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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

Student Led Conferences are next Tuesday, March 9th.
If you need coverage for your kids please get the form in by Monday to Gail, so I know if when kids are coming. This is extended to younger kids to if you need the help.

Julian was hands down the winner of the cow key chain! He worked hard and made four times the amount of money that any other child made last week. We are taking a contest break but will be offering quite possibly a pig key chain soon. I’ll announce it in Friday Notes before the contest starts.

Next Week in the AfterSchool:

• Monday…………Drop-in Basket Ball or board games
• Tuesday…………Student Led Conferences – AfterSchool from 8:30 – 3:30
• Wednesday…….Bop Ball in the gym
• Thursday……….Yoga Dance or Water Color
• Friday……………Gym Games

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Congratulations to Liam the winner of the monkey key chain!

And I think that Julian is well on his way to winning the cow key chain…he has been working very hard!

Last week Julian and Paige won the Math Challenge, each winning $50!

Kathy Pell has been cleaning out the closet at the Meeting House School and donating lots of goodies to the AfterSchool (thanks, Kathy!) and she gave us some human sized dinosaur puzzles to put together.  So come on Thursday after vacation if you want to try out your dinosaur building skills.

Also remember the Contra Dance
TONIGHT In the Outback 7pm

The Week we get back from Vacation in the AfterSchool:
Wednesday…….Bop Ball.
Thursday………..Yoga Dance and Putting together dinosaurs.
Friday…………… Fort Building in the gym

Have a great vacation, Rose

Another chance to win $50 in Play Money!

On Monday I announce the winner of the monkey key chain. The kids have been so great at strengthening behaviors, it’s almost like I have a new group of kids coming to AfterSchool!
As a reward I am going to shorten the length of the contest to end in a week so more kids can win key chains or other cool trinkets. The winners will be announced in class and in Friday notes.

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Making special valentines with Marjorie on Thursdays has turned out to be a big favorite. Marjorie has brought in beautiful satin ribbon and lace dollies plus special paper from her own stock and the kids are water coloring up a storm….some lucky people are going to get some very special Valentines this year!

Plus I am happy to report that our special challenge playing our money game to win some very cool key penguin, monkey and pig key chains with eyes that light up eyes when you press a button is off to a fantastic start! Everyone is using strengthening behaviors.  It’s sometimes hard for me to keep up with handing out money for all the creative and thoughtful actions I am seeing.

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The kids have been creatively at work with Marjorie on Thursdays making special valentines, something Marjorie is famous for in the Tudor Family business.

We are going to have a special challenge in the next few weeks playing our money game to win some very cool key chains that I found at Brown Roberts, monkeys, penguins and pigs that squeak and light up their eyes when you press a button. So practice up on your best strengthening behaviors, like raising your hand instead of interrupting, helping others and making uplifting complements and leave behind your put-down behaviors and you might be the proud winner of a great new toy.

Next Week in the AfterSchool:
Monday………… Floor Darts
Tuesday…………Magic Tuesday
Wednesday…….Building Block City and Fort Building
Thursday……….Yoga Dance or Drawing and Water Coloring
Friday……………The Gym is Ours!

Have a great weekend, Rose

Next Week in the AfterSchool:

• Monday…………Board Games and Crafts.
• Tuesday…………Watch Basket Ball Game in the Gym
• Wednesday……. Fort Building in Music Room
• Thursday………. Yoga Dance or Water Colors and Games
• Friday…………..  The gym is Ours!

Remember – the new $5 Yoga Dance Special (pick at by 4:45).

This week Mckeena, Sloan and Olivia decided to review the muscle testing exercises we did at the beginning of the year to experience the effects of strengthening and weakening behaviors.

(In the beginning I think they were mostly interested in playing the money game that goes also with doing strengthening or weakening behaviors, Mckenna is close to making $500 dollars.)

Julian got to watch and then try muscle testing his behaviors for the first time.

I loved watching the brave questioning the girls were doing as they tested some of the ways they had reacted to their sisters in the past when their sisters did things that they didn’t like.

Then Olivia had a Brainstorm. Do you remember this game from last year?  The person being tested keeps their arm up and out to the side.  Then they think about a behavior or response that they want to test.  After they can vividly see the behavior in their mind, I place a weight in the hand they are holding up.  If the behavior is weakening their arm drops towards the ground.  So as Olivia was testing something she had said to her sister, and watching her arm continually drop towards the floor she said, “ Hey I get it!  When my arm falls down it’s a Put Down.  Get it? I can’t hold it up.  I am putting it down. What I am thinking about is a Put Down!”

Meanwhile Daniel has been working on www.freerice.com during library time and has made over 3000 grains of rice. Daniel noticed that Freerice is now donating all rice to Haiti, and he is making a great contribution!

Wow, what an exciting moment we all got to see in AfterSchool!

Next Week in the AfterSchool:

• Monday…………No School
• Tuesday…………No School
• Wednesday…….Fort Building in AfterSchool Room
• Thursday……….Drawing and Water Coloring
• Friday……………Bop Ball in the gym.

This week in AfterSchool we welcomed Majorie Tutor who will be teaching on Thursdays. Marjorie was with us for three days this week so many of the students got to meet her.  Thursday she taught watercolors, the kids may not know how much of a treat this was because one of Marjorie’s teachers was her mother-in-law, TashaTutor, a famous story book illustrator.

We are missing big Paige, who is in Paris for this semester and still hope that she will return next year to play with us.  So please introduce yourself to the new AfterSchool teacher, Annie.  You can find her next week on the playground Monday thru Wednesdays.

Next Week in the AfterSchool:

• Monday…………Watching the JH Girls Basketball Game
• Tuesday…………Twister and Darts
• Wednesday…….Building Block City and Fort Building
• Thursday……….Yoga Dance or Drawing and Water Coloring
• Friday……………The Gym is Ours!

Have a great weekend, Rose

Learn Magic at AfterSchool
Starting the week after Thanksgiving we will be learning one magic trick a week on every Tuesday!

The New $5 Yoga Dance Special!
The kids who attended Yoga Dance last week were raving with joy after a fun run and dance workout in the gym with Kelly.  Come and join the fun this week and you to can start the week off with fun. Kids of Parents who want to join Yoga Dance with Kelly Salasin on Mondays, we are offering to extend our one-hour rate until 4:30pm, so parents can have a fun hour of play to themselves!

The week after Thanksgiving:
Monday…………Board Games and Crafts or YOGA DANCE!
Tuesday…………  ❊ ❋ Magic Tuesday ❋ ❊
Wednesday…….Bop Ball in the gym
Thursday……….Fort Building
Friday…………..Water Coloring

ALWAYS the first hour of AfterSchool is $5 (pick up by 4:15)

We have two great new events in AfterSchool next week.  Some of the kids have seen sneak previews of the puppets we are going to make (ask Olivia and Paige if you want to know more).

On Thursday Jackson is going to teach us on the computers how to get free rice for hungry people by answering questions on the Free Rice website.  I’m really excited about this because Pam has given us special permission to use the computers in the Library for this activity only, because it has such a great mission.  Thanks Pam!

Next Week in the AfterSchool:

Monday…………Crazy Crafts (what can you make from a table full of stuff and hot glue)

Tuesday…………Bop Ball in the gym

Wednesday…….Puppet Making (out of bags, big and little)

Thursday……….Jackson leads us on the computers to the FREE RICE website.

Friday…………..Building Block City

REMEMBER THE $5 AFTERSCHOOL SPECIAL

Two ways to enjoy a taste of AfterSchool for only $5

• NEW the Soccer Special – 4:30-5:30
• ALWAYS the first hour of AfterSchool is $5 (pick up by 4:15).

We have some new faces in the AfterSchool this year, Sloan, Mckenna, and Broden to name a few.  We had a great first week, Daniel took center stage and taught everyone Bop Ball which is a game he helped create at the end of last year.  Plus, we reviewed using muscle testing to understand the effects of strengthening and weakening behaviors.  Remember this game from last year?  There are a few new twists…and the kids are learning fast how to win by paying attention to their own body and seeing how they feel when they talk and play in strengthening ways.  On top of that, each time they do something strengthening the kids earn play money which begins the path to their first ice cream social.
Please introduce yourself to the new AfterSchool teacher, Paige.  You can find her on the  playground Monday thru Thursday.  Last year Paige was part of the work study program with Marlboro College and this year she has joined me as part of our year round staff.

Next Week in the AfterSchool:
Monday…………No School
Tuesday…………Bop Ball in the gym
Wednesday…….Building Block City, (if you want to know more about this new game ask Daniel)
Thursday……….Drawing and Water Coloring
Friday……………Scavenger Hunt Brain Storming
Have a great weekend,

Rose

Hi Everyone,

I am happy to be returning for my second year to the AfterSchool.   There will be some new staff joining me this year.  We were all so sad to see Joanna and Greg leave, but they left us with some great ideas for fun people to take their place.  We are hoping to find at least one rock wall climber so we can offer that every week again.  We are also planning to have one day a week be a mini mad science day for our own little AfterSchool experiments!  There have been lots of requests for scavenger hunts and we think that’s a great idea too, so we may make that a bi-weekly event!

September is going to be all about winged-things…..We have 20 sets of 3 foot tall wings waiting for kids to specialize with glitter, beads and who knows what else, transforming the very child who makes them into magical flying creatures! (Think Marlboro Fair or Halloween!!!)

Can’t wait to see everyone on the playground, Rose Watson

THE SAME LOW AFTERSCHOOL RATES AS LAST YEAR

The Ever Popular Drop-In Rate: $5 for the first hour, or $15 for the day if picked up any time after 4:15 pm. (We want to encourage parents to use the after-school if they are running late or just need a little more time to get things done before picking up their children…. we are here if you need us, simply give Gail a call to let us know your child will be coming and pay when you pick up your kids).

Pre Pay Full Year – Installment Plan: $12 a day. You pay nine equal installments based on how many days you want your child to go to after-school.  You will be billed on the first of each month starting in September, ending May 1^st.

Installment                   1Day/Week 2 Days/Wk 3 Days/Wk 4 Days/Wk 5 Days/Wk

payment:                        $46.66              $93.00             $139.00           $186.64           $233.30

Pre Pay Full Year – One Payment: $10 a day. You pay one payment by the first week of September based on how many days you want your child to go to after-school.

One-Time                    1Day/Week 2 Days/Wk 3 Days/Wk 4 Days/Wk 5 Days/Wk

payment:                        $350.00            $700.00           $1050.00         $1400.00         $1750.00

Mix and Match: (EXAMPLE: You could use the pre pay full year – one payment  for 1 day a week, and use the drop-in rate for a second day or third day when ever you needed it)

Days of Operation

AfterSchool starts on Thursday, August 27^th and meets every Monday through Friday after that unless otherwise noted in Friday Notes.  We will be available on most early dismissal days and parent conference days. Payment rates and permission slips for early dismissal or conference days will be posted in Friday Notes.  We will be closed on all vacation days.

The Subsidy Program and Scholarships

You may qualify for the Subsidy program if both parents are working or going to school.  I have a copy of the application at school and will be calling parents to see if I can help them apply.  Please remember if you don’t qualify for the subsidy program we may have some scholarships available from the school.  If don’t qualify for the Subsidy program but need assistance please let me know, we would love to work with you on that as well.

Hope to see you on the first day of after-school, Thursday, August 27^th. You can find me on the playground from 3-3:30 with the kids, so stop by if you have any questions.

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AFTER SCHOOL ENROLLMENT FORM

Student’s name______________________________

Grade/Class______Date of Birth________E-mail______________________

Parent/Guardian_________________________________________________

Mailing Address________________________________________________

Home Phone________________Work Phone_________________

Cell Phone________________

Choice of Payment Plan  (Make check payable to Marlboro AfterSchool)

Pre Pay Full Year – Installment Plan: $12 a day. You pay nine equal installments based on how many days you want your child to go to after-school.  You will be billed on the first of each month starting in September, ending May 1^st.

Check One

1Day/Week 2 Days/Wk 3 Days/Wk 4 Days/Wk 5 Days/Wk

____$46.66       ____$93.00              ____$139.00               ____$186.64               ____$233.30

Pre Pay Full Year – One Payment: $10 a day. You pay one payment by the first week of September based on how many days you want your child to go to after-school.

Check One

1Day/Week 2 Days/Wk 3 Days/Wk 4 Days/Wk 5 Days/Wk

____$350.00      ____$700.00            ____$1050.00        ____$1400.00           ____$1750.00

PLEASE NOTE: Because these rates are so low, there are no refunds for missed days.

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Signature of parent/guardian                  date

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.