Announcements 10-3-2016

MONDAY

Open Doors and After School Programming for Monday

• Hip hop
• Drama
• Tutoring 

Sports
Cross country running is cancelled for today.
There is a cross country costume race scheduled at Fairfax tomorrow -Fairfax Elementary/Middle School.  Bus leaves at 2:15 PM.  The race starts at 3:30 PM





Weather for Outside Activities
There is a small chance of rain throughout the day

Band
Mr. Mehaffey is not in school today. Could all of the beginning flutes, A and B win time students, please have a make up lesson on Tuesday at 10:30 AM. 7/8 astronomy exploratory is happening, and students should report to the band room.

Sr. Band is staying with their teams today, and full Sr. Band with 6th graders is most definitely happening on Tuesday.






Drama
Drama will start this week. Rehearsals run Monday (today), Wednesday, Thursday from 3:30-4:45. Students will receive a schedule with more details.

Picture Days Schedule

	10/04/2016	10/05/2016	10/06/2016	10/07/2016
	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
7:45	Triumph	Travelers	Renaissance	USA
9:00	Audette MT	Audette WT
9:15	Donovan	Gleason	Kindergarten	Discovery
9:30	Incredibles	Explorers
10:45	Imagination	Investigators		Voyagers

Where? Upstairs in the professional library (AC206)
Absent? Student goes to AC206 any day anytime between 7:45 and 11:00
Questions? See Jennifer Seymour
Who? All Students and Staff need to get their pictures taken





This Walking Wednesday (October 5th) Falls on National Walk to School Day
Over 3,000 schools around the country are going to participate.  We are one of those schools.  Please make a special effort to get outside and walk or bike to school on Wednesday this week.

Update on Daily Walking School Bus Routes
The daily Messenger Street Walking School Bus will continue until mid-October.  The 14th will be the last day when parent leaders from that area of the city will supervise the route.  The Walking Wednesdays scheduled throughout October and the rest of the year will continue as planned.

The daily walking school buses from the Barlow Street and Houghton Park areas will have to wait until spring when we expect to have enough leaders to manage the routes. However the Walking Wednesdays scheduled from these areas will continue throughout October and the rest of the year.

WALKING WEDNESDAY SCHOOL BUS SCHEDULE 2016/2017

Dates of Walks

Oct 5th Oct 12th Oct 19th Oct 26th

Nov 2nd

Dec 7th

Jan 11th

Feb 1st

Mar 15th

April 5th

May 3rd May 10th May 17th May 24th May 31st

June 7th

Mrs Williams Classroom

We have caterpillars that have turned into cocoons. Now we are waiting for butterflies.

Boys 7/8 Soccer Game with Georgia on Thursday 9-29-2016
Pictures Shared by parent Jackie Deslauriers

Hackett's Orchard Field Trip

HACKETT’S ORCHARD More Pictures from the field trip on Wednesday 6-28-2016

Sunrise Club
Students in the Sunrise Club used mats to build play houses early Friday Morning 9-30-2016

For Snacks today we have plums

• Insects, such as honeybees are the main pollinators of plum tree flowers.  Plum crops are much reduced unless there are plenty of bees around.
• The plum belongs to the group of stone fruit (it has single seed protected with pit). The pit can be firmly attached to the surrounding flesh (known as clingstone type) or it can be easily separated from the flesh (known as freestone type).

BREAKFAST MENU Students may take two fruit servings with each meal. They must take at least one.

LUNCH MENU

Announcements 9-30-2016

FRIDAY

Joke of the Week    Link to Joke

Codesmyths

Fill out those 2016-17 Codesmyths applications!

We had a great Codesmyths Kickoff Event yesterday — 86 students came to the library!! Sadly, we only have room for 10-12 new students this year, so get those forms filled out and submitted by next week on Thursday (October 6, by the end of the day — applications received on Friday or later will not be considered)! Remember to use your best writing skills — spelling, punctuation, complete sentences, and clear thoughts all count.

If you missed the kick-off event today, you can still apply. The applications instructions and form can be found here: www.codesmyths.org/home/signing-up (you can also navigate to this by clicking "Signing Up" on the left side of the www.codesmyths.org web site — hint: look at the left side now :-).

Thank you very much. Looking forward to seeing all the old and new students alike!— Ms. Bertucci, Mr. Roland, Ms. Tagliamonte

The Whole of Kindergarten Visited Hackett's Orchard Wednesday 9-28-2016
Hackett's Orchard is a wonderful place for children to learn about growing apples and the uses apples can be put to.  Each classroom returned with a bag of apples for their classroom.  Farm-to-school apple processing projects will happen in kindergarten classrooms over the next weeks.

These are a few pictures of Mrs. Williams' and Walsh's students.

Taco Lab
Mrs. Lamb's 7/8th Graders shown about to enjoy the benefits of all their hard work during taco lab! The fun cooking lesson incorporated many of the food and kitchen safety lessons they are learning.

Science in Team USA
Team USA used project-based learning to explore the scientific method.  Groups of students are shown working on science projects of their own creation Thursday afternoon 9-29-2016. 

Breakfast for PreK and Kindergarten
Quite a few of the PreK and Kindergarten children eat breakfast in their classrooms. Mrs. Williams' students show what a classroom breakfast looks like.

A Few Pictures of the Girls 7/8 Soccer Players at Alburgh on Wednesday 9-28-2016
Pictures supplied by parent Becca White.

Oranges are for Snacks Today
About 25 billion oranges are grown each year in America, Florida grows the most

About 20 per cent of the total crop of oranges is sold as whole fruit; the remainder is used in preparing orange juice, extracts, and preserves.

You will have to eat 7 cups of cornflakes to get the same amount to fiber you would get from one medium orange!

BREAKFAST MENU Students may take two fruit servings with each meal. They must take at least one.

LUNCH MENU