Rosa Parks Middle School PTA

PROJECT CHANGE announces its annual Student Leadership Institute

for rising sixth through eighth graders.

In this interactive, fun, evening program, participants will have the
opportunity to participate in

Project identification and planning of community service activities

Personal goal-setting and self-assessment

Leadership skills development

July 23-27

6 to 9pm

Sandy Spring Friends School, 16923 Norwood Road, Sandy Spring, MD.

For information and an application: info@projectchange-md.org

We encourage students to not delay in securing approval of MCPS Form 560-50 for summer service. There will be no one covering the SSL Office when it is closed off and on in the summer months. The more students that take care of the approval before school is out the better. Those waiting until the summer months when you are not in the buildings and the SSL Office is the only approval option cannot be guaranteed the speedy turnaround approval that has been provided in past summers!

Following the close of school June 12, 2012 and throughout the summer months, students submitting completed MCPS Form 560-50, Individual SSL Request to the SSL Office must allow 2 weeks for consideration and approval.

Remember: All SSL must be preapproved. (Either identified as MCPS SSL approved with a graduation cap icon on the website www.mpcsssl.org OR approval of MCPS Form 560-50 in advance of the service.)

Granting last minute submissions of MCPS Form 560-50 cannot be guaranteed.

Pam Meador, coordinator
Student Service Learning Program
301-279-3454 FAX 301-517-8166

Tryouts and auditions for the 2012-2013 Sherwood High School Pom Squad will be held the entire week of May 21 through May 25 from 3:15 until 5:30. Any interested students from grades 9 through 11 should pick up a tryout packet in the main office for all of the necessary forms. Students from Rosa Parks and Farquhar can pick up try-out packets in the Physical Education Department. An up-to-date medical evaluation signed by a licensed physician must be on file or presented on the first day of tryouts.

The Poms will also conduct a Pom Day Camp this Saturday, May 5 from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Registration begins at 8:30.
For the registration flyer go to: http://sherwoodptsa.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/PomDayCampFlyer_05-05-12.pdf

The Spring Portrait Sales Process

There are multiple options for parents to buy portraits this year. As always, every student available on portrait day will be photographed.

All students will be photographed on our spring portrait program. Parents can select their background / pose from the choices and pre-order portraits using the envelope provided by bringing it in on portrait day.

Portraits will then be delivered to school for distribution. Everyone photographed will receive a portrait delivery envelope after portrait day.

If students pre-ordered a portrait package, their portraits will be in the envelope

All non-buyer students will also receive an envelope that will have a portrait preview, online pass code, and instructions on how to place a “second chance” online order or offline. There is no deadline on when to order – all portraits purchased online will be mailed home directly to the family. (there is no additional effort on the school’s part to distribute late orders)

Remind parents that they can continue to order spring portraits (and even fall portraits!) throughout the rest of the year.

Have a Student Interested in Trying Out for Sherwood High School Cheerleading?

If your current student or rising freshman is interested in trying out for Sherwood High School cheerleading (JV and Varsity), please come to the student/parent meeting on Monday, May 14th at 6pm in the Sherwood cafeteria.

You will learn about expectations of cheer team members, skills required, and other important details about the SHS cheer program. Tryouts will be held May 22-25 beginning at 3:30pm in the auxillary gym at Sherwood. All athletes trying out must have a current physcial form submitted prior to attending the clinic and tryout.