Little Leopard News December 2012

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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 @

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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.