Happy Friday. I hope you all have a nice weekend. You'll probably want to get out your warm winter coat, going to get kinda chilly tomorrow.
Staff Picture "retake"
Walk To School Day thoroughly confounded our opportunity to take a staff picture during Picture Day last month. Therefore, we will reconvene on Picture Retake Day, which is this coming Wednesday, Nov. 20, at 8:00 in the morning on the risers in the music room to take our 2013-2014 Staff Picture. Thanks for planning to be there (this picture is of great value to me, personally) and for being there on time.
Tax Credit Season
Below is an exact reprint of what I published this week about Tax Credit contributions on marshallmagnetschool.com and on our school Facebook page. I hope you'll take the time to read through it and commit it to memory so that you're able to speak knowledgeably to your parents about how important and advantageous it is for them to make a Tax Credit contribution to our school.
As the next few weeks come and go, I'll appreciate everything you can do to continue to keep the message of Tax Credit in front of our parents. It's essential that we make a deliberate and concerted effort to encourage all of our stakeholders to contribute in this way between now and the conclusion of the semester.
Thanks!
2013 Tax Credit Information
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| Marshall Magnet School 2013 Governor's Arts Award winner |
Any Arizona tax-payer may make a Tax Credit contribution to Marshall Magnet School.
If you haven't already done so, we hope you are planning to make your annual Tax Credit contribution to Marshall School before December 31. The Arizona Public School Tax Credit program provides great advantages both to you and to our school.
Thus far, this school-year alone, at Marshall Magnet School we've spent over $38,000.00 in Tax Credit contributions on our one-of-a-kind magnet programs and activities including field-trips, Taiko drumming, Suzuki violin, contemporary dance, Lego League, Team MasterMind, and Chess Club, as well as many other Magnet Monday electives, such as digital media, painting, and photography lab. 
Each dime of your contribution has been spent to broaden and enrich the educational learning experiences of every student at Marshall. Every kid at Marshall has received benefit from these contributions, and they will continue to, year after year, provided we are to be able to raise these funds in order to sustain our award-winning programs.
As demonstrated by our imaginary tax-payers below (click an image to enlarge it), Arizona's Tax Credit program works to the advantage of most tax-payers. Whether you're a single parent, a married family filing jointly, or an more mature couple with grown children, Arizona's Tax Credit program enables you to give part of your annual state taxes directly to Marshall Magnet School, rather than to the state Department Of Revenue.
This rare opportunity, to determine exactly how your tax dollars are spent by providing direct support to Marshall School's unique magnet programs, is your chance to directly benefit your child's, and every child's, public school experience at Marshall Magnet School. Marshall School can and will make that promise to you. The state of Arizona cannot.
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Tax Credit contributions directly reduce the Balance Of Tax that you would otherwise owe to the state. Tax Credit contributions are not deductions, nor are they a kind of exemption. Tax Credit contributions to Marshall School are a direct dollar-for-dollar credit against the taxes that you must pay. Your choice in the matter, however, is to take advantage of Arizona's Tax Credit program and contribute these dollars to Marshall Magnet School, or decide that you wold rather give those dollars to the state.
Every single Tax Credit dollar that you contribute to Marshall Magnet School goes directly into sustaining and developing our well-established, unique, and meaningful Arts and Science magnet programs at every grade level. All Marshall students, including your own, benefit from your contribution!
Below, as another example, is a per-grade-level break-down of the costs of our special magnet-school programs during a recent school year, which were paid for entirely by grants, Dodgeball, and your Tax Credit contributions:
KindergartenPlease remember: In order to have it applied to your 2013 tax return, you must make your Tax Credit contribution before December 31, 2013.
Magnet Programs: Reggio Emilia Art Integration ($11,500), Suzuki Violin 30 min twice/ week ($10,633) and Water in our World Science Program ($600) Total Cost: $22,733.00
1st Grade
Magnet Programs: Suzuki Violin 30 min twice/ week ($9,417.80) and The Explorers Science Program $1,000.00 Total Cost: $10,417.80
2nd Grade
Magnet Programs: Suzuki Violin 30 min twice/ week ($10,329.20) and Communities Science Program $6,000.00 Total Cost: $16,329.20
3rd Grade
Magnet Programs: Professional Dance Instruction 30 min week ($2,362.50) and From the Ground Up Science Program ($4,000.00) Total Cost: $6,362.50
4th Grade
Magnet Programs: Author in Residence $3,200.00 and Adaptations and Interactions Science Program ($3,100.00), Heritage Garden Project ($1,600.00) Total Cost: $7,900.00
5th Grade
Magnet Programs: Japanese Taiko Drumming ($6,560.00) and Space Science Program ($1,000) Total Cost: $7,560.00
4/5 Multiage Art and Science Integration Program (51 students): $3,500.00
Total magnet budget $102,802.50
Total # of students who benefit: 597
Average Cost per Marshall Student: $172.20
Married couples filing jointly may contribute up to $400.00. Single taxpayers may give up to $200.00.
However, contributions in any amount are always welcomed and appreciated!
You can make a Tax Credit contribution to Marshall School online at any time, in any amount, during the course of the year simply by clicking on the "Donate now!" button below.
Calendar
Week A
- Monday, 18 Nov.
- Canned Food Drive begins
- Tuesday, 19 Nov.
- FAST program in the Gym, 6:00
- Wednesday, 20 Nov.
- Staff Picture in the Music Room, 8:00
- Picture Retake Day in the Fit Kids Room, all day
- Thursday, 21 Nov.
Faculty Meeting(canceled)
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