Dear Families,
This coming week is Student/Parent/Teacher conferences! We can't wait to meet with all of you to deepen our understanding of how best to serve your children and make their elementary experience the best it can be. In many classes the students will be leading the conferences. This is a huge step into the Leader in Me culture where students lead the work! So excited to hear how this shift impacts our learners.
We are also celebrating Red Ribbon Week next week. Parents have planned a wonderful week of experiences which include a BMX bike safety assembly on Thursday and an Impact Martial Arts assembly on Friday.
Schedule 11/15-11/19
- Monday: Non student day for conferences
- Tuesday: Minimum day for students (8:00 - 11:45)
- Wednesday: Minimum day for students (8:00-11:45)
- Thursday: Regular student day
- Friday: Regular student day (8:00-12:40)
Tutoring Available from PHS Students: If you are interested in having your child participate in this free tutoring, please reach out to powayhighnhs@gmail.com. The VP of Tutoring, Abby Gant, or Nathalie Geffroy, President of Community Outreach NHS, will connect you with potential tutors. Because of the large volume of students in NHS this year, we should be able to accommodate all different days and times.
Important Upcoming Dates:
- Thanksgiving Week: No school 11/22-11/26
- Monday, 11/29- Regular schedule
Thank you again for everything,
Lisa Maguire
Calling all first responders and servicemen and women!
We need you! Please help us with Red Ribbon Week by greeting students upon their arrival to campus on Tuesday 11/16. Meet in uniform in front the school office at 7:30am for quick instructions. Greeting will last from 7:40 until 8am.
Volunteers needed for Red Ribbon week
GRES Spirit Wear
Volunteer Opportunities!
LIBRARY CREW
>> Pull books that students request, check-in returned books and assist while Mrs. Lal works with classes during their library time.
>> On-campus weekly on a variety of days/times
SIGN UP or email Erika for more info
WEDNESDAY WONDERS
>> Make copies, create packets, laminate lessons, cut, color and laugh with other volunteers in the workroom
>> On-campus weekly on Wednesdays
SIGN UP or email Elizabeth for more info
RUNNING CLUB
>> Scan badges and cheer as students earn laps on the track every morning from 7:40-8am
Email Cindy to volunteer or to get info
Library News from Mrs. Lal
We celebrated Native American Heritage Month and Veteran's Day in the Library this week with Grades 3-5. We started with a brief introduction to native culture and how the native kids were put in boarding schools to learn the English way of life. However, most remembered their language and traditions, which later became an important weapon in WWII, especially in the battle of Iwo Jima. We watched an Unbreakable Code, which gave the students an opportunity to hear Navajo and a Code Talker. Finally, the students tried their hand at encoding and decoding using a Navajo dictionary page is from the Eisenhower Library. Hope your students loved it! Mrs. Lal
Support for Military Families
