Dear Parents and Guardians:

All library books are due in the school library by Monday, May 21st. Textbooks and orchestra books will be collected from students during class time beginning next week. Please be aware that fines will be charged on all late and lost books or other library materials. Fines should be paid by May 21st as well.

All students will receive a note on Thursday or Friday showing all books that are checked out to them, as well as any library fines to date. Fines increase ten cents per day until the book is returned. You may also access your students library record on Compass.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Sincerely,

Kathy Ballard
Librarian
Monticello Academy

Help your student be a Pint-sized Hero! The Pint-sized Heroes program is a community service project developed by the Red Cross to introduce children to the importance of donating blood. The program encourages students to volunteer at the blood drive and invite parents, guardians and other adults to give blood on their behalf.

Below is the information for the blood drive being sponsored by your child's school.

Join us for the Pint-sized Heroes Blood Drive!
Monticello Academy - Gym
Friday, May 18, 2012
3:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Call 1-800-RED-CROSS (1-800-733-2767) to make an Appointment

• Each student who invites an adult will be recognized as as a Pint-sized Hero and will receive an American Red Cross thank you gift and/or certificate.
• If a parent has more than one child in the school, each student will be recognized.

Tomorrow's life saving blood donations will be made by today's children who are taught the importance of blood donation. Please consider donating blood to help your student and save a life. Most healthy people who meet the minimum age requirement (check with your Red Cross representative), weigh at least 110 pounds, are in general good health and provide valid identification upon donation may be eligible to donate. If you have any questions regarding the blood drive, please contact me directly at (801)699-9441.

Sincerely,
Michelle Featherstone
Donor Recruitment Representative

We are excited to announce a culminating activity celebrating what we have learned about America’s founding documents and icons, the first settlements before the Revolutionary War, the Native American peoples, and the Westward movement.

Please attend on Friday, May 25 to share our learning in a musical program. Students in Grades K-5 will be participating, and all parents and family are invited to come. At 1:15 pm, you are invited to come and see what the students have learned and hear what they have to say about our great country. At 1:45 pm, we will meet in the gym and hear a song from each grade that they have learned for the occasion.

Please attend to support your student and help us kick off the Memorial Day weekend.

Every effort will be made to have the  performances finished in plenty of time to not inhibit carpools.

Grades 1-3 will be participating on Wednesday, May 23rd from 8:15-9:40 a.m. Grades 4-6 will be participating on Thursday, May 24th from 9:50-11:00 a.m. And grades 7-9 will be participating on Thursday, May 24th from 1:30-2:35 p.m. 
We could use some items donated to make this activity a success:

1.    1 large water coolers (so the kids have some water to drink outside)
2.    2 bean bag toss sets
3.    Water balloons (750)
4.    6 Bed sheets for water balloon team toss

If you are willing to lend and/or donate any of these items, please contact Coach Clark jeremy.clark@monticelloacademy.net. If you would like the item(s) returned, please make sure your name is on the item so we can get it back to you. Please let us know what you are willing to lend and/or donate so we don’t end up with several dozen eggs or multiple water coolers and no water balloons. 

Also, please let Coach Clark know if you would like to donate some of your time to help us make sure that this activity run smoothly.

Location: Monticello Academy
Position: Part Time (June 11th thru August 24th) Facilities helper
Hours: (up to 32 hours per week 7:00am-3:00pm Monday thru Thursday)
Starting wage: $9.00

Job description:
Waxing, cleaning, furniture moving, painting, minor repairs, locker combination change, landscaping  and other duties as instructed by Facility director. Some experience required .

Requirements:
Hard worker, self motivated and able to work without supervision

Submit resume to (info@monticelloacademy.net)  Resumes accepted up to 5/25/12.

Monticello Academy Timeline for Officer Elections May 10th - May 25th.

Thursday	May 10th	Petitions for office will be available in the front office and in Coach Clark's office in the gym.
Friday	May 11th	A meeting will be held for candidates in the gym after school.
Thursday	May 17th	Petitions, grades, and permission slips due to Coach Clark's office at @ 3:00 p.m.
Monday	May 21st	Primary election campaign begins. Election posters may be hung starting at 7:30 a.m.
Tuesday - Wednesday	May 22nd & 23rd	Interviews with Coach Clark on Monday from 7:30-9:45 am and 2:40-3:30 pm or Tuesday 7:30-8:15 am and 2:40-3:30 pm.
Wednesday	May 23rd	Candidate Videos are due to Coach Clark his office on either a flash drive or CD/DVD.  Contact Mat Murdock - mat.murdock@monticelloacademy.net if you have any questions on formats.
Thursday	May24th & 23rd	3rd -8th grade teachers show campaign videos to the class from 8:05-8:20 am. Voting will take place throughout the day until 5:00 p.m. Students will need to log on to their personal Compass account and vote for their grade's representative.
Friday	May 25th	SBO's will be announced at 2:30 p.m.

Monticello Academy parents and guardians have the right to request and receive information from the school regarding the qualifications of their student's teacher(s).