This Week...

NEW VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY There is a new volunteer opportunity available in the CSPN Volunteer Central section! Head over to the CSPN-ZONE in the right frame of each page and click on the link CSPN Volunteer Central on Wikispaces. We are getting ready for March Madness and T-CAPs and need your help! http://www.campusschool.org/Home.html

Think Show On Wednesday, the students will be coming home with information about their next Think Show Project. The projects will correspond with our Cultural Night at school which will be April 28th. The project will be due April 18th.

SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL SURVEY Dear Campus School Parents, A Safe Routes to School (SRTS) grant application is being prepared for Campus School. If awarded a SRTS program grant, the City of Memphis will receive funds to make infrastructure improvements that will increase pedestrian safety in the vicinity of Campus School, to provide additional pedestrian/bicycle education to our students, and to encourage healthy and active lifestyles...read more on our News and Information page @ http://www.campusschool.org/Home.html

This Week...

• No School on Monday, February 21st -- Teacher In-Service
• Congratulations to the Campus School Book Fair! We raised over $9,300!
• School picture day is Thursday, February 24th. We have learned some new information. Lifetouch will be photographing students and printing packages for students bringing in payment on or before Portrait Day. They will be taking both group and individual pictures. The group informational flyer went home last week. The individual informational flyer will go home on Tuesday. If you are interested in both group and individual pictures, you will need to send money in with both flyers separately.
• Jump Rope for Heart is coming up on March 4th. If you would like your child to participate, please send in the permission slip.

February News...

TCAP Practice Tests

Sample test items and short-form and full length practice tests for the TCAP can be found here:

http://www.tn.gov/education/assessment/ach_samplers.shtml Practice Tests are full-length containing the same number of test items per content area that would be found on the actual Achievement Test taken in the Spring. The design and layout of the Practice Tests are similar to the actual test to better familiarize students with the test format. TCAP testing dates April 11-15.

Upcoming Events February 14th – 18th : Scholastic Book Fair February 16: CiCi’s Family Night February 17: Scholastic Book Fair Family Night February 21: No School

Jump Rope for Heart Please sign and return your child’s Jump Rope for Heart Permission slip. Jump Rope For Heart promotes the value of physical activity to elementary schoolchildren while showing them they can contribute to their community's welfare. This is a time when children can establish the foundation for movement skills. These are also the years when positive learning experiences can help establish a positive attitude and appreciation for participating in regular, daily physical activity for life.

Black History Month Celebrate Black History Month with your children this February, and spend some extra time learning about the extraordinary accomplishments of African-Americans. Read more on FamilyEducation:

http://fun.familyeducation.com/black-history-month/holidays/32871.html#ixzz1CTexMVze

This Week

• Please work on multiplication facts with your child at home. We will continue to take "mixed up facts" quizzes once a week. The quizzes are 40 questions and the students have 4 minutes to complete them.
• Upcoming Dates: February 8th: Chick-fil-A Night February 14th: Valentine Party--1:30 -2:30 February 14th-18th: Scholastic Book Fair February 16th: CiCi's Family Night February 17th: Scholastic Book Fair Family Night February 18th: Johnson Family Gathering--Commitment February 21st: No School! -- Teacher In-Service