{"id":17956,"date":"2021-10-29T12:47:04","date_gmt":"2021-10-29T16:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/?p=17956"},"modified":"2021-10-29T12:47:04","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T16:47:04","slug":"more-stories-from-the-week-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/?p=17956","title":{"rendered":"More Stories from the Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<h1 id=\"school-board-meetings\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">School Board Meetings<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The School Board will hold a Special Called Board meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Nov. 4. For School Board meeting agendas and documents, visit <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/alexandriapublic.ic-board.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Electronic School Board<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. You can also visit the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acps.k12.va.us\/Page\/570\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">School Board meeting web page<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for information on how to view meetings live and participate.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"indoor-air-quality-targeted-as\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indoor Air Quality Targeted Assessment Results<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Department of Facilities and Operations, Office of Safety and Security Services, has completed targeted Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) assessments at all school facilities. A targeted assessment focuses on specific areas of a facility in an effort to create a representative sample of the indoor air quality within the building. The testing measured interior levels of radon, mold, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), 4-PCH, formaldehyde, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, humidity and temperature. Full reports for each school facility including lab analysis can be found on the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acps.k12.va.us\/Page\/2662\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Office of Safety and Security Services webpage<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"red-ribbon-week-2022-poster-co\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Red Ribbon Week 2022 Poster Contest Now Open<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We can all do our part at ACPS to help our children grow up to be safe, healthy, and drug-free. Red Ribbon Week is the oldest drug prevention campaign in the nation that promotes a drug-free and healthy lifestyle.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Students who are interested in participating in the 2022 Red Ribbon Week Poster Contest should submit their work by <\/span><b>Nov. 15, 2021<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Three winning posters will be chosen, based on artistic presentation and strength in messaging, to promote a drug-free lifestyle.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Entrants must be students in Alexandria City Public Schools.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are three contest categories: elementary, middle and high school.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Posters should include a message that promotes a drug-free lifestyle. You may come up with your own theme.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Freehand, multimedia, computer-generated\/assisted designs, markers, or crayons may be used in the design of the poster. Scan a photo, full color 300 dpi, or take a hi-res photo of it with a phone or camera in good light.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Posters are judged on the artistic presentation and the strength of the message. Please include a short paragraph describing your poster theme\/message.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Include the student&#8217;s full name, age, school, poster theme and message description, phone number and email.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All posters must be turned in and postmarked by <\/span><b>Nov. 15, 2021<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, to: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ms. Daniela Perez-Bravo<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Family and Community Engagement (FACE) Center <\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1340 Braddock Place, 5th Floor<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alexandria, VA 22314<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Electronic versions can be submitted to <\/span><a href=\"mailto:face@acps.k12.va.us\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">face@acps.k12.va.us<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A parent or legal guardian must submit the entry on the student&#8217;s behalf. By submitting an entry, you have confirmed that ACPS\/FACE and its partners have permission to reproduce the images and post on social media or other communication channels.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And during this Red Ribbon Week, all students can show their commitment to living drug-free. Print out the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/f.hubspotusercontent30.net\/hubfs\/413387\/RR%20Download%20Sign_2021.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Red Ribbon Theme sign<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, add your name, hold it up and post a photo using the hashtag #LivingDrugFree. Find @RedRibbonWeek on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RedRibbonWeek\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RedRibbonWeek\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. You can also celebrate Red Ribbon Week by planting red flower bulbs. When they bloom in the spring they will serve as a reminder of the beauty of a drug-free life.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2022School Board Meetings \u2022Indoor Air Quality Targeted Assessment Results \u2022Red Ribbon Week 2022 Poster Contest Now Open<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":17614,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-acps"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-12 12:34:43","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17956"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17956\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17969,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17956\/revisions\/17969"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}