It’s audition time for the Burns Park Players! Initial auditions will be held on Monday, October 15th at 7:00 p.m. in the Tappan auditorium with callbacks held on Tuesday, October 16th. If you would like to audition but are unable to make the audition day, please notify Susan Hurwitz, susanh22@aol.com or call 994-3508.

It’s that time of year again!

The Burns Park Press is the monthly newsletter of the PTO, distributed to all families, faculty and staff in electronic and paper format. The Press is our regular way of communicating as a community, and carries news, an events calendar, and regular contributions from PTO officers and our principal. All families receive the electronic version of the press, and can get a paper copy sent home upon request.

Please select from our available issues below:

2007-08

Scheduled annually on the first Sunday in May, the Burns Park Run, a 5K and 10K race through the streets around the school, is a community wide event and a major fundraiser for the PTO each year. The run committee needs over one hundred volunteers for a variety of tasks before, during and after the race.

Visit the BP Run site: http://www.burnsparkrun.org/

Do you have a GREAT idea for an enrichment assembly, a cool project, a fantastic speaker or something else, but don’t know how you would fund it?

Please join us for the Special Interest Fair!

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Hey parents – it’s time again for the Special Interest Fair! The fair is a Burns Park tradition, and we hope you’ll encourage your student(s) to participate. Last year approximately 80 students shared special interest projects with their classmates, teachers, and families.

All students from kindergarten through 5th grade are encouraged to submit a project! The purpose of the fair is to encourage students to pursue a topic of their interest and provide a showcase for their efforts. The fair is non-competitive, and children may work alone or in a group.

Dear AAPS Parents and Guardians,

This past weekend the USDA issued a recall on meat products that were distributed as a commodity item through the United States Department of Education’s school lunch program.

The Ann Arbor Public Schools does have some of this meat product (beef patties and taco meat) in our possession but it has never been served to any student in this district.

To all Burns Park families: We are excited to announce the addition of Earth Shine Farm to our Burn$ Park Buck$ fundraiser – each week you will have the opportunity to order locally raised organic chicken from them. Over the years many families have asked if we could add organizations like this to our scrip program and we are really looking forward to this partnership. The chicken orders and payments will be separate from the rest of the Burn$ Park Buck$ orders. Please read on for more information about the chicken and the ordering process.

Helen Starman

This family event, typically held on an evening in March, provides opportunities for students and parents to explore activities related to a particular topic, such as biology, chemistry, earth science, or math. This enrichment event is coordinated by the Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum who has designed the activities and provides all the materials and information. Parent volunteers staff the event, explaining activities and encouraging participants.

For more information about the Hands-On Museum, see http://www.aahom.org.