Congratulations! Eighth grader Jenny Dao has been selected as Artsonia's 7th-9th "ARTIST OF THE WEEK!" for November 15, 2009 - November 21, 2009. During the contest, Jenny received 648 votes from website visitors! Be sure to check the Artsonia homepage at
www.artsonia.com where you will see Jenny's artwork featured for the next few days. We extend our congratulations to Jenny Dao!
Yearbook Personal Ads are due by Friday, Dec. 4th. This is your opportunity to share your pride on a larger scale in the 09-10 Cougar Pride Yearbook! Contact Ms. Croom acroom@wcpss.net or order your ad online.
Citipass Orders will be delivered to Arts students on Thurs. Nov. 19th.
East Millbrook will host an Open House for rising 6th graders and their parents on Tuesday, November 17 at 9:00 am and again at 12:00 noon. This is a wonderful opportunity for families to learn more about our school and what we have to offer. If you know of any current 5th graders who might be interested in our school, please encourage them to bring their parents to our Open House.
National Junior Honor Society will sponsor a canned food drive Nov 9-20. Students can bring in 3 cans of food to receive 1 hour of community service. For 2 hours, bring in six cans. No more than two hours of service can be received for this project. Students can drop off cans with any teacher on campus and have the service sheet signed at the time of drop-off.
East Millbrook's Saturday Academy. December 12th from 10:00 to 12:00 in the 6th grade building. We will be offering clinics and workshops for parents and students. Classes are free. Our goal is to provide unique opportunities, enhance student creativity and parental involvement through school and community-wide initiatives that will lead to education success. To participate, please contact Darlene Frazier at 850-8983 or email dfrazier1@wcpss.net.
Student Council is collecting items for Operation shoebox. Items include bar soap, toothpaste, toothbrushes, hard candy, small toys, hair barrettes, hair brushes/combs, small stuff animals, or other items that will fit into a shoebox. The items will be donated and shipped to children around the world. We will be collecting these items November 17th.
Walsworth is giving East Millbrook Middle School students a chance to enter drawings to win a $1,000 scholarship prize. There are two more Sweepstakes drawings this fall - on Nov. 9 and Dec. 9. Students and their parents/guardians can enter simply by visiting yearbook forever.com and filling out a short online entry form. Please see the school webpage for more information.
It is not too late to join the PTSA. Memberships are only five dollars and the money is used to support our school. As of today we only have 107 parent members, but we have over 1200 students. Please consider joining the PTSA if you have not already.
Raleigh Police Department is asking that parents not drop off their students on Spring Forest Road or on Hollenden. This creates an unsafe situation for the students and other motorists. Please be aware that the Police Department will be targeting this area and will be enforcing this expectation. We appreciate your cooperation in ensuring a safe arrival and departure for all of our students.
Beginning last week there will no longer be activity buses on Wednesdays. From now on, activity buses will only run on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays.
