The Principal’s Communiqué

LOUISA E. PERRITT PRIMARY SCHOOL * 1900 WALNUT STREET * ARKADELPHIA, AR 71923

March 15, 2010

Dear Parents,

Have you heard the exciting news?? Our school raised $5,836.58 for “Jump for Heart!” Mrs. Mary Taylor is to be commended for her dedication to wiping out heart disease! The top money raisers were DREW RODGERS (2^nd year in a row!) and PRESTON DEMORROW. The top classes were Mrs. Gina Garner’s kindergarten class and Miss Shawna Childs’ first grade class.

Ø TOMORROW, TUESDAY: Bookstore Open. Bring your quarters for pencils, erasers and grips. We still have jump ropes for only $4!

· 1^st Grade Module 2 Writing Test, 10:00 a.m.

Ø WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17: Wee Postal Delivery. JASMINE NEWBORN and JERICK BUCKLEY picked up 34 pieces of mail last Wednesday and they were all Positive Perritt Postcards! Did you get one??

· End of 3^rd Grading Period.

· Relay for Life T-shirt order deadline. We can order sizes Youth S – Adult XL for $10. A 2X shirt is $13 and for each additional “X” add $1.

Ø THURSDAY, MARCH 18^th: Banking Day! Bring your banking bucks!

· Good Citizens Breakfast, 8:30 a.m., cafeteria. The following students were chosen by their teachers as the good citizens for March. They will be honored at a breakfast sponsored by BROOKSHIRES. Haley Allen, Jarrett Bell, Caroline Bennington, Brooklynn Boyette, Carson Burnham, Sarah Burnside, Rob Calhoun, Kennedy Campbell, Iyana Davis, Keren De Leon, Kathryn Durand, Luke Green, Cheyenne Holmes, Cydney Holmes, Huston Hooten, Lily Kesterson, Carson McAnally, Autumn McGrady, Drew Rodgers, O.J. Saldana

· “Go Fish”, 7:00 p.m. in the cafetorium, presented by the kindergarten classes of Crow, Elmore, Medlock and Terry

Ø FRIDAY, MARCH 19^th: Pride Day! Wear those school shirts with PRIDE!

· YA (Young Artists), 1:45 p.m.

· Encore performance of “Go Fish”, 2:15 p.m.

Ø MONDAY, MARCH 22 – FRIDAY, MARCH 26: SPRING BREAK! NO SCHOOL!

Ø REMINDER: Now that the weather is getting nicer, we want to remind everyone that the Perritt dress code does not allow flip-flops. We cannot participate in our physical education classes if we have them on and they are very dangerous on the playground. Thank you for your cooperation.

Sincerely,

Wanda O’Quinn, Principal