1. Parkside M.S. Announcements Wednesday March 26, 2014 BLUE Day

2. Announcements RACHEL’S FIRST FIVE: WEEK 18 Monday (Act of Kindness for the week) Spend time with, or on the phone with, a family member you do not often see or speak to. Try to rekindle a relationship that might have taken a back seat to your other relationships. Tuesday (Quote of the week) “A word of encouragement during a failure is worth more than an hour of praise after success.” - Author Unknown. Wednesday (Ethical question or scenarios) How much do you lie? Is it okay to lie if no one gets hurt? Thursday (Discuss the topic) What does it mean to put others before you? Friday (Just a thought) “For every minute you are angry, you lose sixty seconds of happiness.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson

3. Announcements STEP TEAM Will meet this week on: Thursday (27 th ) After school

4. Announcements HOMEWORK CLUB Canceled this Thursday afternoon (27 th )

5. Announcements CHEF CLUB Chef club members: please turn in your recipes to Linda Reynolds by Friday morning.

6. Announcements TRYOUTS: Attention all students trying out for a spring sport, try-outs are canceled for today. We will continue try-outs for baseball, softball, girl’s soccer, and boy’s track on Wednesday, March 26th. The final day of try-outs is now Thursday, March 27th. In order to try-out, you must have a physical (on the most recent PWCS form) and concussion training certificate on file with Mrs. Harigan. The try-outs begin right after school and end at 5:15 pm.

7. Announcements Yearbook Order your yearbook today. $25 per book. Order online or see Mrs. Drake. Deadline— March 28th.

8. Announcements PENNIES FOR PATIENTS NJHS is collecting pennies for patients for the Leukemia Society. So bring that spare change to your P2 class. The class raising the most change at each grade level wins a pizza party! March 28 is the last day to collect. (Mattia)

9. Announcements DANCE SWEETHEART DANCE POSTPONED UNTIL MARCH 28 TH.

10. Announcements 8TH GRADE DANCE GROUPS Attention 8th grade dance groups. If you are interested in performing April 3rd at the Parkside Spirit Night, please see Mrs. Pierce today!

11. 5th Annual Mini Relay for Life Walk April 4 th, 2014 Join in as we walk during all physical education classes. Step by step we can make a difference. The Parkside family first walked to show support for a mother of a one of our students. We soon understood that many of our Panther family and friends were effected by this disease. The battle continues as does our support. Please help us meet our goal of $1,000.00 by making a donation to the American Cancer Society today! You can donate on line at: www.relayforlife.org/woodbridgeva: look up team name Hope for the future, then participant Parkside Middle School. http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR/RelayForLife/RFLCY14SA?px=32259070&pg=personal& fr_id=61516 Or checks made to the American Cancer Society

13. Drop Everything & Read Day March 31 Bring a book to English class and read the entire time You can bring a pillow, stuffed animal, or even a blanket.

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15. Bus Lane B 38 97 133 244 315 331 366 894 899 919

16. Bus Lane A 239 259 310 463 527 628 641 667 683 730 796 820