Chatham Elementary School
Where We Are Proud To Be SHARKS!
March 22, 2019
Fin'tastic CES Students Are:
Honest
Accepting
Respectful
Kind
Successful!
Important Dates:
March 27:
- Early Dismissal Wednesday (student dismissal 1:35pm)
- Trimester II reports cards sent home to families
March 28:
- MRSD School Committee meeting (MRHS, 6:30pm)
April 3:
- Proud to Be A SHARK Community Event: PTO Cultural Arts Committee present Poetry in Motion. (1pm; CES Gymnasium-all welcome, for more information, see below)
April 10:
- Early Dismissal Wednesday (student dismissal 1:35pm)
April 15-19
- Spring break (no school)
New Session of After-School Clubs Starts April 9th.
Current sessions end March 28th. NO CLUB SESSIONS or CHORUS the week of April 1-5.
Weekly Article: "Ask Me About..."
Each week the grade level teams will publish two to three statements for caregivers to use as conversation starters with their child(ren). Although the Scoop is a great place to see and discuss end-of-learning products, these "ask me about" conversation starters will help promote discussions about current learning. For additional questions to ask your child about school, please visit "Understood's" article:
How to Say It: Better Questions to Ask Your Child About School and keep us updated on how these questions are working!
Ask Me About...for Grade 4
Compare two different genres and give examples from each.
How can we classify a quadrilateral?
Explain how we can hear a sound that travels from a spoon hitting our desk.
Ask Me About...for Grade 1
What is the difference between toothed whales and baleen whales?
How does the baleen help the whale get food?
What types of food does the toothed whale eat?
Ask Me About...For Grade K
Ask me to tell you what a sentence looks like when you write.
Ask me to count on from any number (up to 100).
Ask me to read our new sight words: be, help, out. off
Ask Me About...For PreK
What is my favorite type of weather and what do I like to do in that particular weather?
What the pattern is on our calendar? Can your child make a pattern at home?
Who was the star of the day today?
Our Next Proud to Be a SHARK Community Event (4/3/2019) Is Courtesy Of Our PTO. Poetry In Motion Will Visit CES!
April 3rd at 1:00pm-ALL welcome
Cutural Arts Event:
Poetry in Motion
Poetry comes to life in David Zucker’s masterful performance of acting, mime, vocal gymnastics, humor, audience participation, and a trunk full of costumes, puppets, and props. David’s irresistible cast of characters, recreated from the poems by A.A. Milne, Lewis Carroll, Langston Hughes, Shel Silverstein, Edgar Allen Poe, and James Whitcomb Riley, are not to be missed.
David Zucker is an actor, director, playwright, mime and teacher who’s unique programs have been delighting, enlightening and inspiring audiences for 45 years. He has performed for over 1 million children in his career! David regularly tours the country to perform Poetry in Motion and Odyssey of the Mime for 6 different chapters of Young Audiences. He has been chosen from over 900 ensembles as a National Young Audiences Artist of the Year.
SHARK Shout Out
SHARK Shout Out
SHARK Shout Out
"Kindness Club" writes letters of gratitude to Mrs. Kluza for her wonderful donations to next year's Holiday Shopping Spree.
Ms. King's Kindergarten News:
This week we finished reading Sunset of the Sabertooth. We are getting very good at making connections between the books we read and other books, as well as making a connection to our own lives.
We made cave drawings that we hung in in the classroom to help us when we dramatized the story!
We have learned about the numbers to 100. We have examined the patterns of numbers and are working on identifying the groups of tens and extra ones.
We learned about two new word patterns: -ale and -ock.
We enjoyed a FANCY day as a reward for filling our shark tank again. After our fancy lunch we held an impromptu fashion show!
https://drive.google.com/a/monomoy.edu/file/d/1YqziJYbJcZWdEKBDBE1dvuAfTBu8w7B7/view?usp=drivesdk
A Message From The CES Kindness Club:
Next week is Awareness Week. The purpose of Awareness Week is both to be serious and great fun. Awareness week is about educating each other about students with health related issues.
On Tuesday, it is Diabetes Awareness day and on that day you can wear blue to show your support for persons with Diabetes.
The next day, Wednesday, it will be Autism Awareness day; You can wear lots of bright colors to show your support for people with Autism.
The day after that, Thursday, will be Down-Syndrome Awareness day. On that day, join us in wearing mismatched colored socks to show your support for people with Down Syndrome.
The final day, Friday, is Mix-it-up day, hosted by the Student Council. Mix-it up day is about meeting new people and making new friends.
Please join us next week in supporting our school, students and community by bringing awareness and education to all in an effort to promote diversity, understanding and acceptance. Thank you and hope you have a great week.
Grade 4 News:
PreK News:
This week in preschool:
This week we focused on describing weather. We decorated lions to depicted how the weather is cold and lambs to describe mild weather. Students made windsocks and tried them out on the playground. On Friday, we decorated spring trees with blossoms and green leaves.
At the academic table, we watched a movie on the changing weather in spring. We dressed a person on our Smart Board to coincide with a specific type of weather. Later, we used our Smart Board to pop raindrops with letters on them.
In the area of number sense, we played number bingo on a rainbow. Next week we will match the appropriate number of raindrops to a cloud with a specific number.
Have a great weekend!
Miss Jenn
Grade 1 News:
Check out the new reading rowboat in Ms. Caolo's room!
Another great resource from the District Attorney for Families: It Starts With ME-The Cape and Island District Attorney's Bullying and Cyberbullying Prevention Program.
2018-2019 School Council
2018-2019 Members:
Robin Millen, CES principal (co-chair)
Maegan Storey, parent (co-chair)
Ann Barnard, teacher grade 2
Lindsay Bierwirth, parent (new member)
Meghan Lampert, parent and EL teacher
Deb Hanley Lopes, parent
Margaret Turco, teacher grade 3
Katherine Ware, parent and Library Media Specialist
Meeting agenda and minutes from past meetings online.
Click here for the 2018-2021 Schoolwide Improvement Plan
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To Make This Playscape a Reality~Please Vote Yes at Town Meeting for the CPA Grants!
CES Student-Parent Handbook 2018-2019
Healthy Choices: MRSD Wellness Policy
Chatham Elementary School Website
Quote for this issue:
Community News:
A Note From Brook's Free Library about Fine Amnesty Month:
Saturday, March 23rd: Meet Your Local Farmers Event
Join us Saturday, March 23rd
(noon – 3:00 p.m.)
in the gym at the
Harwich Community Center
You’re invited to the 10th Annual “Meet Your Local Farmers” event (free & open to the public) on Saturday, March 23, 2019 from noon – 3:00 p.m. in the gym at the Harwich Community Center (100 Oak St., Harwich, 02645). Kick-off the 2019 growing season, meet local farmers from around Cape Cod, and learn more about locally grown products.
Click here for a map to the Harwich Community Center.
Farmers will be selling all sorts of interesting (and delicious) items. And a handful of farms will be offering Consumer Sponsored Agriculture (CSA) opportunities where folks can buy a subscription that allows access to farm fresh produce from May to October.
This fun event is brought to you by Harwich Conservation Trust (HCT) and the Cape & Islands Farm Bureau.
March 2019
Beginning in 2008, members of the Chatham Fire Department have taken part in an April Fools’ Day “plunge” at one of our local beaches. In the first year, there was only ten participants and $200 raised. The participants vowed to get together every year and to spread the word, hoping more people would join in the fun. It was decided that each year, we would raise money for a different local individual or family in need, usually to assist with the financial burden of an illness or injury. Each year, the swim has grown immensely, both in the number of participants and in the funds raised. In 10 years of publicly advertising the swim, nearly $125,000 has been raised for local families. Aside from the financial assistance, the huge crowd generates an enormous emotional boost for the recipient and his/her family. It is truly a testament to the strength of our local community, and it exemplifies the importance of everyone looking out for each other in our small community.
This year marks the 12th year that the April Fools from Chatham Fire have led the community into the frigid waters. On Monday, April 1st at 4:30 pm, the Fools will be swimming for Michele St. Aubin and her family. Michele has recently been diagnosed with Stage 4 Pancreatic Cancer with Liver metastasis. She has begun treatment at Dana Farber in Boston. Michele’s loving and devoted husband, Judd, has not left her side since she began treatment, and has therefore not been able to work. Michele and Judd are the proud parents of Asa, a student at Monomoy Regional High School, and Liam, a student at Cape Cod Tech. Both boys have grown up in the Chatham Elementary and Monomoy School systems. The St. Aubin’s are currently residing in Brewster. The St. Aubin’s have attended the April Fools’ Plunge themselves, and are incredibly proud of this great community that they call home. Please come out and help us offer some emotional and financial support to the St. Aubin family. 100% of your donations go directly to the St. Aubin family to assist them in any way they see fit. We hope to make this our biggest and best swim yet. There is no better way to slam the door on the lovely winter season than to take your first refreshing dip of the year!
Please join us Monday, April 1st at 4:30 pm at Hardings Beach in Chatham. Donations of all amounts are graciously accepted. A free post-swim BBQ will take place at the Chatham VFW, immediately following the swim. The BBQ is free to all (whether or not you attended the swim). There will also be both a silent and live auction at the VFW featuring many outstanding goods and services, as well as face painting and other activities for kids! Hope to see you there!
If you would like to donate but are not able to attend, cash and checks may be sent to:
April Fools
Chatham Fire Department
135 Depot Rd.
Chatham, MA 02633
(508) 945-2324
Thank you,
Justin Tavano
Chatham Fire Department
Event Coordinator
Please help the "Kindness Club" help others by donating your pull-tabs to CES.
Chatham Elementary School
Website: www.monomoy.edu
Location: 147 Depot Road, Chatham, MA, USA
Phone: 508-945-5135
Twitter: @ChathamElemMRSD