Was it a November to remember?

2018 is coming to an end
Where did you go, November 2018?  I don't know about the rest of you but I am stuck in a serious time warp!  I cannot seem to "snap out of it".  Time just continues to speed up!  

Hello December!
I hope you enjoyed your snow day. Please remember, we will now have school on April 23, 2019.  




Canned Food Drive
Our annual canned food drive collection will happen this Friday,  December 7th at 9am.  The cans collected at this year's drive will, once again, go to support Marshall families through our in-house Parenting Arizona office as well as St. Mary's Food Bank.  Thanks for encouraging your students to donate.  The winning  class wins a pizza party (thank you PTO)!

Tax Credit Campaign Why do I care so much about tax credit?  Because of the great, almost immeasurable value we place on every single tax credit dollar we receive.  Because of the amazing opportunities we are able to provide to you and your students with every tax credit dollar we expend.  Because of the huge benefit we are able to return to you and your classroom with every tax credit dollar we encumber for field-trips, materials, special one-of-a-kind extracurricular programs, residencies, curriculum, and even, on occasion, capital items.

I have learned through the years that almost every tax credit dollar that comes into the school comes after a direct personal appeal, a personal reminder, a personal plea that comes from one of us to the parents of our students, community stakeholders, close friends, and family members. Our community needs to be reminded and often retaught about the tax advantages that come from making a donation to our school.  And we've learned that this appeal is best heard and understood when it comes from you, from a member of our faculty and staff who understands the benefits our students derive from every single tax credit donation made to Marshall School.

I hope you'll make the effort to reach out to your students' parents, your friends, and your family members in the next few weeks to remind them about our need of their tax credit donations.

Below are a few items that many of us have found useful when making our annual appeals for tax credit donations.

This letter has been used with great success as a first step in making your direct appeals.  Please feel free to download it and revise it to suit your needs.

This flyer  was sent home earlier this week and will be sent home again and again between now and the mid-April tax filing deadline.  Feel free to download it to include with the letter you sent to your friends and family members.

This page on the Marshall School Blog provides some helpful additional information about what Arizona's public school tax credit program is and its advantages for tax payers.

Remember: tax credit works for anyone and everyone who pays taxes in the state of Arizona.  We must all work to secure these funds.  Thank you for your part in getting this information in the hands of our stakeholders.

Innovation Grants are here!!!!

The Flagstaff Unified School District Foundation (FUSDF) Teacher Innovation Fund supports teacher-designed programs aimed to improve student outcomes by unleashing the creativity, ingenuity, and expertise of staff across the Flagstaff Unified School District. FUSDF encourages and supports excellence in teaching by awarding grants, typically between $500 to $2,000, to FUSD staff for special and innovative projects that are not provided for in school budgets.

Here is the Teacher Innovation Fund Grant Application.  The deadline for submitting completed applications is on or before Tuesday, January 8, 2019.  Questions can be directed to Paul Kulpinski, Chair of the Flagstaff Unified School District Foundation, at FUSDFoundation@gmail.com

The Foundation will offer a Grant Writing Workshop on Wednesday, December 12 at 4:00 p.m. in the Board Room at the FUSD Administrative Center.  Any staff interested in learning strategies for planning innovative projects and successfully requesting funds from grantors are invited to attend.    

Let's go get some grants!  Let Alysa Greenberg know if you are writing one.  We can help! 

Evaluation Week
Overton, Macias and Thompson

Coming Up...
Monday, December 3rd
~1-4pm Reasor at Admin Council

Wednesday, December 5th
~3-5pm Hanno and Reasor at LAUNCH
~4:30-5:30 PTO in Library

Thursday, December 6th
~8:00am-3:00pm Reasor & Krause @ Tech. Bond Advisory

Friday, December 7th
~9:00am Canned Food Drive
~12:45-1:45 PBIS Committee Meeting in Science Lab

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