The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 131, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 3, 2006 Page: 10 of 16
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The Albany News
Thursday, August 3, 2006
It's Back to
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7th graders, parents to meet Aug. 10
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Incoming seventh grade stu-
dents at Albany Junior High
School, along with their parents,
are urged to attend a special
meeting on Thursday, August
10, starting at 6:30 p.m.
Those present at the brief ori-
entation will learn about policy
changes, as well as some of the
procedures currently in effect at
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the junior high level.
AHS/AJHS Principal Tommy
Terrell will present information
and answer questions, then in-
troduce all the junior high teach-
ers.
Terrell emphasized that at
least one parent should try to
make the orientation session.
"We'd really like to see all par-
ents and students there," said
the principal. "Even if you've
already had a student in junior
high, you need to hear about
some of the changes that have
taken place."
Also, if there are new eighth
graders in the Albany district,
they and their parents are en-
couraged to attend next week's
meeting.
Any unregistered junior high
students who are new to. the
Albany school district should
contact the principal's office
prior to the August 10 meeting,
preferably sometime this week.
For more information, call the
AHS/AJHS office at 762-3974.
Staff breakfast planned Aug. 8
The traditional teachers
breakfast to help kick off the
2006-2007 school year will be
held Tuesday, August 8 for
teachers, administrators and
support staff within the Albany
Independent School District.
The breakfast will start at
8:30 a.m. in the Nancy Smith
Elementary School cafeteria and
will be prepared by the adminis-
trative staff, along with assis-
tance from the Albany Chamber
of Commerce.
The Chamber and the local
school district have joined to-
gether to host the event for sev-
eral years.
All teachers and support staff
are invited to the breakfast,
along with school board trustees
and Chamber members.
Teachers will be involved in
campus and district meetings
and staff development following
the meal. The entire staff will
travel to Breckenridge for in-
service on Wednesday, August
9, and a workday is planned on
Thursday, August 10.
"Comp days" for professional
development are scheduled on
Monday and Friday, August 7
and 11 for faculty members who
did not attend workshops and
seminars during the summer.
The first day of classes is sched-
uled for Monday, August 14.
Back-to-school immunizations explained
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While back-to-school needs
often include notebooks, pencils
and paper, clothing, shoes, back-
packs and lunch boxes, one of
the top items required is an up-
to-date immunization record.
Immunization requirements
remain the same for this school
year, according to Albany school
nurse Monica Cleveland.
Vaccines required at various
ages for all children are polio;
diphtheria, tetanus and pertus-
sis or acellular pertussis (DTP/
DTaP); Haemophilus influenzae
type b (Hib); measles, mumps
and rubella (MMR); chicken pox
(varicella); and hepatitis B, along
with a tetanus booster.
Also, a new law that became
effective last year requires that
children attending child-care
centers and enrolled in pre-kin-
dergarten programs be vacci-
nated against invasive pneumo-
coccal and hepatitis A diseases.
Cleveland explained that
pneumococcal disease is caused
by a bacteria that often leads to
middle ear infections, pneumo-
nia, blood stream infections, si-
nus infections and meningitis.
The vaccine is required for all
children age two months through
59 months who go to any pre-
school classes or to day care.
Hepatitis A is a liver disease
that is spread from person to
person, often by putting objects
in the mouth that have been
contaminated with the stool of a
person with hepatitis A.
Children in day care and pre-
school who are two years old or
older will need two doses of hepa-
titis A vaccine given six to 18
months apart.
Also new last year for school
children were expanded require-
ments for hepatitis B and vari-
cella immunizations. All chil-
dren attending public or private
schools or licensed, certified or
registered childcare facilities
Welcome Back
TEACHERS!
You have one of
the most responsible, exacting and
exhaastingjobs in the world and we
admire yoar dedication. Oar com-
munity is a better place because of
yotir presence.
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172 S. Main — Albany
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THERE IS NO PLACE
IN SCHOOL FOR DOPES
Drug addiction isn't somebody else's problem...It's
ours. Each of us is a loser when me addict, ravaged by
physical and emotional damage, driven by growing
dependence on his drug, turns his potential as a
person and as a citizen into frantic scheming for ways
to get his drug and pay for it. To support his habit, ne
almost certainly turns to crime. Most alarming — and
of grave concern to parents — is the spreaa of drug
addiction downward, into theclassrooms of our high
schools and even grade'schools. There are no easy
answers.. .But stopping drug addiction begins by hon-
estly facing its problems. We all share the responsibil-
ity to educate ourselves and our children about the
dangers of drugs. We must: Learn the facts and
fallacies about drugs. Set a good example. Don't
misuse drugs... including alcohol and sleeping pills.
Be prepared to understand and discuss drug prob-
lems. Support community efforts to combat drug ad-
diction. By mobilizing sound knowledge, we can help
end drug addiction and its problems.
This message published in me community interest by
A1BANY TASK FORCE ON DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE
must have the required immu-
nizations for their age group
completed by the first day of
attendance.
Cleveland related that state
law gives local school districts
and childcare facilities the op-
tion of allowing children to at-
tend if at least one immuniza-
tion in each series has been re-
ceived, but the remaining re-
quired immunizations must be
received as soon as medically
possible.
Children ages five and six, for
example, should have had the
following immunizations to en-
ter Albany schools;
• three doses of polio vaccing^
including one on or after the
fourth birthday;
• four doses of DTP/DTaP
vaccine, including one on or af-
ter the fourth birthday (proof of
pertussis vaccination not re-
quired for children five years or
older); '
• one dose MMR vaccine on
or after the first birthday and
one additional dose of measles,
vaccine that may be received as
part of a second MMR;
• three doses hepatitis B vac-
cine; *
• one dose varicella vaccine
on or after the first birthday for
children born on or after Sep-
tember 2, 1994, or sworn docu-
mentation that the child has had
chicken pox.
A tetanus booster is required
at about age 14.
Parents who have questions
about what immunizations their
students may need can contact
Cleveland at the school office, 762-
3384, or at her home, 762-3750.
An immunization clinic is
being offered from 1:00 to 3:00
p.m. next Thursday, August 10
in conjunction with the Commu-
nity Resource Center's Back-To-
School Mini Health Fair.
Also, immunizations are
available Monday through Fri-
day at both the Big Country
Family Clinic and the Resource
Center.
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Lucas, Melinda L. The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 131, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 3, 2006, newspaper, August 3, 2006; Albany, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth414066/m1/10/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting The Old Jail Art Center.