April 2001 Newsletter

Happy Birthday

Nathan Bradbury

Stephanie Bradbury

Josh Culpepper

Clifford Tuten

Brittney Wibanks

Campbell’s Labels and Boxtops

We have had several turned in over the past couple of months.
We really appreciate your efforts in trying to help the school purchase things we can all use.

Memory Books

We have a work day on March 22^nd at the Resource Center from 9:00 – 11:30. Please bring any pictures you may have that the school could copy and don’t forget to put your name on the back along with what type of activity it may be. WE WILL NOT BE ACCEPTING PICTURES OF PAST ACTIVITIES AFTER MARCH 30^TH TO GO IN THE MEMORY BOOK. The reason for this is because some of the pages will be layed out and ready to print on this weekend and we will be unable to add pictures to them once we have them placed on paper. We will continue to put the recent activities that we will be doing (band concert, dairy farm, history museum, egg drop) in the memory book so therefore the books will not be available to hand out until mid May. We are asking for everyone that would like a memory book to send in a $10 deposit by April 20^th. This will cover the cost of what we need to print up so far. We are estimating the book at costing us around $15 a piece so therefore you will still owe $5 in May when the book is ready for pickup. WE ARE ONLY MAKING ENOUGH BOOKS FOR THE FAMILIES THAT MAKE A $10 DEPOSIT TO RESERVE THEIR COPY. There is no way we can go back and add another book to the list after April 20^th. So if you want a book you must have your money in by that date.

Standardized Testing

We will be offering standardized testing toward the end of May. If you would like for your student to be tested then you will need to send in $20 by May 5^th so we can order your test. You will need to make sure your money will reach the post office by the 5^th because the test will be ordered on the 6^th. If you have any questions concerning these test then please see Greta or Kim.

Band Concert

Band concert will be Thursday May 10^th at 6:30. It will be held in the fellowship hall of Calvary Baptist Church. The students will need to be there by 6:00 for pictures. For the children in recorder they need to be dressed in Sunday clothes and the band children boys need to wear black pants, black shoes, and white button up with black tie. The girls need to wear black skirts, black hose, black shoes, and white blouse.

Egg Drop

This Easter we will be having an egg drop contest. It will be held on April 9^th at King Caldwell Park at 1:00. The purpose of an egg drop competition is to challenge people’s creativity and ingenuity in solving a "real world" problem. These competitions are held at all levels of education, and are very popular on college campuses as well.

The contestants in an egg drop contest design and build a container to safely transport 1 raw egg to the ground from a 2^nd story or balcony. Our contest is designed to reward both safety and accuracy. In order to score many points, the egg must remain unbroken, and needs to remain in the target area after landing.

Numerous variations of the rules have been used for these competitions. We have chose this set of rules to allow maximum creativity with the least mess. If the contest goes well this year, we could make it an annual event. All ages (even parents) may participate.

RULES FOR THE EGG DROP CONTEST:

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   2. Contestants supply their own materials
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   4. Egg machines must fit in a 12-inch cube
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   6. Contestants will drop their own machine
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   8. The contest sponsors will supply eggs
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   10. Eggs must be removed from the machine in 30 seconds or less
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   12. No hazardous, flammable, or powdered materials allowed
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   14. Contestants must clean up their own mess
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   16. Target is a 3-foot radius circle
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   18. Scoring is as follows:

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  • Condition

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  • Accuracy

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  • Score – Condition times accuracy

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   2. In case of a tie, a "drop-off" will be held and tied contestants will drop their machines again. If neither of them break or crack their eggs then their machine will be measured to see who is closest to the center of the circle. The other person will fall to the next place.
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   4. Machines will be measured in the most advantageous position.
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   6. Each contestant must design and build his/her own machine. Commercially constructed containers are not allowed. (i.e. egg cartons)
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   8. First place winner will received $10, second place $5, and 3^rd place $3.