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The Shooting STAR

Sarasota Academy of the Arts

January 2, 2017

2016 - 2017, Volume 4, Issue 18

Principal’s Corner:
I Cecilia Blankenship Principal

Upcoming Dates:
Be sure to check the SAA Calendar on the school website frequently as that has the most current information!
Tuesday - 1/3/17 Class Resume Friday - 1/6/17 - Spirit Day (Wear your SAA school shirt) Saturday - 1/7/17 - 10:00am - 2:00pm - Clean Up Day http://signup.com/go/Ehyj9Y Monday - 1/9/17 - 8:00am - SAA Board Meeting Wednesday - 1/11/17 - 6:00pm - Skate Night at Stardust Friday - 1/13/17 - End of 2nd Grading Period - Spirit Day (Wear your SAA school shirt)

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2016 - 2017
Volume 4, Issue 16
January 2, 2017

We Need Your Old Books
January 23 - 27th is literacy week at Sarasota Academy of the Arts. As part of this activity, we are collecting books old or new. We will be using these books in our school. We will also give students the opportunity to earn books to take home with them. If you have books at your house that your children are tired of or have out grown, we would love them. Any type of book in any condition is fine. Send them in with your child or drop them off in the SAA office.

Volunteer Opportunity
We need help in our Reading Garden to get it cleaned up and spruced up! We have set up a work day on Saturday, Janaury 7th from 10:00am - 2:00pm. Any help you can give is greatly appreciated! We are looking for 5-10 people to lay down mulch, clean up trash, and put things in order. Bring your own rake/shovel. :-) Sign up via http://signup.com/go/Ehyj9Y Also looking for donations of red mulch. We will give 2 hours of volunteer time for each bag of mulch. All mulch bags should be dropped by Friday morning, January 6th. Be sure and place your name on the bag and don't forget to enter your hours into the volunteer computer.

SAA Monday Morning News
Check out this great video made by our awesome video production team. https://youtu.be/VgQhcDiRsQ8

Yearbooks!
We've made it simpler than ever, and you can place your order directly online via a credit card. Don't miss out on a great opportunity to get your 2016 - 2017 Sarasota Academy of the Arts yearbook! This will be a hardcover book, approximately 100 pages in full color. Courtney Tippett, our K-5 Art Teacher, has done an incredible job putting the book together and you will not be disappointed! If you would prefer to place an order using cash/check payable to SAA PTO, then please stop in the office to pick up an order form or click here. You will also have an opportunity to send a special message to your student by sending in a "Love Note" Look for details coming home in early January regarding the love notes. Regular yearbooks will be $34 and then you have the option to add a personalized cover for an additional $6. You will need to add both to the cart to complete your order if you wish to have your student's name imprinted on the yearbook cover. DEADLINE: Yearbook orders must be received by January 27th! Please note that there will NOT be any additional opportunities to purchase a yearbook after the deadline has passed. Last year we made the mistake of ordering additional yearbooks and lost a great deal of money, so please keep that in mind. THIS IS YOUR ONLY OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE A YEARBOOK!
Go to www.PictavoCommunity.com and click on the blue bar: ‘Shop your School.’

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