Chatham Elementary School
Where We Are Proud To Be SHARKS!
May 3, 2019
Fin'tastic CES Students Are:
Honest
Accepting
Respectful
Kind
Successful!
Important Dates:
May 8
- Early Dismissal Wednesday (student dismissal 1:35pm)
May 13
- Chatham Town Meeting (CPA grant approval will be sought for our playground; please come out to exercise your right to vote; child care is available)
May 22
- Early Dismissal Wednesday (student dismissal 1:35pm)
May 23
- Playground and Beautification Committee (2:30pm; CES conference room)
- Talent Show (4pm; CES gymnasium)
May 27
- No school-Memorial Day
May 29
- CES Concert (band, chorus, strings, and recorders)-May 29th at 6:30pm
Save the Dates:
*Grades 3 and 4 Field Day-Tuesday, June 4th (rain date Wed. June 5th)
*Grades K, 1, 2 Field Day-Thursday, June 6th (rain date Friday, June 7th)
The "Kindness Club" would like to remind you to vote at Town Meeting on May 13th.
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
- What are the basic units of measurement for length, weight, and capacity in the metric and customary systems?
- Describe major industries in your state.
- Compare two different fictional genres.
Ask Me About...For Grade 3
What tools we used on our field trip to White Cedar Swamp Trail?
How did we measure soil infiltration rate?
How did we learn which animals were in the different areas?
Ask Me About...For Grade 2
What is your address?
How many towns are on Cape Cod?
Ask Me About...for Grade 1
What informational text feature would you use to find out the body parts of your animal?
What are some ways to solve 13+4=?
Ask Me About...For Grade K
Ask me to tell you what a personal narrative is.
Ask me about where Jack and Annie have landed for their next adventure.
Ask me to tell you addition facts up to five and a strategy you can use to solve an addition problem.
Ask Me About...For PreK
What is a marimba?
Can your child name a farm animal?
A Special Ask Me About..Fourth Graders explain "What does PEACE mean to me?"
Addy L.
Peace means no fighting, no bullying and always telling the truth. Peace is important because it makes the world a better place. Everyday, everyone should do at least one act of peace.
Paxton K.
Peace means quiet and calm. Peace means helping people. Peace means working out conflicts with friends. Peace means no bullying or fighting. Peace means being honest with yourself and others.
Abby L.
"Peace means being kind to other people. It means sticking up for people. It means following directions. Peace means being loving and being loved."
Brianna R.
"Peace means being kind to each other, no war, no fights. Peace means using manners. I show peace when I stop an argument. I also show peace when I don't argue over silly things. Just to let you know standing up for yourself is acceptable."
Theone C.
SHARK Shout Out
A SHARK Shout Out to the Marconi Center for coordinating with our grade 4 team to offer in depth study of light and sound. We appreciate your expertise and this partnership to deepen our students' learning.
SHARK Shout Out
A SHARK Shout Out to the Aquaculture Research Center for coordinating with our grade 3 team to offer in depth study of aquaculture and our local "blue" environments. We appreciate your expertise and this partnership to deepen our students' learning.
SHARK Shout Out
We are offering child care for the annual town meeting on May 13th and 14th. It’s at 6pm in the library at MRMS and is at no cost to parents. Please call the Chatham Community Center 508-945-5175 (option 2) to pre-register. _Sue Winkfield, Recreation Coordinator, Town of Chatham
Library Media News:
This week in media the new pet Kusco is starting to learn how to react like a perfect class pet with the students telling him what to do through blockly coding. The students learned about how the sensors work on Kusco to get him to react to what is in-front of him. The students then used the "sensing" blockly commands, movement commands, and voice reaction commands to get it to respond to what is in front of him. The students reflected that he reacted a lot like the viral surprised kitten video with the coding combination they used. Here are the results:
“Kindness Club” Monthly Report April:
This month the “Kindness Club” worked tirelessly on acknowledging April and May birthdays, counting bus “fins,” hosting “Fancy Lunch,” making “Fancy Lunch” favors, recycling and sorting plastic caps and pop tabs, working with kindergarten students in computers and physical education, collecting trash for the custodians, mentoring first and second grade students during “Lunch Bunch,” taking care of plants, making public service announcements, stocking and organizing the food pantry, passing out SHARK stickers, helping the custodians and the lunch staff, making “Seasonal Shopping Spree” gift cards, making administrative assistant appreciation cards, designing CPC grant playground posters, and making “Don’t Forget to Vote” posters.
There are over 100 members in the “Kindness Club.” This month alone 68 members completed 242 acts of “kindness” in just 17 days of school during the month of April.
At each assembly, the “Kindness Club” recognizes and celebrates the top three students in each grade who completed the most acts of “kindness” during the month.
The top students completing the most acts of “kindness” in grade 4 are:
Chloe
Arianna
Sydney
In grade three:
Annaleigh
Chloe
Grace
In grade two:
Regan
Joangie
Ella
In grade one:
Hudson
Stefaniia
Sophia
In kindergarten:
Stella
Molly
Grace
Thank you and remember “Kindness Counts.”
A Note From Mr. Toppa:
Full Band Will Meet only Fridays at 7 a.m. and Fridays immediately after school until 2:55. Students should try to come to one or both. In the morning last week, 17 out of 24 attended and in the afternoon 20 out of 24 attended. If you arrive late, come behind the gym to the music room door.
We will have a concert on Wednesday May 29 at 6:30. The program will last approximately one hour, combined with the chorus, strings, 3rd grade recorder, and possibly a 4th grade whole class song. If you or your child can not attend, please let me know.
Thanks, Frank Toppa
Cinquain Poems From Ms. Flynn's Classroom
Clouds
Fluffy, white
Moving, floating, raining
Making wet rain
Shade
College
Educational, difficult
Learning, studying, sleeping
Living at college
School
By N.R.
Slime
Stretchy, weird
Playing, touching, kneading
Helps stress to go away
Stress ball
Cats
Cuddly, soft
Playing, licking, scratching
Very adorable pet
Kitten
By B.R.
Dogs
Soft, fluffy
Playing, running., licking
Such as good pet
Puppy
By B.R.
Goat
Small, lazy
Running, jumping, sleeping
Miniature crazy goats
Kid
Fancy Lunch for Grade 2 Served By Our Kindness Club
PreK News:
Click on video below to hear our song!
Science Club News!
This week, students studied species of birds that live on Cape Cod! Together, we investigated the different materials that birds use to build their nests. Then, we ventured outside to gather some of the materials we talked about. Each group of students got to re-create different bird nests with the materials they gathered.
Stay on the lookout for nesting birds all throughout the month of May!
Fourth graders continued to R.E.A.P. the rewards of the retired and eager to assist pupils this week. The focus was on responsibility, however it's evident that real connections are being made, too!!
Mrs. King's Class News
We are in the beginning stages of writing a personal narrative. We learned that a personal narrative is a true story about your life. We brainstormed ideas and will pick one of them to begin writing our personal narratives next week.
We also started reading the next Magic Tree House book. Jack and Annie have landed on a coral reef. They found a mini-sub and are exploring the ocean to help solve Morgan's riddle. Their mission is to answer the riddles so that they can become master librarians.
We are learning about exploring the different strategies we can use to solve addition problems. We are learning addition facts up to five.
Mrs. Moody shared a walrus tusk with our class today. We didn't realize how heavy it was. We also looked at the scrimshaw that was on it.
Bus 1 does it again, earning "music on the bus" for earning the most SHARK "Fins" for expected bus behavior for the month of April.
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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“We are offering child care for the annual town meeting on May 13th and 14th. It’s at 6pm in the library at MRMS and is at no cost to parents. Please call the Chatham Community Center 508-945-5175 (option 2) to pre-register.” --Sue Winkfield, Recreation Coordinator, Town of Chatham
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
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Community News:
CMMC - Summer STEM 2019!
Fabulous Camps for young children!
Miss Mary’s Budding STEMs! - Open to preschool ages 4 & 5
Young children are curious and creative. We should nurture these natural instincts by offering them fun STEM challenges at a young age when they learn best through play and exploration. Each class will begin with Story Time, where we will read a picture book that highlights the theme of the day, followed by playful STEM activities that will be explored with a hands-on approach. Each day will include outdoor play time and snack. Please send your child with a drink and snack marked clearly with their name. (max class size of 6 children)
Teacher: Mary Hemeon
Session 1: July 1-3, 9:00AM - 12:00PM
Session 2: July 16-18, 12:30PM - 3:30PM
Session 3: August 6-8, 9:00AM - 12:00PM
Cost $150 / Session (or $120 / Session for CMMC Members)
Coding and Robotics! - Open to robot engineers grades K through 2
Children will spend the course sessions learning about coding through hands on activities, and learning about robotics with Ozobots. Using 21st Century skills, students will be introduced to JavaScript and Python coding language through coding unplugged activities. They will also craft their names in binary, create a light-up circuit board, discover how robots work by creating a Bristlebot and a Color-bot and more! Then they will learn how robots are programmed by combining these skills to program their Ozobot. At the end of each day, the children will get to take home what they create.
Teacher: Kathy Ware
July 15 - 19, 9:00AM - 12:00PM
Cost $200 / Session (or $175 / Session for CMMC Members)
Dinosaur Dig! - Open to junior paleontologists in grades 2 - 4
We Dig Dinosaurs! Join us as we dig into the world of dinosaurs and reconstruct fossils recovered from our improvised dig site. Prepare to roll up your sleeves as we go digging for fossil remains, "bones", and prehistoric relics using the same tools and techniques used by paleontologists who retrieve and then reconstruct dinosaur exhibits for our world's museums. If you are fascinated by lizards and reptiles, like the challenge of searching for clues, examining materials in our laboratory and don't mind getting your hands dirty-- this is the program for you.
Teachers: Larry Brookhart & Annie Haven
August 8, 12:30PM - 3:30PM
Cost $50 / Session (or $40 / Session for CMMC Members)
Registration Form is available online at
https://www.chathammarconi.org/summerstem
Email: marconiclasses@gmail.com
BARNSTABLE, Ma. (April 29, 2019) – The Barnstable County Regional Substance Use Council will host its 3rd Annual Parent Summit to provide parents and caregivers with the practical know-how to steer their children away from the dangers of substance use.
This year’s theme, “My Choice Matters: Parenting to Prevent Substance Use,” will shine a spotlight on the emergence of vaping and explore how anxiety and depression can push pre-teens and teenagers to experiment with drugs, alcohol and tobacco.
The summit, which begins at 12 noon on May 19 at the Cape Codder Resort and Spa, 1225 Iyannough Rd., Hyannis, will feature nationally-recognized relationship and family expert Lynne Griffin as the keynote speaker. There is no charge for admission, although pre-registration is required (see link below).
Griffin is the author of three novels and the nonfiction guides Let’s Talk About It: Adolescent Mental Healthand Negotiation Generation: Take Back Your Parental Authority Without Punishment. Her talk will address “Vulnerable Children: What Parents Need to Know About Anxiety, Depression and Substance Use.”
Following Griffin’s presentation, Stacey Schakel, a Registered Nurse and Nurse Coordinator with the Mashpee School District, will take to the podium to provide summit attendees with a front-line look at the prevalence of vaping among students, how electronic smoking devices make it more difficult to detect if a child is smoking tobacco or marijuana, as well as practical tips on how parents and caregivers can intervene.
“Substance use is something all parents are concerned about. This summit is designed to go beyond raising awareness. We want to not only provide parents and caregivers with up-to-date information on what’s out there, but also arm them with practical tips and resources,” says Kim Slade, summit organizer and Barnstable County Department of Human Services Substance Use Program Manager.
Slade noted that while some may be predisposed to addiction, it’s important that substance use disorders not be considered a predetermined outcome, or overlook the fact that the choices young people and their families make can empower them to avoid substance use altogether regardless of their background or circumstances.
“Well-informed decision-making is a central part of the equation,” Slade says. “When it comes to substance use, choice matters, as parents and as community members. And knowing that ‘Choice Matters,’ we are empowered to make decisions that have a positive impact on our lives and the lives of those around us.”
Online pre-registration for the summit is required at
http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07eg900445828f3755&llr=myornedab. Free child care is also being offered for summit attendees who bring children but must be reserved during the registration process.
The summit agenda is as follows:
12:00pm – 12:30 pm Registration and Meet with Local Experts
12:30pm – 12:45pm Welcome and Introductions
12:45pm – 2:00pm Keynote Lynne Griffin - Vulnerable Children: What Parents Need to Know About Anxiety, Depression, and Substance Use
2:00pm – 2:15pm Break and Snack
2:15pm – 3:00pm Vaping: What Every Parent Needs to Know
3:00pm – 3:30pm Wrap up and Resources
Please help the "Kindness Club" help others by donating your pull-tabs to CES.
- Check Website Calendar for Additional Offerings
- WE CAN 1:1 services are available monthly in Falmouth and Hyannis
- NEW - Legal Consults now offered on the Outer Cape
- Call WE CAN for your appointment: 508-430-8111
- WE CAN Services Are FREE; Ask About Childcare Reimbursement
Chatham Elementary School
Website: www.monomoy.edu
Location: 147 Depot Road, Chatham, MA, USA
Phone: 508-945-5135
Twitter: @ChathamElemMRSD