THIS week at Christensen - April 27 - May 1, 2009

Monday, April 27

• Regular School Day
• Mrs. Lasher's and Mr. Corbett's classes to Lowell Observatory and Thorpe Park, 9:00-1:00

Tuesday, April 28

• Ms. McFall's class to Wildlife World Zoo and Aquarium, 7:15-5:30
• Site Council meeting in the Library, 4:30

Wednesday, April 29

• ESL class for parents in the Activity Room, 8:30-11:00
• Fifth-grades Social Health classes, 9:00-12:00
• Early release for school improvement and planning, 1:00
• Grade level meetings for teachers in the Library, 2:15

Thursday, April 30

• Willow Bend Environmental Education Center Day at Christensen
  
• Band, Strings, Choir "Character" concert in the Gym, 6:00

Friday, May 1

• Mrs. Cayou's class to Elden Pueblo, 9:30-2:30

REMINDER: Monday, April 27 is a REGULAR SCHOOL DAY

Don't forget:

Monday, April 27 is a REGULAR SCHOOL DAY

See you in class at 8:30 AM!

THIS week at Christensen - April 20-24, 2009

This is Teacher Appreciation Week!

Tuesday, April 21

• Teacher Appreciation Breakfast in the Activity Room, 7:45

Wednesday, April 22

• ESL class for parents in the Activity Room, 8:30-11:00
• Fifth grade Social Health in the Activity Room & Art Room, 9:00-12:00
• FALA performance, 10:00-10:30
• Early release for school improvement and planning, 1:00
• Teacher Appreciation Potluck luncheon in the Library, 1:15
  

Friday, April 24

• Spring Holiday -- NO SCHOOL

REMINDER:

• Monday, April 27 is a REGULAR SCHOOL DAY

THIS week at Christensen - April 13-17, 2009

NOTES:

• Open House Night, previously scheduled for April 22, has been postponed until May 13.
• Monday, April 27, is no longer a holiday. It is a regular school day

Monday, April 13

• AIMS Testing grades 3-6, Reading and Math

Tuesday, April 14

• Mrs. Grant's and Mrs. Lasher's classes to the Arizona Science Center, 6:45a-6:45p
• AIMS Testing grade 4, Science

Wednesday, April 15

• ESL class for parents in the Activity Room, 8:30-11:00
• Early release for school improvement and planning, 1:00
• FEA membership meeting in the Library, 1:15-1:30
• Fastworks Ice Skating at Jay Lively Arena, 5:00-7:00

Thursday, April 16

• No preschool today
• Faculty meeting in the Library, 7:45
• AIMS Testing grades 3-6, Math field-test
  

Friday, April 17

• No preschool today

Christensen School Student Survey

Christensen 4th-6th grade students,

Mr. Ontiveros would appreciate it if you would take a few minutes to answer some survey questions about how you about Christensen School.

Please click here to start the survey!

Thanks.

THIS week at Christensen - April 6-10, 2009

Monday, April 6

• Mrs. Koenig's, Mr. Corbett's, and Ms. McFall's classes to NAU for P.E., 9:00-11:30
• Terra Nova testing: second grades

Tuesday, April 7

• Terra Nova testing: second grades
• AIMS testing: third, fourth, fifth, sixth grades
• Kindergarten registration for Fall 2009, 1:00-4:00
• Kindergarten Open House and registration, 4:30-6:30

Wednesday, April 8

• No Library classes today
• ESL class for parents in the Activity Room, 8:30-11:00
• Mrs. Koenig's, Mr. Corbett's, and Ms. McFall's classes to NAU for P.E., 9:00-11:30
• Pied Piper assembly in the Gym (K-4), 10:30-11:00
• Early release for school improvement and planning, 1:00
• Kindergarten registration for Fall 2009, 1:00-4:00

Thursday, April 9

• No Library classes today
• Kindergarten registration for Fall 2009, 1:00-4:00
• AIMS testing: third, fourth, fifth, sixth grades

Conficker Computer Virus Infection-Checking "Eye Chart"

You've probably read about it in the news lately, the Conficker Virus, the Interweb's current maybe-maybe-not theat-d'jour. Regardless of it's effectiveness, it sounds like a nasty infection: challenging to identify (it comes in three flavors), powerful, and potentially prevalent.

There are many good antivirus programs available online, both for a fee and for free that can scan your entire system looking for innumerable viral infections and remove them permanently. But, such a scan can take hours, sometimes days.

Thankfully, there is another way to check if you're infected.

Whether you're protected by an antivirus program or not, this simple Eye Chart is a quick, visual way to determine if your PC is infected with the Conficker Virus. It works because the virus, when present on your computer or network, apparently blocks the domains of many popular antivirus programs. If you can't see the logos on the Eye Chart, it probably means you are infected. If you can see them all, you're probably clean. Simple.

Experts seem to think, "this detection method should be more reliable than network scanning-based tests." In addition to the Eye Chart, there are other quick ways to check if you're infected. [via]