Happy Birthday David
And thanks to Michelle for all the cupcakes. Wow, 60 is a lot of candles! Here David uses a bike pump to blow them out.
Posted: March 12th, 2010
Visitors!
Some of Celena’s friends from Peru visited our Spanish classes this week, chatted with us about their country and taught us a new dance. Thanks for visiting!
Posted: March 12th, 2010
Calendar of Events
- Mar 12 TONIGHT! Basketball Jamboree, 5:30 pm, in Outback
- Mar 14 Daylight Saving Time Begins
- Mar 15 JH and Kindergarten Poetry Reading, 11:00 am, Parents Welcome
- Mar 16 P&F Meet in the Library, 7:00 pm (see agenda below).
- Mar 26 JH Caberet at Whittemore Theater, 7:00 pm.
- Apr 02 EARLY DISMISSAL 11:45 am. Professional Development
- Apr 13 The Learning Fair. Save the Date! 7:00 pm
- Apr 19-23 SCHOOL CLOSED, Spring Recess
Posted: March 12th, 2010
March Reading Challenge Recommendation of the Week
At home, Alice is reading Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos. It is “very exciting and mysterious”. She highly recommends it!
Posted: March 12th, 2010
Youngest Students Visit Eric Carle Museum
The kindergarten enjoyed a trip to the Eric Carle Museum on Wednesday.
Thanks to Linda Whelihan, our wonderful art teacher, and Katie, our junior high intern, for being our chaperones. After a tour through the gallery seeing Eric Carle’s original Very Hunger Caterpillar illustrations, and practicing our VTS skills, we had a wonderful time in their state of the art studio space. Each person made some textural rubbings on different kinds of papers, cut them into shapes and made our own books. If you are looking for something fun to do with your family, the kindergarten recommends a trip to Amherst to the museum!
Thanks, Ellen
Posted: March 12th, 2010
From the Art Room
March is Student Art Month in Brattleboro. Next time you’re in town check out the displays of student work in storefronts, Vermont Artisan Design (upstairs is the 3-d high school work), the River Garden (2-d high school work) and the Brooks Memorial Library. Marlboro artists, Meroushka, Siena, Grace, Rose, Mercer, Sheldon, and Aidan have some beautiful artwork hanging on a panel in the library.
Meanwhile, closer to home, Seventh and Eighth graders have been working hard on their community art projects. The two that have been completed and adding to the school color are the mosaic at the front door and the Kandinsky-inspired mural in the hallway to Janie and Christine’s office. Nice job Marlboro artists!
New School Sign by Linda & The Junior High Students
Posted: March 12th, 2010
Wanted
Small Refrigerator for Teacher’s Lounge
Posted: March 12th, 2010
Marlboro AfterSchool Program
Remember Coming up is a Contra Dance Friday, so Brush Off Your Dancing Shoes and Get Ready For a Swinging Good Time with Wendy and The Lost Boys Friday the 19th!
Bop ball has become a real favorite in AfterSchool, I heard children out on the playground bargaining with their parents to stay in Afterschool to play. The kids have Bop Ball day memorized…Bop Ball Wednesday! Come and join the wacky fun.
Girls on the run starts next week so we will be trying out some new games in the music room, like life-size Shoots and Ladders. We have played this in the gym before, but this version will be a bit different with a few more twists and turns or back and forths as it were in order to win you can win!
Next Week in the AfterSchool:
- Monday…………Drop-in Basket Ball or Music Room Fort building
- Tuesday…………Life-size Shoots and Ladders
- Wednesday…….Bop Ball in the gym
- Thursday……….Yoga Dance or Water Color
- Friday……………Gym Games
See you at the contra dance, Rose
Posted: March 12th, 2010
P&F Gathering 7pm, Tuesday the 16th in the Library
Come for a Social Inclusion update from Francie. Stay for the business portion, if you wish!
Agenda:
- Update from Francie on Social Inclusion work
- Discussion of Summer Program idea
Business Portion:
- Treasurer’s Report
- March Reading Challenge, March 8th – April 2nd
- TV Turn Off Week, April 19th – 25th
- Spring Fundraiser
- Teacher Appreciation Week, May 3rd – 7th
Posted: March 12th, 2010
Note from Francie 3/12/10
What a busy week! We started out with our final Winter Sports afternoon on Monday. Liz, Jen, and I took the skaters sledding at the Marlboro Park. Thanks to Jade and Sequoyah’s mom, Sparrow, for joining us. We all recommend the park as a great sledding hill.
Tuesday’s Student Led Conferences were a treat to drop in on. On this day, after many days of preparation, the teachers’ role was to get out of the way as the students took charge. And they did – sharing work and enthralling parents. We were all enthralled on Thursday by the 5th-6th class’s Mythic Shadow Puppet plays. As with the Student Led Conferences, these plays were the capstone of a great deal of work – reading Greek myths, writing plays, making puppets and backgrounds, memorizing lines, and rehearsing, rehearsing, rehearsing. The result was excellent. Read more »
Posted: March 12th, 2010
Reading Challenge March 8 – April 2nd
You’ll find the calendar to fill out attached to Friday notes. There are calendars for adults too, not just the children, so make it a family affair. The Reading Challenge gives us all some inspiration to set aside extra time for reading during March and make an extra effort to keep the screen time to a minimum. Read together quietly or aloud; read to your dog, read to your baby sister; read books, magazines, newspapers, comics, what ever you enjoy. Just read.
Here is a link to the prize list, there are some great prizes for adults as well!
Here’s the official word from Windham County Reads:
Beginning on Monday, March 8, and concluding on Friday, April 2, this year’s Reading Challenge is comprised of 20 school days. Weekend reading is optional, but strongly encouraged, and students who read on weekend days will be eligible for a special prize.
Students in grades K-12 and adults set a daily reading goal for the four-week Reading Challenge period. All participants who meet their goals are eligible for the April prize drawings.
Completed student and adult contracts must be returned to school on Monday, April 5, for entry in the prize drawings.
March 8-April 2, Reading Challenge, a family affair!
Posted: March 5th, 2010
Mud Season
Please expect some bus delays from now through May, due to snow, mud and/or frost heaves.
Posted: March 5th, 2010
On Our Love of Reading, by the 3/4 Classroom
We like reading because:
- It is relaxing
- You can go into your own world
- You can go into a book and forget about the world
- It is educating
- You can learn a lot of things!
- It is like exploring a new world
- It is like a friend telling you information
- It is entertaining
- It is like watching a movie in your head but you can choose what it looks like
- It can help you when you feel sad
- You can choose your own pace
Posted: March 5th, 2010
Hey Now, Calling all 3rd -6th grade girls!
It’s almost time for GIRLS ON THE RUN!
Packets went home before vacation with information about the program, as well as signup sheets. ☺ If you are interested in joining, please have those slips returned as soon as possible. We are still trying to figure out which days we will run. We are planning on two days a week, but some weeks it may have to be reduced to one day. We are hoping to always have it on Tuesdays, with the other day being Thursday or Friday. If you can only make it one day a week due to other obligations, don’t let that stop you from joining. Run when you can!
If any parents are able to help out, please let me know. E mail Stephanie at sequoiarose@gmail.com
Posted: March 5th, 2010
Basketball Jamboree
Date Change! Friday, March 12
5:30 pm In the Outback
Our annual end of the season basketball Jamboree is coming up! Please come in uniform ready to play against your parents and teachers. Bring a change of clothes so that you can turn in your uniform that night. The evening will start with each team playing a short game – first, 3rd-4th grade, followed by 5th-6th grade and, finally, Junior High. We’ll end the evening around 7:30 p.m. after presentations and pizza. We’re asking you to let us know if you’re coming and to contribute to the cost of the pizza.
Please send the bottom portion back to school by Wednesday, February 17th
Parents/Friends/Grandparents: Start warming up!
And remember to carry in clean sneakers!
Player’s Name _________________________________________________________
______ We will be attending. Enclosed is $5 per student or $15 for our family for pizza.
Please make checks payable to Marlboro School.
______ We will not be attending
Posted: February 12th, 2010
Basketball Scrimmage Mondays
Calling on 3rd-6th grade Basketball players!
Jen O’Donnell, the 3/4 basketball coach, will be organizing basketball scrimmages for students starting after February vacation. Scrimmages will be held after school in the Outback on Mondays from 3:00- 4:30 pm starting March 8th through the month of March. Students should bring clothes appropriate for basketball and carry-in non-marking sneakers.
Please complete the form below and return it to school so Jen knows how many players to expect! Feel free to contact Jen if you have any questions: jenniferodo@gmail.com. Thanks!
I give permission for my child _______________________________________________ To attend Monday afternoon basketball scrimmages with Jen.
Guardian Signature__________________________________________________________
Posted: February 12th, 2010
Marlboro School Reaches Out to Earthquake Victims in Haiti
We were all shocked and concerned to hear of the recent earthquake in Haiti this week, though are happy to report that our friends in the Northern region where our partner school is located are okay. We have had email communication with Wedly Deceus who is the agronomist based in Cape Haitien, working with the school garden project in Haiti. He says everyone is okay in that region, but that they don’t know about their friends and families in the south. All the phone lines are down. It must be devastating. News reports say that the death toll may be as high as 500,000.
Marlboro School will be collecting money to send to Partners in Health (PIH), an incredibly effective health organization that was started by Paul Farmer and has been active in Haiti for many years. Its main hospital is in Cange, just a few hours from Port-au-Prince and will be treating many of the quake victims. It is well-positioned to provide excellent relief in this situation and you can be sure your money will be well-used. You can visit the PIH website at http://www.pih.org, where you can donate directly. Cash and check donations can also be put in the donation jar in the front hallway. Please make checks payable to Marlboro School (with “Haiti Earth Quake” written on the memo line).
Posted: January 15th, 2010