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J. R. Briggs Elementary School Briggs At Large Newsletter The Voice of John R. Briggs Elementary School April 6, 2006 Volume 24, Number 28 |
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6 School Council Meeting: 5:45 p.m. 8 PTO Bunny Breakfast–Overlook Middle School 12 ALL Chorus, 3:00 – 3:45 p.m. 13 PTO Meeting, 6:15 p.m. 17 – 21 Spring Vacation 26 ALL CHORUS, 3:00 – 3:45 p.m. 5th Grade Members stay until 4:00 p.m. 27 Band Recital, 6:30 p.m. 28 PTO Mother/Son Dance, 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. 29 Car Seat Safety program at Briggs
*Early Release – 12:00 p.m. MAY 1 – 5 Nature’s Classroom Grade 5 1 Kindergarten Orientation for 2006-2007 NO School Present Kindergarten Class 11 School Council Meeting, 5:45 p.m. May 15 – June 2 MCAS 2nd Session Grades 3 - 5 Student Council Our April Student Council is continuing the March Project – Support Our Local Dog Shelter. By donating loose change and coins you will be assisting our local animal shelter. It is in desperate need of dry dog food for their “boarders”. Each class will have a coin jar…student council members will collect the donations and mark our progress. We are “plotting” our support of this project with Mr. Foster’s math classes. Graphs and charts will be posted in our main hallway charting each class/grades progress. Please consider donating …a few “cents” can make a difference! NEWS from the Specialists Specialists teachers strive to create interdisciplinary units that integrate the core curriculum (math, language arts, social studies and science) with our subject areas (art, music, technology, library media and physical education). Here are a few examples. The fourth grade students recently completed Eric Carle folding books. During language arts time in the classroom, students wrote poems on a variety of topics. The students typed their poems in the computer lab, practicing their keyboarding skills. In art class, students used paper collage to illustrate their poems and combined their text and artwork to make the actual books. The first grade students are just starting a unit on the life cycle of the pumpkin that will culminate with a performance in June. This unit targets science and language arts skills. Students began this unit by coming to the computer lab to complete a sequencing activity on when (what season) each stage in the life of the pumpkin plant occurs. To get ready for the play in June, students will learn songs in music class, make headdresses and other props in art class, and explore related movements in physical education and health classes. For the third year, fifth grade students will be completing a unit on space and earth science that integrates several curriculum areas. Students will learn about space and astronomy in science class, research a student-selected topic in the library, compose music related to that topic in music class, and create a PowerPoint slideshow in the computer lab. For the Briggs specialists, integration is where it’s at! Kindergarten Orientation
We will hold Kindergarten Orientation on May 1st from 9-10:30 a.m. There will be no Kindergarten classes for current Kindergarten students on that day.
MCAS Great job so far for the 1st Session of MCAS.
Thank you to everyone for coming to school rested and ready to go! Don’t forget our 2nd Session begins May 15 – June 2nd.
Save the Date!
The eighth annual Young Children’s Festival will be held this Saturday, April 8th from 9:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. at Overlook Middle School, Ashburnham. The Ashburnham-Westminster Community Partnership celebrates the Week of the Young Child at this exciting festival. This free festival provides fun, hands-on activities and crafts for young children, various entertainers, a family raffle, a family show, snacks, valuable resources for families and much, much more.
This event will be free to the public and promises to have surprises and exhibits of interest to families of young children. It will be held in conjunction with the JRB – PTO Easter Bunny Breakfast to be held from 8-11 a.m.
Does Your Child Have EYS on Their IEP? April 12 – PAC Meeting Extended Years Services discussion with Richard Keelan, Overlook Middle School – R. 113 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Steven’s Public Library
YOGA for every “body” – Wednesday evenings, 6:45 – 8:00
Movie Marathon—April 18-19, 2006, time TBA, featuring Star Wars—Episodes I-VI
Quilt Show—quilts by Christine Wheeler on display through the month of April—Opening Reception Friday April 7 at 7 p.m.
May Baskets!—create a May Basket with Eula Buckwalter April 29 at 11 a.m. Extended Day News April Vacation
Open to all:
Come join us on Wednesday, April 19 for a performance by Steve Lechner - "Water Wizard" at 3 p.m. here at JR Briggs Extended Day See the magic & experience the FUN! Cost: $5.00 for school age children No charge for adults & preschoolers CALL 978-827-1412 to reserve your space!
If you need childcare during vacation week, please be sure to reserve your space by Monday, April 10th. Red Sox Ticket Raffle All the children were given raffle tickets to buy or sell. If you would like a chance to win a birthday party for six and you haven’t seen the tickets, call the office and we will make tickets available. The money raised will help pay for the 5Th grade BBQ. National TV Turn Off Week April 24-April 30, 2006
Please join families throughout the nation and make the pledge to turn off your television April 24-30. Project Connect will be sponsoring many activities during this week so that families can enjoy spending quality time together and get away from the tv. You will be receiving a brochure outlining the activities taking place at the Ashburnham and Westminster libraries, ARTZZONE, Town House of Pizza and Waterford Street School, Gardner. Musical Entertainment Community Read-Aloud TV Turn-Off Party
Please join us!
Briggs Web Page You can find the Briggs At Large newsletter, PTO meeting minutes, and other important school announcements at the school's web site. Our address is: www.awrsd.org/jrb.
Quote of the month…
“You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t possibly live long enough to make them all yourself.” Communication with Parents
Better Performance: When parents and schools work as partners, students earn higher grades and test scores, and they stay in school longer.
Everyone Benefits: When parents are involved in the school, the performance of all children in the school tends to improve. Last updated 4/13/06 by Tiffany Davis. |
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