Schools

Psychologist wins state Safety award

By Times Staff Writer
Published September 6, 2007

EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY

Eastside Elementary School psychologist Allison Gibson was selected as one of eight Florida first-place winners in the Got 2B Safe! Awards Program. She won a $500 gift certificate for school supplies from sponsors Honeywell and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. Winning teachers were selected based on essays describing how they taught students the program's four safety rules: Check first checking with parents or guardians before accepting anything from strangers; Go with a friend (don't go anywhere alone); It's my body (awareness of inappropriate touching); and Tell a trusted adult (if something uncomfortable has happened).

PINE GROVE ELEMENTARY

Title 1 meeting will be Sept. 13

The school will hold its Title I annual meeting from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Sept. 13. Parents should go to their children's classrooms.

SPRING HILL ELEMENTARY

Two firsts slated this month

The school will hold its first School Advisory Council meeting at 4:30 p.m. Sept. 17 in the Media Center. Call 797-7030, ext. 212 or e-mail wmorgan27@tampabay.rr.com

The school will also hold its first Hernando County Resource Night from 5-7 p.m. Sept. 27 in the cafeteria. For information, call Kelly Balch at 398-1565 or Elizabeth Zielesch at 666-6884 by Sept. 24.

WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY

A night to meet the teachers

The school will hold its annual Title I Curriculum Nights at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 11 for kindergarten through second-grade parents/guardians and Sept. 13 for third-and fifth-grade parents/guardians. Meet teachers and staff members for an academic overview of what children will be learning during the school year. Students are welcome but are not required to attend.

DISTRICTWIDE

Volunteers needed to mentor kids

Big Brothers Big Sisters School/Site Based Program invites high school and community college students to volunteer as mentors to children in neighboring elementary schools to help with homework, play games, reading books and participate in outdoor activities. Volunteers from Hernando High School, Pasco-Hernando Community College and the surrounding area are particularly needed to mentor Brooksville Elementary School students. For information, call 684-7904.

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