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Weathersfield School Newsletter - 10/11/2013

WS Newsletter - 10/11/13

Weekly News Letter from The Principal’s Corner
October 11, 2013

Veteran’s Day Program
Our annual Veteran’s Day celebration will be on Monday, November 11, 2013, from 8:15 to 9:15 am in the gym.  Hope you can attend.  Please wear the colors of our flag: red, white and blue!

Daily Homework Assignments for Grades 5-8
Please remember that we no longer are putting daily homework assignments on the school's webpage for grades 5-8, as this information can be found in the Parent Portal of the PowerSchool  GradeBook under Homework.  Please feel free to call the school and/or your child's teacher if you have homework questions.

Walk to School Day a Big Success
On Wed., October 9th, we celebrated Walk to School Day.  118, (half of the entire school population!),  of us met at the old restaurant in town, (Café De Sol), and walked through the back roads parallel to Route 5 until we were directly across the street from the school.  It was a hearty, healthy, safe walk, with lots of laughter and good cheer.

Bus Drills
On Thursday, October 3, 2013, we conducted bus drills at school, starting at 7:35 am.  These were not announced, so the children were surprised.  BJ Esty conducted the drills and reported that all went well.  Where she saw problems, she immediately addressed the issues with the students and bus drivers to seize the problem as the teachable moment, to make sure issues like this do not crop up in a real bus emergency. Thank you, BJ!

Halloween Dance
There will be a fun dance for grades 5-8 on Friday, October 25, 2013 from 7 to 9:00 pm in the ap room, sponsored by the WS Service Group.  Costumes are welcome, especially those that light up or glow in the dark!  Refreshments will be served.  Cost of the dance is $5.00 per student.

Service Group
News from Deb Gurney, Service Group Advisor:  Please see the list below of Service Group members who have volunteered for various activities.
The following students will be helping with Fruit Snacks:
Tuesday: Ben French
Wednesday Ben French
Thursday: Serene Martens
Friday: Tori Amsden and Sarah Gurney 

Recycling:
Tuesday: Daniel Dexter
Thursday: Gideon Spikes
Friday: Rand Frazer and Christopher Gurney

Tutoring:
Monday, Wednesday and Friday- Virginia Snyder is tutoring in Kindergarten
Monday, Wednesday and Friday- Sarah Gurney and Tori Amsden in Mrs. Power’s First Grade

WSSU Spelling Competition
Thank you to our 5/6 and 7/8 teams for doing such a fantastic job at the WSSU Spelling Competition on Monday, October 7th.  You don’t have to win to be extraordinary….we are so proud of you!  The 5/6 team did a stellar job, though did not take home the first place prize.  The WS 7/8  spelling team was victorious and won first place.  They will go on to complete in the regional competition….congratulations!  Our spelling team members are:
5/6 WS Spelling Team
John MacLachlan   Morgan McKeen   Kate Murphy   Tori Amsden   Gunnar Waters   Virginia Snyder 

7/8 WS Spelling Team
Timothy Farren   Ben Millard  Skylar Swan   Rand Frazer  Brooke McKeen

Grade 8 Boston Trip is a GO!
Grade 8 has a goal of $4,000.00 in order to go to Boston this year.  Here is what they have raised so far this year:
Car Show =             $2260.00
Raffle =                     $737.00
First raffle =            $1253.00
                Total:  $4,250.00

Expenses:
TV =                       $398.00
Gift Card Bundle = $100.00
                Total = $498.00 

Total Raised to Date:  $3,752.00

$248.00 is the remaining amount to get between now and the November 9th's bake sale and raffle tickets. YAHOO!  Special thanks to our PTA, BJ, and the 8th grade parents who made this possible! 

Happy October,
JeanMarie K. Oakman, WS Principal

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