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1. Invitations are being sent home on Monday for students in grades 3-8 who have been referred to our new after school tutoring program by their teachers, based on classroom and test performance. Tutoring will be held on Mondays and Thursdays from 3:30-4:30, beginning Monday, Janaury 30. There is no transportation provided. Registration forms are located on the invitations and are due back to your child’s teacher by Thursday, January 26. Please call Mrs. Brunner if you have any questions.

2. Just a reminder that our Winter session of Girls Inc for 4th and 5th grade girls has resumed. There are a few more spots available. Please contact Ms. Vik at 317.890.9100 ext 105 for questions or to sign up your daughter.

3. Our boy’s basketball team will be playing at Kipp on Tuesday, October 26 and at Mt. Carmel Church against Lighthouse on Thursday, January 26. Both games start at 5:30. Please come show your support for our players and cheerleaders.

4. Parents, please remember that all students that are not registered to receive our Imagine Zone after care services should be picked up no later than 3:30 every day. Also, please remember that all students need to be at school by 8 AM each day. Our students are trying to achieve perfect attendance rewards. Being here on time will help them achieve this goal.

5. Parents, please plan to attend our next CARE crew meeting which is scheduled to take place on Monday, January 30th at 5:30 PM. The meeting takes place in the auditorium.

1. Please remember that Imagine East will be closed on Monday, January 16 in observance of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr holiday. Remember to make it a day on and not off!!!

2. Parents, please be mindful that any absence that is not accompanied by a doctor’s statement or a note of illness from a parent/guardian is considered unexcused. Absences in excess of 10 days for the school year will result in a formal filing with the Marion County Prosecutor’s office. This is a state law. Students have to be at school every day and on time daily in order to receive all of the important educational information presented. Please do everything that you can to get your child to school every day by 8 AM.

3. Tuesday, January 17th kicks off our new school-wide attendance incentive! Classes with perfect attendance each day will race around a paper track within their grade levels. Every month, the class that is closest to the finish line or makes it to the finish line will get to choose a little something extra fun for their class. Prizes could be any one of the following….a pie in Mr. Dinkins face, pajama dress down day, or popcorn & a movie, to name a few. So get your students to school each day and we’ll see you at the finish line!

4. Girls Inc. for registered 4th and 5th grade girls will begin on Thursday, January 19 at 3:30. Parents must pick the girls up promptly at 4:30 pm.

5. We have had many questions about after school tutoring lately. We are pleased to announce that information about a new tutoring program will be sent home with invited students in grades 3-8 on Monday, January 23. This tutoring program will begin on January 30, and will be conducted on Mondays and Thursdays from 3:30-4:30. Also, our SES tutoring program will continue for students who are already enrolled. We hope to invite more students to attend our next SES tutoring session – invitations will go home for that program later this month.”

6. Hallelujah Praise Dancers will meet on Thursday’s from 3:45 through 4:45 until further notice.

7. “Our Legacy” program practice will begin this Thursday, January 19th at 3:45-4:45 we are looking for students to help in the areas of speaking parts as well as stage crew… WE are excited about the quickly approaching event, so plan to come out and show support of our students at the “Our Legacy” Program on February 24th and 25th at 6pm.Please Contact Ms.Sallie ext.120 if you with any questions or concerns

8. Attention parents of fourth – eighth grade students. We will be hosting a wonderful afterschool program here at Imagine East called Afternoons Rock. This is a program that teaches character development to students as well as alcohol and drug prevention. The program will run two days per week for eight weeks starting the week of January 23rd. Please look for permission forms to come home with your child on Tuesday, January 17th. The signed permission forms should be returned to your child’s teacher by Friday, January 20th. We will NOT provide transportation home for students taken part in the Afterschool Rocks program. Students will have to be picked up by a parent if they plan to participate in this program.

Imagine East will be closed in observance of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday on Monday, January 16, 2012. Enjoy your three day weekend and remember to make it a day on; not off!!!!

Good evening and Happy New Year Imagine families. This is Mrs. Rivers with today’s Sunday at Seven message for Imagine East. We truly hope that everyone had a restful holiday break and that our students are ready to return for a rigorous second half of the academic school year.

School resumes bright and early Monday, January 9th. All students should be present to school by 8 AM. Our teachers were able to take part in several worthwhile professional development sessions last week and they are ready to implement many of the strategies learned with our students. We truly can’t wait to start this New Year off with our wonderful Imagine students.

Parents, this month’s board meeting scheduled to take place on Monday, January 9th has been cancelled. The next scheduled board meeting will take place on February 13, 2012 at 6:00 PM.

Highlights from last week include:

Eighth grade members of our Panther Basketball team were able to take part in a day of shadowing at Guerin High School. The students were actually able to sit and take part in high school classrooms, they spoke with teachers, students, and administrators to help them begin to prepare and think about the transition to high school.

Please continue to support the following fundraisers:

1. Make sure you are clipping those Box-Top labels and sending those in with your child on a consistent basis. Remember, this is a way that our school can earn extra cash. We greatly appreciate your support of this with the Box-Tops program.
2. If you are a person that drinks Coca-Cola products please save your bottle tops. Our school is also able to earn money by turning on the bottle tops for Coke rewards. The bottle caps can be brought in to the front office and placed in our Coke rewards basket or sent in a baggy with your child to their teacher.

Everyone, have a fantastic evening and we look forward to seeing all students bright and early tomorrow morning.

Please support our Imagine family, Jay A Moore by going to 1dollar4Jason.org. He was recently in a terrible accident and would greatly benefit from your generosity.

Co-Workers Give Paralyzed Father, Son Special Christmas – http://www.theindychannel.com/news/30073129/detail.html
INDIANAPOLIS — INDIANAPOLIS — An Indianapolis single-father working to rebuild his life after a car accident said he is grateful for the kind hearts of fellow co-workers who stepped in to make sure his son could have a special Christmas.

On a rainy night in November, Moore was driving home from his second job and lost control of his car.

Moore said the accident left him paralyzed from the chest down, RTV6′s Eboné Monet reported.

“The next thing you know, I’m waking up in the hospital, and I’m like, ‘What happened to me?’ I tried to get up and I was in so much pain. I couldn’t move and feel my legs and I said, ‘Oh my God, I’m paralyzed.’ The next thing I thought was, ‘What am I going to do about my son?’” Moore said.

Thanks to the generosity of loved ones, his 7-year-old son received an outpouring of support after the accident.

“I feel very fortunate for all the help and support that I have. One of the things that hurts me is not being able to do it myself, but I’m keeping the faith that I will be able to be as functional as I can,” Moore said.

Family and friends said they wanted to make sure Moore could spend Christmas with his son at the Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana on Sunday.

“I’m having a good day because I love my dad,” Jason Moore Junior said.

Jason Moore’s co-workers even pitched in to make sure his son had presents to open.

”I think what goes around comes around. I think that you never know when you’re going to need a little help or a little support,” co-worker Rachel Kornowski said.

Before the accident, Moore worked for Capital City Residential Healthcare as a teaching partner where he helped people with disabilities.

Moore said he hopes to one day walk again.

“I don’t give up hope because I want to be strong for (my son) and make sure he’s stays smiling. I don’t want him to see me sad or giving-up hope in life,” he said.

Moore’s family and friends created a special support website. For more information, click here.

IMAGINE EAST IS CLOSED FOR WINTER BREAK DECEMBER 19, 2011 – JANUARY 6, 2012.
THERE WILL BE REMEDIATION FOR ALREADY INVITED STUDENTS JANUARY 2 – 6 FROM 8AM – 12 PM.

Parents, this is just a friendly reminder that students that have a fever or have vomited need to stay home until they are symptom free for at least 24 hours. This is the policy set forth by the Marion County Health Department. If your student is sent home by our school nurse, he/she may not return the next day and their absent will automatically excused (no need to send in a note). Please help us to protect your child as well as our other students and staff members by following these guidelines.

If you have any questions about this policy, please contact our school nurse, Mrs. Richardson at 317.890.9100 ext 108.

First grade’s field trip is Thursday the 15th. We still need money and permission slips. Everything needs to be turned into your child’s teacher no later than Tuesday the 13th.

Our Panther Store will be open this week for students to shop with the Panther points that have earned for their hard work. If you have signed up to volunteer to work, please arrive 10 minutes prior to your expected start time. This will allow a moment for an overview of the expectations before you begin. Thank you again for your time!

There is a meeting at 5:00 p.m. on Monday to provide information about iRead to parents of students in third grade. Iread is the test that all third grade students must take and pass this year in order to move on to fourth grade next year. If you have a student in third grade please plan to attend!

Come join our Hallelujah Praise dancers for their Winter showcase on Thursday, December 15 at 6 pm.

One of our families is in need of your help. Jason Moore, Sr. was in a car accident on October 27 which resulted in him being paralyzed from the waist down. His family is trying to raise enough money to send him to Panama City to receive stem cell therapy. Please check out his website at www.1dollar4jason.org to find out how you can help!!!

Just a reminder that this is our last week of the year! Imagine East will be closed December 19 – January 6 for Winter Intercession.

Your positive thoughts and prayers are needed for one of our Imagine East family members!!!

Jason A. Moore was in a horrific car accident on the early rainy morning of October 27, 2011. His car hydro-planed into a tree which has left him paralyzed from the waist down. His spine was fractured, ribs and shoulder broken and a bruised spleen and lung. He is already blessed. Jason lives in Indianapolis Indiana and is the single father of 7 year old Jason Jr.

Visit the site to find out more and see how you can help: http://www.1dollar4jason.org/

Mrs. May’s 2nd grade class will be hosting their first writer’s showcase this Wednesday, December 7 at 1:30 PM in the auditorium. If you have a child in Mrs. May’s class, please try to come and listen to the students read some of their very best writing from this year! Hope to see you there!

All of our Spanish speaking families are invited to an informational meeting on Monday December 5th at 4:30 p.m. in the Auditorium. The meeting will include a brief presentation in Spanish about the programs, activities and changes at Imagine East this year including updates about the programs for students who are learning English. Families will also have an opportunity to ask questions and talk with school leaders in Spanish.

A reminder for all 1st grade parents: If you have not turned in your child’s permission slip and money for the Children’s Museum, we need this as soon as possible. Please turn in your child’s permission slip and money to their teacher by Wednesday, December 7th.

This is an important message for all third grade families. There will be a very important parent informational night that will be held on Monday, December 12th at 5 o’clock that we are asking all third grade parents and guardians to attend. We will be going over in detail the I-Read assessment that every third grade student in the state of Indiana is required to take and pass this school year in order to be promoted to the fourth grade. Please place December 12th on your calendars. Flyers were sent home with students on Friday and will be sent again next week.

Our lost and found is overflowing. If your child has lost a hat, coat, book bag, shirt, or any other item please stop by to claim those items. Lost and found items that are left on December 16th will be donated to the Goodwill.

Join us this evening from 6-7pm for our PTO CARE Crew meeting. We will discuss volunteer opportunities, fundraising and our new grading system.

Today’s Hallelujah Praise Dance rehearsal has been cancelled due to a Teacher’s Reading workshop.

Just a reminder that due to the high amount of traffic in the front office during dismissal, we have decided to re-enact a former policy of shutting down the front office from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. every school day. Front office staff will continue to be available to answer the phone lines but parents and students will not be allowed in the front office area during that time frame. If you need to pick up your student early it must be before 2:30. If you arrive to the school after 2:30, you will be required to pick up your child from the side entrance near the baseball fields in the car rider lane. Car Rider dismissal begins at 3:05 p.m. Additional information will be sent home with your students today and the policy will go into effect on tomorrow November 29.

Attention parents of students in grades 6-8: homework will be assigned on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. No homework will be assigned on Thursday nights. If homework assignments are not completed by the assigned date, students are to serve an after school detention. Detentions will be held every Friday. Teachers will call parents as well as send home a written notice with the student alerting you that he/she has an after school detention. If a student misses detention on Friday he/she will be automatically suspended out of school for two (2) days.

Market Day orders are due to your child’s teacher by Friday Dec 2. The items will be delivered to the school on Thursday Dec 8 from 6-7pm. This month’s feature is cookie dough! For each tub of cookie dough that you purchase our PTO Care crew will receive an extra bonus! As always Market Day gladly accepts EBT, cash and checks. If you have any questions please contact Nikki Goodlow at 317.833.8376.

Please remember we are still collecting Box Tops for Education! Box tops can be found on hundreds of the foods you eat each day! Simply cut the box top off and send it in to your child’s teacher.

This week’s nugget of wisdom comes from Elbert Hubbard; “The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.”

Sunday @ 7
November 20, 2011

Good evening Imagine families and welcome to this week’s edition of Sunday @ 7.

Tomorrow is picture retake day. If your student was absent on our previously scheduled picture day, he or she can take a retake tomorrow.

SES after school tutoring is now in full swing, with all of our providers participating on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 3:00-4:30. Another open enrollment period will occur in late January.

Due to the high amount of traffic in the front office during dismissal, we have decided to re-enact a former policy of shutting down the front office from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. every school day. What this means is that the front office staff will be available to answer the phone lines but parents and students will not be allowed in the front office area during that time frame. If you need to pick up your student early it must happen before 2:30 p.m. and it always helps if you call in advance so that we may have your child ready upon your arrival. If you arrive to the front office after 2:30 p.m. you will be required to pick up your child from the side entrance and CAR RIDER dismissal begins at 3:05 p.m. An outline of this dismissal policy will be sent home with your students this week and the policy will go into effect immediately following Thanksgiving break, which is Monday, November 28th.

Market day orders are due to your child’s teacher by Friday Dec 2. The items will be delivered to the school on Thursday Dec 8 from 6-7pm. This month’s feature is cookie dough! For each tub of cookie dough that you purchase the C.A.R.E Crew will receive an extra bonus! As always Market Day gladly accepts EBT, cash and checks. If you have any questions please contact Nikki Goodlow at 317.833.8376.

We are still collecting Box Tops for Education! Box tops can be found on hundreds of the foods you eat each day! Simply cut the box top off and send it to your child’s teacher.

A reminder that Imagine East will be closed in observance of Thanksgiving on Thursday and Friday, November 24 and 25. We will reopen on Monday, November 28.

This week’s quote comes from John F. Kennedy: “As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.”

SES tutoring will begin this Tuesday, November 15. Students who receive tutoring at school will report to the cafeteria at 2:55 on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Tutoring begins at 3:00 and lasts until 4:30. Transportation is being provided. Students who receive tutoring at home will follow their normal after school procedure. Enrollment for this session of SES tutoring is closed; however, we will be having another open enrollment period in late January.

Attention poets, singers, actors/actresses, and dancers and stage crew. There will be auditions for Imagine East’s “Our Legacy” Program on Wednesday November 16, 2011 beginning at 5pm. Please have students go home and come back to school no earlier than 5pm. Students must be prepared to read or recite the material provided to them and dancers and singers must have a 60 seconds dance or song that they must showcase that day. The program will be held on February 24 and 25^th 2012. Please mark your calendars for these dates and come out to show your support. If you would like to volunteer or have any questions please contact Ms. Venessa Sallie @ ext 120 and leave a detailed message or email vanessa.sallie@imagineschools.com

 We will have a family information night to go over the new grading scale and report cards with our Spanish speaking families at 4:30 tomorrow in the auditorium.  If you have any questions please call Mr. Orlando or Mrs. Napora at ext 151.

Our Board of Directors meeting will be held tomorrow at 6 pm and is always open to the public.

 Progress reports will be sent home on Friday, November 18. Be on the look out for them.

This week’s nugget of wisdom comes from Lord Byron, “Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine.”

Don’t forget to exercise YOUR RIGHT to vote today! Polls in Marion County are open from 6:00 AM – 6:00 PM.

You can find your polling location by clicking the following link: http://maps.indy.gov/VIP/

Happy Voting!!!