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...from Stephen R. Papesh, Campus Administrator:
It gives me great pleasure to announce that Brittney Feldman will be inducted into the Indiana Swimming and Diving Hall of Fame. As I receive more details, I will inform everyone.
(personal note...it's ashame that this is one of the sports to be cut from Broad Ripple under the new Sports Magnet program...David Dorsett)
Mar 6, 6 p.m. - PTA Meeting Mini Aud.
Mar 8 - PBA day; students dismissed at noon
Mar 22, 6:30 pm - Rededication Ceremony for the improved BRHS Campus.
Mar 25 - BRHS Band members will be accepting donations of used instruments from 9am-1pm. This is a tax deductible donation.
Junior / Senior parents...
Prom tickets are now on sale. $35/single, $60/couple. I don't know any other details at this point, date, time, place, but wanted you to know that much.
Free tax help is available at Glendale Mall, Mon., Tues. and Wed. from10am-7 pm and Saturdays 10am-3pm until APRIL 12.
Thanks to the 200 or so parents and students who attended the Sports Magnet Meeting with Dr White. At a time when IPS is cutting $24million from the budget - something near 300 teachers - Dr White proposes increasing the athletic budget by a million (to enhance 5th-8th grade sports) and reducing the number of teams in each school. Currently, BRHS fields 19 teams. It is proposed that in 07-08, BRHS will only have 6 teams. We know we'll get some back, probably a maximum of 3. It was heartening to see the number of students who came to speak against this when you consider that it is only this years' freshman who will suffer from the cuts.
You can still send your comments to BewleyM@ips.k12.in.us to be incorporated with other parent/student comments, or better yet, attend one of the remaining meetings at other schools.
MAR 8 at Tech (1500 E Michigan Ave)
MAR 9 at Manual (2405 Madison Ave)
MAR 30 at Washington, (2215 W Washington St)
APR 17 at Northwest, (5525 W 34th St)
Dr White needs to know that we care about ACADEMICS first, and ATHLETICS also. Dr White says Academics come first, but cutting teachers doesn't seem like any way to make that happen. He feels we lose students to private and township schools because our teams are not competitive.
That may be true, but I believe the overriding decision is that there are MORE academic options/offerings and the athletics is a perk. Improve academics and discipline in IPS and parents will stay. THEN improve the athletic program.
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Juli Van Wyk
BRHS PTA Secretary
www.BRHSPTA.org
It gives me great pleasure to announce that Brittney Feldman will be inducted into the Indiana Swimming and Diving Hall of Fame. As I receive more details, I will inform everyone.
(personal note...it's ashame that this is one of the sports to be cut from Broad Ripple under the new Sports Magnet program...David Dorsett)
Mar 6, 6 p.m. - PTA Meeting Mini Aud.
Mar 8 - PBA day; students dismissed at noon
Mar 22, 6:30 pm - Rededication Ceremony for the improved BRHS Campus.
Mar 25 - BRHS Band members will be accepting donations of used instruments from 9am-1pm. This is a tax deductible donation.
Junior / Senior parents...
Prom tickets are now on sale. $35/single, $60/couple. I don't know any other details at this point, date, time, place, but wanted you to know that much.
Free tax help is available at Glendale Mall, Mon., Tues. and Wed. from10am-7 pm and Saturdays 10am-3pm until APRIL 12.
Thanks to the 200 or so parents and students who attended the Sports Magnet Meeting with Dr White. At a time when IPS is cutting $24million from the budget - something near 300 teachers - Dr White proposes increasing the athletic budget by a million (to enhance 5th-8th grade sports) and reducing the number of teams in each school. Currently, BRHS fields 19 teams. It is proposed that in 07-08, BRHS will only have 6 teams. We know we'll get some back, probably a maximum of 3. It was heartening to see the number of students who came to speak against this when you consider that it is only this years' freshman who will suffer from the cuts.
You can still send your comments to BewleyM@ips.k12.in.us to be incorporated with other parent/student comments, or better yet, attend one of the remaining meetings at other schools.
MAR 8 at Tech (1500 E Michigan Ave)
MAR 9 at Manual (2405 Madison Ave)
MAR 30 at Washington, (2215 W Washington St)
APR 17 at Northwest, (5525 W 34th St)
Dr White needs to know that we care about ACADEMICS first, and ATHLETICS also. Dr White says Academics come first, but cutting teachers doesn't seem like any way to make that happen. He feels we lose students to private and township schools because our teams are not competitive.
That may be true, but I believe the overriding decision is that there are MORE academic options/offerings and the athletics is a perk. Improve academics and discipline in IPS and parents will stay. THEN improve the athletic program.
-------------
Juli Van Wyk
BRHS PTA Secretary
www.BRHSPTA.org
posted by DDorsett at 8:07 AM
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