S.A.D. #4 Elementary Schools Newsletter
November 4, 2005

Black and Orange Day

Everyone at both schools enjoyed an afternoon filled with activities. A huge thank you goes to our volunteers for providing food and for helping to plan and organize fun activities for all.

Attendance

Please remember that it is important that your child get to school on time. Breakfast is served at both schools at 7:45.

Lunch and Milk Money

Please remember to send your child’s lunch and milk money in each Monday in an envelope with your child’s name on the front.

Paid Lunch is $1.50 per day/$7.50 per week

Reduced Lunch is .40 per day/$2.00 per week

Milk is .25 per day/$1.25 per week

If you have had a change in income, please let your secretary or cook know and we will get a free/reduced form to you.

We appreciate your help with this.

Northern Stars Planetarium

Northern Stars Planetarium came to the McKusick School today. They enjoyed:

Kinders – Pictures in the Sky

Grade 1 –Our Family in the Sky

The planetarium is coming to the Guilford Primary School on Thursday, Nov. 10^th. The classes will be enjoying the following programs:

Grade 2 – World of Dinosaurs

Grade 3 – Exploring Our Solar System

We are so fortunate to have the HUGS group sponsor the planetarium.

Holiday Concert

The elementary holiday concert will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 20 at 6 pm in the PCHS gym. Please mark your calendar.

CHILDREN’S BOOK WEEK

Children’s Book Week takes place 14 – 20 November 2005. This event can be traced back to the 1912 American Bookseller Association Convention. E.W. Mumford, of the Penn Publishing Company was concerned about the quality of books available for children. He delivered a paper entitled “Juvenile Readers as an Asset.” A summary of this paper published in the New York Times caught the attention of James West, Director of the Boy Scouts of America. Mr. West asked the Scouts librarian, Franklin K. Mathiews to take the initiative in directing boys in quality reading. The program has grown tremendously from these beginnings.

Share the love of reading with your child (ren) this week, while we do the same at MCK and GPS.

Can you name the top 10 children’s best sellers? Ask your child(ren) after their library class this week and see which of you has the most correct answers! Answers at the end of this newsletter.

HUGS Meeting

The next HUGS meeting is on Monday, Nov.28^th at 6:30 at the McKusick School. Hope to see you there!

HUGS Fundraiser

HUGS will be selling Backwoods Candles. The flyers and order forms will be coming home soon. Please make checks out to: S.A.D. #4 H.U.G.S. All orders must be in on Nov. 17^th and the delivery date is Dec. 5. If you have any questions, please call Michelle Patterson at 876-2053. What a great holiday gift idea!

Federal Regulations For Our School Kitchens

Federal regulations state that we cannot put any personal food items in the school kitchens. For example, we will not be able to put ice cream in the freezer or vegetables in the refrigerator for a celebration. We also cannot use the kitchen or utensils from the kitchen to prepare for a celebration. Thank you for helping us uphold these regulations.

Building Temperatures

Because of the price of fuel this year, the schools are going to be kept a bit cooler this year. Please make sure your child is dressed appropriately.

School Cancellations and Delays

When school is cancelled or delayed, please listen for the announcement on Q106.5 first. WDME and the television will also carry the information, but might not have the news as quickly.

Parent-Teacher Conferences

Parent-Teacher Conferences are scheduled from 3:00-6:30 pm at McKusick and Guilford Primary on Nov. 9 & 16. Information regarding conferences has been sent home. If these days are not convenient, please call your child’s teacher to schedule a different appointment time. It is important that parents and teachers meet to discuss their child’s progress. It is our goal to meet with 100% of our parents. Conferences should be no more than 15 minutes. If more time is needed, we will be happy to schedule an additional meeting on another date.

Fund Raising

The Box Tops for Education collection box is in the lobby. Please send in all specially marked General Mills box tops with your children. A list of qualifying products has been sent home and can also be found at www.boxtops4education.com.

The Hannaford Helps Schools program has begun. McKusick and Guilford Primary Schools are working together on this project, so please send any certificates you earn to either school. This program ends Dec. 3^rd.

The bottle for collecting the tabs off soda cans has arrived. Please send your tabs to school to benefit the children at the Shriner’s Hospital. Thank you for all of your support!

Specials Schedule

Monday, Nov. 7 Day 1

Tuesday, Nov. 8 Day 2

Wednesday, Nov. 9 Day 3

Thursday, Nov. 10 Day 4

Friday, Nov. 11 Day 0 (No School – Veteran’s Day)

Monday, Nov. 14 Day 5

Tuesday, Nov. 15 Day 6

Wednesday, Nov. 16 Day 1

Thursday, Nov. 17 Day 2

Friday, Nov. 18 Day 0(Early Release Day)

Vacation is Nov. 21 – Nov. 25

Answers: The Cat in the Hat, The Giving Tree, Goodnight Moon, Green Eggs and Ham, The Poky Little Puppy, The Polar Express, The Tale of Peter Rabbit, Where the Sidewalk Ends, Where’s Waldo? and Winnie-the-Pooh. Nope, no Harry Potter books!