clothing Needed
We are in need of clothing to restock our Sharing Closet. This is the clothing we provide to students if they just need a change to get through the school day. Sweatpants and leggings of various sizes are the best items as they can be adapted to fit students of various sizes.
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