Mark Your Calendar November 7 th @ 6:30 p.m.------ PTO Skate Night at LOCOMO November 8 th @ 8:30 a.m. ------------------------------ All Pro Dads November 11 th ---------------------------- No School /Veterans’ Day November 12 th --------------------------- PTO Meeting @ 4:15 p.m. November 22 nd ---------------- Student Celebration @ 2:50 p.m. November 25 th --------------------------- SAC Meeting @ 8:30 a.m. December 12 th ------------------------- Winter Concert @ 7:00 p.m. December 9 th – 13 th ----------------------------PTO Holiday House ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Two Important Upcoming Events MGES Skate Night at LOCOMO This Thursday, November 7 th , is MGES Skate Night at LOCOMO. So, come join the fun and support the PTO. A portion of your admission is donated to the MGES PTO. All Pro Dads This Friday, November 8 th we will hold the 2 nd All Pro Dads breakfast. Dads, grandfathers, neighbors, etc. who are involved in a child’s life are invited to attend. It is a time build upon that relationship. It will be held in the Multi-purpose room @ 8:30 a.m. Mary Giella Elementary November 2013 Pasco County Public Schools Congratulations Mrs. DeRonda and Mrs. Mitchell! Stacy DeRonda, a 1 st grade teacher, has been voted MGES Teacher of the Year. Mrs. DeRonda has been teaching at MGES for six years. Doriann Mitchell, an Instructional Assistant for 16 years, has been voted MGES School Related Personnel of the Year! Both Mrs. DeRonda and Mrs. Mitchell will represent MGES later this year when the District holds the annual recognition ceremony. Congratulations on a job well done! The Principal’s Corner MGES 3 School Rules Are: School Board Members Be Respectful Allen Altman Allison Crumbley Be Responsible Joanne Hurley Steve Lulkart Be Safe Cynthia Armstrong Kurt Browning, Superintendent Dear Parents and Families, We are now in the second quarter of the school year. I hope you have taken the time to go over your child's report card. Recognize areas to be proud of your child and areas where they need more focus. We encourage parents to communicate with their child(s) teacher for clarification or concerns. Be involved, set expectations (or goals) with your child, and please continue to monitor their progress this quarter. As you may be aware, we have launched our new website. The website has many educational opportunities for your child. Also, please check our new Facebook page and ‘Friend’ us. Then you should receive the updated information. From the PTO- we grossed over $17,000 on our Yankee Candle fundraiser! School Mall just finished and we can't wait to see the results! Thursday, November 7, is our next Locomo Skate Party (from 6:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.). It's a great family event, hope to see you there! Our PTO is hoping to raise enough money to buy additional equipment for our playground- we thank you for your support! All Pro Dad's next breakfast is Friday, November 8th at 8:35. We hope you join us with your child and enjoy a great time of sharing and learning with your child at school. Sincerely, George Papa and Kara Abbatello
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Mark Your Calendar November 7th @ 6:30 p.m. ------ PTO Skate Night at LOCOMO
November 8th @ 8:30 a.m. ------------------------------ All Pro Dads
November 11th ---------------------------- No School /Veterans’ Day
November 12th --------------------------- PTO Meeting @ 4:15 p.m.
November 22nd ---------------- Student Celebration @ 2:50 p.m.
November 25th --------------------------- SAC Meeting @ 8:30 a.m.
December 12th ------------------------- Winter Concert @ 7:00 p.m.
December 9th – 13th ---------------------------- PTO Holiday House
This Thursday, November 7th, is MGES Skate Night at LOCOMO. So, come join the fun and support the PTO. A portion of your admission is donated to the MGES PTO.
All Pro Dads
This Friday, November 8th we will hold the 2nd All Pro Dads breakfast. Dads, grandfathers, neighbors, etc. who are involved in a child’s life are invited to attend. It is a time build upon that relationship. It will be held in the Multi-purpose room @ 8:30 a.m.
Mary Giella Elementary
November 2013 Pasco County Public Schools
Congratulations Mrs. DeRonda and Mrs. Mitchell!
Stacy DeRonda, a 1st grade teacher, has been voted MGES Teacher of the Year. Mrs. DeRonda has been teaching at MGES for six years. Doriann Mitchell, an Instructional Assistant for 16 years, has been voted MGES School Related Personnel of the Year! Both Mrs. DeRonda and Mrs. Mitchell will represent MGES later this year when the District holds the annual recognition ceremony.
Congratulations on a job well done!
The Principal’s Corner
MGES 3 School Rules Are: School Board Members Be Respectful Allen Altman Allison Crumbley Be Responsible Joanne Hurley Steve Lulkart Be Safe Cynthia Armstrong Kurt Browning, Superintendent
Dear Parents and Families,
We are now in the second quarter of the school year. I hope you have taken the time to go over your child's report card. Recognize areas to be proud of your child and areas where they need more focus. We encourage parents to communicate with their child(s) teacher for clarification or concerns. Be involved, set expectations (or goals) with your child, and please continue to monitor their progress this quarter.
As you may be aware, we have launched our new website. The website has many educational opportunities for your child. Also, please check our new Facebook page and ‘Friend’ us. Then you should receive the updated information.
From the PTO- we grossed over $17,000 on our Yankee Candle fundraiser! School Mall just finished and we can't wait to see the results! Thursday, November 7, is our next Locomo Skate Party (from 6:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.). It's a great family event, hope to see you there!
Our PTO is hoping to raise enough money to buy additional equipment for our playground- we thank you for your support!
All Pro Dad's next breakfast is Friday, November 8th at 8:35. We hope you join us with your child and enjoy a great time of sharing and learning with your child at school.
Sincerely,
George Papa and Kara Abbatello
PTO By: Kristi Merriman
Thanks to families, teachers, and staff who came out to support the school at the Fall Festival! It was a great night for all! We hope you had as much fun as we did. All of the proceeds will go to the teachers who participated to help pay for the much needed classroom supplies.
This was our 2nd year to participate in the Yankee Candle fundraiser. We have not received ETA yet, but orders should ship to the school second to third week of November. The school will receive 40% of the $17,778.00 raised. Way to go students of MGES! We couldn't do it with out you! Ms. Gillespie and Ms. Post's class raised the most money winning the pizza party. Mr. Peterson's class came in second winning the ice cream party. The two top sellers were Katie Beard and Brody Birren. Congratulations!
The Holiday House will be open Dec. 9 -Dec. 13. We will need volunteers to assist students with picking out their items. Please contact a member of the PTO or Shirley Picklo if you are able to help out.
Again, thank you for your ongoing support to MGES and to the PTO! If you have any ideas or suggestions feel free to drop them in the PTO box located in the front office.
Perfect Attendance By: Shannon Savage
We had 137 students attend school every single day of the 1st quarter! Wow! Congratulations to the following students for having perfect attendance!
Common Core Myth vs Fact By: Superintendent Browning
This information was included in an article that appeared in School Matters.
Myth: The goal of Common Core standards... is not simply to improve academic achievement but also to instill federally determined attitudes and mindsets in students including political and religious beliefs," the Florida Stop Common Core Coalition.
Fact: There is nothing in the standards suggesting anything about influencing students? political or religious beliefs. This claim is based on a standard data model created by a private corporation with the intent of helping states organize the data they collect. States can choose which data to collect, and according to the architect of this model, the questioned data is used by parochial and religious schools. Florida does not collect political and religious beliefs information.
Congratulations! The following students were recognized at the Octobers Student Recognition Program: Dominic Alfonsi; Elizabeth Allen; Isiah Brown; Ana Burnell; Giancarlo Castro; Justin Cruse; Alex Cruzado-Rolon; yoselyn DeLaCruz; Cassandra DeJesus; Erin Duffany; Micheal Edwards; Savannah Fennel; Daniel Florio; Isabella Freeburg; Clair Freeman; Lanyce Fulmore; Logan Greer; Jayden Hankins; Bryce Hernandez; Alexander Hossler; Sophia Johnson; Sydnie Marie Johnson; Dawson Leatham; Jacob Leonard; Kylie McWhorter; Angelina Mitchell; Ava Moody; Craig Moore; Paul Naylor; Walter ‘Fox’ Nichols; Jacob Parks; Ty Paulicelli; Hayden Roberts; Jordin Rose; Lilly Salter; Anthony Scott; Jakeob Thibault and Tristion Velasco. Congratulations and keep up the good work!
