September 8, 2009

Take

Note

Calendar Highlights

Wed.-Fri. Sept. 9-11 Fifth Grade Annual Camp McDowell Trip Tuesday 15 Don’t Forget Your Smile! Picture Day! A Day in the Life - 6:30 p.m. PS, K, 4th and 5th Grades Thursday 17 Third Grade Play for Parents 6:30 p.m. Spencer Center Friday 18 Former Faculty Coffee 9:30 a.m. Learning Center Third Grade Play for Students and Former Faculty 10:00 a.m. Spencer Center Tuesday 22 A Day in the Life - 6:30 p.m. 1st, 2nd, 3rd and Middle School Wednesday 23 Preschool goes to Children’s Theater Thursday 24 International Baccalaureate Coffee 8:00 a.m. Learning Center

Mrs. Barr and Mrs. Hammer

would like to invite all Parents to attend an

International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme Coffee

Thursday, Sept. 24th 8:00am

Learning Center

2009-2010 STUDENT DIRECTORY

If you would like to make any changes or additions to your contact information that was printed in the 2009-2010 Student Directory, please email Cindy Talbird by Fri-day, September 11. Once the information is compiled, we will send an email with the updates.

The Secondary Placement Fair

needs YOU

and a few good card

tables!

The Secondary Placement Fair will be on Thursday, October 8th. We traditionally have more than 30 schools attend our fair, and each school needs a card table for its display.

If you are able to volunteer or have a standard card table to lend to us for a few days, please contact Cindy Talbird.

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HIGHNOTES

Short

Notes

Parents Please Take Note:

Monthly lunch order forms will no longer be sent home in backpacks. To order lunch for your student(s) please visit the Highlands School website at www.highlandsschool.org and click on lunch menus. Please print out the form, fill it out

and return to the business office before the deadline noted on the order form. Please remember that the cost and deadline change monthly.

If you placed a lunch order for the whole school year you do not need to place additional lunch orders. If you have any questions, please call the office at 956-9731 and speak with Nancy Duke or Cindy Talbird.

Student Milk Requests Information

The milk requests, which parents included on their Student Profile sheet earlier this year, will appear as a one time charge on the next billing statement. We’ve been happy to allow children these first few weeks of school to change their count and flavor preferences however, after Septem-ber 14, no other changes will be accepted. Thank you, Jane Jenkins, Business Manager

From the Admissions Office:

Now that your children have settled into the 2009-2010 school year, it is time for many of us to begin thinking about the 2010-2011 school year. Please submit applications for siblings at this time, so we will be able to schedule their visits to Highlands and to consider them in our first round of admission decisions. Simply download your applications from the Admissions Tab on our web-site and submit them to me, along with your $75 application fee. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me. I will look forward to receiving sibling applications and to working with you and your families again!

Thank you!

Judy McDonald

Please join us in sending

congratulations and best wishes

to Brad and Helen Smith on the arrival

of their new son, Nick. Hoke (K) and Sara Lane (Family

Center) are Nick’s big brother and big sister.

Congratulations to all of the members of the 2009-2010 Student Council. They were installed during the All School Community Meeting on Friday, September 4th. Maddie Seidel is serving as the Student Council President this year.

Save the Date

Highlands School Parents’ Auxiliary

2009 Auction

Friday, November 6 Highlands Campus Business Casual

If you would like to place an ad in the Auction Program please see

page 4 for the Ad Contract form.

If you would like to donate an item to the Auction please see page 5 for that form.

If you would like to volunteer click here to

let us know.

The Highlands School Community would like to

extend our deepest sympathies to Denise Sims

(Family Center Teacher) on the passing

of her mother, Mrs. Wills (Family Center Substitute).

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EDP Care for October Conferences and Holidays

There will be no EDP on October 9th or 12th, as these are school holidays (unless we use the Weather Make-up Day). However, EDP care will be available for the half day, Tuesday, October 6th

(students dismiss at noon) and full day, Wednesday, October 7th

(Parent/Teacher Conferences). There will be no EDP activities on all four days. Please check with your child’s soccer coach regarding practice. Please follow these guidelines as you make arrangements for your children. Also, we will still have EDP activities on Friday, October 30

th the day of Fall Festival

as we do not have an available week to make it up. We will also still have EDP care that day but will not escort students to the Festival unless we have a very small num-ber.

Noon Dismissal

Students enrolled in Professional Day packages may come during noon dismissal (half day) at no additional charge. Please provide a written notice. Other packages do not include noon dismissal (ex. Late Day, Drop-in).

Other students (non-Professional) may “drop-in” for the half day (Oct. 6) for a charge of $25 until 3:00pm and $45 until 6:00pm with a written notice.

There will be no regular EDP activities (check with coach regarding soccer practice)

All students much bring their own lunch for half days!!!! No lunch will be pro-vided.

The deadline for this day is September 29

th.

Student Holiday

Students enrolled in Professional Day packages may stay for the full student holiday (Oct. 7) for a charge of $45 (including lunch and activities) with a written notice.

Other students may stay for a charge of $65 (including lunch and activities) with a writ-ten notice.

There will be no regular EDP activities (check with coach regarding soccer practice)

We will plan to go to the McWane Center and have lunch there. Students may arrive as early as 7am and stay as late at 6pm. However, students must come to the Spencer Center building to check-in by 9am as we will be leaving shortly thereafter. We will re-turn by 3:30pm.

Please let us know ASAP as I will need a count of students planning to stay to make food, activity and transportation arrangements. We can allow a max of 22 students.

The written reservation deadline is Wednesday, September 30th. Email is fine. You may send your request to me for now. If you get an out of office reply, then please forward on to Connie McCall (cmccall@highlandsschool.org) as I will be in maternity leave. Feel free to call if you have any questions! Thanks, Gabe McCool, 956-9731, ext. 105

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HIGHLANDS SCHOOL PARENTS’ AUXILIARY AUCTION ADVERTISING CONTRACT

Company Name: Address: City: State: Zip: Authorized by: Title: Signature: Date: Sold by:

PROGRAM ADVERTISING OPTIONS

SIZE DIMENSIONS PRICE ½ PAGE HORIZONTAL 7.25” X 4.75” $250.00 ½ PAGE VERTICAL 3.5” X 9.75” $250.00 FULL PAGE 7.25” X 9.75” $500.00

AD INSTRUCTIONS: PLEASE INITIAL

I understand that I will provide a camera-ready ad to the Highlands Auction Committee

prior to September 28, 2009. SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS: Thank you for your support! Please complete the contract and keep a copy for your files. Payment must ac-company contract and be received prior to September 28, 2009. Please make checks payable to Highlands School and mail to:

Auction Advertising Highlands School

4901 Old Leeds Road Birmingham, Alabama 35213

Should you have any questions regarding this fundraising event please contact:

Peggy E. Darby, CFRE Director of Development, Highlands School

205-956-9731, ext. 116 or via email: pdarby@highlandsschool.org

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