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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bell MT","serif"'>Hi
Parents,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bell MT","serif"'>There
are two big dates for MJHS families to remember in January.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bell MT","serif"'>The
first is <span style='color:red'>January 29<sup>th</sup>:</span> That’s
the date of our school <span style='color:red'>Parent Night.</span> We’ll
start with a free dinner for families, beginning at 6:00, with a program to
follow at 7:00. We’ll start with a presentation on teen development
and healthy choices, followed by a panel discussion featuring MJHS students.
Last year we had a similar panel discussion; it was a great opportunity for
kids to speak out and parents and family members to learn. We hope to take
the things we learned at last year’s discussion and make this one even
better.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bell MT","serif"'>The
program is designed to reach MJHS students as well as their parents, so we hope
you’ll bring your kids along. We will also have child care and
activities available for younger kids (who are very welcome to come to dinner).
We would also encourage you to invite families with middle school-aged children
from outside of MJHS, and also sixth grader families. Our students will
be given an incentive to bring as many families to the Parent Night as
possible: the class responsible for bringing the largest number of families to
parent night will get a special prize to be announced very soon. We also
hope to have a valuable door prize to offer as an incentive to our parents as
well.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bell MT","serif"'>While
you don’t have to RSVP to come to parent night, it would help us in our
planning for dinner to have a rough idea of the size of the gathering. If
you are planning to come, please reply to this email with a number of the
adults and children you expect to bring. Don’t worry about making a
commitment; we understand plans changed (and we’d be happy if you’d
bring more guests). (Just don’t hit “reply to all”; that
would send your response out to the entire list serve).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bell MT","serif"'>We’ll
provide more information about parent night soon. We are excited about putting
together a family-supporting, community building evening: the night will be
even better if many of our families attend. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bell MT","serif"'>The
second big event of interest to our families is the <span style='color:red'>Open
House for Eldene Gatlin January 22d.</span> Eldene is retiring after many
years as a school secretary and teacher at Lena Whitmore Elementary. If
Eldene has made a difference for your family, we encourage you to attend the Open
House in her honor on January 22, 2009 from 4:30 – 6:00 p.m. in the Lena
Whitmore Gymnasium. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bell MT","serif"'>Thanks
and take care,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bell MT","serif"'>Peggy
Jenkins<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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