Spirit Week
Posted: May 10th, 2008
Calendar of Events, May 9th 2008
May 09 Family Bingo Night @ MES 7:00 – 8:30 pm (tonight!)
May 10 Playground Workday, 10 am
May 13 Kindergarten Registration, No School for Kindergarten Students
Costa Rica Night in the JH, 7 pm. (see more below)
May 14 Paper Feelings Reading, David’s Class 2:15 pm in the Library
School Board Meeting 7 pm. NEW DATE
May 15 NO INSIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY AFTERSCHOOL TODAY.
May 16 Paper Feelings Readings in the Library:
10:45 - Kindergarten and Junior High
1:00 - 3rd & 4th Grade Class
2:00 - Primary Class
May 17 Girls on the Run 5K Run & Run at Brattleboro High School, 10:00 am.
May 20 Deerfield Valley Fitness Day
May 21 EARLY DISMISSAL DAY 11:45 am.
May 22 Insight Photography 3:15 pm
Caberet-JH Drama @ Whittemore Theater, 7:00 pm. RAFFLE DRAWING!
May 23 Primary Class to The Poetry Studio
May 26 SCHOOL CLOSED, Memorial Day Holiday
May 28 Kindergarten Field Trip to Montshire Museum, Full Day
Spring Concert and Art Show @ MES 6:30 pm. NEW TIME!
May 29 Journey East Performance in the Outback, 10:45 am, Public is Welcome!
May 30 Primary Class to The Poetry Studio
June 05 David’s Class to The Poetry Studio
June 06 3rd-4th Grade to the Poetry Studio
June 09 David’s Class to The Poetry Studio
School Board Meeting, 7 pm
June 11 Kindergarten to the Poetry Studio
June 12 3rd-4th Grade to the Poetry Studio
June 13 Kindergarten to the Poetry Studio
June 16 8th Grade Graduation Night, 7 pm in the Outback
June 18 EARLY DISMISSAL 11:45 am, Last Day of School before Summer Recess
Posted: May 9th, 2008
Note from Francie, May 9th 2008
Should the Junior High accept a $750 grant towards the Costa Rica trip from Vermont Yankee? Should the Junior High continue to sell Mocha Joe’s coffee even though it does not carry the Fair Trade label? Is ecotourism good for Costa Rica? These questions were debated by Junior High students this week as one of the many ways in which their field research experience in Costa Rica is embedded throughout the curriculum. Next Tuesday evening they’ll present some of their learning to parents. All parents and community members are welcome.
Meanwhile, the 3rd-4th grade is conducting its own field research on wetlands and ponds by observing the amazing changes that take place in pond water collected in an aquarium and then traveling to the Bonnyvale Environmental Education Center to deepen their learning.
MES teachers are learning, too! Tomorrow is the second annual gathering of the New England Coalition of Progressive Educators, a regional branch of the Coalition of Essential Schools. Many of us will attend in order to experience and learn more about the importance of “personalization” and “depth over breadth”, two guiding principles in our work with your children. This meeting also provides a good opportunity to meet with other educators who are excited and knowledgeable about the craft of teaching. As a pre-conference day, we will have six such educators, one from Williamstown, MA and five from Maryland, visiting MES today to learn more about how we “do school”.
There are several parent/family opportunities coming up!! Don’t forget Family Bingo Night tonight at 7pm! P&F has organized this fun event to celebrate TV/Screen Turnoff Week. Refreshments and prizes are promised! Then, be sure to send in your child’s completed pledge, signed by you, on Monday. Next Friday, at All School Sing names will be drawn for gift certificates.
Saturday morning, 9-12, is Playground Workday. Izzie’s dad, Dave Snyder, has organized the materials and figured out next steps on the plans. Please join us for the next phase of construction. The kids are eager to play on the new structure!
Next Wednesday and Friday classes will be sharing their favorite poems from their work with Ann Gengarelly this year. We will publish the 2008 edition of Paper Feelings for them to read from and then it will go home. We hope that many of you can join us for these special readings! Please check the schedule below.
Over the next few weeks 4th and 8th graders will be taking the Science part of the NECAP assessment. This test is given in 3 sessions of 45-90 minutes. The last session includes a hands-on exploration and should be interesting! If you have any questions, please give me a call.
Posted: May 9th, 2008
Costa Rica Night
For all those who would like to see and hear from the JH students about their recent trip to Costa Rica, please join us on May 13th at 7:00 pm in the JH room for an informative presentation.
We will continue to sell fresh Mocha Joe’s Costa Rican coffee until the end of this academic year, and a few bench raffle tickets are still available, (drawing on May 22nd.) Many thanks to everyone who has supported this effort!
Posted: May 9th, 2008
Donations Sought for the Library
I’m looking for a small, low coffee table for the library. I’m also looking for art books to place on it! I’d like to have a small, rotating collection of great books for the kids to sit and look at during quiet times. I’d like it to be a special place to see something new. I think photography on any child appropriate topic, paintings, sculpture would be wonderful.
Contact pam (at) marlboroschool.net with any offers or questions. Thanks!
Posted: May 9th, 2008
Parents please join us for Poetry Readings in the Library
May 14 Paper Feelings Reading, David’s Class 2:15 pm in the Library
May 16 Paper Feelings Readings in the Library:
10:45 - Kindergarten and Junior High
1:00 - 3rd & 4th Grade Class
2:00 - Primary Class
Posted: May 9th, 2008
A Community Celebration for Jodi Paloni
On the occasion of her retirement from Marlboro School!
Saturday, May 31st, 7:00 pm
Marlboro School Outback
Potluck Desserts
Dancing
This is an adult function.
For more information contact Gail Chaine at 254-2668
Posted: May 9th, 2008
Seeds, Seeds, Glorious Seeds!
It’s time to plan your garden and buy your seeds! Fedco seeds are still available in the front hall of MES at very reasonable prices. Support the P&F and your pocketbooks! Stop by for your seeds TODAY!
Posted: May 9th, 2008
Screen Turnoff Week
Screen/ TV-Turnoff Week is May 3rd – 9th and we encourage your whole family to participate by leaving your screens & television set(s) off for the entire week.
(Game Boys and computer games too!)
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Posted: May 2nd, 2008
Look for Marlboro Students Work at In-Sight
The In-Sight Photography Project’s Annual Student Show opens at the Hooker-Dunham Theater and Gallery on Friday, May 2, during Gallery Walk. Throughout the month of May, the show will display the most singular and accomplished work made by In-Sight students in the last year.
At the show, a wide range of images will be exhibited –from traditional black and white silver gelatin prints to inkjet prints from digital students- each print as unique as the student who made it. With so many gifted students, In-Sight is proud to share their work with the largest audience possible.
Please go to the following link for more information: www.insight-photography.org/1/student_show_08.shtml
We hope to see you there. Eric Maxen, Program Director
Posted: May 2nd, 2008
Calling All Surveys
Please return the survey sent home with Friday notes a couple weeks ago. Here’s a printable .pdf if you’ve misplaced yours. Please return it to the front office. Thanks.
Posted: April 18th, 2008
Summer Camp Information
is already starting to stream in, I’ve created a binder for you to browse. It is on the table in the front hallway.
-Gail
Posted: April 18th, 2008
Marlboro After School Program Scholarships
Thanks to a very generous anonymous donation MASP is able to offer a one day a week or two day a week matching scholarship. The fee will be $30 for one day and $60 for two days for a month and the donation will cover the other half of the cost. Please call school and book this with Gail (until Francie returns). And just to entice you further, on Mondays and Fridays Rose will guide the kids in an origami project to make a rainbow train of cranes. On Tuesdays Maria plans to have a variety of outdoor activities and on Thursdays the kids will work with clay.
Posted: April 18th, 2008