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February 4, 2010 |
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Updates & Reminders · Project Wild: Thank you to Poolesville High School students Brittany Gammell and Natasha Shangold, for doing such a fabulous job with the Project Wild program they presented to our fourth grade students over the past several weeks. The student and teacher feedback was excellent. · Principal’s Chat: Our next principal’s chat is scheduled for February 12th at 8:30 a.m. · Report Cards: Report cards are coming home today. Please sign the envelope and return it to the teacher. · Bobcats on Parade: We had a slight scare this week in our book, as it looked like Catso, the nasty cat, was going to get to Ralph. Fortunately, the cat was distracted, Ralph lived to tell about it. The students are being awesome detectives as they find examples in our reading of words with multiple meanings. I am thoroughly enjoying their predictions and interpretations as we discuss our reading. · School Improvement Plan focus: This week I am surveying students in grades two through five as part of our Rigor Review. This will give me the opportunity to learn what parts of their reading and math they find most engaging, as well as get their opinion on the degree of challenge in their work. Next week I will be interviewing a sampling of students in grades three through five to give even more insight into the students’ perspective. I plan to complete the review this month, weather permitting. Findings will be shared at the March PTA meeting. · John Poole Middle School Orientation & Science Expo: I really enjoyed looking at the projects of our former students as I toured the Science Expo last week with Charlotte Boucher, the JPMS principal. Congratulations to the many former students who were winners in either the physics or chemistry category. A special congratulations goes to Thayer Seely, who took Best of Show! Calendar
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Ahead: News From Staff & Community · Student Government Association News: The SGA is collecting monetary donations for Haiti beginning on Monday. Please send in coins, dollars or checks. The donations will be going to the organization Save our Children. The container will be in the main office. Thank you. The SGA annual lollipop sale will be from Monday, February 8 through Thursday, February 11. The lollipops will cost $ .25 each and will be sold during lunch. See enclosed flyer. · Counselor News: Mrs. Beaudoin will be starting a group for children who are going through family changes. Students participating in this small group will learn about feelings relating to separation and divorce. There will be a primary group (K-2) and an upper grades group (3-5). If you have any questions or would like to have your child participate in this group, please call Janet Beaudoin. She hopes to get the group going in mid February. Poolesville Pride is a bully prevention committee with representation from the community and all four schools in the Poolesville High School cluster. This committee will be sponsoring a Cyber Safety program at Poolesville Town Hall on Monday, February 22nd from 7:30-9:00 p.m. (snow date is Feb. 24). This promises to be a very informative program for parents of students from all schools and is presented in collaboration with the Maryland State's Attorney's Office. Please mark your calendars! · Basket Bingo: The PTA will be sponsoring Basket Bingo on Saturday, February 20th at St. Mary's Pavilion. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.; bingo starts at 7:00 p.m. Check out the enclosed flyer all the details. · Festival of Nations: This year’s Festival of Nations will be on Friday March 5th. This date is fast approaching! We are looking for MES families to create cultural table displays or add to one from last year. You can bring an ethnic dish to share or participate with dance, music, arts/crafts, and baked goods. We also need adult volunteers along with older siblings that will earn SSL hours. See the enclosed flyer for more information or contact Dawn Espinoza ~ 301 407 0194 dawnmespinoza@yahoo.com
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