Food Services Give All Students FREE Breakfast FCAT Week
The Citrus County Schools Food and Nutrition Services will again be offering FREE breakfast to all students taking the FCAT next week. The breakfast we serve meets the federal guidelines for nutrition standards. Encourage your student(s) to partake of this offering as they prepare enough breakfast items to insure there is enough food for students.
Feeding students is how Citrus County Schools Food and Nutrition Services receive federal funding to support our program. The funds we receive goes back into the district and helps fund various school needs. Please help spread the word!
“Monday April 11th FCAT test begin. Hope these quick reminders and video below are helpful” ~Thomas
Testing Tips for Parents
Make sure your child gets plenty of rest the night before the test.
On the morning of the test, your child needs to get up in plenty of time so
he/she won’t feel rushed.
Feed your child a good breakfast. Research shows that children do better on tests if they have had a good breakfast.
Do as much as you can to make your child feel comfortable. Try not to say things to make him/her feel more nervous.
Reassure your child that no matter the outcome of the test you will still love him/her. Encourage them to simply do their best.
Take an active role in your child’s education throughout the school year. Let your child know you are interested in his/her learning by taking part in the entire process.
Find out all you can about the test. Ask questions of the teacher and/or principal.
The more you and your child know about the test, the better prepared your child will be.
When the scores are sent to you, talk to your child’s teacher and/or principal. This will help you to understand them more clearly.
Give your child praise even if he or she didn’t do well on the test.
State testing tips for parents by students
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TALLAHASSEE — Virtually no sector of state government, from public schools to programs for the sick and disabled, is spared from the budget axe in spending bills passed Thursday by the Florida House and Senate, though they differ in many key details.
GOP lawmakers who control both chambers are holding firm to their no-new-taxes commitment, with austere appropriations bills of nearly $70 billion that would slash almost $4 billion in spending.
Democrats argued that House and Senate bills alike are balanced on the backs of public employees, in effect imposing an income tax on them.
Both chambers would dock the paychecks of teachers, state workers and many local employees, including police and firefighters, to reduce state, city and county government contributions to their retirement plan by up to $1.1 billion. The spending cuts also are expected to result in widespread layoffs.
Senator Charles Dean Presents Senate Resolution for Citrus High School 100th Anniversary
Florida Senate – 2011
SR 2082
By Senator Dean
Senate Resolution
A resolution recognizing Citrus High School on the occasion of its 100th anniversary celebration and congratulating the students, faculty, administration, and staff of Citrus High School on achieving and maintaining an “A” grade from the Florida Department of Education.
WHEREAS, the history of Citrus High School can be traced back to the late 1800s to a wood-frame school building in Inverness, where a teacher taught chart class to sixth grade, and
WHEREAS, construction of the first Citrus High School was authorized in 1911 and a two-story brick schoolhouse was built at a cost of $12,560 on Citrus Avenue, and
WHEREAS, while the new school building was originally intended to serve only high school students, it served the entire student population in grades 1 through 12, and
WHEREAS, in 1920, the Board of Public Instruction approved construction of a new school on the corner of Main Street and Line Avenue, which was completed in 1921 but was abandoned a short while later due to structural problems, with classes resuming in the original building, and
WHEREAS, in 1930, a new school building was completed on the site of the failed structure and the school received accreditation from the State Board of Education as a 4-year high school, and
WHEREAS, in 1985, an electrical fire destroyed most of the structure, prompting a rebuilding project that continued until 1992, and
WHEREAS, in 2008, Citrus High School received its first “A” school designation from the Department of Education and is once again designated an “A” school for the 2010-2011 school year, with a current enrollment of 1,556 students, NOW, THEREFORE, Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida: That we recognize Citrus High School on the occasion of its 100th anniversary celebration and congratulate the students, faculty, administration, and staff of Citrus High School on achieving and maintaining an “A” grade from the Florida Department of Education.
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The Citrus County Schools Food and Nutrition Services will again be offering FREE breakfast to all students taking the FCAT next week. The breakfast we serve meets the federal guidelines for nutrition standards. Encourage your student(s) to partake of this offering as they prepare enough breakfast items to insure there is enough food for students.
