Week of February 8,
2010
In the very likely event that
schools will be closed tomorrow, Wednesday, February 10th, due
to inclement weather and possibly followed by a two hour delay (at a
minimum) on Thursday, February 11th, I have decided to postpone the
half day schedules on both of these days until Wednesday,
February 24th and Thursday, February 25th. These half days will be
used for the parent conferences that were originally planned for
this week. Regardless of what actually happens with the weather over
the next 48 hours, this revised schedule will be the final as
followed. Thank you for your
flexibility.
The Board of Education and Central Administration of the
district continue to seek your input regarding the 2010 -2011
Budget. Please consider attending the session noted below to
share your thoughts.
Tuesday, March 2,
2010 - Special Meeting
for the presentation of the Superintendent of Schools Proposed
Budget for 2010/2011
6:30 pm Central Office, Board Room
Monday,
March 8, 2010 - Budget Committee
Review of
Elementary, Middle and High School
6:30 p.m. Central
Office, Board Room
Monday, March 15,
2010 - Budget Committee
Review of Special
Education, Transportation, Buildings & Grounds, Technology and
Food Services
6:30 pm Central
Office, Board Room
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - Joint Meeting iwth Town
Boards
7:00 p.m. Haddam-Killingworth Middle School
Monday, March 29, 2010 - Budget Commitee (If
Needed)
6:30 p.m.
Central Office, Board Room
Monday, April 5, 2010 - Budget Commitee (If
Needed)
6:30 p.m.
Central Office, Board Room
Monday, April 19, 2010 - Annual Hearing and Special Meeting
of the Board of Education
7:00 p.m. Haddam-Killingworth Middle School
Monday, May 3, 2010 - Annual Meeting
7:00 p.m. Haddam-Killingworth High School
Auditorium
Tuesday, May 4, 2010 - Referendum in Both
Towns
The public
is more than welcome to attend any of the budget workshops and any
of the Budget Committee meetings. Certainly our Budget
Committee is eager to communicate effectively with the town
officials in both Haddam and Killingworth. As a Budget Committee
responsible for articulating the educational needs of the school
district in a fiscally responsible manner, we have the difficult
task of striking a balance between our educational needs and our
fiscal responsibilities.
Our committee will be monitoring activity and actions at the
legislative level most carefully, and wherever possible will be
providing input in order to protect both the educational and
financial interests of the district and our
towns.
HKHS students MaryKate
Murray and Ally Gillespie made the National Field Hockey
Coaches Association High School
National Academic squad.
The press release
announcing the 2009 Gladiator by SGI / NFHCA High School National
Academic Squad has been posted to the NFHCAwebsite. You can download a copy of the
press release by visiting the '09-'10 Honors &
Awards page of the NFHCA website.
The High School National Academic Squad program
recognizes those high school seniors who have achieved a cumulative,
unweighted GPA of 3.5 out of 4.0 or the equivalent through the first
quarter of the 2009-10 school year.
Congratulations MaryKate and
Ally.
Care-Free
Celebrations from RSD 17 Food Services
Whether it's a
birthday celebration or a special occasion, let Care Free
Celebrations do the work for you. We offer a variety of items
that can be picked up or delivered to a classroom. In order to
accommodate all requests, a one-week notice is required. Look
for flyers announcing this new, low cost option now available
through the district's food services department.
For additional details, please
contact Sharon Shettleworth, Director of Food Services at RSD No. 17
Food Service, 57 Little City Road, Higganum, Ct 06441
(860)345-4534 extension 4231 or at sshettleworth@rsd17.org
The District extends its apologies to
the HKMS Swim Team for the incomplete announcement inlcuded in the
last electronic bulletin.
Haddam Killingworth Boys' Swim Team # 1 in
State
For
the first time in state history, the Brookfield Boys' Swim Team lost
the championship. Your
HKMS Boys Swim Team was the one that knocked the previously
undefeated Brookfield team Up against a huge
challenge, the nine, HK boy swimmers prevailed against teams of as
many as forty swimmers to receive their championship trophy.
On
January 31st, the HKMS swim teams competed at the state
championship meet. The
boys competition was started off by an amazing fourth place finish
by diver Gunnar
Soneson. The boys
200 Yard Medley Relay followed with a first place finish with a time
of 1:59.92 by teammates Jake Gibbons, Stuart Stritzel, Mason Revis,
and Garrett Mazziotti.
The boys
200 Yard freestyle relay finished third overall with a time of
1:59.80 with swimmers Conor Champagne, Garrett Mazziotti, Gunnar
Soneson, and Tristan Stritzel.
To
secure the victory, Mason Revis, Jake Gibbons, Tristan and Stuart
Stritzel broke the state record by 5 seconds with a stunning First Place Finish
with a time of 3:52.82 in the thrilling 400 yard freestyle
relay.
For the
individual events, Jake
Gibbons finished third in the 50 Yard backstroke (30.40). Mason Revis got fourth in
the 50 Yard Butterfly (30.25) and fifth in the 100 Yard IM
(1:07.91), Tristan
Stritzel received third place in the 100 Yard free (58.32) and
second place in the 50 Yard free (26.40). Stuart Stritzel came in
second in the 50 Yard Breaststroke (32.65), and third in the 100
Yard IM (1:05.05).
On
their own, the girls team came in a respectable eleventh place. Both teams combined to take
an overall third place, out of seventeen teams.
This
victory by the boy's team, and the third place finish of the
combined team, has put HKMS on the radar as a top middle school
team!
Submitted by Swim Coach Jamie
Cannata
and
HKMS
Swim Parent Karen Revis
NOTES &
REMINDERS:
Project Graduation needs your help.
If you would like to help on the Decorations Committee, please join
us starting Tuesday evenings at 6:30pm on 02/16/10 in
the B116 photo
room. No creative experience necessary. Just come and join in the
fun. We will be meeting every Tuesday from 2/2/10 until Graduation. You can join in at any time.
Please contact Suzanne Mazzotta suzmazzotta@snet.net if you
are able to help.
Project Graduation meetings for the
rest of the year are: Tuesday, 3/9/10, Tuesday 4/20/10, Tuesday
5/11/10 and Tuesday 6/8/10 at 7:00pm in the Lower Media Center.
The Fundraising Committee will
continue with the recycling fundraiser so look for the "green"
bins in all of RSD 17 schools as well as outside the old MS gym,
Higganum Physical Therapy, Town Hall and Brainerd Library in Haddam, Town Hall, Library and Transfer Station in Killingworth.
Please consider donating used cell phones, ink jet cartridges, digital cameras,
iPods, GPS, Radar Detectors
and Kindle & Sony book readers(No accessories such as
chargers, please) Any questions, feel free to contact
Kathy Strom, 345-3398 or KSSTROM@aol.com. Updates will be
added to the Project Graduation link on the district web site.
Thank You.
Please visit the District Calendar located on the district's
homepage (www.rsd17.org) to see when the various activities and
meetings are scheduled.
A reminder that the
district utilizes the Honeywell Instant Alert system to communicate
with parents during times of emergency or to deliver messages of
high importance. Please be sure that you are registered with
Honeywell (link available at www.rsd17.org) and have indicated how
you wish to have messages received. If you have questions
regarding this, please do not hesitate to contact the Principal of
any one of our schools for
assistance.
If you wish to have
an announcement included in any Weekly Message, please forward the
text to Pamela Hensel, Administrative Assistant to the
Superintendent of Schools at
henselp44@rsd17.org.
If you have any
suggestions regarding the Weekly Message, please contact Gary S.
Mala, Superintendent of Schools at
gmala@rsd17.org.
Enjoy your week and
thank you always for your continued
support.
Gary
Gary S. Mala
Superintendent of
Schools
Regional School District 17
(860)
345-4534
http://www.rsd17.org
"Transforming
Teaching and
Learning"
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