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JIM
THORPE
AREA
PTA
“TOGETHER FOR CHILDREN”
L.B. MORRIS-325-2703
PENN KIDDER CAMPUS- 722-1150
SR. HIGH SCHOOL-325-3663
PTA President
Julie Lesitsky
1st Vice President
Marguerite Green
2nd Vice President
Janice Ohl
Secretary
Janet Farra
Treasurer
Anita Repecki
THE
JIM THORPE AREA PTA
140 WEST 10TH ST.
JIM THORPE PA 18229
CHALKBOARD
The Chalkboard questions or comments: (570) 977-2308
Dates To Remember:
April
(*Mar 29-April 2-M-F-PSSA make-up assessments)
7-W
- full school day(snow make-up day)
(Report cards-date subject to change)
"World Health Day"-wear green &/or green
ribbon to support the use of seat belts
8-Th
- full school day(now make-up day)
9-12-F-M
- School closed for Spring Holiday
13-Tu
- PTA Program-Gr.3 & 4-"Dances with Turtles"
(LB Morris)
& 7:00 pm-PTA meeting(Penn Kidder Campus)
14-W
- PTA Program-Gr. 3 & 4-"Dances with
Turtles"(Penn Kidder)
& PTA School Store (LB Morris & Penn Kidder)
15-Th
- PTA Program-Gr.8 & Sr. High-"Sons of Pitches"
21-23-W-F
- Parent Teacher Conferences
26-M
- 7:30 pm-School Board meeting
28 W
- PTA School Store (LB Morris & Penn Kidder)
May
1-Sat
- Grease"-School play at JTASD High
School
10-M
- 7:30 pm-School Board meeting
11-Tu
- 7 pm-PTA meeting(L.B.Morris)
14-F
- Sr. High Prom
15-Sat
- District 14 PTA Annual Luncheon &
Reflections Awards
19-W
- 6 pm-Athletic Awards banquet-JTASD
High School
26-W
- Jim Thorpe Area PTA Annual
Volunteer Appreciation LuncheonSplit Rock Lodge
& 6 pm-Jr. & Sr High Academic
Awards Banquet-JTASD High School
27-Th
- Academic Awards for Elementary
Schools
28-Th
- Grade 8-Red, White & Blue Day
31-M
- School closed-Memorial Day
"Volunteers Serving Your Educational Community"
The Chalkboard is produced by the Jim Thorpe Area PTA and
April 2003 Issue
Jim Thorpe Area PTA
Restructuring of the Jim Thorpe Area PTA continued at the March 9, 2004 general membership meeting held at L. B. Morris. Bylaws
were finalized for all local units and elections were held. The officers for L. B. Morris PTA are: President - Janice Ohl, Vice President - Lisa
Bleicher, Secretary - Colleen McGuire & Treasurer - Tara Eggert. Penn Kidder PTA officers are: President- Marguerite Green, 1st Vice
President - Kris Newbern, 2nd Vice President -Scott Rooney, Secretary - Lisa Rosenberger, & Treasurer - Anita Repecki. Jim Thopre High
School PTSA officers are: President - Barbara Maloney, 1st Vice President - Donna deVillers, 2nd Vice President - Sean Maloney, Secretary Janet Farra, & Treasurer - Terry Bartosh. These newly formed units will sign bylaws at the April meeting so that they can be sent to the
Pennsylvania PTA for approval. Council bylaws & elections will also take place at the April meeting. All new units are on schedule to be in
place by the end of this school year and will re-organize according to dates set by their officers.
Spring Book Fair-Thank you to everyone who helped to make the book fair a success..through work or purchases!
PSSA Snack Program-Pennsylvania State Standard Assessment tests-Thank you to all the business that donated
food, water or juice. Thanks to all the PTA members & school staff who helped purchase, &/or distribute the
snacks & water to all 3rd & 5th graders during these rigorous tests.
Reflections-Pennsylvania state winners have not yet been announced! Good Luck to all our District winners!
Jim Thorpe Area Wellness Council--Upcoming events: Mar. 29-April 2--"U-CAN 2-Can workout"(students will
bring 2 canned goods to physical education class to exercise with & then donate them to th Jim Thorpe Food
Pantry); April 7--World Health Day(Wear green &/or green ribbons to support the use of car seat belts);
April/May(TBA)--4th-6th Grade Mileage Club(Students are encouraged to walk at recess, students who
participate the most will be eligible to win prizes!); April/May(April 15)--Healthy Lifestyles Program( weight
management program-to promote healthy habits to decrease risk of heart disease, obesity, & other lifethreatening diseases.--Tuesdays, 3-5 pm for 5 weeks); May 12--Carbon County "Pop-Out Day"(a day where
students choose not to drink any soda or other high suger drink); May(TBA) Governor's Cup Challenge(students,
faculty, & staff will participate in some type of extra physical activity for 1 week); May 12--Extreme Bike Assembly
(for Grades 4-6, at 9am at Penn Kidder Campus & at 1 pm at L.B.Morris School); May 22--Carbon County Bike
Rodeo(various bike activities and demonstrations at L.B. Morris School form 10 am - 2 pm, ALL are welcomed!)
Pennsylvania PTA
5000 By 2005: Are YOU registered to vote? Next year is a Presidential election year! Read more about this campaign at
Summer Leadership Training will be held at the Country Cupboard Inn, Lewisburg, July 10-11, 2004. More information will be on the
website shortly at http://www.papta.org/leadership/summer-info.php, and in the April issue of the PTA in Pennsylvania.
National PTA
Five Cents Makes Sense for Public Education: Form letters available at PTA Web site: www.pta.org
Senate Budget Committee Considers FY05 Budget Resolution(from This Week in Washington e-newsletter)On March 4, the Senate
Budget Committee approved a budget resolution for fiscal year 2005 (FY05) on a party line vote of 12-10. The resolution which outlines tax
and spending policies for five years, closely mirrors President Bush's budget request for education, which National PTA opposed. The
committee approved the resolution, and it will likely go to the Senate floor for debate and a vote next week.
Overall, although the Budget Resolution makes assumptions about education spending, the actual decisions about allocations to
Department of Education programs will be made later by the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education appropriations
subcommittee.
The resolution, which will likely go to the Senate floor for debate and a vote next week, calls for $1 billion for Title I, and another $1 billion
for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
However, to make these increases, significant cuts would have to be made in other important education programs. Several amendments
were introduced to increase spending on domestic programs and while scaling back the resolution's tax cuts. One such amendment was
introduced by Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) that would fully fund No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and improve overall funding for education
and training programs. The Murray amendment failed by a vote along party lines.
National PTA is pleased with the increases in funding for Title I and IDEA in the Senate FY05 Budget Resolution. However, National PTA
believes the funding assumptions outlined in the budget resolution are inadequate, and fail to provide the resources necessary to
successfully implement NCLB and IDEA.
138 PA school superintendents criticize No Child Left Behind.
By JASON STRAZIUSO
Associated Press Writer
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP, March 1) - Venting frustration and anger, 138 superintendents from 14
eastern Pennsylvania counties formally criticized the federal No Child Left Behind act on Monday,
saying the law forces unrealistic and unfunded requirements on schools.
"We're here to make the statement that this law hurts students," James Scanlon, superintendent of
Quakertown Area School District, said at the opening of a two-hour meeting attended by 115 superintendents.
The superintendents gathered for the formal signing of a position paper seeking changes in the legislation. The 138
superintendents signing the statement represent more than 25 percent of the state's 501 districts.
While repeatedly insisting that they welcomed accountability and standards, the superintendents said the law is unrealistic in its
expectations of special education students and those who don't speak English as a first language.
"I'm very angry when I see these students forced to take the test with little to no accommodation," said Rudolf Karkosak,
superintendent of the Kennett Consolidated School District.
No Child Left Behind requires virtually all students to test at their grade level for math and reading. Schools that do not measure
up for two years in a row risk losing money and either have to provide more tutoring or let students transfer to better schools.
The superintendents want the legislation to allow testing with separate standards for special education students, and to allow
more time or accommodations for students who don't speak English. They also want the act "fully funded."
The Pennsylvania State Education Association supports the superintendents' position. Scanlon called such a large consensus of
superintendents and the PSEA support unprecedented.
"I expect it to go statewide. I think you'll see 501 districts join in," Scanlon said.
The superintendents only added to the law's critics nationwide. About a dozen states are rebelling against the act, and the Virginia
House has approved a resolution to exempt the state from "the most sweeping intrusions into state and local control of education
in the history of the United States."
In Pennsylvania, the Reading Area and Kennett Consolidated districts have filed suit in state court to force the state to pay the
costs of complying with the law.
James Weaver, president of the PSEA, called the law a "slick public relations piece."
"The moment to fix and fund the law will continue to grow," Weaver said. "In its current version, the law is destined for failure."
Several superintendents delivered impassioned speeches denouncing the act, saying it makes them angry and frustrated.
"It makes no sense. It makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. It's ridiculous," said Joseph O'Brien, superintendent of the
Springfield School District. "My heart says it's wrong for students."
Three congressmen had representatives at the meeting to collect viewpoints.
"We're looking at taking those viewpoints back and looking at how we can effect change, legislatively or otherwise ... but we're
not at that stage yet," said Kelly Colvin, the district director for Rep. Curt Weldon, R-Pa.
The staff, children and parents of Jim Thorpe Area PTA
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