A number of our students have asked to participate in efforts to help people in Haiti harmed by the recent earthquake. The consensus developed among our students (after conducting their own research) that providing financial assistance to the agencies that are immediately on the ground in Haiti is the best way to help. (As our students discovered, collecting food, water and clothes actually seems to cause the agencies difficulties because arranging shipping, and sorting through disparate goods, adds significant time and cost.)

The following are the sites that students have provided from their research. Students have asked that this information be communicated to our broader community so that our Tempe Prep community can provide assistance to others in need.

Ways to help as researched by TPA students:

U.S. State Department:
http://www.state.gov/p/wha/ci/ha/earthquake/index.htm

Red Cross:
http://newsroom.redcross.org/2010/01/12/disaster-alert-earthquake-in-haiti/

Mercy Corps:
https://donate.mercycorps.org/donation.htm?DonorIntent=Haiti+Earthquake

One also can text "HAITI" to "90999" and a donation of $10 will be given automatically to the Red Cross to help with relief efforts, charged to your cell phone bill.

The PO has two positions to fill:

-Data input onto the Lunch Store website, training is available

-Monday morning help needed.   Requirements and duties are:

• Can spend about 1 hour EARLY on Monday mornings between 6:30 - 7:30 am or before
• Has a fax machine at home
• Has a 3-hole punch
• Can take the reports to the TPA kitchen before 11:00 am Monday morning
• From the Lunch Store website e-mail the reports (the Monday restaurants need them by 6:45 am Monday morning)
• Print out the reports (about 16 pages)
• Send 4 Faxes (1 page each to the restaurants)
• Hole punch the printed reports
• Take them to the TPA kitchen before 11:00 am Monday

PLEASE CONTACT LOUISE WOLFE AT louisewolfechef@gmail.com for more information.

Ren Fair will be on Mar. 27, 2010 from 11a.m. - 4p.m.  Volunteers will be needed to help this be a success. Please email Mrs. Hartzler, hartzlerdl@cox.net or 480-753-5985, to sign up to volunteer. 

Available positions:
Food Coordinator
Food helpers
Scheduling of Volunteers
Set up and Tear down Coordinator
Set up and Tear down helpers
Booster/Redemption helpers

As you know, in years past we have asked families to donate to our annual Renaissance Fair’s Silent Auction and Raffle. It is that time again! If you yourself have items to donate or friends and family that may be willing to, we are accepting items now. It can be movie passes, restaurant gift certificates, jewelry, artwork, gift baskets, etc. Use your imagination!
If you have any questions, please contact Lynda Hartzler @ 602-300-3023

Three Tempe Prep seniors, Alex Porter, Pooja Ramesh and Sarah Wolnisty, will be travelling to Harvard University February 11 – 16 to participate in one of the most prestigious tournaments of the year. The Harvard tournament boasts over 350 high schools attending from across the nation for a 3 day tournament at the historic university campus. The Harvard trip is the highlight of anyone doing speech and debate. The competition some of the best in the nation, and students will have the chance to explore historic Boston.

A speech and debate program geared to the junior high student will be starting up soon. We will have an information meeting on Tuesday February 9 at 3:15PM in room 305 for all interested. This meeting will last 45 minutes at the most and will give an outline of the program. A couple of changes from last year: we will start in February rather than late March, and we will only meet once a week for February and March. We will step up to twice a week in April in order to prepare for our tournament to be held Friday, May 7th at Chandler Prep. All meetings will finish by 4PM allowing students to attend sports practices or other commitments. Students will learn the fundamentals of debate and various speech activities and end the year with a tournament with all the Great Hearts schools. Whether your student loves to argue or is an aspiring class clown, there will be something for everyone. We will have many guest presentations by High School speech & debate coaches and professional speakers and actors. The cost is $20 to cover supplies and the tournament fees. The program is open to all 6th, 7th and 8th graders. If you need more information, contact Mr. Wolnisty at TPADebate@cox.net.

Resolve to sign up to help TPA through your grocery purchases.  It’s easy!  The rebate programs only continue for a few more months this year, so please sign up as soon as possible!!!!  Ask your friends and family to do it too!!!!

 IF YOU SHOP AT FRYS, link your VIP Card to Tempe Prep by showing your card and this barcode to the cashier at your next visit:

IF YOU SHOP AT BASHAS’, ask the cashier to link your Bashas’ Thank You Card to number 26975.

 IF YOU SHOP AT SAFEWAY, go to www.escrip.com and click on “YES! Renew your commitment to Safeway Stores Today!”  Complete the registration on the following page. 

Problems??  Questions??  Call or email Monica Attridge at (480) 557-8445, or mlattridge@qwestoffice.net.

Dear Parent, Tempe Preparatory Academies is starting to plan for future years at our campuses and we need your help. We would like to know who our future Knights will be. As we grow each year, we
would like to forecast how many spaces to set aside for sibling priority enrollment. Please
complete form, click here, and return to the office by Feb. 15, 2010.

The 2010-2011 school year calendar has been approved by the Board for both TPA and TPJA. The first day of school will be August 9, 2010. To download a copy, please click here.

Aerospace club meets Thursdays after school in Rm 505 for anyone interested in aviation, rocketry, telescopes, or astronomy.

Orientation glider flights at Turf Soaring School near Lake Pleasant Saturday 2/20 for $99. Come out and fly or just watch.  Contact Mr. Wolley for more details.

Check athletic schedules, scores and photos at www.tempeprepathletics.org.

With the onset of cold and flu season, we are asking again for donations of facial tissue.  Please drop off your donations in the front office.  Thank you. 

Friday Jamba Juice orders can now be made online with the hot lunch orders.  You can pre-order for the 2010 year by dowloading the form (click here).

Parents, please remember to submit the 2010-2011 registration questionnaire for your student.  If your family will have siblings entering TPA or TPJA, respectively, you must complete a registration application for them by March 15, 2010.  If their application is not received by this date, they will not receive sibling priority enrollment and therefore, be placed on a waiting list. 

Applications may be submitted online by clicking here.

To complete a registration questionnaire for TPA, please click here.

To complete a registration questionnaire for TPJA, please click here.

You now have until midnight on SUNDAYS to place your online Lunch Store orders for the next week at www.tempeprep.org.   Drinks and snacks are also available online: bottled water, juice box, cold applesauce, GoGurt, canned drinks, flavored water, Gatorade.

Directions for completing Hot Lunch order, click here.

The Lunch Store is offering white milk and chocolate milk, 1% in half-pint cartons. You can order milk any day the Lunch Store is open. The cost is $0.50.

Go to http://www.tempeprep.org/ and click Lunch Store in the blue bar.
Click any date that the store is offering lunch, and you can order milk, cold applesauce, GoGurt, and other items.

Subway, Chick-fil-A, and Sweet Tomatoes have been added to the 2010 menu.  Thank you.