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By TIMES STAFF
Published September 7, 2007

Elementary school

Bryant Elementary 813 356-1645

Uniforms: School uniforms will be on sale from 8 to 10 a.m. Mondays and Wednesdays until Sept. 19. in the PTA room.

Citrus Park Elementary (813) 558-5356.

Red Cross seeks volunteers: To ensure the best possible staffing of local school facility hurricane shelters, the Red Cross seeks teams of parents interested in being trained as Red Cross volunteers designated to work in your school should it be used as a shelter. Contact Doug Douglass at douglassd@usa.redcross.org

PTA ice cream social: Don't miss the most important meeting of the year. Find out about the PTA's budget and enjoy some ice cream at 6 p.m. Sept. 20 at the PTA general meeting and ice cream social.

St. Jude's fundraiser: Students are collecting money for St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital during September. Proceeds benefit cancer research and pay for treatment. Students who bring in $1, $5 or $10 donations will receive a "coloring pepper" and a coupon for a free Chili's Kids Meal. The class that collects the most money will receive a lunch catered by Chili's and a dog tag necklace.

Hammond Elementary, (813) 792-5120:

The first PTA general meeting and family night for will be held on Tuesday, at 6 p.m. in the cafeteria. Look forward to food, entertainment and a short PTA meeting to approve our budget.

Riverhills Elementary, (813) 987-6911 open house at 4:30 p.m. and an annual family picnic at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 20.

Tampa Palms Elementary, (813) 975-7390, open house from 5 to 7 p.m. Sept. 20.

Town & Country Elementary (813) 871-7500, open house is 6 to 8:30 p.m. Sept. 20.

Middle schools

Benito Middle School (813) 631-4694

Concrete bicycle pad: One of the wish list items is to build a concrete pad for the bicycle rack near the PE court. Know someone in the construction industry that would like to help? Call the PTSA at (813) 631-4694, ext. 238.

Open House: The PTSA general assembly and open house is 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday.

Terrace Community Middle School (813) 987-6555

Now accepting applications: Terrace Community Middle School is a public charter school and is taking applications for the 2008-2009 academic year. Applications received by Jan. 14 will be eligible for the lottery held Jan. 22. Apply online at www.tcmstornadoes.com or complete an application at the school, 11734 Jefferson Road, Thonotosassa.

High schools

Jefferson High School (813) 872-5241

Graduate on time: IMPACT, Individually Motivated Performance by Computer Technology, is a one-year competency-based program that allows over-age students an opportunity to graduate with their original class. This program of classes is during normal school hours and is not part of after-school, online or home-bound programs. Call (813) 872-5241, ext. 251.

Teacher Web pages: Looking for an easy way to stay in touch with teachers? Access teacher e-mail addresses, phone extensions and classroom Web sites from http://jefferson.mysdhc.org/teachers.

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