THE COLE TIMES March 9, 2012 Grace Farrar Cole School 81 High Street Norwell MA 02061 (781) 659-8823 www . norwellschools . org Interim Principal, John Shea M ARK YOUR CALENDAR Mar 11 Daylight Savings Time Mar 13 Norwell Scholastic Art Society Meeting; 7:00 pm at NHS Library Mar 14 Staff Appreciation Breakfast Mar 20 Cole PTO Meeting, 7:30 pm Mar 23 Grades 2 - 5 Clipper Fun Night, 6:30 at Vinal Mar 30 PTO Pizza/Bingo Night THIS WEEK AT COLE It’s been a busy week at Cole! This week the Tanglewood Marionettes performed their production of “The Dragon King” for the entire school. Based on a Chinese folk tale, it tells the story of a grandmother who journeys to the bottom of the sea to seek the Dragon King and find out why he has forsaken the land above. Sponsored by the PTO, the Tanglewood Marionettes have been coming to the Cole school for many years and is always a favorite with students and teachers. On Thursday, the cast and crew of Norwell Middle School’s production of “High School Musical” came to present a sneak peak of their show. All of our students enjoyed seeing their older siblings, neighbors or friends sing and dance. The staff also enjoyed seeing their former Cole students shine. Also on Thursday, our 4th & 5th graders were visited by author Jonathan Auxier. He spoke to the students about his book, “Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes”, his literary influences and the process of writing. His enthusiasm had many of the students eager to read and write! GET FIT ACROSS AMERICA Cole’s 4th graders are participating in Mr. Thornton’s Get Fit Across America program by keeping track of their weekly exercise. In conjunction with the 4th grade social studies curriculum that studies different regions of the country the children will travel across America using the miles generated from each student’s physical activity. For every mile a student runs or walks, the miles will be logged to see how far they can travel across and around America. For each physical activity or sport a student completes (swimming, cycling, dancing, gymnastics, skating, jump roping, shoveling snow, basketball, soccer, hockey just to name a few) it will count for just 1 mile. The bulletin board is up and is ready for miles! LEGO ROBOTICS VOLUNTEERS NEEDED Volunteers are needed to help with the Recess Robotics program. This program is open to all 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students and is completely parent driven. It gives students an opportunity to build and run a Lego robot giving them valuable engineering experience in a fun way. More parents are needed to ensure that all students who wish to participate get a chance this season. Training will be provided. If you are able to help, please contact JeanMarie Iwanicki at genebellana @ verizon . net.
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THE COLE TIMES March 9, 2012Grace Farrar Cole School81 High Street Norwell MA 02061 (781) 659-8823 www.norwellschools.org Interim Principal, John Shea
MARK YOUR CALENDAR Mar 11 Daylight Savings TimeMar 13 Norwell Scholastic Art Society Meeting; 7:00 pm at NHS LibraryMar 14 Staff Appreciation BreakfastMar 20 Cole PTO Meeting, 7:30 pmMar 23 Grades 2 - 5 Clipper Fun Night, 6:30 at VinalMar 30 PTO Pizza/Bingo Night
THIS WEEK AT COLEIt’s been a busy week at Cole! This week the Tanglewood Marionettes performed their production of “The Dragon
King” for the entire school. Based on a Chinese folk tale, it tells the story of a grandmother who journeys to the bottom of the sea to seek the Dragon King and find out why he has forsaken the land above. Sponsored by the PTO, the Tanglewood Marionettes have been coming to the Cole school for many years and is always a favorite with students and teachers.
On Thursday, the cast and crew of Norwell Middle School’s production of “High School Musical” came to present a sneak peak of their show. All of our students enjoyed seeing their older siblings, neighbors or friends sing and dance. The staff also enjoyed seeing their former Cole students shine.Also on Thursday, our 4th & 5th graders were visited by author Jonathan Auxier. He spoke to the students about his book, “Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes”, his literary influences and the process of writing. His enthusiasm had many of the students eager to read and write! GET FIT ACROSS AMERICA
Cole’s 4th graders are participating in Mr. Thornton’s Get Fit Across America program by keeping track of their weekly exercise. In conjunction with the 4th grade social studies curriculum that studies different regions of the country the children will travel across America using the miles generated from each student’s physical activity. For every mile a student runs or walks, the miles will be logged to see how far they can travel across and around America. For each physical activity or sport a student completes (swimming, cycling, dancing, gymnastics, skating, jump roping, shoveling snow, basketball, soccer, hockey just to name a few) it will count for just 1 mile. The bulletin board is up and is ready for miles!
LEGO ROBOTICS VOLUNTEERS NEEDEDVolunteers are needed to help with the Recess Robotics program. This program is open to all 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students and is completely parent driven. It gives students an opportunity to build and run a Lego robot giving them valuable engineering experience in a fun way. More parents are needed to ensure that all students who wish to participate get a chance this season. Training will be provided.
If you are able to help, please contact JeanMarie Iwanicki at [email protected].
SPRING MCAS SCHEDULE Spring MCAS are quickly approaching. It is very important for your child to be in school on these days.
Date Grade Date Grade
March 20 4th Grade Long Composition
May 8 - 9 3rd Grade Math
March 21-22 3rd Grade ELA
May 10 -11 5th GradeMath
March 27 - 28 5th Grade ELA
May 15 - 16 4th GradeMath
March 29 - 30 4th Grade ELA
May 17 - 18 5th GradeScience & Technology
The Norwell Scholastic Arts Society (NSAS) is a parent association formed to advocate for the importance of arts education for all students,build awareness in the community of the many arts performances and events that occur in our schools, and raise funds to support the visual art, theatre and music programs of the Norwell Public Schools.We in Norwell are very fortunate to have robust arts programming in our schools, as evidenced by the many talented students who have gone on to study the arts to much acclaim. It is our hope that by encouraging parents and community members to be more involved with the arts, we can offer our students even more opportunities. While NSAS was initially formed to promote the arts at Norwell High School, as of 2011, its mission is expanding to include advocacy and fundraising for the arts in grades K-12! Please come to our next meeting, March 13th at 7:00 pm at Norwell High School Library.
BAND ALL-STARSCongratulations to the following student for their achievements in band: GOLD: Caroline Richter on baritone. Caroline also earned Platinum on trumpet in 4th grade.
KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATIONKindergarten registration was this week. If your child is eligible for Kindergarten this coming September and you did not come to registration, please call Joyce Tracey in the Cole Office at 781-659-8823.
PTO CORNER
PRIZES NEEDED! We are collecting prizes for the Cole School's Pizza/BINGO Night (March 30th). Please send in any duplicate, non-returnable or extra gifts you don't know what to do with to be recycled and used as BINGO prizes for this event. There is a collection bin in the front entry of the school.
Be sure to come to this fun, annual event. It’s always a wonderful time and we never know who are “guest callers” will be. Maybe one of your favorite teachers?The next PTO meeting will be at 7:30 PM in the Cole Cafeteria.
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