REMINDER - VALLEY SCHOOLS TASKFORCE MEETING TOMORROW MORNING (SAT. 6/27 9AM - 12PM)

The meeting will be held at West Valley Special Education Center.
The address for those of you who, like me, have never heard of the West Valley Special Education center, is:

6649 Balboa Blvd.

The cross streets are Vanowen and Victory. Hope to see you all there!

A Few Words From Mrs. Farber

Beckford won't be the same...

Mrs. Farber, June 2002 (photo by Matthew Lopez)

After 18 years teaching at Beckford, beloved teacher Mary Ann Farber will be retiring at the end of this school year. For many of those 18 years, she has also served as a dedicated UTLA representative at our school.

For all the thousands of children she's taught over the years, a profound "thank you" from all of us at Beckford Elementary.

VALLEY SCHOOLS TASKFORCE MEETING

Valley Schools Taskforce Meeting -a follow-up meeting to the Non-Title 1 Conference held last month by Tamar Galatzan -will be held on Saturday, June 27th from 9am - 11am. Tom Waldman, from Tamar's office stated that he intends to notify everyone who attended the last meeing by email with more specifics. This meeting will include the next steps for Non-Title One schools to move forward with the ideas discussed in May.

I will share the email when I receive it for those who were unable to attend the last meeting. I hope you all intend to join me at this meeting - I know it isn't easy giving up your Saturday mornings (believe me, I know). But the alternative, ie: doing nothing at all, means just that -nothing at all is going to change. I, for one, am not satisfied with things as they are and from what I'm hearing and reading, neither are you. Please join us...

"You must be the change you want to see in the world" --Mahatma Ghandi

Mrs. Farber

In case you can't read itty bitty typing below, our beloved Mrs. Farber retires after 18 years of dedication and service for our school. If you would like to include a message in a "Big Book of Beckford Memories" you can either pick-up a piece of statitonary from the office this week, or you can e-mail me your message at heartshelly@mac-com. We need to receive any messages by Friday June 12th (the sooner, the better). Thank you

Mrs. Farber