TEA awards math grant to PCS

The Texas Education Agency awarded $46,800 to Phoenix under the Algebra Readiness Grant.

The award enables the school to supplement the current math program with an additional 10 hours of math tutoring weekly for students in grades 6-8 using Algebra Readiness Software from the MIND Institute. The school will also purchase two laptops for the program.

Part of the grant money will be used to provide support to our math teachers through coaching and additional professional development. An extra duty stipend will be provided to Robert Long (5th & 6th grade math teacher) to act as our in-house coach and the award will also pay for an external coach to work with our math teachers.

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  • November 6 - Fall Festival

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Fall Festival

The annual Fall Festival will be held on Saturday, November 6 from 2 - 6 pm after the varsity football game against Our Lady of Grace. Sign up to volunteer at a booth and donate for the silent auction. For more information, please contact Atlin Otis.
 

Flu Season Information

Cold and Flu season is fast approaching. The typical flu season has highs and lows in flu-like illness activity. You can follow these steps to help protect your health:

-Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze.

-Wash your hands often with soap and water, especially after you cough or sneeze.

-Avoid touching your eyes, nose, or mouth. Germs spread this way.

-Try to avoid close contact with sick people.

-Stay home if you are sick at least 24 hours after you no longer have a fever or signs of a fever (without the use of a fever-reducing medicine, such as Tylenol).

While sick, limit contact with others as much as possible to keep from spreading the illness. It is very important to have good health and hygiene habits. We strongly urge parents to keep their child home if they have any flu- like symptoms such as a fever greater than 100°F, sore throat, cough, body aches, vomiting, or diarrhea until they are symptom-free and without signs of a fever for 24 hours without the use of fever-reducing medication. Your help is critical in keeping our schools healthy this flu season.

FLU INFORMATION LINKS

CDC: Flu.gov
TEXAS: Flu.Org
 

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DATE award for 2009-2010

Phoenix Charter School has initially been awarded $30,513 for the 2009-2010 District Award for Teacher Excellence by the Texas Education Agency. The cycle 2 grant application was submitted to the TEA in August. A copy of the grant and its details is available for teachers and staff to review on the PCS Sharepoint site and from the Compliance Coordinator's Office.
 

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