Week of February 22,
2010
Welcome back after the Winter Recess. I hope you and your
families had a restful break.
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.
The HKHS Wrestling Team had 3 medal winner in the S Class
Wrestling Tournament held this past week.
Matt Revis - 6th place
- 112 lbs.
Bill Baklik - 4th place - 189 lbs.
Eric Gambardella
- 5th place - 215 lbs.
Bill Baklik will move onto the State Open scheduled on
Friday, February 26th
The district is
preparing to participate in a series of cooperative, reverse auction
events being executed through LEARN (our Regional Education Service
Center) for fuels, technology, custodial / maintenance supplies
and copy paper. The first in the series of reverse auctions
is scheduled for Friday, March 5, 2010 with technology (desktops,
laptops, minis and required peripherals) beginning at 1:00 p.m.
EST and fuel oil (#2 & #4) beginning at 3:00 p.m.
EST.
It's not too late to register for the
Haddam Killingworth Youth Lacrosse Association (HKYLA)spring
season. The program is for boys in grades 1st through
8th. If you have missed the earlier meetings and would like
more information on the program, costs or even the game of
youth lacrosse in general, please see the website at
www.hkyouthlax.org. You may also email the HKYLA
at info@HKYouthLax.org for more
information.
Last Saturday, The HKHS
Cheerleading Squad went to a competition at Regional School District
14 in Woodbury. They competed against big schools like Mercy, Sacred
Heart of Waterbury and Southington High School. The girls
place 7th with one highlight of the day being Kelcey Bartolotta's
gold medal in jumping (individual event). She was first among
a field of sixteen other girls. Another highlight was Angela
Canelli winning a silver medal at
tumbling.
The Education Committee of the
Connecticut General Assembly has tentatively scheduled Committee
Hearings to occur on March 1st, 8th and 15th. We know the
tentative agenda for March 1st includes discussions regarding the
following issues:
Dissection (of lab specimens)
Choice
Foreign Languages in Public
Schools
Truancy
Staff Qualifications for
School Readiness
School
Transportation (not seatbelts)
Enrollment in Adult Ed
Technical
Revisions to Education Statutes
School Resource Officers
Students
on Local and Regional Boards of
Education
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 congratulations to all of the HKMS Athletic Teams on a
very successful Winter Sports season.
Project Graduation continues to need
your help. No creative experience necessary. Just come and
join in the fun. We will be meeting every Tuesday 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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