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Help Crozet Swimmers – Buy a Raffle Ticket

Win a 2-Night Stay at Wintergreen!

Raffle tickets are available for $10 each and include a 2-night stay at a Wintergreen condo (date of your choice except for holidays) and 4 tickets for golfing/skiing/snow tubing.

All proceeds go to help send SMAC swimmers to YMCA Nationals in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida in April.

Tickets are available at the front desk of the Waynesboro YMCA or contact Anne Cronk at [email protected]. NO MORE THAN 300 TICKETS WILL BE SOLD!!

Learn more at the SMAC site and download a flier (PDF).

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Crozet Twitter Updates – Brief Notes for 2010-01-17

I was away this week, so the updates are a bit bare … two very pertinent stories are coming up that Crozet residents need to be aware of. Looking at the few tweets from this week, the first one stands out.

  • Astonished that my kid’s high school history teacher barely discussed Haiti in the “current events” segment of class on Thursday #schoolfail #
  • Dalucas looks pretty busy tonight. We’re having “daddy-daughter night” at Anna’s Pizza. #
  • RT @gingergermani: @realcrozetva You would have to be in NYC the day I needed to know not to take the interstate. [I am so sorry! :)] #
  • RT @thechrisbell: Playing a show in Crozet, VA at 8:30 PM today at Fardowners http://bit.ly/6aUhbh #
  • Crozet is getting a new bookstore – it’s going to be here – http://bit.ly/8fVdQ1 #
  • RT @nyrbclassics: Don’t know exactly where Crozet, Virginia is, but there’s a new indie bookstore opening there this spring @OvertheMoonBook #
  • Curious – how many people under 40 were at Steve Landes’ town hall in Crozet yesterday? http://bit.ly/8N18oO #

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News From Henley Middle School – 15 January

Editor’s Note: I’m re-printing the entirety of the Henley Middle School newsletter because there’s quite a bit of interesting stuff there – calendar, school budgets, trip to Panama, science fair needs judges … I’m sorry about the formatting, I do encourage folks to at least scan the bolded parts (which I’ve done) –


THIRD THURSDAY MOVIES – JANUARY 21

Come to the Library and see Rabbit Proof Fence, set in Australia. This is from a true story of girls who find their way back to the Outback after being taken during a re-programming program in Australia. Beautiful, excellent, if somewhat sad. If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Shepherd at [email protected]

SPONSORS AND JUDGES NEED FOR REGIONAL SCIENCE FAIR

The 29th annual Virginia Piedmont Regional Science Fair (www.vprsf.org ) is right around the corner and judges are needed. Can you help us inspire and encourage around 300 students?

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Crozet Efforts to Aid Haiti

Just received off the handy-dandy RealCrozetVA chat window:

Otto’s is collecting cases of water for Haiti from Jan 14 through Jan 21 -spread the word – thanks

For those of you interested, Otto’s is just off 250 across from Blue Ridge Builder’s Supply.

And via email from the kids at Brownsville:

Just wanted to let you know that a couple of girls from Brownsville have rallied their 5th grade class mates and are raising money for the Red Cross Haiti Relief. They are starting with a coin drive (jars will be at Brownsville and in various stores in Crozet) starting next week. Yard/Bake sales are to follow in the next week or so. Any chance we could announce these efforts on Real Crozet?

Word spread. 🙂

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Third Speakers Series Event at Field School

On Friday January 15th at 7 p.m at Field School, we will be having our third speakers series event, one that has featured Michael Thompson, Joe Ehrmann and Nick Nichols over the past three years. This year, we are hosting Joe and Claudia Allen, research professors at U.Va. who have written Escaping the Endless Adolescence: How we can help our teenagers grow up before they grow old.

The following is taken from their website on the book at www.endlessadolescence.com.
Has 25 Become the New 15?
• Why is it that parents who do so much for their teens, still find them unready for adulthood?
• How did we end up with our teens living in an ‘adolescent bubble’ that keeps them from growing up?
• Can we really do things like cut school failure rates and teen pregnancy rates in half just by making some simple, yet fundamental changes?

In Escaping the Endless Adolescence, internationally-recognized psychologists Joseph and Claudia Allen use ground-breaking scientific research seasoned with years of clinical experience to show how and why we are in danger of psychologically crippling an entire generation of young people. More importantly, they go on to tell us precisely what parents, educators and others can (and must) do differently to help their teens grow into mature, productive, happy, and caring adults.
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News From Henley Middle School – 8 January 2010

Editor’s Note: I’m re-printing the entirety of the Henley Middle School newsletter because there’s quite a bit of interesting stuff there – calendar, school budgets, trip to Panama, CATEC seeking people … I’m sorry about the formatting, but it was frankly a lot easier to simply copy and paste. I do encourage folks to at least scan the bolded parts (which I’ve done) –

The School Budget Public Hearing will be on February 2, 2010 6:30 pm at the Albemarle County Office Building, Lane Auditorium (2nd floor). Public input on the budget is a critical component of the budget-making process. If you wish to speak, the sign-in sheet is usually made available early. Speakers are called to the podium in the order in which they signed in; they can speak for a maximum of three minutes. Additional information will be distributed as it becomes available. If you have any questions, please contact Parent Counsel Representative, Robin LeGallo at [email protected].

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