Thursday, March 25, 2021

Zone PTA Update - 3/25/2021


ZONE update:

  • The Zone PTA Exec Board will be meeting with Dr. Meloche virtually on Tuesday April 6, 2021.  If you have any questions you would like us to ask Dr. Meloche, please let us know. Please submit all inquiries before 12:00PM Friday March 26, 2021. 


  • Please continue to share the word about Fair Funding! We need to increase awareness regarding Fair Funding for CHPS! Here are some simple actions that can be done to keep the momentum going!

  1. Education on why Fair Funding is so important! Refer to recent press regarding Lenape School Districts loss of funding https://www.70and73.com/news/state-aid-down-1-11m-in-lenape-regional-high-school-district-taxes-expected-to-be/article_69fa5e9c-88ad-11eb-984c-57e890a840df.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=user-share

  2. Parents should continue to send letters to our State Legislators. Please customize and send this thank you letter to the legislators listed on page 2!

  3. Familiarize yourself with the Long Range Facilities Plan Presentation by Garrison given at the March 23rd BOE meeting.  It outlines needed facilities projects across the District.  The presentation begins at about the 8 minutes mark.  

  4. See the Fair Funding for CHPS website & Fair Funding for CHPS Facebook page  

  5. Attend Fair Funding Committee meetings! The committee meets the last Thursday of every month during the school year.  The next meeting  is Thursday March 25th at 7:00pm via Zoom.  March 25th Fair Funding Meeting Flyer


  • SAVE THE DATE: May 6 at 1:30pm for Kwame Alexander’s virtual visit with our middle school communities

    • https://kwamealexander.com/

    • Cherry Hill Education Association is generously sponsoring a middle grade author event, to which we cordially invite you.  As some of you know, we were not able to book our original author, Tiffany Jewell, due to scheduling conflicts. However, we are proud to share that Corretta Scott King Honoree, poet, speaker, author, and educator, Kwame Alexander, will officially be our visiting author this spring.   

    • Kwame is a New York Times Bestselling author of 35 books, including the Caldecott Medal and Newbery Honor-winning picture book, The Undefeated,  and his Newberry medal-winning middle grade novel, The Crossover. Kwame opened a library and health clinic in Ghana, as a part of LEAP for Ghana, an international literacy program he co-founded. Kwame is also the Founding Editor of the printing house Versify, which aims to "Change the World One Word at a Time".

    • This event is generously supported by a CHEA Pride grant


DISTRICT update: 


For CHPS information and resources, please visit  https://www.chclc.org/chclc

 

  • We Return to Learn: The latest presentation on our WE Return to Learn Plan for fall 2021, which includes 5-day, in-person learning and an option for full-remote learning (pending approval from the NJ Department of Education) is now available on CHPS website. Dr. Mahan’s presentation of the Fall 2021 WE Return to Learn plan is available at March 9, 2021 Board of Education meeting

  • Thanks to an extension of federal funds, CHPS distribution of FREE meals to ALL CHERRY HILL STUDENTS (public, private and home-schooled) continues on every Monday. Pick up 7 breakfasts, 7 lunches and 10 snacks per student from noon-2:00pm and 4:00-6:00pm at High School East or High School West -- no income threshold required!  

    • Friendly reminder: Please mask up when picking up FREE meals/snacks! WE want to keep you & the Aramark team safe & healthy as they hand out meals to 1,000+ cars each Monday while being unable to maintain 6 feet of distance. These are state, Cherry Hill, Aramark & CDC guidelines.

    • Meal distribution during Spring Break will be on Monday, March 29, 2021.

  • Through the summer of 2021: Any family currently receiving free wifi from the District will automatically keep it through the summer, unless their youngest/only child is a high school senior (Class of 2021).

 


Have a wonderful spring break!

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