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March Elementary is lucky to have our neighbor, Mrs. Linda Martin and her certified therapy dog, Millie. Team Martin and Millie arrive each week to meet with grade 2 students in the doggie den. To help students and teachers acclimate to the idea, a large stuffed "prop" dog was provided.
March Elementary is lucky to have our neighbor, Mrs. Linda Martin and her certified therapy dog, Millie. Team Martin and Millie arrive each week to meet with grade 2 students in the doggie den. To help students and teachers acclimate to the idea, a large stuffed "prop" dog was provided.
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March Elementary is lucky to have our neighbor, Mrs. Linda Martin and her certified therapy dog, Millie. Team Martin and Millie arrive each week to meet with grade 2 students in the doggie den. To help students and teachers acclimate to the idea, a large stuffed "prop" dog was provided.
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L i t t l e L e o p a r d N e w s Dec 2012 Welcome to the Doggie Den! Welcome to the newest member of the F. A. March school community-team M & M! March is lucky to have our neighbor, Mrs. Linda Martin and her certied therapy dog, Millie, as part of our family. Team Martin & Millie arrive each week to meet with grade 2 students in the doggie den, a special place for the children to share stories, read ashcards, and perform skits to a PAW-fect listener, Millie. This program was set into motion after Mrs. Martin and Millie were certied through Therapy Dogs Incorporated, and were looking for a way to provide some service to the local community. Mrs. Pasquel coordinated the idea of a new therapy dog literacy program, which helps to support uency and can build condence in our young readers. To help students and teachers acclimate to the idea, a large stuffed prop dog was provided to the teachers so they could prepare to meet Millie. In addition to the stuffed animal, teachers were encouraged to share one of three stories about how therapy dogs can assist people, such as working with the blind and deaf, helping law enforcement, and assisting those who may have physical limitations. MORE ON PAGE 4 They are currently ranked 1st in 4th Grade Math24 across the entire district and 91st in the state. Keep up the hard work!! Way to Go Mrs. Maczko Class!! Players of the month and Top 5 players on Page 3 This time of year is one of reection on those things that are most important in life and looking forward-- with hope-- to a new year.
Best Wishes to all and Godspeed.
Best Regards, Hector D. Bonilla Principal March Elementary School Fortitudine Vincimus Message from the Principal Up Coming Events January Jan 2 ! School Resumes Jan 9 ! $2.00 Bookstore Jan 18 ! End of 2nd ! Marketing Period Jan 21 ! No School February Feb 2 ! Groundhog Day Feb 6 ! $2.00 Bookstore Feb 8 ! No School Feb 15 ! No School Feb 18 ! No School This year some of our students participated in the Hunger Essay Contest put on by the Volunteer Center of Northampton County. One student from each grade level won. The winners at March are: 1st grade: Julia V 2nd grade: Soa E 3rd grade: McKensie D 4th grade: Lena S Hunger Essay Contest March School is off to a good start using First in Math Online Program in grades 2, 3, and 4. First In Math activities employ Deep Practice techniques to rapidly increase computation, problem solving, critical thinking and essential math basics. Skills that may take months of regular practice can be mastered in a much shorter time using Deep Practice techniques and the immediate feedback online learning can provide. Children using FIM have shown dramatic increases in math scoresacross the board from the top students to the most math-challenged learners. We are excited to see students' active engagement in the program again this year. Classrooms have already started earning weekly trophies for being the team of the week in their grade. Top Five Players Megumi B. " 5,550 Tiah F. " 4,710 Lyla V" 4,071 Sadie J " 3,366 Anjola O. " 3,122 First in Math Player of the Month Megumi B. + 2,366 Team of the Month Mrs. Maczko + 9,091 Kindergartens Who is in the igloo? In kindergarten, we were discussing igloos when working on the letter I. We read the story The Three Snow Bears, by Jan Brett, which features three polar bears that live in an igloo. We then compared and contrasted that story with the original story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. After discussing both stories, the students created an igloo, and drew a picture of what was inside of the igloo. The students finished their project by writing a sentence that answered the question Who is in the igloo? March PTA Update Giving Tree The March School PTA spread some holiday cheer with the Giving Tree Project. Gift requests were placed on the Giving Tree. Parents and staff were able to shop for one of the items on someones wish list. Thanks to everyone for their kindness and generosity in bringing a smile to a childs face. The March Book Project by: K. Petrignani " Earlier this month your young learner came home with "new to them" books that are theirs to keep. Children were also able to pick a book for each of their younger siblings that are not attending March yet. " These gently used and loved books have been donated to the March Book Project by the March family, community members and the Easton Public Library. " The art room was turned into a little boutique book store for your children to make their selections and close to 2,000 books have made their way into the loving hands of your children this December. " Enjoy sharing the books with your children this holiday season. Nothing is more wonderful to your child than sitting on your lap and sharing a good book. Book Donations We are always happy to receive gently used books that your children are ready to share with others. There is a brightly colored box in the cafetorium provided for your book donations. You can also contact Kate Petrignani at katepetrignani@verizon.net to donate books. A big thank you to all the volunteers that made our latest book event possible including Mrs. Limas, Mrs. Farnsworth, Mrs. Amacker, Mrs. Schafer and Mrs Febbo. Thank you Mr. Bonilla for your support , Mrs. Ramirez for your help and to the Art teachers for letting us turn their classroom into our bookstore that week. Thank you Mrs. Horvath of the Easton Public Library for supporting our project with the generous donation of books. I truly hope that I haven't forgotten anyone . Now go read a book. Students were prepared to work with the therapy dog through review of the doggie den rules and were provided with practice scenarios using a stuffed animal. Mrs. Keglovitz, or Mrs. K as the students call her, is a staff member in our building who escorts the children to and from the Doggie Den. We especially appreciate her willingness and enthusiasm in assisting with this new endeavor. All grade 2 students are invited to visit if they choose, and teachers are following a schedule. Mrs. Laslos class was the first to visit the doggie den, followed by Mr. Nagles class, Mrs. Rodrigues class and Miss Waas class. In order to make the program successful and provide time for everyone, students visited in small goups, so if your child hasnt visited yet, their time will come soon. The students have been very excited to work with Team Martin and Millie and we hope to hear more tails from the doggie den in future issues of the Little Leopard news! In November, we kicked off our third annual Student Mystery Readers. 3rd and 4th grade students went into classrooms throughout the building and read Halloween stories. This past week, Dec 18 &19 we had our second event. Student read different versions of The Night before Christmas. Two different versions of the sane story was read to every class. Student Mystery Readers are for 3rd and 4th grade students only and is optional. Students sign up and then are randomly chosen to read on one of the Student Mystery Reader Days through out the year. This year we had 110 students sign up and will be having five events. They received a special reader hat to wear while reading and then keep them. The mystery part is that classroom students know someone is coming to read to them but they dont know who, when, or what book. Our student readers did an excellent job of reading to the students. Students and staff had a great time hearing the stories. Look for our next Student Mystery Readers in March for Dr. Seusss Birthday! Doggie Den...continued Student Mystery Readers Barnes & Noble Night Our Dec 13th Barnes & Noble night was a success for our rst one. We had 70 students attend and the March library raised approximately $700 to use for books for the students. Ms. Waass class had the most attendance and won a Cookie Party. Jamal L won a book for the Mighty Eagle Hunt. Abstract Art Hurricane Sandy reminded students at March that we have much to be thankful for. This month, students were inspired by the abstract work of Paul Klee and wrote messages of thanks following his abstract style. Enjoy all kinds of foods! That's good advice for kids-and for you. When kids learn to enjoy many foods, they have more choices for smart eating throughout life. That's good because different foods promote growth and health in different ways. Food variety makes eating more interesting and fun, too. Remember: seeing, trying, comparing, and talking about different foods is part of learning. Stay tuned in future publications and with recipes on tips to get your kids to try and enjoy new foods. Fresh Fruit and Veggie Program The new Leopard mascot was in attendance and prowling around. Veterans Acrostics The Second Grade classes took time to remember our veterans. We discuss how Veterans makes us feel and created acrostic poems to show our feelings. Second grade learned a lot about the history of football and the traditions of the Easton vs P'burg game. !The students celebrated the big day by wearing Easton colors and sports wear. !They also made footballs and graphed how far different size footballs went. ! It was a great day! ! Go Red Rovers! November Update VISIT THE SCHOOL WEBSITE @ HTTP:// WWW.EASTONSD.ORG /MARCH/ WELCOME.HTML SCHOOL ADDRESS: 429 READER ST EASTON, PA 18042 PHONE NUMBER: 610-250-2531 Articles Contributions: ! K. Pasquel ! H. Bonilla ! C. Kordek ! N. Niosi ! M. Woodland ! J. Brunetti ! J. Laslo ! J. Brodhead Compiled By: M. Kinney and C. Kordek Its Hip to Clip: Boxtops Our Little Leopards are doing a FAME- tastic job of clipping Box Tops for the 2012-2013 school year. We set a goal of raising $1,500.00. The money earned through the collection of Box Tops will help to fund our FAME prizes. We are so excited to share that our school has already collected $761.00 in box tops. What a fabulous job! Just wait until you see our new Box Tops tracking chart in the hall. It will be up soon! Don't forget to clip box tops and bring them into school because its HIP to CLIP! GoinglolhcBirds By:! Lianna B The fourth graders at March Elementary School are building birdhouses. Each student receives a small kit and glues the pieces together. Then, an adult nails and strengthens the sides. Finally, the houses are painted a variety of bright colors. All of the construction is completed over a few days during the recess block. It is hoped that more hands-on activities will be done throughout the school year.