Upcoming Events: 

 
IMPACT AID FORMS:  Due November 4th!  TODAY, your child received a pre-printed Impact Aid form that must be filled out and returned to your child's homeroom teacher by Wednesday, November 4.  Each year, DCPS applies for Impact Aid funds from the US Department of Education for additional assistance.  In order to qualify for funding, 100% of surveys must be returned.  All information on the survey is confidential.  Thank you for your assistance.
 

 
DPR FUN DAY (October 30).  As you know, there is no school for students on Friday, October 30, 2009 due to the teacher Professional Development Day. The DC Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) is working with the DCPS Office of Out-of-School Time to offer its second "DPR Play Day", a full day of programs for DCPS students in grades K-8 (with pre-K being offered at Watkins Recreation Center) in 26 sites throughout the District.
 
DPR Play Day will take place on Friday, October 30 from 8:30am - 5:00pm. Breakfast, lunch, and snacks will be available for all registered youth. All Play Day events are free of charge. Space is limited.
 
You can register on-line at: http://www.dpr.dc.gov/dpr/site/default.asp
Attached, please find a letter from DPR explaining the program.
 
(While you're on the website, check out the many other DPR offerings including the new Wilson Aquatics Center and DPR Tennis Academy!)

 

Award-winning Author to present to Intermediate Campus Students:
Katherine Marsh, author of The Twilight Prisoner and The Night Tourist, will speak to students on Monday, November 2 and autograph books.  Politics and Prose will be offering her book at a 20% discount. Students are also able to pre-order her books.  Download flier here
 
Library Contracts:  Many students at the Intermediate Campus do not have a signed library contract and so they cannot check out books. We will be sending home another form for students who don't have signed contracts yet. Please ask your child about this if you haven't signed a form yet. There are extra contracts in the main office.

OA Basketball.  The forms for the basketball teams (4th & 5th and Middle School) have been sent home with students who expressed interest in joining a team. Please return them as soon as possible as practice starts in early November. There are additional copies in the main office.

Agua=Paz is ready to start its second year.  Monday, Nov. 2 and every Monday until mid-May. Agua=Paz is an opportunity for students in 4th-8th grade to "Think Globally" by raising awareness and money to bring clean drinking water to places in Latin America where it is unavailable. Last year, students funded water sources for two schools in Nicaragua. More information will be sent home with interested students and is available in the main office. There is room for 25 students. Contact Liz Fallace (lizfallace@gmail.com) or Kathy Fletcher (fletcher.kathy@gmail.com) with any questions.

Art Help Needed!  Sra. Tavarez, the Art Teacher (4th-8th Grade) at Adams is seeking volunteer parents to assist in the art classroom. Times are flexible but any help is greatly appreciated (filing student projects, cleaning art supplies, setting up for classes, etc.). Please contact her at 202 276 5914 cell or yanitza.tavarez@dc.gov. Thanks!

In addition, a wish list is being compiled for the art classroom: Disinfecting Wipes, Kleenex, Hand Sanitizer, Paper Towels. If possible, please donate any of these items by sending them to school with your child.

Reminder: The Intermediate Campus playground is closed on the weekends. Anyone who climbs over or crawls under the fence to use the playground or field risks the neighbors calling the police for trespassing.