It’s hard to believe that we have just four short weeks left of this school year!

I want to congratulate Ms. Ahrend and her band students for a job well done!  They received a superior rating from judges at the All District Middle School Band Contest on Friday, April 30th here at Foster Middle School’s auditorium.  In addition to our band students excelling, our vocal music students, under the direction of Kevin Pearson, also received a superior rating at the Tulsa Public School Middle School Choral Festival at Edison High School back on March 9th!  They were one of only two middle schools that received a superior rating!  Way to go Mr. Pearson, Ms. Ahrend and all their students that participated!  I also want to congratulate our volleyball coaches, Ms. Perez and Mr. Pool and the Junior Varsity Volleyball Squad on their undefeated season of 12-0.  Both varsity and Junior varsity will compete for the city championships on May 11th and 12th.  Way to go volleyball players!

If your son or daughter is interested in participating in any athletics next school year, the Tulsa Public Schools Athletic Department will be offering physicals for only $15.00. Checks are to be made payable to TPS Athletics. Please take advantage of this inexpensive opportunity and have your child’s athletic responsibilities completed for the 2010—2011school year. The dates will be Monday, May 10, 2010, at Carver from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Monday, May 17, 2010 at Edison High School from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. and Thursday, May 27, 2010 at Nimitz Middle School from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. A parent or guardian must accompany your child.  The dates and times are also posted on the Tulsa Public Schools website under Athletic Department at http://www.tulsaschools.org/depts/athletics/sports.shtm

Four years ago during April of 2006, the T.P.S. Board of Education unanimously passed the T.P.S. Middle School Uniform Policy for the 2006 –2007 school year.  We believe this has been a very positive change for our school the last four years.  We will be continuing the T.P.S. Middle School Uniform Policy for the 2010-2011 school year.  There will be some minor changes with our Uniform Policy for next school year. The display case across from our main office has the uniform options for you and your child to view.  We will send home to parents of our 6th and 7th graders the updated uniform policy with report cards at the end of the school year.        

In closing, I want to thank State Farm Insurance Company and our wonderful new adopter, the University of Phoenix for all they have done for us this school year.  Their help with the upcoming Honor Roll Breakfast, our Honor Roll and Perfect Attendance Ice Cream Social, Student of the Month, the Mentoring Program, and providing monitors for State Testing are all greatly appreciated.  We are also thankful for our PTA members and volunteers for all they contributed this year.  It has been a great year at Foster and we are looking forward to a wonderful 2010-2011 school year.

The month of May will be a very busy month.  Please check the calendar for activities such as band and vocal concerts.  Also, please make plans to attend your child’s grade level awards assembly.  The students’ last day will be Wednesday, June 2nd.

Final report cards will be mailed home this summer.  I hope you have an awesome summer together with your child.