Presenting a Sound School Budget in a Challenging Economic Climate

By John Fitzpatrick, Board of Education President

On Tuesday, May 17, you will have the opportunity to vote on the 2011-2012 school budget.

Our budgeting goals include the ability to keep Hinsdale on firm financial ground through the wise use of resources, maintaining programs which provide our children the educational opportunities to thrive, and keeping HCS a vital part of the community. You will be voting on both the budget and a bus purchase. You will notice a decrease in the total budget amount of over two per-cent this year. Although there have been increases in costs such as health insurance, salaries, retirement benefits, fuel and opera-tions, etc., we have spent the past four months reviewing the budget in detail to economize in other spending areas and minimize tax increases.

During these budgeting months, we have been dealing with a $600,000 decrease in aid from New York State, including the re-moval of the Federal Stimulus monies which have benefited us greatly for the past two years. We have eliminated and down-sized where we can, always with the idea that the decreases are kept as far away from the classrooms as possible. It is becoming increas-ingly difficult to accomplish that with these current funding challenges, but I believe this budget keeps that goal in mind.

With the current state aid figures, we are planning to use approximately $400,000 in fund balance and another $85,000 in reserve funds to cover part of the projected state aid shortfall. We’re fortunate that conservative budgeting in past years provides us with the opportunity and affordability to use those funds. It must be kept in mind, however, that once used they will not regenerate themselves, much like any family using its ‘rainy day’ funds. Let us all hope that New York State finds itself on better financial footing in the coming years so that increased monetary assistance will again go for educational needs of our public schools.

For the past three years, taxpayers have seen no increase in the tax levy. With this budget, we project an increase in the tax levy of 2.41%.

As in the past, you will be asked to vote on the purchase of one bus. By purchasing one bus each year, the district is able to main-tain a safe fleet and keep costs level from year to year.

Due to changes in New York State voting laws, we will be using paper ballots for voting this year. Supplies are no longer avail-able for the lever voting machines and the new scan machines are cost prohibitive.

Our budget hearing is Tuesday, May 10, in the upper gym at 7 p.m. We will review the budget and answer any questions you may have. Voting will be held on May 17, 2011 between 12-8 p.m. in the lower gymnasium entrance lobby. In these tough economic times, it is especially important to thank you for your consistent support of our Hinsdale Central School students.

“Home of the Bobcats”Vol. 11, Issue 5 May 2011

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Budget Vote, Board Election & Absentee Ballots

Hearing - May 10The annual budget presentation

will be held May 10, 2011 at 7 p.m. in the upper gym.

Vote & Election - May 17The budget vote and election will

be held May 17, 2011 from noon un-til 8 p.m. at the school. There is one five-year term open for election to the Board of Education. Matthew Harper is the only candidate for the seat.

Absentee ballots will be available by request beginning April 18 through May 10, 2011. Please contact the dis-trict office at (716) 557-2227, ext. 407, ext. 401 or ext. 190 to request a ballot. Completed absentee ballots must be received in the district clerk’s office by May 17, 2011 to be included in the budget/election totals.

HCS Elementary Summer School (July 2011)We are pleased to be able to again offer summer school for students entering

grades 1-7 in the fall. Due to cuts in fiscal aid from New York, however, we must charge a fee of $30 per student for the four weeks. Payment must be made before July 1, 2011 and checks can be written to “Hinsdale Central School.”

FormatSummer school will be held at HCS on July 5-28 (four weeks). Specific dates

will include: July 5-8, 11-14, 18-21, and 25-28. Daily hours of instruction will be 8:30-11:30 a.m.

Combined Groups will be operated for the following grade levels: grade 1, grades 2/3, grades 4/5, and grades 6/7. If enrollment in any grade/group is above 10 students, two teachers will be hired for that group.

Content will include enrichment and project-based fun; there will be motiva-tional activities as well. Remediation will be given in both reading and math when necessary.

District transportation and a mid-morning snack will be provided; or parents can drop students off at 8:20 a.m. and pick them up at 11:30 a.m.

Interested?Summers school is open to interested Hinsdale resident children entering the

above grades in September. Notices will be sent home with students by the middle of June. Or call Mrs. Henton in the Main Office, 557-2227, ext. 400.

On Tuesday, March 15, 2011 the fourth grade class had an electrifying experience as Mr. Kip Morrow from National Grid came and talked about the equipment he uses for his job and electrical safety. The highlight of the presentation was when Mr. Morrow unveiled the model town, which showed students where electrical dangers can be found around the community. The display really drove the message home to the students because it gave the students a visual representation of how dangerous electric can be.

Kent Wins Big 30 Scholarship

Congratulations to Taylor Kent for winning the Olean Times Herald Big 30 Scholarship. This is a $1,000 award.

Alumni “Home Coming” Dance

Slated for July 16The Class of 1996 will be hosting a

“Home Coming” dance for all Hinsdale Alumni, on July 16, 2011 from 9:00-11:00 p.m. The cost will be $6 per person and will be held in the gymnasium of the school. Please join as we reminisce and go back in time!

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Jonathan CledgettI woke up. It was like any other morning

when I woke. I could see the gentle morning sun glowing through the thin, white curtains covering my window. I could feel the gentle draft from the window grazing over my uncovered feet, and I instinctively reached for my blanket. That’s when I realized it. That was the single moment when, if you where to make a time line of your life, it would be a ninety degree turn.

At first I dismissed it, thinking I was probably asleep and still dreaming, but I knew that was a lie. It didn’t really feel like a dream. Everything was too perfect and detailed. I decided to go through the customary checks anyway. I pinched myself, and a part of me hoped that I would suddenly wake up to a normal life. Unfortunately, everything was exactly the same. The sun still glowed through the curtain, which billowed slowly because of a small crack in the window. I realized this was reality now. I was twenty feet tall.

Now that the slightly rationale idea that I was dreaming was clearly discredited, wild thoughts and ideas flew through my head at the speed of sound. One thing I knew for certain – I had to leave. I couldn’t be seen by my family or anyone else I knew. What would they think? I carefully stretched my arm out and opened the window, then crawled out of the window feet first. Even though I was on the second floor, I easily reached the ground. I felt the sudden desire to leave the suburbs where we lived. Perhaps I would just stay in the woods, where no one would notice me.

That’s when I noticed that I had new clothes on, custom made to fit my unusual size. I wore a plain red tee shirt and blue jeans. That’s when I realized that someone must know about this. Who made clothes for me?

It frightened me at first; that someone knew of this secret, when I had only just woken mo-ments before.

I figured it would look strange if a neighbor were to look out their window and see me there,

hugely un-proportional, just pondering life, so I quickly ran into the trees behind my house. It’s hard to explain what I felt as I ran through those trees. I was like I finally had a purpose. I didn’t myself know where I was running, but somehow I felt directed. I felt like I had a supernatural compass telling me where to go.

I ran. Fast. I had never been much for running in my previous life. It sounds so strange to say that, as if I had two lives, but it was true. Everything was different now. I kept running. I traveled fast with my new set of limbs, covering miles in a single day. It’s hard to say exactly how long I ran, or where to, but eventually I felt very close to where I was supposed to go. I entered a deep, wide sort of canyon, which I continued following. The tree cover was heavy, and difficult to wade through. But I felt an itching inside of me. I was so close to realizing my destiny. Then I came to a clearing. In the middle was a building, or that’s what it looked like. It was strangely built, a huge mess of various metals, placed in random spots. It looked as if a tornado had gone through a welding shop. But that wasn’t the strange part about it. I looked around the clearing, and standing there, staring, were about thirty people, all twenty feet tall, wearing red shirts and blue jeans. Fear shot through me like an electric shock. It wasn’t just me. This was planned. The clothes; everything. I began walking to the build-ing, the others following in suit.

A small man, no, a normal sized man (it was just me who was oversized), stepped out from a scrap of metal.

“Good Evening” he murmured. I wanted to run, but something pinned me down. It was my destiny to go here. Who was I to change it?

We were all ushered into a large conference room, and placed into large chairs made just for us. It was scary, yet somehow reassuring. The man began speaking nervously.

“You have all been…gathered, yes, gathered, to this facility for a…test. More of a research program actually.” He began laughing nervously. I looked around. There were 31 pairs of eyes glued to the man. Then there was mine, somehow free to roam around. A large screen slowly scrolled down behind the man.

“Now, we’re just going to show you some…things.” A projector turned on behind us, and a black screen of yellow flashed. 31 pairs of eyes were still glued. Next was a blue slide. I looked at the table, noticing that it was slightly out of alignment from the rest. Suddenly, I understood. It’s weird how random things can suddenly unlock the great mysteries. I understood. They were hyp-notizing us. They were controlling us. First, they somehow manage to control our bodies, and now our minds. Only, for some reason mine wasn’t working. Next was a purple slide. Then green. I had to get out of here. I remembered the words that this was a test. The implications slammed down on me like a hundred bricks. They can hypnotize the entire country, the entire nation. I slowly slipped out of the chair. Thirty-one pairs of eyes remained fastened on the screen. I quickly walked to the

back of the room. The screen switched to red. Everyone jumped up and began screaming. It was chaos. They had programmed us to react to red. I ran out the door. To my left was a staircase, which I quickly bounded up.

At the top was a door, but it was normal sized. I reached my hand inside, searching for the projec-tor. Below, the giants were getting more and more violent. I continued searching, and finally I found it. I yanked it from the wall and crushed it between my hands. The gigantic people froze. It was if I had unplugged them like the projector. They sat, motionless and expressionless.

I thought, quickly. There had to be a way to end this “test” before it got out of hand. I ran down the stairs, then down the hallway, opening the first door I came to. It glowed with LED’s of various computer circuits. I ran through, pulling every plug I saw. One by one, the LED’s went out. Suddenly, I felt a sharp pain in my temples. They must have been controlling us with the computers, I felt my-self fall to the floor, and later, when I woke up, I realized I was normal sized again. Then I realized – I had just saved the world. Overwhelmed by my actions, I slowly crept out of the building with the others. We made our way home, as if nothing had ever happened. But inside, we would all remember the day when we were twenty feet tall.

Michaela Ginter and Jonathan Cledgett took high honors in the area Principals’ Writing Contest. Michaela placed second among seniors and Jonathan placed first among sophomores. Here are their respective submissions . . .

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Michaela GinterHave you ever been so embarrassed that you

just wanted to crawl into a corner and stay there for the rest of your life? My moment of embar-rassment was on February 12, 2010. It was almost Valentine’s Day and I’m safe to say that nobody wanted to be my valentine that year… or at least that is what I thought.

It all started a few days before that dreaded day of love. It was a Monday. The sun was shining in the middle of February and it was time to go to school. Since it was such a nice day, I decided the bus was unnecessary. I would rather enjoy the weather considering I had to be stuck in school for seven hours of the day. While I was trying to decide whether to walk or ride my bike, my mother told me some bad news. My math homework was sitting on the table the night before and somehow my dog ripped it to shreds. He had never done that before! When I finally made my decision, I rode to school on my bike with a scowl across my face.

When I arrived to math class that day, my tall, grey-haired teacher took attendance. His huge, square glasses at the tip of his nose with his eyes above them, glaring at his students, made him look extremely terrifying. As he called upon each student asking them to bring their homework up to his desk, my stomach began to sink. When he called my name, I did not know what to do but to just sit there.

“Hello?” he said. “I called your name, now hurry up and bring me your math homework!”

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Ginter -- From Page 3

All of the HCS entrants in the Principals’ Writing Contest are shown left to right: front - Tyler Elderkin, Kaitlyn Layman, Michaela Ginter, and Dustin Mendell; back - Courtney Lentz, Justalene Barnes, Jonathan Cledgett, and Mrs. Hitchcock (English teacher).

“But Mr. Smith… my dog ate my homework.” As soon as those words came out of my mouth, I knew exactly how stupid that sounded. Let’s just say he was not happy at all and made me write, “I will do my homework” for the entire period. My bad day was beginning.

By lunch time, my day was starting to look up. I was able to hang out with my friends and talk about a cute boy that I had been crushing on for a long time. His name is Brian. He is tall, tan, handsome… cliché, right? He had actually been noticing me for the past few days and I was beginning to get my hopes up for him to ask me to be his valentine.

As the school day was coming to a close, I asked my friend if she would ride her bike with me over to my house to study.

“I would rather play with my new cell phone,” she said.

“Well… can you multitask? Play with it on your way home and then we can study!”

“Okay fine,” she said “but I’m going to test the video camera.”

We hopped on our bikes to come home and I began to quickly speed away.

“Hey! Slow down. I’m not that talented, ya know? I can’t win the Tour de France and figure this out all at once.”

“Fine,” I said “but at least try to catch up to me.”

So she did. We were riding side by side when we heard thunder strike. Rain began pouring on us and in seconds, we were drenched. First my homework and now this? Our bikes were begin-ning to slip on the pavement, but that did not stop us from increasing our pace. I was wishing that I would have taken the bus that morning instead, but unfortunately I do not have the ability to turn back time. I heard the bus turn the corner behind me and get nearer and nearer. I turned my head around to hopefully ask for a ride the rest of the way, but it did not happen the way I planned. As I turned, my tire slipped and I fell hard onto the ground. Hoping nobody saw me, I looked up only to see kids against the bus windows laughing hys-terically. But that was not all. As the bus passed, the tire caused a wave of dirty rain water to spray up towards me.

“Oh no!” I cried. “What am I going to do now? The whole bus just saw me wipe out. The worst part is… Brian was on that bus!”

“I got it!” Kaitlyn exclaimed.“What?” I asked confused.“I finally figured out how to work the video

and my very first video on here is amazing. You should have seen your face when you fell,” she laughed.

“Delete it now!” I demanded. “The last thing I need is for other people to know about this!”

Little did I know that the entire school knew about it the next day. I discovered that Kaitlyn had been showing the video that I asked her to delete.

The most embarrassing thing that has ever hap-pened to me was exposed to the school. I couldn’t believe the terrible luck I had been having. When I came home from school the day after the incident, my mom even asked me about it!

“Honey, please do not be too upset, but I logged onto YouTube today to look for a recipe and I stumbled upon this…”

“Oh not again! When did you find this?” I asked.

“Just this morning. Word travels fast, doesn’t it? Or in this case… videos travel fast.”

I had to make sure that it was not on Face-book! My heart was beating a mile a minute as I logged in and it felt like it took a century to do so. At the top of my news feed, there it was. The worst part is, almost my entire friends list “liked” it! It was Kaitlyn who posted it! I could not believe everything she was putting me through. Exhausted from living my new, lonely life, I decided to just go to bed early… Maybe tomorrow would be better!

The next day was certainly not better. My mom ran into my room at six in the morning yell-ing, “Honey! You’ve got to look at this!”

I ran out into the living room and saw my face on the television screen. It was the worst thing I had ever seen. I had made the news because my video on YouTube had an unbelievable amount of views. It almost hit the two million mark! My life was officially ruined. I thought about switching

schools, but what would be the point? The whole world has seen it. I would be the laughing stock no matter where I was.

Valentine’s Day finally arrived. It was the day I hated although it was a day of love. It was the day I dreaded although I looked forward to it most before. It was the day I felt most alone, or at least I thought I would. I headed to school with a closed mind – not on a bike or on a bus, but in my mom’s car. I arrived, walked upstairs, and opened my locker. There was a note inside. It read…

I know you are probably hurting inside. I want you to know that I don’t care how wet, muddy, and clumsy you are. I want you to be my Valentine. Will you?

It was signed as Brian. I couldn’t believe it! Was the worst thing that happened to me actually the best thing?

Brian approached me in the hallway as soon as I had finished reading.

“So?” he asked.“Is this a joke? Because if it is, it is not

very funny and if it isn’t, of course I will be your valentine.”

“I am serious,” he said. “You can embarrass yourself all you want, but I will still like you.”

Although the world seemed to laugh at me, Brian was there to smile at me and make me laugh. The worst day turned out to not be so bad, and in the end, I got the guy. What could be better than that?

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Board of Education Briefs - March 2011

MINUTES

Approved minutes of Business Meet- �ing of February 23, 2011 and Workshop Meeting of March 9, 2011.

FINANCIAL

Approved Warrants for A-Fund �Approved Warrants for C-Fund �Approved Warrants for F-Fund �Approved Budget Status �Approved Treasurer’s Report for �

February 2011Approved Extra Classroom Activity �

Fund 2011-2012 Budget Reports to the �

BoardApproved placing on the ballot May �

17, 2011 purchase of a wheelchair bus

PERSONNEL

Approved Family Medical Leave for �Scott Bauer from March 2, 2011 through March 8, 2011

Approved Jeffrey Warner as a long �term substitute from February 25, 2011 through March 25, 2011 for the remainder of Katie Ward’s Family Medical Leave.

Approved Amy Rowe as a �certified substitute teacher

Approved Robert Blendinger as �weightlifting coach

Approved Amber Nesbit as a full �time bus driver

Approved Samantha McStraw, �Jamestown Community College student teacher, assigned to Andrea Fidurko for the Spring 2011 semester beginning Thursday, March 3, 2011.

Approved Thomas Mikowicz as a �substitute cleaner at a rate of $7.25 per hour

Granted Holly Edwards tenure in the �Elementary Education certification area

Granted Jessica Taylor tenure in the �Elementary Education certification area

Granted Scott Berent tenure in the �Reading certification area

Approved extending the �probationary period of Chad Obenrader for a period of one year

Approved extending the probation- �ary period of Heather Keller for a period of ten weeks

Approved extending the �probationary period of Sheila Green-Cal-len for a period of eleven weeks

Approved extending the probation- �ary period of Katie Ward for a period of five months

Approved the contract amendment �of Superintendent Judi McCarthy, dated 3/25/11, through 2012-2013 school year.

Approved medical leave under the �Family Medical Leave Act for Merle Bean effective February 4, 2011

Approved Sherry Bennett as a sub- �stitute cleaner

Approved Elizabeth Piatek as an �uncertified substitute teacher, pending certification

SPECIAL EDUCATION

Approved Subcommittee on Special �Education Meetings on 2/4, 2/16, 2/18, 2/24 & 2/25/2011.

Approved Subcommittee on Special �Education Meetings from 3/2 to 3/16/2011

DISTRICT

Approved changing the board meet- �ing scheduled for Wednesday, May 11, 2011 to Tuesday, May 10, 2011 immedi-ately following the annual budget hearing.

Approved to excess one �Compton’s Pictured Encyclopedia copyright 1961 and one Illustrated World Encyclopedia copyright 1967

Approved Policy #2125 - “Board of �Education Training Policy.”

Approved discarding the �following: HP Deskjets serial

numbers MY11T1COXZ, MY27N1POPT, MY2CG1Q1XY, SG6671B22T, MT2811K13G, MY2CG1Q1XV, MY27N1POP6, MX338122X9, and MX33812363; HP Scanners serial numbers CNO761700B, CNO801905N, and CNO8N170CH; and Overhead Projector Bell-Howell serial number QH70979

Approved the use of excess capital �project funds from the May 15, 2007 voter referendum for a roof replacement project not to exceed $320,000.

SUPERINTENDENT

Review of the Winter �Superintendent’s Conference

Commendations for the Science Fair �2011

Roof over the middle part of the high �school is leaking

Mr. Gaylor has met with a �representative of National Grid

Staff Development, March 11 & 14 �On-Time New York Budget �Decreases in HCS budget to date �

EXECUTIVE SESSION

Adjourned to Executive Session �

ADJOURNMENT

Returned to Meeting and Adjourned �

Cattaraugus County Youth Bureau Director, Dr. Anthony Evans (at podium) spoke with HCS students in April as part of our speaker series. Dr. Evans talked about the Youth Bureau and the many programs they provide for area youth.

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Trio from HCS Inducted Into National Technical Honor Society

The Cattaraugus-Allegany BOCES Career and Technical Education Center at Olean held its annual National Technical Honor Society induction ceremony on Tues-day, March 22, in the main conference room. The local Olean chapter of NTHS inducted 20 new members into their society this year. This included nine seniors and 11 juniors. NTHS recognizes and awards scholastic achievement in Career and Technical Educa-tion (CTE). Three Hinsdale Central School students – junior Aysha Brunner (Cosme-tology), senior Taylor Kent (New Visions), and senior Elizabeth-Ann Shields (Animal Science) -- were among those inducted during the candle-lighting ceremony. The ceremony took place in front of CTE instructors and administrators, component school adminis-trators, family, and friends.

NTHS inductees are exceptional and uphold the eight qualities outlined by NTHS: knowledge, skill, honesty, service, responsibility, scholarship, citizenship and leadership.

The students work hard and are dedi-cated to their field. They also set examples for their peers and motivate others in the classroom, often encouraging them through hard work and commitment. Inductees also typically serve as leaders in their respective home schools and move on to post-secondary education once they leave BOCES. These students also provide a positive image for the BOCES CTE programs.

The Olean Culinary Arts class (under the direction of Instructor Bill Baker) once again provided a fantastic meal and an exceptional atmosphere in which to honor these students for their accomplishments.

A number of BOCES Board of Educa-tion members and administrators attended the event. Several component school BOE mem-bers and administrators also attended includ-ing Mrs. Laurie Cuddy (HCS Principal) and Mr. Gary Cuddy (Guidance Counselor).

This is a great honor to be held by all students and we would like to once again say congratulations on your accomplishments and hard work.

NTHS inductees shown left to right are: front row - Taylor Kent (HCS), Paige Johnson, Jessica Swetland, Victoria Filbert, Elizabeth-Ann Shields (HCS), Aysha Brunner (HCS), Aubrie Johnson, and Jamie Hopkins; back row - Blaine Walterich, Lindsey Vossler, Ryan Whelpley, Joshua Hoy, Kelly Wetherby, Lauren M a r i n o a n d J a m e s Dombrowski.

Dear Coaches, Parents and Athletes, As I write this, we are one day before our season opener in baseball. There is an inch of snow on the field, and no prospects of playing a game. However, we know the skies will clear, the temperatures will rise, and today will be a distant memory. Due to our weather in Western New York, we all know that the spring sports season is one that in some seasons is full of rescheduled games. Please stay in tune with the athletic schedule of your child. Updated hard copies will be available, however, you may obtain updated schedules on the athletic web site. Just click on the spring sports web site and choose whatever team you are looking for. Please stay tuned. We would like to commend Mr. Warren Schulze and our retired, long time coach, Mr. Bill Bathurst. Mr. Schulze was inducted on May 26th into the Cattaraugus County Sports Hall of Fame. Mr. Schulze has been coaching at Hinsdale for twenty five years and we are glad he has been recognized in this county for his service. Mr. Bathurst was inducted into the Allegany County Sports Hall of Fame on March 26th Mr. Bathurst was a coach at Hinsdale Central School for over thirty years, as well as Athletic Director during his last seventeen years at Hinsdale Central. Even though we are new to the Allegany Co. Athletic Assoc. we have been competing against teams in that league for the past several decades. These are both well deserved honors, and we thank both men for their service. Our annual Athletic Banquet will be held on Wednesday June 1, at 6 pm, in our cafeteria. This year, as money is an obvious concern in every school district, Hinsdale will follow suit with some other schools in the area and change some things about our banquet. Beginning this year, each athlete and two parents/guardians will be admitted free of charge. We would ask all additional people to pay $7.00 for admission into the dinner. We are taking steps to reduce costs, and this includes changing the meal we are having this year. However, we are increasing the quality of the meal and reducing the cost by just changing our vendor. In order to get an accurate head count please fill out the R.S.V.P below and send it in with your child by May 20th. This is important so that we may know ahead of time how much food to order. We thank the athletes for dedicating their time and talents, as well as the parents for their continued support of our programs. Yours In Sports Mark Crino Athletic Director Hinsdale Central School

__________Athlete _________________#Parents ____________# Siblings/Others Please include check or money order for additional guests payable to Hinsdale Central School in the amount of $_______________. Name:________________________________

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Permit No. 19Olean, NY 14760

Hinsdale Central School

3701 Main Street

Hinsdale, NY 14743

www.hinsdalebobcats.org

BOARD OF EDUCATION

John Fitzpatrick - President

Mark Ash - Vice President

Jennifer Howell

Bobbi Jo Kent

Jodie Noll

CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION

Judi McCarthy, Superintendent

Laurie Edmonston-Cuddy, Pre K-12 Principal

Jennifer Jaquith, Business Administrator

Andrea McLaughlin, CSE Chairperson &

Pre K-4 Assistant Principal

OR CURRENT RESIDENT

POSTAL PATRON LOCAL

Celebrating St. Patty’s Day

2 Guys & Gals Dinner

3-6 Grades 3-8 ELA Test

10 Board of Education Workshop, 7 p.m.

11-13 Grades 3-8 Math Test

14 Junior/Senior Prom

17 Budget Vote & Election, 12 noon - 8 p.m.

17 Blood Drive, 10:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

17 Elementary Spring Concert, 7 p.m.

18 Progress Grades Close

25 Board of Education Business Meeting, 7 p.m.

30 No School – Memorial Day

31 Grades 4 & 8 Science Test (continues through June 3)

May Calendar

Chicken BBQSunday, May 22, noon to ??? p.m. at the Hinsdale American Legion, Post #1434

Dinners $8 and Splits $5Take-outs available.

Sponsored by the Sons of the American Legion.

Students in grades PreK-6 enjoyed the Irish Dancers on St. Patrick’s Day.