THE "EAGLE" NEWSLETTER

A LITTLE HISTORY--The first Thanksgiving Day was in 1621. It happened when the Native Americans had a great farming season and the pilgrims were running out of food. The Native Americans decided that they would save the pilgrims from starvation and invited them to a great feast. If this act of kindness had not happened, the pilgrims would have died. In this great feast they ate turkey for the main course, pumpkin, cranberries, corn etc. In the late 1700âs, George Washington declared that the third Thursday of November would be Thanksgiving, a day to celebrate the generosity that the pilgrims had received from the Native Americans.

THANKSGIVING HOLIDAYS—Nov. 21^st, 22^nd, 23^rd November 20^th will be a full day of school. Students will return on Monday.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR THE PARENTS OF 6^th GRADERS—The Board of Education has received the following information from the Franklin County Health Department concerning students entering the 7^th grade next year:

Effective July 1, 2002, proof of Hepatitis B vaccine will be required for students to enter the 7^th grade. This is in addition to the requirement for entry into Kindergarten that became effective July 1, 1999.

The following is the dosage schedule for school-age children receiving the Hepatitis B Vaccine:

Dose 1 1^st visit

Dose 2 One month after 1^st dose

Dose 3 Six months after 1^st dose

Parents should contact the Franklin County Health Department or their health care provider for more information and or to set up an appointment.

BROADVIEW EAGLES-- play Tullahoma West Middle on Nov. 20^th at C.D. Stamps Community Center. Game time Girls----5:30-------Boys---7:00. Admission $2.00

Broadview boys and girls will play Monday night the 19^th @ 4:30-5:30 at North Lake. Broadview plays Clark Memorial.

HEADLICE—Remember to check your child’s head.

HARVEST FESTIVAL—A GREAT BIG THANK YOU to all who helped co-ordinate the festival. The BPTO feel as though it was a huge success. Final accounting still has to be done before we know what was actually cleared. We could not have done it without all of you. We will go back to our regular meeting date which is the 2^nd Tuesday of each month. Again, thank you, Frankie Taylor

HARVEST FESTIVAL AUCTION—The BPTO wishes to thank all who donated and/or purchased items for our festival auction. Without your generosity, this event would not have been possible. A BIG THANK YOU to Rocky Morris, our auctioneer. Gina Moore and Darryl Basham

FROM THE FACULTY--A Great Big Thank You to all the parents who helped the teachers with their activities and to the parents who took the time to bring your children and spend the day at school. You are appreciated.

FROM THE LIBRARY—Thanks to Montana Rhoton, Evan Morris, Eric Scott for donating books from their home collections.

The Scholastic Book Fair will be at our school November 27-December 7^th. Family night will be Thursday, the 29^th, from 3-6p.m. Parents, family members and friends are invited to come to the library to view the book fair items. There will be excellent ideas for Christmas gifts at our fair!! Come early and shop for a good selection. Ms. Rose

TARDIES—Remember that tardies count up to days absent. If a child is late coming in, their class has already started. It takes up valuable teaching time to redo lunch count, attendance report and to stop and get them caught up with the rest of the class.

The charge policy for FRANKLIN COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION is as follows:

K-6^th—10 charges—These charges can consist of 5 breakfast and 5 lunches or any combination of breakfast and lunch. (not to exceed 10 total charges)

There will be no charging of ala cart items such as: milk, juice, granola bars or ice cream.

Please do not ask to charge milk or any of the above items. Extra charging will only be allowed by prior notice. Christie Jones, Cafeteria Manager

HAM RADIO PROGRAM—The 5^th and 6^th grade classes enjoyed a Ham Radio program presented by Mr. Jimmy Floyd, Mr. Jack Hennon and Mr.Chuck Fullgraff!!

LOOK AHEAD—HOLIDAYS—December 19^th, 8-9:30 A.M. Students will return on January 3^rd, 2002.