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J. R. Briggs Elementary School Briggs At Large Newsletter The Voice of John R. Briggs Elementary School “Educating for Success, Now and in the Future” March 1, 2007 Volume 25, Issue 21 |
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MARCH
7 – District Band Night 7 – Superintendent's Forum with Parents, 5:30 pm in JRB library 9– Read Across America 14– 15 P. T. Conf. 22 – School Council Mtg. 30 – Service Auction 31 – Bunny Breakfast Are you attending the Auction? Spelling Bee Please support Erin L. at the Regional Spelling Bee, March 21st at the Sheraton Four Points. The winner of this event will go on to the finals in Washington Read Across America On Friday, March 9, 2007, our school will be celebrating Dr. Seuss’ birthday by sponsoring a community reading day. We are asking all parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, friends, and neighbors to consider taking an active role by volunteering to read to a child or group of children at our school. If you can spend a few minutes in our school reading to our children, please complete the form attached to last week’s Briggs-At-Large or contact Andrea McGrath at ahill@awrsd.org for additional information. From the LibrarySpring will be here in less than three weeks and our annual Spring Book Fair will be here even sooner! In order to coincide with parent conferences, the Spring Scholastic Book Fair is scheduled to begin on Friday, March 9th and end on Thursday, March 15th. As always, your help and support in the form of purchases and volunteering would be most appreciated. New and replacement books and other library materials used to support our school curricula, or borrowed for enjoyment, have been purchased thanks to your support of our book fairs. Anyone who is able to volunteer to help set up on Thursday afternoon, March 8th, take down on Friday morning, March 16th, or work at the Spring Book Fair, should call Mrs. Pinsoneault in the library at 827-5750. If you have previously signed up to volunteer, you will be contacted. Thank you! Open Forum… March 7th, 5:30 p.m. Join Dr. Zapantis and School Committee members for a conversation about the 2008 District Educational Plan. Childcare is available through Extended Day until 6:30 p.m.
District Band Night March 7, 6:30 p.m. Directly following the forum, please join us at ORHS for the District Band Night. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Nature’s Classroom Beginning on Monday, March 5th, Grade 5 students at J. R. Briggs will be selling insulated lunch bags and water bottles. Lunch bags have a school LOGO and come in four different colors. The lunch bags will sell for $6 each; water bottles come in blue only, and will sell for $5 each. Grade 5 will earn 50% profit on all sales. Please help us by purchasing these great items to support our Nature’s Classroom Scholarship Fund. LOST & FOUND Gone! And, starting the collection all over again. This is a very BUSY month. We need your help, a great deal of information is being sent home this week. We apologize for overwhelming you with all of this “stuff”, but it vital to our student’s fun. Please look for: *Read Across America Information * Special Staff Raffle information and tickets * 2nd grade Easter Plant Sale information
Thank you for your understanding!!!
Kindergarten News Registration for in-coming kindergarten students will take place at JR Briggs on April 3 – 5, 2007. Parents are asked to call the school office after March 12th to make an appointment. At this appointment parents will complete registration forms for their child and their child will have a hearing screening. Kind. Orientation Monday, April 30, 2007 9:00 – 10:30 a.m. NO KINDERGARTEN for present students. Service Auction Colonial B & B March 30, 2007
We are very excited with the overwhelming response to our “first ever” auction. We have over 140 items to offer. Tickets to the event are now available –order prior to March 20th. Please do not wait. Chinese Auction Silent Auction Live Auction Special Raffles Please stop in at our special table which will be set up during P-T Conferences; March 14 -15 to see some of the items, and purchase tickets.
See you there!!! Don’t forget free childcare for AWRSD students and siblings 3+ years of age. Arrangements for childcare must be made through the Extended Day Program—978-827-4701. Here’s another sample: *Lots of gift certificates and tickets to many “places” * Dinner and movie * Autographed sport memorabilia (Bruins, Red Sox, Patriots) * Dog Training * Decorated cake *Gift Baskets *4 Gallons of paint *Tool sets *Clark memberships *Watercolor Print *JRB – Collage *Polar Fleece *Make your own wooden toys *Community Journal *Cannon Photo Printer *Golfing at Townsend Ridge *Revolution Tickets *Oil Change & Car Washes * Plimouth Plantation SHOW YOUR SUPPORT Go Cris! 6th Annual Ashburnham-Westminster Community Benefit Hockey Game 5:00 PM Saturday, March 31, 2007, Iorio Arena Cushing Academy $5.00 each This year’s game will benefit the family of Cris Rasmussen of Ashburnham. Cris is a 4th grader at Briggs who has Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus and is confined to a wheelchair. The goal of this year’s game is to raise money to offset the cost of a van equipped with a special lift ramp to help with Cris's transportation. Events for the evening; Local Police Officers, Correction Officers and State Police Officers vs. faculty from the Ashburnham / Westminster School Systems; former NHL and USA Olympian Scott Young will be playing for the Police Team. The mascots from the Worcester Tornadoes "Twister" and the Worcester Sharks "Finz," will be at the game for the entertainment of the fans both young and old. There will be a "Chuck a Puck" contest between periods as well as a spectacular Chinese Auction featuring numerous items including Sports Memorabilia, and Tickets to area sporting events including the Bruins, Celtics, Tornadoes and Sharks and Gift certificates to Local Restaurants. A part time Police Reserve Officer from Upton, Shanna Jackman, will be singing the National Anthem and there will be a performance from the Police Pipes and Drums of Worcester before the game. For those not able to attend the game but would like to donate to this worthy cause, raffle tickets are available for $5.00 each. Checks can be made out to Cris Rasmussen with Charity Game in the memo area. Please contact Mrs. Lawrence, school nurse or the school office for tickets to this event. News from the Fifth Grade The fifth graders have been learning about the Solar System in science. We were fortunate to have a visit from the Boston Museum of Science with their traveling planetarium, STARLAB. The students learned about the phases of the moon, the planets and the constellations that are visible in the New England night sky at this time of the year. This special program was funded by the J. R. Briggs Enrichment Fund, so please continue to support the fundraisers that allow such activities. Students are beginning a new endeavor in social studies where they will research one of the original thirteen colonies in order to write their first research paper. They will be using reference materials in the school library, as well as internet sources in the tech lab. Once the research paper is completed, the students will work in groups to design presentation boards that will be displayed in a “Colonial Museum” for the third grade next month. CHIPS Program April 11, 2007 A nationally acknowledged child identification program offered right here at John R. Briggs. Only students with a signed permission card will participate in this program. Please return by March 12th. Any questions, please contact Kelly Behringer, 978-827-6009 or email, rfbehringercpa@comcast.net.
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