!!!!!AzMERIT Testing - State testing will take place March 29 – April 1st !!PTO Meeting - Tuesday, March 22 from 6-7 p.m. in the Library !!NJHS Induction Ceremony -Thurs. March 24th at 7:00 p.m. Cross MPR !!Honor’s Night - Thursday, March 31st at 6:30 p.m. in the Cross MPR !!

2015 - 2016 Vol. 28

Cross Rams Communique!

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March 21, 2016

School Hours!

7:27 a.m. to 2:35 p.m. Mon., Tues., Thurs., Fri.!7:27 a.m. to 1:22 p.m. Wed. (Early Release Day)!

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Be Encouraging, Be Supportive, Be Positive, Be Helpful, Be Honest, !Be Considerate, Be Thankful, Be Responsible, Be Respectful and Be a Friend.

Upcoming Events

PTO BOARDPresident: Lisa Shanks Vice President: vacant Secretary: Jenny Lowery Treasurer: Leann Calvin Facebook: Rachel Oldaker Cross Communique: Debbie Doe !crosspto@gmail.com !

Happy Easter Sunday, March 27th

Greetings Cross Parents: !I hope everyone had a wonderful spring break and as we begin the 4th quarter we are preparing for many activities and events. I am always amazed at all the wonderful opportunities we are able to provide to our students with trips like the Catalina Island Trip, 8th grade trip to Washington D.C. and our upcoming Band, Choir and Orchestra trips to California for their competitions. I have included more important information that you need to know in the upcoming weeks. !Be Kind Mural: We will begin the installation of our Be Kind Mural on March 23rd and 24th. Thank you to those parents who have volunteered their time to assist with the installation. We are still in need of parent volunteers to help with the installation so if you are interested, please let me know. The installation schedule is as follows: Wednesday, March 23rd – 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Thursday, March 24th – 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. !National Junior Honor Society: We will be having our induction ceremony for our National Junior Honors Society on Thursday, March 24th at 7:00 p.m. in the Cross MPR. Congratulations to all of the students who will be inducted that night. Thank you to Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Napier for organizing the event. !AzMERIT Testing: Our state testing will take place March 29 – April 1st. Students in grades 6-8 will be tested in the areas of Writing, Reading and Mathematics. Students enrolled in the accredited High School classes such as: Algebra 1, Geometry or Algebra 2 will take the end of course test in place of the grade level math test. All students in 8th grade will also take the AIMS Science test. Please remind your child that these tests are very important. !Honor’s Night: We will be holding our annual Honor’s Night for parents and students on Thursday, March 31st at 6:30 p.m. in the Cross MPR. Students are invited if they were on the Academic Honor Roll – 3.5 or above, or the Principal’s Honor Roll – 4.0 GPA for the first 3 quarters of the school year. Congratulations to all of these outstanding scholars! !The rest of the school year will go very fast with many fun and exciting activities and events so remind your child to budget their time and put forth their best effort. !Let’s continue to have a positive and productive year. !Thank you, !Andy Heinemann Principal

Letter from the Principal

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We will be holding our annual Honor’s Night for parents and students on Thursday, March 31st at 6:30 p.m. in the Cross MPR.

Students are invited if they were on the Academic Honor Roll – 3.5 or above, or the Principal’s Honor Roll – 4.0 GPA for the first 3 quarters of the school year.

Congratulations to all of these outstanding scholars! !

HONORS NIGHT

PTO Meeting

Tuesday, March 22 @ 6:00 p.m.

in the Cross Library

Cross PTO Meeting

!!!!!Oursupporters(35households)whoshoppedatFrysbetween2015-12-01and2016-02-29(Cycle2015,Qtr2)havecontributedatotalof$319.57toourschool.Thankyouforyoursupport!

Thank you Fry’s Shoppers

6-8 Track 7/8 Boys Baseball!

7/8 Girls Volleyball

4th QUARTER SPORTS

4th Season Schedule 2016

2:38 PM 3/21/16

Notes Day Date 8th BaseB 7th BaseB Overflow BaseB School events Track 8th Volleyball4:30 PM Games Mon 21-Mar Teams selected Teams selected Teams selected First Day of practice Teams selectedGreen = 4:00 PM Games Tue 22-Mar PicturesRed = Tournament Play Wed 23-Mar No practice No practice No practice No practice No practiceCodes: Thu 24-Mar NJHS - MPRAmphi-Amp Fri 25-Mar Pictures Pictures PicturesCor-Coronado Mon 28-MarCros-Cross Tue 29-Mar TESTING Pictures No practiceEsp-Esperero Can. Wed 30-Mar No practice No practice No practice TESTING No practice No practiceFW-Flowing Wells Thu 31-Mar Cross @ Tort Cross @ Tort Tort @ Cross TESTING Cross @ TortLaC-La Cima Fri 1-AprMar-Marana Sat 2-Apr Conquistadores MeetOG-Orange Grove Mon 4-Apr Wil @ Cross Wil @ Cross Wil @ CrossTort-Tortolita Tue 5-Apr Cross @ Mar Cross @ Mar Mar @ Cross Cross @ MarWil- Wilson Wed 6-Apr No practice No practice No practice No practice No practice

Thu 7-Apr Cross @ TortPhotos by; Fri 8-Apr No practiceCH Photo 745-0043 Sat 9-Apr Play Rehearsal

Mon 11-Apr Amp @ Cross Cross @ Amp Amp @ CrossIf there is no Tue 12-Apr OG @ Cross OG @ Crossgame listed, it Wed 13-Apr No practice No practice No practice No practice No practicemeans no team Thu 14-Aprfor that school. Fri 15-Apr Play Rehearsal Volley Palloza

Sat 16-Apr Play Rehearsal Kiwanis Meet Volley PallozaMon 18-Apr School Play LC @ CrossTue 19-Apr Cross @ LC Cross @ LC School Play 6th grade @ Wil Cross @ LCWed 20-Apr No practice No practice No practice School Play No practice No practiceThu 21-Apr Cross @ FW Cross @ FW FW @ Cross School Play Cross @ FWFri 22-Apr Harelson in MPR No practiceMon 25-Apr Cross @ Cor Cor @ Cross Cross @ Cor

School Events Tue 26-Apr EC @ Cross EC @ Crossmarked in blue Wed 27-Apr No practice No practice No practice No practice No practice

Thu 28-AprNo Practice Fri 29-Apr Band tripmarked in yellow Sat 30-Apr

Mon 2-May League @ FWTue 3-May Tournament Tournament Tournament

Athletic Director Wed 4-May No practice No practice No practice League @ FW TournamentDennis Williams Thu 5-May Tournament Tournament Orchestra trip Tournament696-5976 Fri 6-May Orchestra trip Tournament

Tuesday, March 29 Breakfast

Egg & Cheese Burrito Apple Juice (6 oz.)

Milk

Lunch Nacho Lil’ Bites or

Chalupa Black Bean/Corn

Salad, Milk

Monday, March 28 Breakfast

Lucky Charms Goldfish Crackers Orange Pineapple Juice/Fruit, Milk

Lunch Mini Corn Dogs Sweet Potato Waffle Fries

Milk

Wednesday,March 23 Breakfast

Cinnamon Bun Cherry Craisins/Fruit

Milk

Lunch Chicken Tenders Mashed Potatoes

Milk

Thursday, March 24 Breakfast

Mini Maple Pancakes Applesauce cup/Fruit

Milk

Lunch Whole Grain Pizza Sweetened Carrots

Milk

Friday, March 25 Breakfast Froot Loops Elf Grahams (Cinnamon)

Cranberry Juice/Fruit Milk

Lunch Macaroni & Cheese

Green Beans Vanilla Ice

Cream Cup

Monday, March 21 Breakfast Super Donut

Tropical Fruitable (6.75 oz.)

Milk

Lunch Turkey Hot Dog

Baked Beans Milk

Tuesday, March 22 Breakfast

Honey Nut Chex Elf Grahams (Original) Pineapple Juice/Fruit

Milk

Lunch Nacho Grande

Corn Milk

Wednesday,March 30 Breakfast

Mini Gripz Grahams Yogurt

Strawberry Craisins Fruit, Milk

Lunch Orange Chicken

with rice Peas & Carrots

Fortune Cookie, Milk

Thursday, March 31 Breakfast

Pancake Wrap Applesauce cup/Fruit

Milk

Lunch Whole Grain Pizza Steamed Broccoli

Milk

Break begins at the end of classes:

FRIDAY, MARCH 11 Classes resume:

MONDAY, MARCH 21

Alex Graff winner of the golf cart ride from the Fall Festival Auction

Congratulations Alex!

!Direct Giving funds are a 100% benefit to our school and tax deductible.

Our hope is that every family gives a little so that we can provide more resources for teachers and improve our current technology. Every student benefits from these proceeds.

Direct Giving donation envelopes can be found in the front office. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!! ! !!!!!!!!!!!!Please consider making a donation. Anyone can give! !

Families, Grandparents, Aunts & Uncles, Friends or Businesses.

CROSS DIRECT GIVING!

Bakkin

Eagles

Atkinson

Hawkins

Hembrough

Azersky

Stanilslawski Dupont

Carrillo

Cruz

DeDeppo

Hipps

Holehan

Hartman/Weinsten

Hsin-Fu Wu

Hom

McAuley McCarthyOlson

Quinn

Wall Spencer

Dr. Lori HudsonStucky

Schweigert-Wilhelmsen

Thank You to the following families for your support!

Comer

Ceja

*Newest Member is the Grajeda Family!*

Chen

Grajeda

YOUTH CAREER DAY!

!In 2016, the Amphi Foundation is celebrating Amphi’s Best…

Our Students!

Amphi GalaSaturday, April 9th 2016, Hilton El Conquistador

5:00-6:00pm Student Showcase6:00-7:00pm Cocktails & Silent Auction

7:00-9:00pm Dinner & Special Recognitions!

Tickets: $120/person !

Amphitheater Public Schools Calendar2016-2017 School Year

July '16 August '16 September '16SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT

1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 33 4 5 6 7 8 9 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

10 11 12 13 14 15 16 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 11 12 13 14 15 16 1717 18 19 20 21 22 23 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 18 19 20 21 22 23 2424 25 26 27 28 29 30 28 29 30 31 25 26 27 28 29 3031

October '16 November '16 December '16SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT

1 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 32 3 4 5 6 7 8 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 4 5 6 7 8 9 109 10 11 12 13 14 15 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

16 17 18 19 20 21 22 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 18 19 20 21 22 23 2423 24 25 26 27 28 29 27 28 29 30 25 26 27 28 29 30 3130 31

January '17 February '17 March '17SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 48 9 10 11 12 13 14 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

15 16 17 18 19 20 21 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 12 13 14 15 16 17 1822 23 24 25 26 27 28 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 19 20 21 22 23 24 2529 30 31 26 27 28 26 27 28 29 30 31

April '17 May '17 June '17SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT

1 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 32 3 4 5 6 7 8 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 4 5 6 7 8 9 109 10 11 12 13 14 15 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

16 17 18 19 20 21 22 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 18 19 20 21 22 23 2423 24 25 26 27 28 29 28 29 30 31 25 26 27 28 29 3030

School HolidaysSeptember 5 Labor Day

October 10-14 Fall Intersession School DaysNovember 11 Veterans' Day School Holidays (district ofcs open)

November 24-25 Thanksgiving District offices closedDec 23 - Jan 6 Winter Break Teacher Planning Day

January 16 Martin Luther King Day All/Returning Teachers Planning DaysFebruary 23-24 Rodeo Break New Teacher Planning Days

March 13-17 Spring IntersessionMay 29 Memorial Day Important Dates for Staff

Grading Periods July 4 Independence Day (celebrated)1st Aug 11 - Oct 7 41 days Aug 3 New Teachers First Day2nd Oct 17 - Dec 22 46 days Aug 8 Returning Teachers First Day3rd Jan 9 - Mar 10 42 days Dec 26-28, Jan 2-3 Winter Holidays4th Mar 20 - May 25 49 days March 15-17 Spring Break

Total 178 days *Approved 3/10/15 *Instructional time equivalent to 180 days

2016-2017 School Calendar!