Cooper Middle School
977 Balls Hill Road
McLean, Virginia 22101
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Early Closings - Don’t Forget!

Cooper closes early on June 17 at 11:20a.m.
Last Day of School June 18 - Students released at 10:05a.m.

May 26, 2009, at 9:30 am |

8th Grade Party Information

Mark your calendars for the 8th Grade Year End Party “Cooper Carnival”!!! The party will be held at Cooper on Wednesday, June 17th from 7:00-9:30 p.m. The cost of the party is $30 per student. Invitations will come home with your child on May 18 and tickets will be on sale during lunch from June 1 – June 12.

Parent volunteers are needed to make the party a success — sign up to help with:

1) lunchtime tickets sales (June 1 – June 12)
2) Set up/decorations (June 17; 3:00 – 6:00)
3) Games (during the party)
4) Food (during the party)
5) Registration (beginning of the party)
6) Chaperone (during the party)

To volunteer contact Sandra Even at seven711@cox.net.

May 24, 2009, at 2:32 pm | Tags: , |

Congratulations to Cooper’s New PTA Officers

President: Betsy Shomaker
Vice-President: Bina Clark
Corresponding Secretary: Ally Weingast
Recording Secretary: Fran Scofield
Treasurer: Mary Zarella
Parliamentarian: Danny Burke
School Plan: Karen Alden, Jinnie De Trani & Bari Zimbrick
Fundraising: Natalie Sturm
Membership: Nancy Rau

May 22, 2009, at 9:49 am |

Congratulations to the Cooper Music Department

Congratulations to the Cooper Music Department for their success at the Heritage Music Festival in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.  The band, the choir, and the orchestra all received ratings of SUPERIOR on their performance.  The Choir and the Orchestra received the Outstanding Choir and Orchestra awards, beating out all the High School groups at the festival.

Mrs. Steffens, Ms. Caldwell, and Mrs. Staley also each won the Adjudicator’s Award…given out by the judges to music educators who have Outstanding groups.  Only four teachers received these awards, and our music staff got three of them! ALSO, the music department won the Festival Sweepstakes award, determined by the music department at the festival accumulating the highest number of points toward a perfect score of 300!

A special congratulation goes out to Constance Chiu for receiving the Maestro Award for her beautiful cello playing. This award is given to students who display extraordinary musical ability and sensitivity.

We know that great music is about more than just winning, but it sure felt great to all these students. Congratulations on a job well done. We are proud of you and your hard work!

May 21, 2009, at 9:30 am |

Open PTA Committee Chairs for Next Year

The table below shows five PTA Committee Positions that are still available for next year. Which one interests you? Experienced and newbies are welcome! Questions? Contact anyone on the nominating committee (below).

Karen Alden at kalden1@aol.com,
Sally Roemer at Salroemer@cox.net,
Beth Harkaway at bharkaway@verizon.net, or
Betsy Campbell at campbelljb@cox.net.

Positions Job Descriptions - OPEN Positions as of May 15, 2009.
Community Affairs Attend bimonthly School Board and quarterly Cluster meetings, relay pertinent information to the School and its community (e.g., budget, boundary issues, fairgrade).
Library Volunteer Coordinator Create and manage a master schedule of library volunteers. New Position.
Odyssey of the Mind Co-Chair. Gather interested students, create teams of 5-7 students, and recruit adult team coaches.
Publicity Be the liaison between local/community publications and Cooper PTA; notifying them of current and newsworthy issues and events. Obtain media coverage for advertising school events.
Reflections (Co-Chair) Help coordinate the National PTA Reflections Contest.

May 3, 2009, at 10:36 pm | Tags: , |

Fairfax Cares - Website to Help Fairfax Families in Need

fairfax-cares-logo-final-with-slogan-smallA new website resource has been launched for helping the growing number of families in our county who need emergency food and shelter. By going to FairfaxCares.org, you can donate food or money so that the many nonprofit and faith based social serving organizations in Fairfax County can better meet the dramatic increase in need.

Many of you helped your children do food and clothing drives during the holidays, but the food banks and housing assistance efforts are running short again.  In our schools alone, we now have over 1,400 homeless children.  Please take a minute to look at the FairfaxCares.org website. (The above information taken from a letter from Janie Strauss, County School Board Member to the Cooper PTA.)

May 2, 2009, at 3:22 am | Tags: |
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