Encourage your kids to go to www.freerice.com  (You can try it too – but beware, it is addicting!)

It was created by a father to help his son improve his vocabulary in preparation for PSAT/SAT's. The gimmick is that for every word you answer with the correct definition the site sponsors donate 20 grains of rice to the UN World Food Bank.

Approximately 20,000 grains of rice provide enough caloric intake to sustain an adult for one day. Using this calculation, enough rice is donated to feed about 7,000 people daily.

FreeRice is a creative web-based vocabulary game that ties every correct answer to the donation of rice to WFP. The great thing is that the more you play FreeRice and the more you learn the more rice we are able to purchase to feed hungry people around the world.

Please help spread the word about this innovative idea. It's entertaining, educational and provides life-saving food for the world's hungry -- all at the same time!

THANK YOU for donating rice to the U.N. World Food Programme through FreeRice.

FreeRice is a sister site of the world poverty site, Poverty.com.

FreeRice has two goals:

·         Provide English vocabulary to everyone for free.

·         Help end world hunger by providing rice to hungry people for free.

This is made possible by the sponsors who advertise on this site.

Whether you are CEO of a large corporation or a street child in a poor country, improving your vocabulary can improve your life. It is a great investment in yourself.

Perhaps even greater is the investment your donated rice makes in hungry human beings, enabling them to function and be productive. Somewhere in the world, a person is eating rice that you helped provide. Thank you.

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 Parents, we have TWO (2) bins located in our front parking lot! Please be sure to bring your recyclables to our school. This is a year round project--please continue to help us earn money!

• RECYCLE YOUR PAPERS 24/7--365 Days a Year at AMS

HELP OUR SCHOOL AND THE ENVIRONMENT TOO! Bring all of your recyclable paper products to our yellow and green "Abitibi Paper Retriever" bin in the front parking lot.  We ACCEPT the following:

•  Newspapers, Magazines, Folders, Shopping Catalogs, School and Office Papers, Mail and Envelopes, Fax, Color & Copy Paper, Shredded Paper (BAGGED ONLY)

• PLEASE:  NO CARDBOARD!!

• PLEASE:  NO WATER BOTTLES OR TRASH!!

If your place of employment doesn't currently participate in a recycling program, ask if they would like to partner with AMS.  Send an email to communications@amspta.org and we will be happy to forward a letter onto them explaining our program, the importance of recycling and how our school can earn money from this worthwhile project.

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                  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• AUTOMATED PHONE NOTIFICATION system:  The BoE has introduced this system  to help parents stay informed. If you haven't received either a phone call or an email yet this year, please contact the school office so that they can check the phone or email on file for you.  Messages are sent to parents via the AACPS students through the school system's new Connect-ED automated telephone notification system.  These messages are also available online at the AACPS's website www.aacps.org, once they are sent out to parents and employees via this system.  Messages will remain on the web for approx. 1 week.  You can replay the message or text versions are also available.  To access the archive, scroll down the web page and click on the "Connect-ED Archive" link on the left.