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March Elementary is currentlyranked #3 in Math24 in the district!
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Welcome to the Doggie Den!Welcome to the newest member of the F. A.March school community-team M & M! Marchis lucky to have our neighbor, Mrs. LindaMartin and her certified therapy dog, Millie, aspart of our family. Team Martin & Millie arriveeach week to meet with grade 2 students inthe doggie den, a special place for the childrento share stories, read flashcards, and performskits to a PAW-fect listener, Millie.
This program was set into motion after Mrs.Martin and Millie were certified throughTherapy Dogs Incorporated, and were looking
for a way to provide some service to the localcommunity. Mrs. Pasquel coordinated the
idea of a new therapy dog literacy program,which helps to support fluency and can buildconfidence in our young readers.
To help students and teachers acclimate tothe idea, a large stuffed prop dog wasprovided to the teachers so they could prepareto meet Millie. In addition to the stuffedanimal, teachers were encouraged to shareone of three stories about how therapy dogscan assist people, such as working with theblind and deaf, helping law enforcement, andassisting those who may have physical
limitations. MORE ON PAGE 4
They are currently ranked 1st in 4thGrade Math24 across the entire district and91st in the state. Keep up the hard work!!
Way to Go Mrs. Maczko Class!!
Players of the month and Top 5players on Page 3
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This time of year is one of reflection on those things that aremost important in life and looking forward-- with hope-- to anew year.
Best Wishes to all and Godspeed.
Best Regards,
Hector D. BonillaPrincipalMarch Elementary School
Fortitudine Vincimus
Message from the Principal
Up ComingEvents
January
Jan 2
! School ResumesJan 9! $2.00 BookstoreJan 18! End of 2nd! Marketing PeriodJan 21! No School
February
Feb 2! Groundhog DayFeb 6! $2.00 BookstoreFeb 8! No SchoolFeb 15! No SchoolFeb 18! No School
This year some of our students participated in
the Hunger Essay Contest put on by the
Volunteer Center of Northampton County. One
student from each grade level won.
The winners at March are:
1st grade: Julia V
2nd grade: Sofia E
3rd grade: McKensie D
4th grade: Lena S
Hunger Essay Contest
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March School is off to a good start usingFirst in Math Online Program in grades 2,
3, and 4. First In Math activities employ Deep Practicetechniques to rapidly increase computation, problemsolving, critical thinking and essential math basics. Skills
that may take months of regular practice can be mastered ina much shorter time using Deep Practice techniques and the
immediate feedback online learning can provide. Children using
FIM have shown dramatic increases in math scoresacross theboard from the top students to the most math-challenged
learners. We are excited to see students'active engagement in the program againthis year. Classrooms have alreadystarted earning weekly trophies for beingthe team of the week in their grade.
Top Five Players
Megumi B. " 5,550Tiah F. " 4,710Lyla V" 4,071
Sadie J"
3,366Anjola O. " 3,122
First in Math
Player of theMonth
Megumi B.+ 2,366
Team of the MonthMrs. Maczko
+ 9,091
Kindergartens Who is in theigloo?
In kindergarten, we were discussing igloos
when working on the letter I. We read thestory The Three Snow Bears, by Jan Brett,
which features three polar bears that live in an
igloo. We then compared and contrasted that story with the original story of
Goldilocks and the Three Bears. After discussing both stories, the students
created an igloo, and drew a picture of what was inside of the igloo. The
students finished their project by writing a sentence that answered the
question Who is in the igloo?
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March PTA UpdateGiving
Tree
The March School PTA
spread some holiday
cheer with the Giving
Tree Project. Gift
requests were placed onthe Giving Tree. Parents
and staff were able to
shop for one of the items
on someones wish list.
Thanks to everyone for
their kindness and
generosity in bringing a
smile to a childs face.
The March Book Projectby: K. Petrignani
" Earlier this month your young learner came home with "new
to them" books that are theirs to keep. Children were also able topick a book for each of their younger siblings that are not attendingMarch yet.
" These gently used and loved books have been donated tothe March Book Project by the March family, community membersand the Easton Public Library.
" The art room was turned into a little boutique book store foryour children to make their selections and close to 2,000 bookshave made their way into the loving hands of your children this
December.
" Enjoy sharing the books with your children this holidayseason. Nothing is more wonderful to your child than sitting onyour lap and sharing a good book.
Book DonationsWe are always happy to receive
gently used books that yourchildren are ready to share with
others.
There is a brightly colored boxin the cafetorium provided for
your book donations.You can also contact Kate
Petrignani [email protected] to
donate books.
A big thank you to all thevolunteers that made our
latest book event possibleincluding Mrs. Limas, Mrs.Farnsworth, Mrs. Amacker,
Mrs. Schafer and Mrs Febbo.Thank you Mr. Bonilla for
your support , Mrs. Ramirezfor your help and to the Artteachers for letting us turn
their classroom into ourbookstore that week.
Thank you Mrs. Horvath ofthe Easton Public Library for
supporting our project withthe generous donation of
books.
I truly hope that I haven'tforgotten anyone . Now go
read a book.
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Students were prepared to work
with the therapy dog throughreview of the doggie den rules
and were provided with practice
scenarios using a stuffed
animal. Mrs. Keglovitz, or
Mrs. K as the students call
her, is a staff member in our building who escorts
the children to and from the Doggie Den. We
especially appreciate her willingness and
enthusiasm in assisting with this new endeavor.
All grade 2 students are invited to visit if they
choose, and teachers are following a schedule. Mrs.
Laslos class was the first to visit the doggie den,
followed by Mr. Nagles class, Mrs. Rodrigues
class and Miss Waas class. In order to make the
program
successful and
provide time for everyone, students visited in small
goups, so if your child hasnt visited yet, their time
will come soon.
The students have been very excited to work withTeam Martin and Millie and
we hope to hear more tails from the doggie den in
future issues of the Little Leopard news!
In November, we kicked off
our third annual Student Mystery
Readers. 3rd and 4th grade
students went into classrooms
throughout the building and read
Halloween stories. This past
week, Dec 18
&19 we
had oursecond
event.
Student
read
different
versions of
The Night
before
Christmas. Two different
versions of the sane story
was read to every class.Student Mystery
Readers are for 3rd and 4th
grade students only and is
optional. Students sign up
and then are randomly chosen
to read on one of the Student
Mystery Reader Days through out
the year. This year we had 110
students sign
up and will behaving five
events.
They
received a
special reader
hat to wear
while reading
and then keep
them. The mystery part is that
classroom students know
someone is coming to read to
them but they dont know who,
when, or what book.
Our student readers did anexcellent job of reading to the
students. Students and staff had a
great time hearing the stories.
Look for our next Student
Mystery Readers in March for
Dr. Seusss Birthday!
DoggieDen...continued
Student Mystery
Readers
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Barnes & Noble Night
Our Dec 13th Barnes & Noblenight was a success for our firstone. We had 70 students attendand the March library raisedapproximately $700 to use forbooks for the students. Ms.Waass class had the mostattendance and won a CookieParty. Jamal L won a book forthe Mighty Eagle Hunt.
Abstract Art
Hurricane Sandy remindedstudents at March that we
have much to be thankful for.This month, students wereinspired by the abstract workof Paul Klee and wrotemessages of thanks followinghis abstract style.
Enjoy all kinds of foods! That's good advice for kids-and for you. When kids learn toenjoy many foods, they have more choices for smart eating throughout life. That's
good because different foods promote growth and health in different ways. Foodvariety makes eating more interesting and fun, too. Remember: seeing, trying,comparing, and talking about different foods is part of learning. Stay tuned in future
publications and with recipes on tips to get your kids to try and enjoy new foods.
Fresh Fruit and VeggieProgram
The new Leopard mascot was inttendance and prowling around.
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Veterans Acrostics
The Second Gradeclasses took time toremember our veterans.We discuss how Veteransmakes us feel and created
acrostic poems to showour feelings.
Second grade learned a lot
about the history of football
and the traditions of the
Easton vs P'burg game. !Thestudents celebrated the big day
by wearing Easton colors and
sports wear. !They also madefootballs and graphed how fardifferent size footballs went. !It was a great day! !
Go Red Rovers!
November Update
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VISIT THE SCHOOLWEBSITE @
HTTP://WWW.EASTONSD.ORG/MARCH/WELCOME.HTML
SCHOOL ADDRESS:
429 READER STEASTON, PA 18042
PHONE NUMBER:
610-250-2531
Articles
Contributions:
! K. Pasquel! H. Bonilla
! C. Kordek
! N. Niosi! M. Woodland
! J. Brunetti! J. Laslo
! J. Brodhead
Compiled By: M. Kinney and C. Kordek
Its Hip to C ip: Boxtops
Our Little Leopards are doing a FAME-
tastic job of clipping Box Tops for the2012-2013 school year. We set a goal of
raising $1,500.00. The money earned
through the collection of Box Tops will
help to fund our FAME prizes.
We are so excited to share that our school
has already collected $761.00 in box tops.
What a fabulous job! Just wait until you
see our new Box Tops tracking chart in the hall. It will be upsoon! Don't forget to clip box tops and bring them into school
because its HIP to CLIP!
By:! Lianna B
The fourth graders at MarchElementary School are
building birdhouses. Eachstudent receives a small kit
and glues the piecestogether. Then, an adultnails and strengthens the
sides. Finally, the houses are painted a variety of brightcolors. All of the construction is completed over a few days
during the recess block. It is hoped that more hands-onactivities will be done throughout the school year.
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