Hello Middle Schools & Center 1!
It is time to go back to school….and start fundraising and planning school activities!
The MASC/MAHS Board has set two goals for the 2008/2009 school year, one of which involves raising money for Penrickton Center for Blind Children, this year’s state charity. Penrickton Center for Blind Children is a private, non-profit five day residential and day care agency serving blind, multi-disabled children between the ages of 1 and 12. Children are not only blind but have at least one additional handicap such as deafness, cerebral palsy, brain damage, developmental delay and mental retardation. Because no fees are ever charged to families, all financial support is raised from individuals, service clubs, corporations, and foundations. So, as a goal of MASC/MAHS, we hope to reach a goal to raise at least $1 per student from at least 100 member schools for Penrickton. Check with your advisor if you can do something like this. With your council, decide what you will do, as far as advertising and planning, to make this possible in your school.
Fall Training Institutes aren’t far away! Go, on the www.mascmahs.org website, under Conferences to the Calendar. Once there, scroll down and you’ll find where and when the FTIs are. Here is a list of them as of now:
October 17 @ Bay College, Escanaba (High & Middle Schools)October 30 @ Bavarian Inn, Frankenmuth (High Schools)October 31 @ Troy High School, Troy (High & Middle Schools)November 5 @ Bavarian Inn, Frankenmuth (Middle Schools)November 6 @ Bavarian Inn, Frankenmuth (High Schools)November 10 @ Bavarian Inn, Frankenmuth (High Schools)November 11 @ Bavarian Inn, Frankenmuth (Middle Schools)**Directions to these conferences can be found on the website.
Remember to check the www.mascmahs.org website frequently. Look at the Hall of Ideas for many different fundraisers and things from other schools.
Hopefully you will be able to attend a Fall Training Institute this year – they will be great!
In Leadership,
Ryan Thomas
Middle Level Representative
