Jogathon 2014

Create your own picture slideshow Enjoy the slide show of this year's Jog-a-thon.  This was a terrific day for everyone.  Don't forget this Tuesday is our Firefly Team Picnic.  Pack a meal and come join us for this fun end of the year event.  We will be providing a dessert snack to celebrate summer birthdays!  Have a great weekend!

Field Trip to Shelburne Farms

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Firefly had a terrific field trip to Shelburne Farms.  We made candles, butter, felt balls and wool bracelets.  We also did some gardening.  It was a wonderful day of learning more about settlers of long ago.

Hands On Nature-Frogs!

Make a free photo slideshow  Firefly Second Grade enjoyed a fun, outdoor Hands On Nature lesson about frogs this week.  We walked to the frog pond and spent some time looking for frogs.  We caught several different kinds of frogs and even caught a turtle!  It was a fantastic adventure that everyone enjoyed.  Many thanks to Anne Marcoe and Jamie O'Brien for providing this terrific learning opportunity for us. The month of May is "Movement May" and our class has been doing all kinds of activities to get moving.  Everyone is loving dance party movement and today we had some fun doing Zumba with Miss Niles. On Friday, May 23rd, our class will be visiting Shelburne Farms to learn about "Long Ago".  We will leave in the morning and arrive back at school at 1:30.  Please make sure your child is dressed appropriately for a visit to the farm and has been sunscreened before they come to school.  We will be eating at the farm so please make sure your child also has a lunch from home to eat that day. The Jog-a-thon will be Tuesday,  May 27th.  We will run in the morning and be doing other fun activities with other classes throughout the day.  Please make sure your child comes to school in appropriate clothing and wearing sneakers that day.  They should also be sunscreened before they come to school as we will be spending much of our day outside. I hope everyone has a terrific weekend!

May PTO Minutes

May PTO Notes & News

Join the PTO List Serve - think of this as Front Porch Forum specific to Shelburne Community School, a periodic digest of announcements, help wanted and other topics. It can allow for more timely, easy managed communication within the school and parent community, for key subjects such as upcoming happenings (budget forum, school play, soccer tryouts, get out the vote, etc.),  as well as help wanted (‘we could use a hand with International Pot Luck cleanup’, mentoring volunteers wanted, etc.), among other relevant topics.

The list serve is available for everyone to post to.  If you would like to be added to the List Serve, please e-mail Courtney Tharpe at ctharpe25@gmail.com.

Fundraising Update                                                                                                                

▪ Red Wagon Plant Sale – we had more than 100 families participate and we raised over $1,600!!

▪ Amazon – the PTO has made almost $600 so far this year.  So please remember, if you shop on AMAZON please take an extra step and enter the site through the link on the PTO page.  The PTO will earn up to 15% of your purchases!  Please remember that you need to use this link each time you shop for the PTO to benefit.

▪ Comedy Night – was a great evening with roughly 75-80 in attendance from Shelburne and Charlotte!

▪ Shelburne Community Night at the Lake Monsters Game – Friday, June 27^th.  Come celebrate the summer with Shelburne Community School students, family and friends!   Tickets will be available for purchase at the end of May.


Help Wanted                                                                                                                                                
▪ Red Wagon Plant Distribution – help with unloading and distributing the Red Wagon plant delivery on May 22^nd at the school.  Contact Courtney Tharpe at ctharpe25@gmail.com if you are able to help anytime between 12:00 pm and 6:00 pm.

▪ Breezeway Gardens and Grounds – we could use some help tending to the breezeway gardens and grounds.  If you are interested, please contact Lisa Williams at lisawvt@hotmail.com

▪ Jog-A-Thon –lots of different ways you can be involved from 9:00 am – 1:30 pm on May 27^th.  If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Randy Sweeney at sweeneyrs@gmail.com

Highlights from Principals Report
▪ Anti-bullying Middle School Art Display throughout the hallway between Winton and Symphony.  Over 200 individually decorated puzzle pieces represent how we are all unique and yet can come together to play a role in creating a strong, unified community.
▪Cabaret night was a great event, lots of great participation and raised money for the wind ensemble to go to Montreal and for the chorus to travel to NYC
▪Movement May!  Lots of great activities: walk to school Wednesdays! Bike to school Thursday. Zumba before NECAPS
▪Great trip to Montreal for Wind Ensemble: performing in 2 schools and Notre Dame Cathedral
▪ Chorus also traveled to NYC to a festival

Mark Your Calendars                                                                                                                                            

▪ Walk to School Wednesday’s in May – meet at the Parade Ground

▪ May 22^nd – Red Wagon order pick up from 3- 6 pm
▪ May 27^th – Jog-A-Thon (rain date May 28^th)
▪ June 27^th – Shelburne Community Night at the Lake Monsters Game       

Our last meeting of the year will be held on June 3^rd @ 3:00 pm where we will gather with teachers and peers to celebrate the end of the year.  Feel free to bring some goodies to share with everyone. 

Important: For Thursday, May 15th!

Our class will be walking to the frog pond tomorrow (Thurs., May 15th) for Hands On Nature.  Please make sure your child comes to school with mud boots. They may also bring a net to catch frogs in if they would like to.

Also...our K-2 Field Day is scheduled for Tuesday, June 10th from 8:45-10:30.  We are looking for volunteers to help out with this event.  Please send me an email if you are able to help out with this event.
Thanks!

Pilobolus

We had a terrific field trip to the Flynn Theater this week to see Pilobolus.  We saw some very interesting dancing and acrobatics.  The children were amazed by the flexibility and talent of the dancers.  They were very excited to have a chance to participate a bit in the show.
This was Miss Blair's last week with us.  We had a party this afternoon and gave her all the wonderful books everyone sent in.  Miss Blair was very touched by all of your generosity.  She will be stopping by later this spring to do some subbing in the building and to visit our classroom.
The only homework students will have for the remainder of the school year is 20 minutes of reading every night.  I am asking that THEY write me a note each Friday to let me know that they have done their reading.  Parents only need to sign it or initial it.  I am encouraging them to continue practicing their math facts in whatever way works best for them.  I have also told them that I would like them to use the extra time they don't need to devote to homework to playing outside.  It is so important for kids this age to get outside and move.  There is much to be learned from play.
We finished our last Science/Engineering unit of the school year today.   Everyone designed windmill blades and tested them with their windmills.  We have some amazing engineers on the Firefly team!  Those windmills are coming home today and you are welcome to have your child try to improve their design at home to make them work even better.
Have a terrific weekend!

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