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This is Principal Snoeck from Hawk Hollow School calling with an important message for parents. On Tuesday, September 8, at 11:00 AM, President Obama will deliver a national address directly to students on the importance of education. According to information we have received, the President will challenge students to work hard, set educational goals, and take responsibility for their learning. He will also call for a shared responsibility and commitment on the part of students, parents, and educators to ensure that every child in every school gets the best education possible in order to be successful. The 15 to 20 minute address will be broadcast live on CSPAN, Channel 98. We will be having our student in grades 1-6 watch the President’s speech in their classrooms here at school.
If you want your child to participate, you do not need to do anything.
If you would rather you child NOT watch the President’s speech, you must do the following BEFORE 8 AM on TUESDAY, September 8:
Call the school – 630-540-7676. Press 4 to reach the Principal’s Voice Mail. Please leave me your child’s full name, grade level and teacher’s name and request to have them excluded from the presentation. Your student will be relocated to an alternate location in the building and will have an additional 20 minutes of sustained silent reading (SSR) time which can be entered on his/her Reading Log. Once again, in order to have your child excluded from viewing the speech, you need to leave me a voice message before 8 AM Tuesday morning.
If you would like to have more information about the speech before making your decision, please go to the following web site: www.ed.gov/admins/lead/academic/bts.html
This web site along with this Connect Ed message can also be viewed on our Hawk Hollow School web site.
Thank you and enjoy your long weekend! Sincerely,
Mrs. Pamela Nabors Snoeck e-mail: pamelasnoeck@u-46.org
Principal phone: 630-540-7676, ext.7799, fax: 630-372-3365 |
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