1/14 - Activity Pictures @ 9:30 a.m.

1/15 - PTO Meeting @ 7:00 p.m.

1/17 - End of 2nd Nine Weeks & 1st Semester

 

1/18 - Records Day - NO SCHOOL

 

1/21 - MLK Day - NO SCHOOL

 

1/23 - Report Cards

 

1/25 - 2nd Nine Weeks Awards @ 2:15 p.m.

           A & A/B Honor Roll Party @ 3:30 p.m.

 

1/29 - Market Day Pick-Up @ 6:30 p.m.

1/31 - Early Release - Dismissal @ 1:00 p.m.

Yearbook Pictures

Mrs. Daree Fry, our yearbook coordinator, is looking for pictures for the yearbook.  If you have any pictures from field trips, parties, etc., she will scan them and return to you if they are clearly marked.  Please send to the office to her attention.

Report Cards

The 2nd Nine Weeks and 1st Semester ends on Thursday, January 17.  Report cards will go home with students on Wednesday, January 23.  Please contact your child's teacher if you have any questions or concerns about their report card.

Records Day

Friday, January 18 is Records Day.  There will be NO SCHOOL for Paragon students.  Students will also be out on Monday, January 21 in observance of MLK Day.

MSD of Martinsville Award Granted

Through a new grant made possible from the Indiana Department of Education/Learn & Serve Indiana, the MSD of Martinsville will be able to engage K-12 students in service-learning to enhance academic achievement and civic responsibility.  Service-learning programs in Martinsville schools hope to enhance learning, build character, and increase civic skills in students by combining service to the community with academic curriculum.  For more information about service-learning in Martinsville, please contact Pat Barr, Family Service Coordinator at barrp@msdmail.net.

News from the Library

The following are some quotes about reading by some famous and not-so-famous people.  Some you may be familiar with.  Read them over and make reading more a part of your child's life and your own this year!

"The more that you read, the more things you will know.  The more that you know, the more places you'll go"  Dr. Seuss

"So please, oh please we BEG, we pray, go throw your TV set away; and in its place you can install a lovely bookshelf on the wall."  Roahl Dahl in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

"There is more treasure in books than in all the pirates loot on Treasure Island."  Walt Disney

"Reading will give you lasting pleasure."  First Lady Laura Bush

"Today a leader, tomorrow a reader."  Margaret Fuller

"TV.  If kids are entertained by two letters, imagine the fun they'll have with 26.  Open your child's imagination.  Open a book."  Author Unknown