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Tuesday, Jan. 31 - No school for students K-12. Teacher professional development.

Burns Park is hosting its fourth Disability Awareness Workshop on Thursday, February 9th; all Burns Park fourth graders will be participating in the workshop. In the morning, they will rotate in small groups through a series of "hands on" stations that allow them to to experience the challenges of physical, visual, auditory, speech and learning disabilities; in the afternoon, they will meet as a large group with adult presenters who will talk about their own disabilities. This workshop, funded by the "Disability Awareness Workshop Fund" of the Ann Arbor Public Schools Educational Foundation, is FREE for our school; however, we do need about 20 parent volunteers to help with the set-up and the morning workshops. There are two opportunities to volunteer, please let me know if you are available for either or both:

1. Set-up: Wednesday, February 8th (afterschool-time TBA depending on volunteer's schedules)
2. Workshops: Thursday, February 9th (8:30am - noonish) Really need help on this day!
Thanks for considering volunteering - the workshop cannot happen with you! Please feel free to email with any questions….Juliet Flanders at julietflanders@gmail.com

Burns Park PTO presents, Mr. Popper's Penguins this Friday, January 27. The $5 per child donation includes a snack. (Students are encouraged to bring their own full water bottle.) Purchase a raffle ticket for $1 each to take your chance at winning a $10 gift cards to Barnes & Noble. The TWO winners will be chosen during intermission. Students do not have to be present to win. Doors open at 6:30pm with a pick-up time at 8:30pm. Students may bring a sleeping bag, blanket or pillow to sit on during the movie. If you are interested in volunteering to help with the event, please contact Dan Zahn at 418-8024 or email at danzahn@alum.mit.edu or Courtney McCreadie at 929-2062 or email at cemccreadie@yahoo.com

During the week of January 22-28th, you will have a chance to Show Your Support for Burns Park at the Ann Arbor Public School's PTO Thrift Store. During this week, for every $5 you spend at the thrift store, you will receive a token that you can use to "vote" for one of four possible AAPS schools and their featured program/extracurricular activity. Burns Park will be asking for your support of the many field trips that classrooms take throughout the year that are funded through the PTO budget. The Burns Park PTO will receive the same percentage of $1000 as the percentage of tokens we have received. We encourage you to show your support during this week!
Wednesday, January 25th Strategies for Managing Screen-Time: There is growing e idence that prolonged hours of screen time (e.g. watching tv, internet browsing, video gaming) in youth is associated with adverse physical andmentoal health outcomes such as obesity, anxiety, and depressive symptoms. This lecture will focus on helping parents to use behavioral strategies to limit youths' screen time. Presenter: Polly Gipson, Ph.D. Free lecture open tot eh public at the Ann Arbor Downtown Library on 5th Avenue from 7:00-8:30pm.
Volunteers needed for the Burns Park Book Fair scheduled for Monday, March 5-9th. Please sign up to help with this important biennial fundraising event. Contact Kincaid Brown at kcb@umich.edu as soon as possible to sign up for one of these Book Fair shifts:

Enter a poster for Earth Day 2012 Poster Contest: Any student K-5th grade is eligible to submit a 11" x 17" poster using crayons, colored pencils, watercolors, pens, markers, or paints that celebrates our environment: air, water, land, resources, wildlife, and ecosystems. One student name per poster. All original submissions should be sent to Mr. Tom Occhipinti, Environmental Education Coordinator, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, PO Box 30473, Lansing, MI 48909-7973 and must be received by February 10, 2012. Your entry will not be returned to you. Make sure to include the following information on a separate sheet of paper with your poster submission: First & Last name, School Name, School Address, City, State, Zip, Teacher's name, School Phone, Email address

No school on Tuesday, January 31st due to a professional development day for teachers and staff.