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Welcome to the Tempe Chandler PTSA Weekly News Briefs!аа
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Volume I,аIssueа6 - September 17, 2008
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This email digest was established to help keep parents, students, and staff informed of what is going on in our local community.а To offer news stories, links, and other items of interest, please submit to tcptsa-owner@yahoogroups.comTo subscribe to the TCPTSA Email update list, send email to:а tcptsa-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
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THURSDAY NIGHT - SEPTEMBER 18
7-8:30 PM
Tempe Union HS Governing Board Candidate Forum
and 2008 Overrides/Class B Bond Presentation
Tempe Police Station
8201 S Hardy, Tempe
Submit candidate questions to tuhsdforumquestions@yahoo.com
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IN THE NEWS THIS WEEK:
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Indoor Air Quality and more available on Kyrene Facilities Web Site
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Snyder to replace Bell as Desert Vista AD
Ahwatukee Foothills News - Phoenix,AZ,USA
Snyder replaces Jim Bell, who left for a similar job at Corona del Sol High School on Friday. Bell begins his new job, activities (nonathletics) director ...
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Desert Vista AD Bell leaving for position at Corona (Ahwatukee ...
Jim Bell, athletic director and assistant principal at Desert Vista, is leaving for a similar job at Corona del Sol High School, DV principal Anna Battle said Friday night.
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Southeast Valley school districts reach out to teen mothers
Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA
According to district records, last year the 33-year-old program assisted 162 pregnant and parenting mothers, the largest number Tempe Union has had this ...
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Unification debate turns to teacher salaries
Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA
He said that the Phoenix Union High School District and its 13 feeder elementary districts would save about $1 billion by eliminating duplication of ...
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New Chandler charter has kids aiming high
Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA
"Almost all of the elementary grades are full." There are 170 students in grades K-6, and 60 in the middle school. Students can choose among extracurricular ...
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New group opposes Kyrene unification
Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA
Preserve Kyrene, a group that opposes unification of the Kyrene, Tempe Elementary and Tempe Union High school districts, will hold its first meeting at 6 pm ...
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HANDY LINKS:
Organizations:
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The Parent Networkа(fka Kyrene Parent Network)
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Calendars:

TUHSD 2008-09 School Calendar

Kyrene 2008-09 School Calendar

Chandler Unified 2008-09 School Calendar 

Tempe Elementary 2008-09 School Calendar 

Elections:
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DATES to note:
  • September 18 - Candidate Forum 7-8:30 pm Tempe Police Station, 8201 S Hardy
  • October 16 - Kyrene Parent Network candidate forum (Kyrene and TUHSD candidates) 6:30 pm at Corona del Sol
TO DO LIST:
  • JOIN the Tempe Chandler PTSA!ааа Membership is only $10.00 and includes membership to the National and Arizona Parent Teacher Associations.а THANK YOU to all the new Tempe Chandler PTSA members and contributors!аа www.tempechandlerptsa.org
  • Contribute to the independent shadowing of the ADHS testing of Corona - help give every parent the confidence that the right testing is being done, and the results are provided directly to the parents.а Click here to donate.а Or mail your check to Tempe Chandler PTSA 75 W. El Freda, Tempe 85284

Organizations:

Tempe Chandler PTSAаа

Corona Clean Airа

Corona PTO

The Parent Networkа(fka Kyrene Parent Network)

Calendars:

TUHSD 2008-09 School Calendar

Kyrene 2008-09 School Calendar

Chandler Unified 2008-09 School Calendarа

Tempe Elementary 2008-09 School Calendarа

Elections:

ааааааааааhttp://www.maricopa.gov/Schools/SchoolElections/school_elections.aspx

DATES to note:

  • September 10 - Preserve Kyrene meeting 6 pm Chandler Police Substation Desert Breeze, Chandlerа
  • September 18 - Candidate Forum 8:30 pm Tempe Police Station, 8201 S Hardy
  • October 16 - Kyrene Parent Network candidate forum (Kyrene and TUHSD candidates) 6:30 pmat Corona del Sol
TO DO LIST:
  • JOIN the Tempe Chandler PTSA!ааа Membership is only $10.00 and includes membership to the National and Arizona Parent Teacher Associations.а THANK YOU to all the new Tempe Chandler PTSA members and contributors!аа www.tempechandlerptsa.org
  • Contribute to the independent shadowing of the ADHS testing of Corona - help give every parent the confidence that the right testing is being done, and the results are provided directly to the parents.а Click here to donate.а Or mail your check to Tempe Chandler PTSA 75 W. El Freda, Tempe 85284.
September 9, 2008
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IN THE NEWS THIS WEEK:
Moms, dads march alongside kids' school bands
East Valley Tribune - Mesa,AZ,USA
Mary Loomis is a fifth-year booster at Ahwatukee Foothills' Mountain Pointe High School in the Tempe Union High School District. Her oldest son graduated ...
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Tempe High working to go 'green'
East Valley Tribune - Mesa,AZ,USA
The Tempe Union High School District spent $4.3 million in 2007-08. As two examples, utilities cost $685000 at Tempe High School, and $707500 at Mountain ...
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Kyrene and Tempe Union districts bus 922 kids out of Maricopa
Both Kyrene and the Tempe Unified High School District are not only enrolling children from the Maricopa Unified School District but also sending buses to the city to transport kids to them.
DV-Corona football to be televised
Ahwatukee Foothills News - Phoenix,AZ,USA
The Thunder's Oct. 31 game at Tempe Corona del Sol will be seen on CBS College Sports as part of the network's eight-game slate, "MaxPreps High School ...
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Chandler schools partner with mall to raise cash
Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA
August 29, 2008 08:18 AM Chandler elementary schools are the first in Arizona to join School Cents, a California-based fundraiser that links retail shopping with ...
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Longtime Asst. Principal Duplissis leaves Corona for ASU post
Wrangler News - Chandler,AZ,USA
Corona del Sol High School Assistant Principal Dr. Mark Duplissis has resigned to take the position of high school relations coordinator at Arizona State ...
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New group opposes Kyrene unification
Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA
Preserve Kyrene, a group that opposes unification of the Kyrene, Tempe Elementary and Tempe Union High school districts, will hold its first meeting at 6 pm ...

August 24 News Briefs
Fox News 10 - video - Saturday August 23
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Tempe Union buses pick up kids outside district
East Valley Tribune - Mesa,AZ,USA
"When we're invading another district's boundary to get them, I think that's not quite fair," said longtime Tempe Union High School District board member ...

Corona testing shows improved air; parent meeting Saturday
Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA
Preliminary testing of carbon dioxide at Corona del Sol High shows results that are not "perfect," but have improved compared to testing ...

McClintock High bookstore manager fired
AZ Central.com - AZ,USA
Tempe Union High School District officials would not confirm whether the firing of an employee Wednesday was linked to an active police ...

Tempe High creates partnerships to back programs
East Valley Tribune - Mesa,AZ,USA
With just 1300 students, the school is one of the smallest in the Tempe Union High School District. Yslas hopes to bring enrollment up to around 1600 ...

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August 17 News Briefs
HANDY LINKS:а
Tempe High creates partnerships to back programs
East Valley Tribune
With just 1300 students, the school is one of the smallest in the Tempe Union High School District. Yslas hopes to bring enrollment up to around 1600 ...
Arizona Republic
Aug 14, 2008 ... Congressman tours Corona del Sol, US Rep. Harry Mitchell, a former Tempe Union High School District teacher, toured the school to see ...
Smoke scare causes evacuation at 2 schools
Wrangler News
School staff evacuated students at Aprende and adjoining Kyrene de las Brisas Elementary School and contacted the Chandler Fire Department. ...
Chandler enrollment up 1400 students since '07
East Valley Tribune
The additional students meant that Jan Weyenberg, Riggs Elementary School principal, had to hire another kindergarten teacher this year. ...
Schools struggle to pay for English-learner program
Arizona Republic
At Chandler Unified School District, officials expect to spend $3 million on the new program, while receiving $1.6 million from the state. ...