THE WEEK OF JUNE 9
Apologies to all for not posting sooner. Apparently the Internet browser that we usually use does not work with this particular site (wordpress) anymore. Luckily we have Mr. Grant at King, and he figured it out for us!
This information is getting out late–but our culminating event is tomorrow, June 11. The students will go to Reiche and their audience is three fifth grade classes. We will get there a bit before 10, and the classes will arrive at ten. We’ll be at two different sites–the gym, for the students who have created game boards to teach about immigration, and in the “pit” which is a performance area, for the students who are performing an excerpt of their written piece. We offered a variety of choices for their final product. Many students chose the making of a gameboard to display their knowledge, while others wrote e either a poem, journal entries, letters, or a story, to convey their information. We also had some students who used a pictorial essay to illustrate their learning.
Thursday we head off to Range Pond–a perennial favorite place to kick back and relax on one of our last days together. Last year we went in some fairly “iffy” weather, but the water was warm and the students had a great time regardless of the precipitation that fell from time to time. We would like the kids to bring sunscreen and a towel or two, as well as some extra clothes in case the first ones get wet! Snacks are encouraged, because we know how these guys love to eat! A couple of drinks will also be a smart idea–they get thirsty! We have four six-foot subs coming from Subway (they have a special deal with schools–buy one, get the second one free) that should feed a small army. Each one is different–we have a veggie six-footer, a turkey, a salami, and a roast beef. Plenty to choose from!
We will be back from Range Pond by the end of the school day.
Friday is a “normal” day, and we have classes planned for that day and for Monday.
Monday starts out with the seventh grade assembly. This is a way for the school to recognize students who have done well in their classes and have participated in school events. This will be for about an hour on Monday morning, from approximately 9-10.
On Tuesday, we are going to have the final “widget” party and auction, where the kids can cash in their widgets that they’ve been saving since December. As always, if you have any items at home that the kids think would be great auction items, and they have your permission, by all means send them in!
Finally, Wednesday is the last day of school. While I’m sure that most are looking forward to the summer vacation, it is truly bittersweet for the teachers. We will certainly miss this group of students. We cannot stress to you, as parents, what this group has meant to us. They are a fabulous group of students, and even though the eighth grade teachers only met them for about 20 minutes each on “Step-Up Day” they’ve heard enough from us AND enjoyed Step-up Day so much, that they are really looking forward to working with your kids.
We have loved working with these kids and it will be hard to match such a motivated and caring group. We wish them well in eighth grade, knowing full well that they’ll be just fine.
We hope to continue to see you, the parents, here and there next year, and thank you for being such a supportive group of parents, along with raising such fine children.
This is the last “Weekly Update”. It’s been a pleasure working with all of you.
Much love,
The York 7 teachers
Notable Dates
June 11…..Culminating Event at Reiche School; 10 AM
June 12…..Trip to Range Pond; 9-2
June 16……Seventh Grade Assembly; 9 AM
June 17……Widget party and auction
June 18……Last Day of School; Dismissal at 11:30
THE WEEK OF MAY 27
Well, with less than a month to go, the final expedition is in full gear, and students are busy researching and creating their final products for the “Making it Home” immigration expedition! All research notes are due on Wednesday, the 28th.
Last week we had a total of 16 parents, students, and grandparents share their stories around immmigration to America. It was SO fascinating. Each of the speakers sat at a table and the students rotated amongst 14 tables and heard many stories and asked even more questions! It was so eye-opening. Everyone had a different story and they were all so memorable. We were thrilled to have so many of our York 7 community take part. The feedback from the kids was fabulous–they got so much out of it. If you were a speaker and are reading this, THANK YOU.
The following day, Friday, Lily’s grandmother from Massachusetts told us a riveting story of her life as a young Jewish girl, trying to stay safe in Hungary. She spoke of the great lengths her mom had to go to in order to keep her alive.
These two days were extremely informative, to say the least.
June is around the corner and there are many dates to keep in mind:
June 4: King’s Spring Concert; 5:30 PM
June 6: Dance; 6-8 PM
June 11: Culminating Event; at Reiche School (note date change from last week’s note)
June 12: Trip to Range Pond; leave school at 9 and return by 2
June 16: Seventh Grade final assembly; 9-10:30 AM
June 18: Last day of school for students
Have a fabulous week!
THE WEEK OF MAY 12
Well, we’re just back from the trip to Bangor to visit the Cole Transportation Museum. The Cole Foundation helped to sponsor our students at Camp Kieve and as a thank you, the Kiwanis organization funded a trip for the seventh graders to visit their museum. The tour was organized into two parts. One was a trip around the museum where we saw things like the oldest bicycle in New England, a presidential limousine from the Reagan era, the first snowplows (which actually rolled and packed the snow down), and firetrucks pulled by horse. We visited a train station where they sold stamps for 6¢ and saw one of the original gas pumps where gas was 16¢ a gallon! The other part of the tour was where they took the students into a room and every two to three students sat with a veteran of one of the wars–WWII, Vietnam, Korean, and/or Desert Storm. Our kids interviewed them about their experiences and took notes! They gave us a charge, before leaving, to go out and interview their older relatives, whether it be about military experience or just about growing up, before that opportunity slips away.
The Celebration of Learning went well! Our students who hosted our table did very well explaining it to those who came by! The posters went up again and it took us all back to the Gulf of Maine!
We’ll be in school for a while, except for next Tuesday, of course, when we set out for Community Service. Other than that, be assured that your child will be in our classrooms!
Central Office figured out how to print off the progress reports from Power School (apparently there was some glitch) so they WILL finally be coming home this week. They are pretty small–don’t take up a lot of space–but they will give you the grade as of the time it is printed. There may or may not be comments added to them!
We’ll be finishing up our expedition and are planning a culminating event on June 6. This event is still in the planning stages. We are also scheduling a morning where we’re inviting some first generation immigrants (hopefully relatives to our students) to tell their stories of coming to America. Right now that is scheduled for May 22. Meanwhile students are learning about and researching a variety of immigrant groups.
The baseball and softball games have started, the tennis matches have begun, and the outdoor track meets are also in gear. If you’ve lost the sports schedule, there is one on the home page of the King website.
Hope everyone has a productive and warm week!
Dates of Note:
May 12: Trip to Cole’s Transportation Museum
May 13: Exercise your right to vote! Voting today on school budget
May 20: Community Service
May 22: Interviews with our immigrant friends
May 26: No school; Memorial Day observed
June 6: Culminating Event
June 12: Trip to Range Pond
June 16: Seventh grade Awards assembly
June 18: Last student day
THE WEEK OF MAY 5
Happy Cinco de Maya! Time marches on, and it’s already May. Yikes.
We are heading to Boston on Tuesday. Students need to meet at the Fitzy parking lot at 7:15, and we hope to be on the road by 7:30! We are planning to walk in the morning and look at some of the historic sites and neighborhoods in Boston. We’ll eat at Faneuil Hall/Quincy Market sometime after 11, and then head to the Museum of Science in the afternoon. Students will hopefully be arriving home at about 5!
This week is the annual Celebration of Learning. Many of King’s expeditions will be showcased over at the Expo, all day Thursday. Several of our students will be posted at our table, for an hour at a time, to explain our expedition. Our first expedition, “Warming Waters”, will be the one on display for York 7. Feel free to come over to the Expo on your lunch hour or at any time (before 2:00) to see lots of King’s expeditions. If you missed our culminating event, here’s a chance for you to see your child’s work!
On Friday, King will be the setting for a “site seminar” for expeditionary learning, which means that we’ll have teachers from around the country come and explore King. In the afternoons, many teachers at King will be presenting workshops to these teachers. To that end, the students will be dismissed at 11:30. This is only true for King–not any other schools.
On Monday, May 12, we’ll be heading to Bangor to the Cole’s Transportation Museum! They sponsored many of our students at Kieve, by making substantial donations, and have invited us to tour their museum. Students need to arrive before school, and we need to be on the road by 8:00. We will return by the day’s end.
There has been a glitch in the printing of the progress reports through Power School, but we’re working on it, so hopefully they will come out before the week’s end! This is all new to us, so hopefully we’ll figure it all out!
It was great to see so many of you at the Faculty Talent Show! All proceeds go to next year’s attendees of Camp Kieve. Last year, we raised $3000 from the event. This year we raised about $5,500! So thank you to all of you who participated, kids included!
Dates of Note
May 6: Trip to Boston; 7:30-5
May 7: Early Release; 1:30
May 8: Celebration of Learning at Expo; 9-2
May 9: Early Release; 11:30
May 12: Trip to Bangor; 8-2:30
THE WEEK OF APRIL 28
This was written on Monday, but went unposted until Wednesday…..whoops!
There was a bit of a gap in these Weekly Updates, due to a play called Honk! Somehow the author of these updates got caught up in the frenzy of the play and just forgot to do these! But….they’re back! (the updates)
Hopefully everyone got out and enjoyed the vacation–could we have asked for better weather? We’re glad it wasn’t this week, with the forecast of rain! The students seemed relaxed and enthusiastic at the same time upon their return. It’s good to see their smiling faces. It’s hard to think that we only have a few weeks with them before we turn them loose to eighth grade!
We kicked off the “Making It Home” (not Marking it Home as the notice said that went home!) expedition a couple of weeks ago, and can’t thank all of you enough for the food spread that we dined on that day. Wow! Many, many countries were represented and our students were fairly adventurous, with lots of new taste experiences. So thank you all!
Congratulations to Homeroom 105 who raised the most money for the mathathon and had a pizza party for lunch to celebrate. We set goals of $400 per homeroom and 100% participation for each homeroom. Two of the homerooms–105 and 107–reached the $400 goal! 103 was really close and 101 wasn’t too far behind.
So….what to do with the money we raised? We have planned some field work in Boston on May 6th. Somehow it seemed so far away but now we realize it’s just a week away. We are planning on walking on the Irish HeritageTrail, seeing the Holocaust Memorial, eating at Faneuil Hall, and then visiting the Museum of Science in the afternoon, before heading back at 3:00. We should return to King at about 5 PM. Students will need to bring some money for lunch at Faneuil Hall, unless they want to order a bagged lunch.
One week later, on May 12, the students will be going to Cole’s Transportation Museum in Bangor! This group sponsored our campers at Kieve and asked us in turn to visit their museum. We will head out on two buses at the start of school and are supposed to return by the school day’s end.
Progress Reports will be coming home in the next few days. They will be printed off of Power School. If you have been able to get onto the parent portal, the progress reports will be no surprise!
May and June will probably fly by with so many things planned.
Here are the dates of note:
Thursday, May 1: Faculty Talent Show at 6:30 (Silent Auction begins at 6)
Tuesday, May 6: Trip to Boston; 7:30-5:00
Monday, May 12: Trip to Cole’s Transportation Museum; 8-2:30
Have a great week–what’s left of it!
THE WEEK OF MARCH 31
It was so nice to see so many of you at conferences last week. We thank you for your involvement in and concern about your child’s progress at school. It’s odd to think that we just have one more trimester with these kids! Students will be making goals for this last trimester if they didn’t already at their conference.
We are still waiting for the remaining monies to come in for the mathathon. We’re really hoping for 100% participation and we’re about halfway there. We’d like to wrap it up this Friday, so if you could encourage your child to get it in, that would be so helpful!
We’ll be kicking off our next expedition, Making it Home, next Monday. The students will be involved in a kick -off activity that will take place in the morning. We will have speakers for them in the afternoon, and we’d also like to have a potluck lunch. A letter went home, and hopefully you saw it! We’re asking each student to bring something to share–just enough for 4-8 people. We asked them to bring something they might have at a family gathering. We’re hoping to get foods from lots of different countries. It can be anything–an entree, salad, bread, dessert, vegetable, fruit, whatever!
Students are completing a family tree this week–as much as they can. We were hoping they could find out where relatives came from. We do realize that not everyone has this information, but whatever they can fill out would be a start!
We have two weeks until vacation, which also means two weeks until the play, Honk, Jr! Many of our students are performing in it or are working on crew. Over 100 students from the school are involved one way or another. The rest of them will see it on April 15 in the morning. That is the day we do Community Service, so we will have to figure out what we’re going to do about that!
Keep your eye on the daily announcements, as Spring activities will be starting soon enough. Our students are in 7th grade now which means they can now join some of the sports teams that they could not join last year. Tennis, outdoor track, baseball, and softball will all start after vacation, but sign-ups are often before that.
Enjoy the week. We are really, really hoping to see the end of the snow…..
NOTABLE DATES:
April 7: Kick-off for expedition, Making it Home
April 14: Honk, Jr. performed for elementary schools
April 15: Honk, Jr. performed for school
•York 7 sees play at 9:45 AM
April 16, 17: Honk, Jr performed at evening; 7 PM
April 19-27: April vacation
THE WEEK OF MARCH 24
It’s getting to be end of March, and you know what that means! It means that the student-led conferences are here. All this week, we’ll be having conferences at one time or another. Hopefully you’ve all been contacted and are planning to come this week. Make sure to bring your child with you!
Students will be dismissed at 11:30 on both Thursday and Friday, in order to give time for the conferences in the afternoons. They will also be dismissed at 1:30, per usual, on Wednesday.
Students will share their newest entries to their portfolios and we will all talk about their progress. Report cards will be given out at this conference, and we have met as a house (the teachers) and have feedback for each student from each classroom.
One thing new in the third trimester, schoolwide and systemwide, is that you will get a password and then be able to sign into your child’s gradebook. It’s called the parent portal. We all keep the grades on the Powerschool Gradebook and you will have the ability to go on and check them out. Your child will get their own password and be able to get on as well. This way they can check to see if they’re caught up, and check on their grade at the same time.
We have a new homework policy that we are implementing at the beginning of the third trimester, in anticipation of tighter rules about homework in the eighth grade. We will assign homework and expect it to be turned in on the day it’s due. If it’s not, the student receives a detention (that’s not new) and they work on the assignment during that time. They’ll lose ten points for every day that it’s overdue (that’s new), so it’s really important that they observe deadlines! We tend to spend a lot of time running around trying to get people’s work, so we’re hoping this will cut down on that, and build responsibility on the student’s part.
At the same time, we’d like to acknowledge all of the students who DO pass in their work on time–which is really probably about 90% of our students. We’ll have to check with Mr. T. who is doing percentages and get back to you on that……Seriously, our house, by and large, gets their work in on time!!!!
Thank you to students and famililes who have returned money for the mathathon. Each homeroom has two goals, with a thermometer charting their progress. One goal is to raise $400 per homeroom, and the other is to have 100% participation per homeroom. We will have a pizza party for the homeroom that raises the most money (compliments of the teachers, not the money raised) and then breakfasts of munchkins and juice for the homerooms that have 100% participation.
Speaking of food, the new lunch program is a roaring success. The students have four choices each day for an entree, along with a soup and sald bar. The kids seem to love it! We love it–there are lots of healthy choices, and the kids love to have choice!
If you check www.bychance.wordpress.com you will see a tender goodbye from Ms. Fitz to the King students. Students sent her off with cards with words of wisdom, and she printed these all at that site. Many are quite humorous! She is not gone yet, but could be called any day. And then off to Kazakhstan she’ll go.
That’s it for now. Enjoy the week.
Dates of note:
March 26: Early dismissal 1:25
March 27: Early dismissal 11:30
March 28: Early dismissal 11:30
This whole week: Student/Parent/Teacher Conferences; portfolios and report cards
THE WEEK OF MARCH 17
Happy St. Patrick’s Day to all! A certain leprechaun came to school today with the rest of the kids. I don’t know, but he looked suspiciously like Michael C…..
We will have community service tomorrow morning and we will be walking, so the students should dress appropriately! Three of our sites are not available this time, so lots of the kids will be going to different places than they might normally be scheduled to go.
We promise that you’ll hear from us very soon about conferences! We are setting them up in the next couple of days. You may be receiving phone calls or a note, depending on the homeroom teacher. Remember that your child is expected to come as well!
We welcome Mrs. Dowd, who will be in for Ms. Fitz for the rest of the year. What a nice addition to York 7. She has jumped in, both feet, and is already contributing so much!
We’ll keep you posted about how Ms. Fitz is doing–when she leaves for Kazakhstan, and who she comes home with! We had a nice send-off last week, which brought tears to her eyes (and that’s how you know you’ve succeeded!). Each of the students made her a card with advice about child-rearing and other assorted things. Many were quite humorous. She opened a few presents–her first baby gifts!–and we all ate cake with a map of Kazakhstan, drawn expertly by Malcolm.
Students have now completed the mathathon, and we’re just waiting for those pledges to roll in! We tentatively scheduled a date for a Boston trip (May 6) so we’re hoping to pay for it with our mathathon fundraising. Thanks so much for your help with this.
Next week, students will have three early releases. They will be let out at 1:30 on Wednesday, and then 11:30 on Thursday and Friday. There was a letter that went home that said that they’d be dismissed at noon on Thursday and Friday, but the actual dismissal is at 11:30.
DATES OF NOTE:
March 18: Community Service
March 21: We’d love to have mathathon pledges by now
March 26: Early Release; 1:30
March 27: Early Release: 11:30; Student-led conferences
March 28: Early Release: 11:30; Student-led conferences
Hope you all have a lovely week!
THE WEEK OF MARCH 10
Well, the students finished their third day of MEA testing, and I’ve got to tell you–they’ve been working hard! They have been taking it seriously! And they seem well rested! Before the test, that is!
The tests they completed were three reading tests and three math tests over a period of three mornings. One of the math tests was without calculators and the other two allowed them. There was a lot of content covered–in reading and math–it’s a very comprehensive test. And they are not just multiple choice, either. There are many places where they have to write a “short-answer” response and in some cases–a very involved response. That’s why it takes so long to get the results back, because they have to have people read them and score them. At any rate, our kids are trying hard.
Well, we got through a couple of weeks without a snow day and I’m going to go out on a limb here and predict another week without snow (with some help from the ten-day forecast!).
Students are collecting pledges for the mathathon which will be held this Friday. We’ve been pleading with them to get pledges, as we’d love to have 100% participation and this has been our only fundraiser. We’d like to get to Boston with them, so we’re hoping they’re able to raise some money.
Well, we are going to say good-bye to Ms. Fitz soon! She’s off to Kazakhstan to adopt her baby! She is not sure yet what she’ll get–boy or girl–so it’s going to be quite a life-changing trip. She will be over there for over a month, as required by this particular adoption process. She has requested and received a leave of absence through the end of the year. We wish her so much happiness in this new stage of her life.
Joann Dowd, who was a long-term sub in the building for another teacher on maternity leave, will take Ms. Fitz’s place. She’s already been in and come to a couple of the teacher house meetings, and will be shadowing Ms. Fitz one day this week. She is really excited about working with York 7.
We’ll be calling you/sending notes home about conferences, as they’ll be coming up at the end of March. That should happen this week or next!
The trimester ended last Friday. Report cards will be run soon, but students won’t get them until the parent/teacher/student conferences. Students need to be at their conference!
That’s it for now! Have a sunny week!!!!
DATES OF NOTE:
March 10: Last Day of MEA testing
March 14: Mathathon
March 18: Community Service
March 27, 28: Parent/ Teacher Conferences; Students dismissed at 11:30
THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 25
We’re back!!!! It sounds like the kids had a relaxing week. Hope that the parents did, as well….
Mr. T. has been organizing a Mathaton for our students. Most of the houses did theirs in the fall, but the two seventh grade houses are conducting theirs now. He has extended the date–it will now be held on March 14. All of the students will participate–there are 20 questions on it–and we are asking them to get pledges for it. So far it seems that only a handful of students have collected any, and here we are hoping for 100% participation! We hope that you will support this venture. We want to take a trip to Boston later in the Spring and these funds would go directly to that. Thank you in advance for your help!
Next week….MEA’s begin for 7th grade!!! Our students will be tested in reading, writing, and mathematics. These will take place on Thursday, Friday, and Monday. It would be great if you make sure your child is getting some sleep and is fed in the morning, just so they can’t claim that they are too tired and/or hungry to complete the tests.
The Kieve people made a great offer to us–they want to come back (for free!) and do a whole day follow-up with the kids based on what we did at the camp in the fall. They’ll be coming next week—for the day on March 4.
The second trimester ends a week from Friday. All overdue work needs to be turned in pronto! Conferences, with report cards, will happen at the end of the month.
Not so much news for this week–maybe that’s a good thing. I’m not going to wish for a full week of school because every other time I’ve said that in here, it has backfired.
NOTABLE DATES:
March 4: Kieve counselors coming
March 6: MEA testing begins
March 7: MEA testing
March 7: 2nd trimester ends
March 10: MEA testing ends!
March 14: Mathathon (bring pledges in! PLEASE!!!)
March 18: Community Service
March 27, 28: Parent/Student/Teacher Conferences
THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 11
We are hoping for a full week of school this week. What are the chances???
We will be going to Community Service tomorrow, February 12. It probably seems like we just went, but that was because…we just did….and we pushed January’s back a week, and this one had to be moved up, due to February vacation. We are getting a bus, since with this winter, we just never know what kind of shape the sidewalks are going to be in!
Speaking of “this winter” as of now the last day of school is scheduled for June 17 for the students. That includes all of the snow days that we’ve had so far. Just thought you might want to know for purposes of scheduling those vacations!
Hopefully you saw your child’s progress report and have returned it, signed, to the homeroom teacher. We are halfway through the trimester and parent conferences are reappearing in March! Students who were on last trimester’s honor roll got a free pass to Seacost Snow Park, good for anytime this winter. It’s in Windham.
We welcome new faces to York 7: Mr. Pirkl is a student intern in Mrs. Macoy’s LA class and will be here through April. Victoria and Renée are two students, new to York 7 and to King.
Congratulations to recent Student of the Month, Paige, and to our Kieve rope award winners: Kyra, Steven A, Matt Q, and now Michael C. Way to go!
We have been talking about the presidential election in Social Studies and it was great to see so many students from York 7 attending the Democratic Caucus! We had quite a showing. It was amazing, considering they fought the elements, and stood in line for hours! We love to see involved citizenry!
Drama has begun (and by that, we mean the school drama program) and there are several York 7 students involved in either crew or the acting. We are putting on “Honk” which is a Broadway, Jr version of a Broadway musical that is the ugly duckling story.
Indoor track is also starting–which is a fun thing for kids to sign up for. It’s their big chance to run in the halls (after school) without getting into trouble! The track meets are fun, too, and are held Saturdays at the Expo.
Also, the debate club is made up of so many York 7 students! They show up to room 103 on Tuesday mornings and have casually debated a variety of topics. It is open to newcomers; all are welcome.
Enjoy the week! Let’s hope for five full school days!
DATES OF NOTE
Feb. 12: Community Service 9:15-11:30
Feb. 14: Valentine’s Day!
Feb. 16-24 February Vacation; no school
THE WEEK OF JANUARY 22
We’d like to thank all of the parents who were able to come to our culminating event last Thursday. We know that if you came, you now know what phytoplankton are, and why they are important! The students did a great job presenting their information. If you were unable to come, we hope you’ll get a chance to see your child’s scientific poster. They are gorgeous! We will be keeping them here at school for a bit, but maybe the students could sneak one home to show you, and then bring it back! At any rate, there was a lot of positive feedback from both adults and students who attended the event, so we were very proud of our students. They did a lot of hard work to prepare for it.
Progress reports will be coming home next week. These are the approximate grades, as well as effort and conduct marks, halfway through the trimester. The trimester ends in March.
These reports need to be signed and returned the next day.
Congratulations to Eliza Lambert who won a statewide contest during “Maine Recycles” Week. Several students from York 7 entered the contest, which involved designing a page for their yearly calendar. Eliza’s recycling picture was chosen for December, 2008. She was also invited to the Blaine House in Augusta in recognition of her work.
This is always an exciting week at King, as Ms. Simmons and many, many students put on their annual “Around the World in 80 Minutes.” Students from several countries will be performing to native music, whether it be through voice or dance, and many in their native dress. We look forward to this multicultural extravaganza every year! They have a night performance, performances for the elementary schools, and then one for York and one for Windsor. The performance for York will be on Friday, Jan. 25, in the morning.
DATES OF NOTE:
January 22: Community Service
January 25: “Around the World in 80 Minutes” performance
January 25: Last Day with Mr. Comstock
January 28: First Day with Mrs. Norton (Art)
January 30: Progress Reports go home
Have a great week. Here’s hoping it warms up a bit!
THE WEEK OF JANUARY 15
Yikes! Another snow day! I’ll be writing these updates until July! We have had a LOT of snow!
Tomorrow’s Community Service has been postponed to January 22. We hope that the parents who usually come on the third Tuesday can make it to the fourth Tuesday! (Wow, there are five Tuesdays this January!) As always, just let us know if you can’t make it.
Our students have been unbelievable the last few days as they work to create their final products for the culminating event. You probably have heard about it, and by last Friday, you may have heard a LOT about the products! We’re all learning together and we have added a few requirements at the last minute, but our kids are awesome, and they are handling the changes with their usual aplomb!
The culminating event is at 9 AM on Thursday, although it will probably officially start at about 9:15, because that’s when Windsor 7 is coming! Each student will have their poster on display and will give short presentations on their content. Hope to see some of you there!
Many thanks to Tim Moore and Amy Kline, scientists from UNH, who have worked with our students a number of times–most recently, last Thursday. They have followed the expedition carefully and have been impressed with the scientists that our students have become!
Congratulations to our house winners that represented us at the schoolwide geography bee. Michael Curran, Gabe Doss, Ifrah Abdi, and Benji Astrachan represented us proudly! The winner was a student from Windsor 7 who had the proud distinction of winning two years in a row!
Also, congratulations to our latest “Kieve Rope Award” recipients: Kowsar Ahmed, Sam Cassis, Olivia Warner, and Renée Stait.
The play is coming! Students should listen to the announcements next week, to listen for what the play is, when the auditions are, and when the general meeting will be held prior to auditions. We will also be looking for students to be on crew. Auditions are the last week of January and the real work begins after February vacation. The play is then performed the week before April vacation.
That’s it for now! Enjoy the week and our newest winter wonderland!
DATES OF NOTE:
January 16: Early Release
January 17: Culminating Event, in cafeteria, at 9:00
January 21: No school; Martin Luther King, Jr’s birthday celebrated
January 22: Community Service
January 25: Mr. Comstock’s last day with students
January 28: Students begin Art with Mrs. Norton
THE WEEK OF JANUARY 7
Happy New Year to one and all! We hope you had a nice long break. Well, your kids did, anyway, even if you had to work!
The students will be busy working on their final products that will be on display at our culminating event next week. Each student is working either independently or with a partner on a scientific poster. They are creating this in their Scientific Communications class, and will have time to work on it in other classes as well, at times this week. The finished products look to be quite impressive as the students cull their work over the last couple of months and create a poster of the learning that has taken place.
Our culminating event is next Thursday, January 17. We hope you got an invitation (students were to bring them home)! We certainly understand if you can’t come, but we hope you can join us next Thursday at 9:00 AM for about an hour.
Students are participating in each class in the annual National Geography Bee. Each of the four Social Studies classes is having their bee and one winner will be selected from each of these classes. There are seven rounds in all, and there are some pretty tough questions! The school wide bee, which our four winners will attend, is to be held this Friday, January 11 at about 1:15, in the cafeteria.
We are in the process of changing our Community Service Day, so look for that announcement next week to see if we were actually successful in doing so. We are attempting to change it to January 22, the following week, so that we have the 15th to put the finishing touches on our culminating event.
Don’t forget that students should be reading at home and blogging for their LA class. If you haven’t gotten a chance to see it, ask your child to show you the blog. It has taken on a life of its own!
Sadly, the students’ time with Mr. Comstock is coming to an end in a couple of weeks. They have had a great time in that class and learned so much about being scientists! Happily, though, they will begin the second half of the year with Mrs. Norton, who teaches art. Whatever they create there will be a masterpiece that you will eventually want to frame. They do inspiring work there. This changeover takes place on January 25.
DATES OF NOTE:
January 8: Class geo. bees finish; winners proclaimed!
January 11: School wide Geography Bee
January 17: “Warming Waters” Culminating Event; 9:00; in cafeteria
January 21: No school; Martin Luther King, Jr’s birthday observation
January 22: Community Service (we hope)
January 25: Last Day with Mr. Comstock
January 28: First Day with Mrs. Norton (Art)
THE WEEK OF DECEMBER 17
More snow! We have a winter wonderland out there!
Speaking of “winter wonderland” hope some of you made it to the concert, which was Monday night (Dec. 17) at 6 PM. We have so many York 7 musicians to be proud of! Between chorus, band, and orchestra, there are many of our students performing.
This is the end of 2007 and of course it’s a busy week! Why wouldn’t it be?
Tomorrow, Tuesday, Dec. 18th, we’re off to do our Community Service. Due to the precarious nature of the sidewalks we’ll be taking a bus to our destinations. Many thanks to the parents who are accompanying us.
On Thursday, we’ve been invited to York 6’s Culminating Event, “Taking Care of Business.” It is a math-based expedition where students have designed businesses and their end event is a “carnival.” Our students watch their commercials and check out their websites beforehand. Then our kids are given a pre-determined amount of “money” to spend at the carnival. We are helping the York 6 students to figure out what works, what sells. Our kids are looking forward to this!
On Friday, we’ll have our widget party and widget auction. Students can spend their widgets on items in the auction. We have lots of items to put on the auction block and are asking for kids to donate any items they think they no longer want but someone else might want, with YOUR permission, of course!
And speaking of culminating events, our Culminating Event will be on Thursday, January 17, at 9 AM. Students will be sharing their scientific posters, and a few students will be speaking. Parents are invited. We realize it’s hard when you work, but we are hoping with advance notice, if you want to come you’ll be able to.
We’ve had some guest speakers from UNH in to speak to the science classes–Tim Moore and Amy Kline–on phytoplankton. They’ll be back in January to talk about satellite imagery with the same science classes. It’s great to be able to work with real scientists!
Students are starting their scientific posters in Mr. Comstock’s Scientific Communications class. They are either working alone or with one other student to create this poster, which will attempt to answer the guiding questions of the expedition, and include a variety of learnings from the various classes. These will be on display at our culminating event.
Dates of Note:
Dec. 17: King Musical Concert; 6 PM
Dec. 18: Community Service; 9:15-11:30
Dec. 19: Early Release at 1:25
Dec. 20: Taking Care of Business; 12:15-1:30
Dec. 21: Widget Auction; party
Winter break starts
Jan. 2: Return to school
Jan. 10: Amy Kline, Tim Moore return
Jan. 17: Culminating Event; 9:00 AM
And that’s it for now. We wish EVERYONE a fantastic winter break, a wonderful holiday, and a happy new year!
THE WEEK OF DECEMBER 10
It is cold out! This seems to be an unusual December, after such a mild Fall!!!
This Tuesday, Dec. 11, and next Monday, Dec. 17, the scientists who we are working with from UNH, Tim Moore and Amy Kline, will be coming for some guest “lectures.” On Tuesday they’ll be talking about good and bad phytoplankton, and next Monday they’ll be teaching the kids about using satellite imagery to learn more about what’s in the water. Their instruction will take place in Ms. Fitz’s Science class.
Next Tuesday, Dec. 18, we’ll be doing our last community service for 2007. We’ll be back at it, of course, in January! Please try and make sure that your child dresses appropriately since we walk to our sites unless the weather is bad.
We think that our first week of the laptops going home program has gone well. If you don’t want your child to take home his/her laptop, that is fine. If you haven’t yet signed up, you can get the information and the papers to sign off of the King website. There is a $25 insurance offered, to protect the computer from theft or damage. It is never too late to sign up if you change your mind.
Thank you so much to all of you who donated food, drinks, and/or money to the food sale portion of the dance on Friday. All in all we probably made about $400. We appreciate everyone’s generosity, and hope that those who went to the dance enjoyed themselves! We had an unexpected turn of events; at 4:45 the DJ had not yet appeared on the scene, so with some quick thinking by some teachers, we were up and ready by 5:00. Mr. Farrell got a sound board and speakers to the gym, the seventh grade teachers brought a couple of computers and a credit card to the table, and we downloaded itunes to play requests by the students! All in all, it went very well!
The first week of the “debating club” went well, with lots of students from York 7 participating! Our first topic, for tomorrow’s debate (Dec. 11) is “Vegetarian or not?” or “Should we all be vegetarians?” As students come into the room, they’ll find out which side they’re debating for. Should be an interesting debate!
Report cards will be going home next week. These do not need to be signed, but we definitely want you to see them. Typically, they go home on Day 2, when we can meet with the kids during “Crew Time” to go over them. That will be Monday, Dec. 17.
Congratulations to Kelli, student of the month for November. She followed Matt Q, from October, and Johanna from September. Also, congratulations to Sam and Kowsar, latest recipients of the Kieve Rope Award.
We welcome new student, Karol, to York 7. He began today, Dec. 10, with us!
In the last update we mentioned our “widget” auction and party next week. Don’t forget–if you have any old unused items that your child doesn’t use anymore, and you think someone else would cherish it (or like it a little), send it in! It’s a great way to reuse and recycle! We have told the students that they need to have your permission before it comes in, since we don’t want them bringing something in that someone in your family wants!
DATES OF NOTE:
Dec. 11: • UNH Scientists visit; teach in Science classes
Dec. 12: •Early Release
Dec. 17: •UNH Scientists visit; teach in Science classes
•Report Cards go home
Dec. 18: •Community Service
Dec. 19: •Early Release
Dec. 21: •Last day of school; 2007
Dec. 22: •Winter break begins
Jan. 2: •Kids come back!
Well, that’s it for now! Have a wonderful week, and stay warm!
THE WEEK OF DECEMBER 3
Well, a snowy start to the week, for sure! Hope everyone is enjoying the first snow and their first snow day. It’ll get old after a while, but there’s something lovely about December snow.
We would like to thank Julie Finn and the Maine State Ballet for arranging our visit to their “Backstage with the Nutcracker” last week. It was informative with a sneak look at the scenery changes, along with explanations of the various dances. It was also lots of fun to see Becca up on stage in two different scenes.
Thanks to those of you who either went to the parent nights on the laptop, or viewed the slideshow and let us know one way or another if you wanted your child to take his/her laptop home. That will begin this week. We have an attachment called a “duckhead” that we’ll be sending home with your child. That can stay home, right in an outlet, or somwhere safe in your house. The students will bring the laptop and the chargers to and from school. They need to remember to bring the chargers back, but again, they can leave the “duckheads” at home. If they bring the laptop home, they MUST remember to bring it back to school the next day! At this writing, a little over a half of our students are signed up to bring them home.
Three of our students were spurred on by some debating that they’ve done in class, to begin a debating club, open to all King students. We have set that up for Tuesday mornings, from 7:45-8:15, before school, in Room 103 (Ms. Nylen’s room). It begins this Tuesday, December 4. The debates have been billed as being “informal and lively.” All students are welcome, so if you have one that lives at your house who loves to debate YOU, perhaps this might be a great venue for them!!!
We’ll be having a widget auction at the close of 2007, before school lets out for the winter break. Widgets are actually “tickets” that the kids accumulate for one thing or another. They are used for weekly drawings and can even be redeemed for snacks. We like to have an auction once or twice a year. The teachers bring in items from home, and we purchase items as well. If any of you have something you’d like to contribute, we will take it with open arms. It can be “used”–maybe something your little darlin’ doesn’t want anymore, but someone else might. Remember the saying, “One York 7’ers’ trash is another York 7’ers’ treasure!”
The dance this Friday is being hosted by the seventh graders of King–both York and Windsor. That means that all proceeds are kept and divided among the two houses. At every dance there are tons of HUNGRY and THIRSTY students. We can make lots of money by selling them food that is donated by…..you! We will be sending home slips for the kids to sign up to donate something to our cause. Even if they don’t go to the dance, they can help! They can bring all donated goods to our house on Friday morning. Or, they can bring it that night, when they get to the dance.
DATES OF NOTE:
Week of Dec. 4: Laptops can start going home
Dec. 4: First debating club meeting; 7:45 AM; Room 103
Dec. 5, Dec. 12, Dec. 19: Early Release
Week of Dec. 17: Report cards go home
Dec. 7: Dance, hosted by US!!! Please help by donating food or drinks!
Dec. 21: Last day of school before winter break
THE WEEK OF NOVEMBER 26
Pardon the brief interruption we’ve experienced with the “Weekly Update” but….we’re back!
We trust that you had a restful Thanksgiving, and enjoyed time with family, as it should be!
Thanks to all of you who came and supported your child through his/her student-led conference. We hope you got a chance to see some of the things they are working on and we also hope that you had any questions you had answered. If not, feel free to call or email any or all of us! Anyway, it was great to see so many of you again.
Tomorrow we are headed to Merrill Auditorium for a “Backstage with the Nutcracker” performance, put on by the Maine State Ballet. We have two students performing in the Nutcracker this season–Becca and Anna–in different ballet companies. This will be a chance for our students to actually see ballet live and in person! And they’ll see Becca in this performance. We would like to thank the Maine State Ballet for hosting our group at no cost. This is a great opportunity for our students! We are keeping our fingers crossed that the weather will cooperate, as we’ll be walking over to Merrill.
We are in the home stretch of the expedition. We need to finish in the next three weeks, and then we’ll hold the culminating event after the holiday break, sometime in January. We will be hashing out a date this week, so we’ll let you know as soon as we choose it. We were originally going to hold it in December until we came to our senses and realized that probably that’s not the best time to try and get parents out for an evening!
We had to cancel Community Service this past week (before Thanksgiving)–only the second time we’ve cancelled in five years! We cancelled for a combination of reasons–two of the sites couldn’t take us, several of our chaperones couldn’t make it, it was a half-day already and their lunch was scheduled for 10:30….We’ll pick it up again in December. The kids were disappointed, which we felt badly about, but it made us feel good to know how much it means to them!
Remember that we have “Homework Club” every night (except Wednesdays) after school, and if you’d like your child to participate, it’s fine with us. Each day we have a different group of students–whoever feels like dropping in, along with a few mandatory attendees each day. We have snacks for them, too. We welcome any and all students!
DATES OF NOTE:
November 27….Backstage with the Nutcracker; 11:30 at Merrill (one hour in length)
November 28….Wed. Early Release Day
That’s it for now! Have a great week. Stay warm and dry!
THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 28
Our students spent a lot of time on our expedition this past week.
It began on Tuesday, when Denise Blaha, a guest speaker from UNH, came to speak about climate change and its effects on our area. She presented in the cafetorium, where we listened to her speak and watched her slide show. The students were a fantastic audience, and we had a sort of “reception” afterwards, with cake and juice.
Our students have been watching and analyzing “An Inconvenient Truth” in their LA class. They are currently writing letters to Al Gore, related to the topic of the movie. It will be interesting to see what the different perceptions of our students are.
Thursday morning took us around the Portland bay–two groups went to East End Beach, one went to Macworth Island, and one went to the Maine Yacht Club (next to B & M Baked Beans), where they conducted dissolved oxygen tests and pH tests on the water. This information will be shared with Friends of Casco Bay who are keeping close tabs on the health of the water in Casco Bay. They also took water and air temperature readings. We’ll be doing this at least once more, maybe twice, and it might be good to mention that students should dress warmly for these excursions. A handful of the students just wore t-shirts that day and were sorry they did! Dressing in layers is always a prudent thing to do!
Mr. Comstock is introducing our “final product” to the students. They will be making Scientific Posters (and they look great!) on the computer with information they’ve learned in the various classes, along with photos from our expedition, and work they’ve done (maps, graphed) scanned into them. We are really excited about the quality of these posters!
On Wednesday, students took the first half of their NWEA’s on laptops in the library. These are the tests, that you might remember from last year, which are taken entirely on the computer and adjust to the level of the test taker. As the student is successful, it bumps the level up a notch, and if it gets too hard, it adjusts. We believe that we will have the scores from these tests at parent conferences. They will take the second half of the tests this week.
Progress reports went home last week–hopefully you’ve seen your child’s and have signed and returned it. If not, please send that in this week. Otherwise, we may be calling you!
Dates of note:
October 30: Second part of NWEA testing
Nov. 1, Nov. 8: Further water testing/expedition field work 9:1 5-11:45
November 12: No school; Veteran’s Day
November 15-Nov. 20: Student-led parent/teacher conferences
Nov. 21-Nov.25: No school; Thanksgiving break
Well, that’s it for now. Enjoy the week.
Way to go, Sox!!!!! Now maybe we can all get some sleep!
THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 22
Progress reports were distributed today. Some of us gave a letter grade, some a number grade. At any rate, these are approximate grades–they may have already changed since they were entered. It’s a good indicator about where your child is performing in each class. The grades can still go up or down. When going over this report with your child, you could ask them about their goals (they set some today in school) and really look at their effort and conduct scores, as those really speak to their performance in each class.
Please sign them and return them to school as soon as you can!
Our expedition is going strong; we have a guest speaker, Denise Blaha, coming to speak to York 7 on Tuesday, October 23. We are told that she is extremely motivating and will give us some great ideas on ways to conserve energy. She will be here at 1:00 on Tuesday, in the cafeteria. The seventh graders will partake in refreshments following her speech!
Mr. Comstock is back! Yay! He worked with the teachers on Monday to go over the specifics of our field work on Thursday. This Thursday, students will set out to one of four sites around the city, to do some water quality testing. They are well-trained scientists (trained by Mr. Comstock in his “Scientific Communications” class) and will be performing dissolved oxygen and ph tests on the water of Casco Bay. They’ll also be making other measurements such as air and water temperature and wind direction. We will leave the building at 9:15 and return at 11:45, just in time for lunch!
Our garden is overflowing with delicious and colorful vegetables!!! Many thanks to all of the families that kept it going over the summer. Some people might have thought back then that it wasn’t so fruitful, but you should see it now! Wow! It’s amazing! The kids go out there periodically to take care of it, observe it, and harvest it. They’ve tasted some of the freshest carrots and tomatoes around!
Wednesday, our students begin NWEA testing. These are the tests taken on computers (laptops this year). The questions change according to the ability of the student. They adjust to their level and then challenge them. Scores should be available at parent conferences as the turn-around time for these scores is very fast, which is one of the reasons our school prefers this testing.
Laptops are projected to go home sometime in early December. Look for a notice about a meeting in November (it hasn’t gone home yet, don’t worry!) for parents. King will ask that parents attend a meeting about the laptops before signing them out to students to take home. Once the program is up and running, we plan to have homework that requires the laptop no more than two or three times a week.
DATES OF NOTE:
October 22: Progress Reports went home (please sign and return)
October 23: Denise Blaha; guest speaker at 1:00
October 24: NWEA testing; first part
October 25: Field work; 9:15-11:45
October 30: Finish NWEA testing
November 1: Field work; 9:15-11:45
November 8: Field work; 9:15-11:45
November 12: Veteran’s Day (no school)
Have a wonderful week. And it goes without saying…..GO RED SOX!!!!!!!
THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 15
CONGRATULATIONS TO MR. COMSTOCK and HIS WIFE! They welcomed a brand new baby, Thea Trowbridge Comstock, to the world this past Saturday. She’s adorable!
Well, what a time we had at Kieve! Wow! Where do we start? Hopefully you have a talkative youngster who shared lots of the experiences with you. If not, here is the condensed version:
*Students arrived and set up their cabins; most of the cabins had about 15 of the same gender, from York. There were three girls’ cabins and two boys’ cabins. Students came to love “cabin time” during their stay!
*They were treated to six “meals” a day–three meals and three snacks. Breakfast was at 8:00 AM and their last snack was at 8 PM! They ate well, and had lots of choices!
*Throughout the day, students participated in “classes.” The classes were very interactive–lots of moving around, making choices, interacting with other students. The classes were both inside and out. The themes of the classes were decision-making, team-building, skills (listening, for ex.), adventure (the ropes course), problem-solving, and relationships. For the most part students stayed with their homeroom, and had the same teacher throughout, from Kieve. Their motto is “out of your seat and on your feet” and the students never had to sit for too long!
*Students participated in several “challenge by choice” and we had many, many students up in the trees, on wires, on a “trapeze” and many other challenging places. They were attached by a rope and were kept in place by four of their peers who were attached to them on the ground. The ropes course was an amazing place and an amazing sight to behold.
*From 3:00-5:00 each afternoon, they had “Choice Time” and there were a variety of things to choose to do. There was football and bead-making. There were games called “Ga-ga” and “Creep Up.” There was a plain old-fashioned recess! There were lots of things to choose from! Students participated in two hour-long sessions of their choice each afternoon.
*At night, after dinner, they had “Evening Activities.” The second night’s activity was an “Egg-a-pult” where students designed a contraption to keep an egg safe after being catapulted across the cafeteria. Our entire house participated and the designs and results were hilarious!
York 7 made us proud at Kieve. They were engaged and enthusiastic and smiling and willing to do whatever was asked of them. They really worked as a team and they were fun to go away with! But then again, we wouldn’t expect anything less!
Thanks so much for your support–both emotional and financial! We really appreciated it!
Of note this week:
Tuesday, Oct. 16: Our first Community Service!
Students will be out and about in the community from 9:30 to approx. 11:30.
Thursday, Oct. 18: Our field work in Casco Bay has been POSTPONED.
Hoping that the weather is as nice as they say it’s going to be this week, and that you all have a fabulous week, now that you have your kiddos back home!!!
THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 1
It was great to see so many of you at Open House. We hope you got your questions answered about Kieve Leadership School. Remember, if you have any questions or concerns, please let us know! Most of the permission slips are in, but not all! If your child hasn’t sent theirs in, please send it in this week!
Just a note–we have to leave early for Kieve Leadership School–we need to be on the road at 7:45, so students will need to be here about a half-hour earlier than normal. Thanks for your help with that.
We are getting into the hang of school again; students are doing well getting their homework in each day, and their participation in class is great. This is truly the beauty of looping; they know the expectations and can breathe easier at the beginning of the year, and we get to see them for another year and we already know who they are.
What’s going on in each class?
In math, students are working on graphing. There are lots of things going on to work with graphing–student designed surveys and fantasy football, to name a couple!
In Language Arts–students have been working hard on vocabulary and are analyzing the film “An Inconvenient Truth”.
In Scientific Communications, students are learning about water quality and have been practicing on a variety of water samples, testing for dissolved oxygen. This is to prepare them for our field work on Casco Bay later this month.
In Science, students have been learning to use microscopes as well as all about plankton.
In Social Studies, students are learning about the Gulf of Maine. They’ll be learning more about its history as well as the geography of it.
Students received laptops this week–almost brand new! They are a year old. They will be taking them from class to class and eventually they should be able to take them home. We are shooting for that to be in place by the end of November. Parents may be asked to come in for a meeting before the computers are allowed to travel home.
A reminder that this week we start the early dismissal on Wednesdays again. Students will be dismissed at 1:25 each Wednesday, through May.
We have a lot coming up in the next few weeks!
Dates of note:
Oct. 3: Early dismissal Wednesdays start; students dismissed at 1:25
Oct. 10, 11, 12: Kieve Leadership School; leave Wed. at 7:45 AM, return Friday at 1:30
Oct. 16: Community Service
Oct. 18: Field Work; 9:15-11:45
Oct. 25: Field Work; 9:15-11:45
Nov. 1: Field Work; 9:15-11:45
Nov. 12: Veteran’s Day
Have a great week!!!
THE VERY FIRST WEEKLY UPDATE OF THE YEAR!
Ah, the Weekly Update is up and running. Guess we’d better get started and tell you about what’s going on!
Open House is tonight, Wednesday, September 19, at 6:30. It would be really great for the seventh grade parents to come because there will be a presentation on Camp Kieve. This is a new program for all of us, so we’re all anxious to hear about it. There will also be time for the many questions that are sure to follow.
Yesterday we went to Baxter Boulevard as part of “National Coastal Clean-up Week.” The students kept careful records of what they picked up and it turns out that we collected about 120 pounds of trash! That is a LOT of trash! The kids were such great sports. And luckily, it was a gorgeous day. Thanks also to our two parent volunteers that helped us.
We will have the kick-off to our Warming Waters expedition next week. We’re travelling to Wells, Maine to the Rachel Carson Wildlife Reserve, to study plankton, through their “Drifters” program. We have to split the group into two groups, so you can ask your daughter/son which group they’re in and when they’re going–Monday or Tuesday. They’ll leave at 9:15 and return by 1:30. You already know this if you’ve signed the permission slip!
Anyway, we’re really looking forward to it. The kids who don’t go each time will be at school participating in expedition-related activities.
Also on the permission slips you signed are the field work dates for October: Oct. 18, 25, and November 1. We’ll be out from 9:15-11:45 each time, doing some water quality testing. Students will be dropped off (with teachers of course) at one of four sites around Portland. We’re working with The Friends of Casco Bay, along with some scientists from UNH. I believe we go rain, snow, or shine (hopefully shine).
We welcome new students Akossiwa, Harlie, Leachna, Buddy, Weni, Joseph, and Kevin. They are a fabulous addition to the already wonderful York 7!!!!
We welcome new teachers Dave Trecartin (Math) and Nicola Donatelli (Ed Tech). Scott Comstock (Scientific Communication) is new to the house, although he’s been at King for years! Other teachers that are new to our students are Senor Estevez (Spanish), and Christian Perry (Health/PE).
Thanks for getting all of the first day forms back to us, as well as the packet of permission slips. We know how tedious it can be to sign these papers, so we appreciate your dilligence in signing them.
Well, that’s it for now. We’re glad to have your kids back!
DATES of NOTE:
Sept. 19: Open House
Sept. 24/25: Kick-off; we’re off to Wells (1/2 class each day)
Sept. 26: Students get laptops
Oct. 3: Early dismissal Wednesdays start; students dismissed at 1:25
Oct. 10, 11, 12: Kieve Leadership School; leave Wed. at 8, return Friday at 1:30
Oct. 16: Community Service
Oct. 18: Field Work; 9:15-11:45
Oct. 25: Field Work; 9:15-11:45
Nov. 1: Field Work; 9:15-11:45
Nov. 12: Veteran’s Day
OK, ok, it’s still only September. That’s enough dates for now!
Enjoy the rest of the week!
