THE COLE TIMES January 24, 2014 Grace Farrar Cole School 81 High Street Norwell, MA 02061 781-659-8823 Principal, Eliza Burns MARK YOUR CALENDAR 01/27 PTO Meeting/School Committee Outreach Night at Cole School 7pm 01/28 Gr. 5 Puberty Night, boys/parents 7pm, girls/parents 8pm at the NMS. 01/31 Report Cards sent home 02/05 Early Release 12:20 dismissal (ALL K-5) 02/05 PTO Pilgrim Arena ice skating (early release) 02/10 PTO meeting 9:00am/K lottery drawing 02/12 Hobby Night 6-7:30 Cole Cafeteria 02/12 Kindergarten Registration 9:30-11:30 A-L 02/13 Kindergarten Registration 9:30-11:30 M-Z 02/14 Wear RED for Heart Health Day 02/17 Vacation NOTES FROM PRINCIPAL BURNS Report Cards will be sent home with all students on Friday, January 31st. Parents of students in grades 1-5 will recall that the report cards were revised this year with them implementation of new standards. Kindergarten students will be receiving report cards this quarter. If you would like more information on the revised report cards, please see the in-depth explanation at the following link: https://docs.google.com/a/norwellschools.org/document/d/1chkWE-1sGSMLZmBTpyqHfQ43O4lIfoE4q21tev pI27g/edit Kindergarten registration will be held on February 12th and 13th from 9:30-11:30 am at Cole School. The lottery drawing for full day kindergarten slots will take place at the PTO meeting on Monday, February 10th at 9am. Please join us at the Cole School Outreach Night during the regularly scheduled School Committee meeting. Several teachers will share ways that they work to engage students in their learning at the elementary level. In addition, a School Council representative and a PTO representative will review the year’s successes and highlight upcoming events. This meeting will be held on Monday, January 27th at 7 pm in the Cole School Library. Does your child have an interest or hobby that they’d like to share at Hobby Night ? Legos, My Little Pony, Coin Collections? If so, please encourage them to sign up using the form that was sent home this week. Hobby Night will be held on Wednesday, February 12th from 6-7 pm in the cafeteria. OT CORNER Parents please check out the link below for the OT quarterly newsletter! http://www.norwellschools.org/cms/lib02/MA01001453/Centricity/Domain/27/OTCornerJanuary2014.pdf
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THE COLE TIMESJanuary 24, 2014
Grace Farrar Cole School81 High StreetNorwell, MA 02061781-659-8823Principal, Eliza Burns
MARK YOUR CALENDAR01/27 PTO Meeting/School Committee Outreach Night at Cole School 7pm01/28 Gr. 5 Puberty Night, boys/parents 7pm, girls/parents 8pm at the NMS.01/31 Report Cards sent home02/05 Early Release 12:20 dismissal (ALL K-5)02/05 PTO Pilgrim Arena ice skating (early release)02/10 PTO meeting 9:00am/K lottery drawing02/12 Hobby Night 6-7:30 Cole Cafeteria02/12 Kindergarten Registration 9:30-11:30 A-L02/13 Kindergarten Registration 9:30-11:30 M-Z02/14 Wear RED for Heart Health Day02/17 Vacation
NOTES FROM PRINCIPAL BURNSReport Cards will be sent home with all students on Friday, January 31st. Parents of students in grades 1-5 willrecall that the report cards were revised this year with them implementation of new standards. Kindergartenstudents will be receiving report cards this quarter. If you would like more information on the revised reportcards, please see the in-depth explanation at the following link:
Kindergarten registration will be held on February 12th and 13th from 9:30-11:30 am at Cole School. Thelottery drawing for full day kindergarten slots will take place at the PTO meeting on Monday, February 10th at9am.
Please join us at the Cole School Outreach Night during the regularly scheduled School Committee meeting.Several teachers will share ways that they work to engage students in their learning at the elementary level.In addition, a School Council representative and a PTO representative will review the year’s successes andhighlight upcoming events. This meeting will be held on Monday, January 27th at 7 pm in the Cole SchoolLibrary.
Does your child have an interest or hobby that they’d like to share at Hobby Night? Legos, My Little Pony,Coin Collections? If so, please encourage them to sign up using the form that was sent home this week.Hobby Night will be held on Wednesday, February 12th from 6-7 pm in the cafeteria.
OT CORNER
Parents please check out the link below for the OT quarterly newsletter!http://www.norwellschools.org/cms/lib02/MA01001453/Centricity/Domain/27/OTCornerJanuary2014.pdf
GUIDANCE NOTESDuring the month of January, kindergarten, second and fourth grade students will be reviewing the GreatBody Shop lessons on privacy and personal safety with regard to keeping their body safe. Students will bereviewing concepts including practice of refusal skills and their right to privacy. Parents are encouraged toreview and reinforce what their students have learned while it is fresh in their minds.The Great Body Shopnewsletter provides this information for follow up discussions at home. Hearing this information both atschool and at home will help to reinforce how important these vital lessons are for children, which willempower students as they go through their lives.
If you have any questions about the lessons, please do not hesitate to contact me.Ms. Hickey
NURSE’S NOTESDear parents/guardians of fourth and fifth grade students,A physical examination of the school child is the combined responsibility of the school and the family. UnderM.G.L. c. 71, s. 57 and related amendments and regulations (105 CMR 200.000-2000.920), a physicalexamination is required at this interval of your child’s education. The objective to this health examination isto understand and follow up on health conditions that may adversely affect the student’s well being andability to learn. Fourth grade parents, please forward to me a copy of your child’s last physical examinationand immunization record. Reminder to fifth grade parents, if you did not send one in last year please do sonow. As always, please call or email me with any concerns regarding this health related MassachusettsGeneral Law. Thank you in advance for giving this your immediate attention.
The week of February 10th-14th Cole School will be participating in the annual American
Heart Association Jump Rope for Heart Health during your child’s Physical Education class. Our goals forthis school community health program are to introduce the importance of heart-healthy decisions and beginto develop the concept that physical activity is fun and has life long benefits. Students will receive a hearthealthy lesson during physical education class along with participating in a heart healthy exercise. With thetheme of “What is Your Favorite Heart Healthy Exercise” students school wide will help create a bulletinboard presentation outside of the gymnasium. Each morning of our Jump Rope for Heart Health week aHeart Health Fact will be announced.
Friday, February 14th will be our wear Red for Heart Health Day. Student’s are asked to wear red to supportHeart Health Education and Healthy Exercises.
Debra Jackson, R.N., M.Ed. School nurseJames Thornton, Physical Education teacher
BAND ALL STARSCongratulations to Maggie Burnham for achieving her BRONZE Band Star! Congratulations toPhoebe Wolf for achieving her BRONZE (BOOK 2) Band Star!
PTO NEWS~ The next PTO/School Committee Outreach meeting is Monday January 27th at 7pm.
~ The February PTO meeting has been moved from Feb 4th to Feb 10th at 9am. At this meeting Lauren Lynn, our Cole School reading specialist will be joining us to discuss how to build reading fluency. This will also be the meeting to pull the lottery for next years full day kindergarten.
Volunteers and Bingo Prizes Needed!!The planning is underway for Pizza Bingo Night, Friday 3/21. It's shaping up to be a funfamily evening, but we need your help! Volunteers are needed to help set up the event at4:30 pm on 3/21, help checking in the families as they arrive, as well as some othervolunteering opportunities. Please email Cristina McCullough [email protected] or Jess Chase at [email protected] if you're interestedin helping out!
Cleaning out from the holidays, duplicate gifts, too much in the gift closet???…we can help! Drop any new unopened books, toys, puzzles, etc. you don't want into the Pizza/Bingo box in the school lobby and help the PTO gather prizes to be used at Pizza/Bingo night! An annual fun family event at Cole to be held on Friday March 21st…the night starts with pizza in the cafeteria followed by Bingo in the gym with a host of 'celebrity' callers from the school. Watch for details soon about how to reserve your pizza and join us!
Thanks in advance for helping make this a fantastic event for Cole families!!
WINTER REC. AFTER SCHOOL SPORTS!
Cole Gym. BYO drink/nut-free snack. Send parental permission slip to school office for a child to stay. Min 10,
Max 25. Instructor: Mr. Thornton. Grades K-5 3:20-4:30pm
1204.131 GMY HOCKEY GR K-2 WED Jan 8- Feb 12 (no 2/5)
1204.141 BASKETBALL GR K-2 THU Jan 9- Feb 6
1204.151 GYM HOCKEY GR 3-5 FRIDAY Jan 10 - Feb 7
How do you sign up? Online @ www.townofnorwell.net. Access your existing account, or if new to onlinesignups, set up your account. Follow instructions on the website. You use a credit card for onlineregistrations. There is an online processing fee which is not refundable. Participation Fee: $35
COMMUNITY NEWS
Saturday, January 25, 10:30 AM - “NORBERT: What Can Little Me Do – Author Visit & Book Signing,” withauthor Julie Freyermuth and her real 3-pound therapy dog, Norbert. Suitable for PK and up, with adult.Register: norwellpubliclibrary.org/Calendar.
