THE COLE TIMES · 02/10 PTO meeting 9:00am/K lottery drawing 02/12 Hobby Night 6-7:30 Cole...
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THE COLE TIMES February 7, 2014 Grace Farrar Cole School 81 High Street Norwell, MA 02061 781-659-8823 Principal, Eliza Burns MARK YOUR CALENDAR 02/09 Atlantic Symphony Orchestra Concert/Artwork 4pm NHS 02/10 PTO meeting 9:00am/K lottery drawing 02/12 Hobby Night 6-7:30 Cole Cafeteria 02/12 Kindergarten Registration 9:30-11:30 A-L 02/13 Kindergarten Registration 9:30-11:30 M-Z 02/14 Wear RED for Heart Health Day 02/17 Vacation NOTES FROM PRINCIPAL BURNS With Valentine’s Day almost upon us, I wanted to take a moment to share with you the District’s policy with regard to food in the classroom. In the Student-Parent Handbook, it states that “No food should be sent into schools for parties/events. Families, should they choose, may send in non-food items (e.g., pencils, erasers, books, etc.) to celebrate a student’s birthday.” While parties, events, and celebrations are acceptable - food being sent in from the outside is not acceptable. To be clear, no candy or other food items should be sent in with Valentine’s. MCAS Testing begins on March 18th. The full schedule can be found on Cole School’s website at http://www.norwellschools.org/Page/2 . As required by the state, no visitors will be allowed in the building during testing for any reason. Testing will begin at 9:10 each day. Tardy students will not be allowed to enter the classroom after this time and will take the test in another location. Please make every effort to have students at school by 8:55am. All students and staff participated in a Shelter in the Building drill on Thursday morning. Students and staff take shelter along the inner hallways of the building. The drill was completed in less than two minutes and all procedures were followed. Excellent work, Cole School! Kindergarten registration will be held on February 12th and 13th from 9:30-11:30 am at Cole School. The lottery drawing for full day kindergarten slots will take place at the PTO meeting on Monday, February 10th at 9am. Does your child have an interest or hobby that they’d like to share at Hobby Night ? Legos, My Little Pony, Coin Collections? If so, please encourage them to sign up using the form that was sent home this week. Hobby Night will be held on Wednesday, February 12th from 6-7 pm in the cafeteria. There has recently been an uptick in discipline referrals for unauthorized use of electronic devices. Students may bring electronic devices to school, but their use must be approved by a teacher or administrator. Electronic devices should not be used on buses unless prior approval has been granted. Please review this passage from the Parent/Student Handbook with your child:
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THE COLE TIMESFebruary 7, 2014
Grace Farrar Cole School81 High StreetNorwell, MA 02061781-659-8823Principal, Eliza Burns
MARK YOUR CALENDAR02/09 Atlantic Symphony Orchestra Concert/Artwork 4pm NHS02/10 PTO meeting 9:00am/K lottery drawing02/12 Hobby Night 6-7:30 Cole Cafeteria02/12 Kindergarten Registration 9:30-11:30 A-L02/13 Kindergarten Registration 9:30-11:30 M-Z02/14 Wear RED for Heart Health Day02/17 Vacation
NOTES FROM PRINCIPAL BURNS
With Valentine’s Day almost upon us, I wanted to take a moment to share with you the District’s policy withregard to food in the classroom. In the Student-Parent Handbook, it states that “No food should be sent intoschools for parties/events. Families, should they choose, may send in non-food items (e.g., pencils, erasers,books, etc.) to celebrate a student’s birthday.” While parties, events, and celebrations are acceptable - foodbeing sent in from the outside is not acceptable. To be clear, no candy or other food items should be sent inwith Valentine’s.
MCAS Testing begins on March 18th. The full schedule can be found on Cole School’s website athttp://www.norwellschools.org/Page/2. As required by the state, no visitors will be allowed in the buildingduring testing for any reason. Testing will begin at 9:10 each day. Tardy students will not be allowed to enterthe classroom after this time and will take the test in another location. Please make every effort to havestudents at school by 8:55am.
All students and staff participated in a Shelter in the Building drill on Thursday morning. Students and stafftake shelter along the inner hallways of the building. The drill was completed in less than two minutes andall procedures were followed. Excellent work, Cole School!
Kindergarten registration will be held on February 12th and 13th from 9:30-11:30 am at Cole School. Thelottery drawing for full day kindergarten slots will take place at the PTO meeting on Monday, February 10th at9am.
Does your child have an interest or hobby that they’d like to share at Hobby Night? Legos, My Little Pony,Coin Collections? If so, please encourage them to sign up using the form that was sent home this week.Hobby Night will be held on Wednesday, February 12th from 6-7 pm in the cafeteria.
There has recently been an uptick in discipline referrals for unauthorized use of electronic devices. Studentsmay bring electronic devices to school, but their use must be approved by a teacher or administrator.Electronic devices should not be used on buses unless prior approval has been granted. Please review thispassage from the Parent/Student Handbook with your child:
Cole and Vinal Schools understand the benefit that certain electronic devices can provide to studentlearning. Students who wish to use an electronic device in a classroom setting for academic purposes or inschool must have prior approval by their individual classroom teachers and/or administration. If approval isgiven, the student is responsible for the device; the school will not be responsible in the event that the deviceis lost, stolen, or damaged while on school property.Cole and Vinal Schools also recognize the potential distraction that such electronic devices can create whenused at inappropriate times, in inappropriate places, or for non-academic purposes. Unauthorized studentuse of electronic devices such as cell phones, smart phones, music players, laser pointers, hand-held games,tablets, laptops, netbooks, or similar devices will result in the device being confiscated and given to anadministrator. The device will be returned to the student and/or the parent after a conference withadministration. Further disciplinary action may also be taken for the unauthorized use of the device.Multiple offenses may result in greater disciplinary action.
NURSE’S NOTESDear parents/guardians of fourth and fifth grade students,A physical examination of the school child is the combined responsibility of the school and the family. UnderM.G.L. c. 71, s. 57 and related amendments and regulations (105 CMR 200.000-2000.920), a physicalexamination is required at this interval of your child’s education. The objective to this health examination isto understand and follow up on health conditions that may adversely affect the student’s well being andability to learn. Fourth grade parents, please forward to me a copy of your child’s last physical examinationand immunization record. Reminder to fifth grade parents, if you did not send one in last year please do sonow. As always, please call or email me with any concerns regarding this health related MassachusettsGeneral Law. Thank you in advance for giving this your immediate attention.
Debra Jackson, RN, M.EdPhone [email protected] 781-878-6936
The week of February 10th-14th Cole School will be participating in the annual AmericanHeart Association Jump Rope for Heart Health during your child’s Physical Education class.Our goals for this school community health program are to introduce the importance ofheart-healthy decisions and begin to develop the concept that physical activity is fun andhas life long benefits. Students will receive a heart healthy lesson during physical educationclass along with participating in a heart healthy exercise. With the theme of “What is YourFavorite Heart Healthy Exercise” students school wide will help create a bulletin boardpresentation outside of the gymnasium. Each morning of our Jump Rope for Heart Healthweek a Heart Health Fact will be announced.
A Dollar for Healthy Hearts!Friday, February 14th will be our wear Red for Heart Health Day. Student’s are asked to wear red to supportHeart Health Education and Healthy Exercises. To support the the American Heart Association with theirresearch and educational mission we ask that your child donates a dollar to wear red this day. This is ofcourse voluntary. Any donations will be gladly accepted.
Debra Jackson, R.N., M.Ed. School nurseJames Thornton, Physical Education teacher
BAND ALL STARSCongratulations to Bryanna Crooks and Bridget Jonasson for achieving their GOLD Band Star!Congratulations to Ben Metzger for achieving his SILVER (BOOK 2) Band Star! Congratulationsto Maggie Donohue, Jessie Ashworth, Maddie McKay, Zachary Sulc and Colin Gibbons forachieving their BRONZE Band Star!
THIS WEEK AT COLE
Government at Work!Cole School has elected its classroom representatives and they recently came together for their first meetingof the year. Students from Kindergarten through grade five shared some ideas about how they want toimprove our school community. Each member was able to contribute positive ideas of their own and werealso able to share any concerns or ideas that their classmates may have had as well. The representatives werealso reminded of the two initiatives that are already in motion from last years student government. Mrs.Uhlman and Mr. Roberge are excited to have this opportunity to work with students from the entire Colecommunity! They were both impressed by all the students intrigue and passion for school improvement.
District-wide Student Government Meeting
Student Government representatives from across the district came together for a meeting on Thursday,February 6th. From both Cole and Vinal, fifth grade reps met middle and high school reps at Central Office todiscuss district-wide topics. The group will meet three more times this year in hopes of finalizing adistrict-wide initiative to be applied to the 2014 - 2015 school year. Last year was the first district-wideStudent Government in Norwell Public Schools’ history. It is a unique opportunity to bring together studentsfrom all four schools to collaborate and discuss topics that are completely student-generated.
Fifth Grade Student Government Representative from Cole and Vinal Schools pose at Cole School aftertheir first district-wide meeting.
5th Grade ExplorersStudents in Mrs. Dempsey and Mrs. Hayman's 5th grade classes, excitedly prepare to present their Explorerprojects. The students researched a European Explorer and created a presentation in Google Drive that wasshown on the SMART boards in their rooms. Great job!
PTO NEWSJust a reminder that the PTO meeting for February will be Monday 2/10 at 9am in the café.
The Kindergarten Lottery for school year 2014-2015 will take place.
Lauren Lynn, our reading specialist, will be presenting an overview of the DIEBELS Assessment that we useat Cole School... Why we use this assessment, how we use it and what it all means. She will also be discussingquick and fun at home activities to work with our children on in order to build their reading fluency. Thereseems to be a lot of unanswered questions and this is the person who will explain it all.
Volunteers and Bingo Prizes Needed!!Pizza Bingo Night on Friday 3/21 is shaping up to be a fun family evening, but we need yourhelp! Volunteers are needed to help set up the event at 4:30 pm on 3/21, help checking infamilies as they arrive, as well as some other volunteering opportunities. Please emailCristina McCullough at [email protected] or Jess Chase [email protected] if you're interested in helping out!
Cleaning out from the holidays, duplicate gifts, too much in the gift closet???…we canhelp! Drop any new unopened books, toys, puzzles, etc. you don't want into the Pizza/Bingo box in the schoollobby and help the PTO gather prizes to be used at Pizza/Bingo night! An annual fun family event at Cole to beheld on Friday March 21st…the night starts with pizza in the cafeteria followed by Bingo in the gym with ahost of 'celebrity' callers from the school. Watch for details soon about how to reserve your pizza and join us!
Thanks in advance for helping make this a fantastic event for Cole families!!
WINTER REC. AFTER SCHOOL SPORTS!
FEBRUARY & MARCH OFFERINGS
Cole Gym. BYO drink/nut-free snack. Send parental permission slip to school office for a child to stay.
Min 10, Max 25. Instructor: Mr. Thornton. Grades K-5 3:20-4:30pm
1204.122 SOCCER Tues. Feb 25 – March 25 Gr. K-3
1204.152 GYM HOCKEY Fri. Feb. 28 – March 28 Gr. 3-5
How do you sign up? Online @ www.townofnorwell.net. Access your existing account, or if new to onlinesignups, set up your account. Follow instructions on the website. You use a credit card for onlineregistrations. There is an online processing fee which is not refundable. Participation Fee: $35
COMMUNITY NEWS"Registration has begun for Norwell Girls Softball Spring League for grades K-8. Please go to Norwellgirlssoftball.com to register or email [email protected] with questions.
The Norwell Arts and Wellness Department is participating in a collaborative performance with the AtlanticSymphony Orchestra on Sunday, February 9. Artwork by students from the Cole School and NHS inspired bysome of the music to be performed at the concert will be on display, and students from the NMS 8th GradeBand will be performing during the show with members of the ASO!
