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October was a big month for the Little Leopards. Injust one short month, the LittleLeopards collected1,316 Box Tops! Kindergarten collected the mostand will be recognized at the March Pride Assembly.We are proud of our students and their families forraising $438.60 since the beginning of the year!

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March Families Step Up to the Plate: Math and Literacy NightOn Wednesday, November 9,

from 6:00-8:00, the evening was

kicked off with Troy Hein, authorof the Jay at Play series. He

stayed for the evening to sign

books and talk with parents.!!Ourschool

was

fort-

unate to

have

high

schoolstudents and East Stroudsburg

students help

with the evening activities.

! Families followed mapsthat took them to: dribbling up to basketballs

missing addends

football math

designing new sports fields

folding cubes of numbers

minute mania in the gym,

sports 4Square writing

sports vocabulary.

! In addition, educationalcomputer activities gave studentsan opportunity to show off for

their families how much they have

learned and made themselves

proud in math and literacy all year

! Parents took part in abreak-out session giving them

information and activity ideas to

use at home.! Many lucky families wondoor prizes of books, gift

certificates, school sweatshirts, an

school supplies. A huge thank you

to all of the families and staff that

made another math and literacy

night a success.

More pictures on Pg 9

Students doing as many

physical activities in a minute

and determine how many

points they earned at Math


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Bookfair FamilyNight

On Oct 26, we held ourBookfair Family Nightwhich also consisted ofan evening presentationfrom Alan St. Jean.

Families were able tocome back and shop atthe Scholastic Bookfairand then hear Mr. St.Jeanshareabouthow hebecameanauthor.

We hada greatturn andall thatcame had a great time.

Room 215 is hardat work usingletters and videosto communicate.This month, MissElys 3rd grade

class has become pen-pals with a 3rd grade class in Harrisburg,

PA. Miss Elys class created a video which included a greetingand invitation to be pen-pals and sent the video to the third gradeclass in Harrisburg. After choosing our pen-pals, we are now hardat work writing letters back and forth to each other. Next month,we hope to use videoconferencing to teachthe class in Harrisburg agame we play duringMorning Meeting!

The Kindergartenclasses at MarchElementary celebrated

their annual FriendshipFeast beforeThanksgiving Break. The students participated in activities across curriculum such as listening to stories about the first Thanksgiving,writing about friendship and things they were thankful for, and makipattern place mats. Activities culminated with a feast of cornbread,craisins, apple juice, and our homemade butter and popcorn.

Bookfair FamilyNight

On Oct 26, we held ourBookfair Family Nightwhich also consisted ofan evening presentationfrom Alan St. Jean.

Families were able tocome back and shop atthe Scholastic Bookfairand then hear Mr. St.Jeanshareabouthow hebecameanauthor.

We hada greatturn andall thatcame had a great time.

Room 215 is hardat work usingletters and videosto communicate.This month, MissElys 3rd grade

class has become pen-pals with a 3rd grade class in Harrisburg,

PA. Miss Elys class created a video which included a greetingand invitation to be pen-pals and sent the video to the third gradeclass in Harrisburg. After choosing our pen-pals, we are now hardat work writing letters back and forth to each other. Next month,we hope to use videoconferencing to teachthe class in Harrisburg agame we play duringMorning Meeting!

Much of the success studentshave is because of ourwonderful paraprofessionals.These group of individualsare dedicated to our studentsand we are thankful!

The Kindergartenclasses at MarchElementary celebrated

their annual FriendshipFeast beforeThanksgiving Break. The students participated in activities across curriculum such as listening to stories about the first Thanksgiving,writing about friendship and things they were thankful for, and makipattern place mats. Activities culminated with a feast of cornbread,craisins, apple juice, and our homemade butter and popcorn.

Miss Elys 3rd GradeClass Pen Pals

Kindergarten

Friendshi Feast


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! This month March Elementary students were ableto use one of EASD iPad2 carts. Students used the

iPads in the library with Miss Kordek and music with

Miss Klabunde.!In library all grade levels used the iPads. 1st and2nd read an interactive story, Fantastic Flying books of

Mr. Morris Lessmore. While 3rd and 4th did a QR

scavenger hunt practicing

library skills. They also

had a chance to explore

other apps.! In music 3rd gradecreated rhythm patterns

using MadPad.

ESL: Where I ComeFrom

During our monthly March

Pride Assembly, all of our

ESL students shared a song

with the teachers andstudents. This same song was

shared at ESL Family Night

that was held on October 19.

The students sung a song

called: Where I Come

From, which is about the

cultures we come from,

what different cultures are

like, and how it is important

to be proud of where youcome from. After the

students sung a song, there

were many pictures shared to

show what we do in ESL

class. The ESL students were

very proud of their

performance and they did a

great job singing! Click here

to see the video.

Surprise Visit from Lafayette Leopardand Football Coach! On Friday Nov 4, Marchstudents had a surprise visit from

Leo the Leopard, lafayette

Colleges mascot and theirfootball head coach, Frank

Tavani. They came to invite our

students to attend their home

game on Sat Nov 6 against

Colgate. They also gave the

students free tickets for them-

selves and their parents.

! Mr. Tavani talked to thestudents about the importance of

report cards and academics. He

shared the he looks at all his

players grades because they need

to be doing well academically in

order to play.

iPads in the Classroom

Students had a blast!!!

GoLeopards!!

Lafayette won 37-24
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March Students wereBackPack Buddies

TheNational Honor Society"inconjunction with the Volunteer

Center of the Lehigh Valley

and Second Harvest Food

Bank collected non-perishable

food items for one week in

October for the "Be a

BackPack Buddy" program. "A collection bin was located in

the the Cafetorium and the

F.A. March students made a

great effort, bringing in many

donations. "Food items thatwere collected will be placed

in backpacks and given to

local children whose families

are in need. Thanks to all of

our F.A. March families who

participated!

In second grade, Mrs. Rodrigues'

class worked on oral reading

fluency and expression through

reading a play and singing a song.

Students invited their relatives to

watch them perform The StrongestOne, an American Indian tale

retold by Joseph Bruchac, and the

song "The Ants Go Marching In."

The story is about a little red ant

that leaves her colony to find the

answer to the question "Who is the

strongest one of all?" After

exploring nature looking for the

answer, and returning to the

colony, the little red ant realizes

that ants can be the strongest onesin some ways, even being so

small. The audience of about forty

adults and children were delighted

with the performance and

enthusiastically joined the song

about busy, marching ants and the

end of the performance. A video of

the play was produced by a groupof students with Mrs. Rodrigues,

which was projected at the most

recent F.A. March assembly,

providing the opportunity to share

their experience also with the

other students and school staff.

Mrs. Rodrigues concludes, "We

worked in our reading skills,

integrating Language Arts,

Science, Art and Technology, but

most of all we learned that even ifwe are small, we can be very

strong if we work hard and give

First in

Math

An o n l i n emath program

with games to practiceall areas of math skills.It can be played both atschool and home.

Top Monthly Class

4th Grade -! Mr. Hinkle (1,901)3rd Grade -! Miss Haller (6,672)2nd Grade -

Mrs. Rodrigues (7,070)

Total School Count:

29,001

Mrs. Rodriguess 2nd Grade Class:The Strongest One


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" The First Grade Students at F.A. March ElementarySchool participated in their first RIF day for the 2011-2012school year with a special kick-off event. The entire eventwas centered around the story element of characters andmany special guests attended.

" Students were invited to dress-up astheir favorite story book character while theyrotated through various literacy-based center.The students created story maps and workedon the computers. Their favorite centerincluded a surprise guest reader from theEaston Area High School." The students enjoyed acting out thestory entitled, The Little Old Lady Who WasntAfraid of Anything, by pretending to be the

characters in the book. They also were treated with a visit from twopast alumni who shared what our school was like when they attended F. A. March School. As you cansee, it was a jammed packed day and everyone had a FAME-tastic time!

" On Wednesday, November 2nd, March School

PTA hosted a McTeacher Night at McDonalds to raisemoney for school-wide events. We had a terrific turnoutwith 21 staff members making and serving food to manyof our March School families. The location of the event helped to

bridge the gap between our school location andmany of the families thatattend March. It wasgreat to look out frombehind the counter and see the excitement

that each child was feeling as they walked inand saw their teachers. March PTA received20% of all profits made during our 4-hourshift. Our hard word paid off, as we wereable to receive a check for $637.80 fromMcDonalds. What a fantastic event!

March McTeacher Night

First Grade Stepped Up tothe Plate with RIF


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" November 11, 2011 (11/11/11)we honored both the Veteransthat served our country as well asgrandparents. We hadapproximately 35 grandparentsattend." The day began with anassembly in the Cafetorium.Students and visitors sangAmerica the Beautiful followedby Mrs. Rodriguess 2nd gradeclass singing the 11-11 March." Mrs. Steinberg, our principal,read two poems forGrandparents and Veterans.

She also honored Veterans byhaving them come forward toreceive a flag." Grandparents then went backto the classrooms with thestudents and did a variety ofactivities about Grandparents

and Veterans. In one classroomthey watched a Readers Theater(below). In another they did anactivity comparing what was thesame and different betweenthem. Both Grandparents andstudents had a great time.

East StroudsburgStudent Visitors

Seventeen students from East

Stroudsburg attended our

Math/Literacy Night on

November 9th. "As part ofMrs. Baldwin's reading class

at ESU, the students helps

facilitate reading and math

activities as well as physical

activities in the gym . "OurLittle Leopards really

enjoyed the ESU elementary

student's help and

enthusiasm! "The ESUstudents really enjoyed

meeting our students and

parents at this very special

after school activity."

! While reading the story Tops andBottoms, Mrs. Costellos third grade class

explored the rich character traits associated

with the memorable characters, Bear and

Hare. The students were able to identify

traits that depicted both characters behavior

and their actions in the story. They used

story details to support

and prove that particular

character trait matched

the characters personality.

! Miss Smith, a student teacher fromBloomsburg University, turned this enjoyable stor

into a readers theater. Practicing their fluency,

prosody, and strong speaking voices, the children

performed the Readers Theater during

Grandparents and Parents Visitation Day.

Mrs. Costellos 3rd

Grade Reader Theater

Veterans andGrandparents

Day


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Character Parade

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On Oct 28,we had our annual

character parade and fallcelebrations. Students dressed up as

their favorite story book charactersand paraded around the school.


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n art class at F.A. March Elementary,

econd grade just finished studying the

rtwork of Vincent Van Gogh. The

udents analyzed the floral works of Van

Gogh to see how he combined lines to

reate his beautiful vases. They then used

variety of materials (oil pastels,

watercolor, and tissue paper) to create

heir own vase of flowers inspired by Van

Gogh, but with their own twists and

ersonalities of course! Fabulous work,

econd rade!

Art Class

with Miss Reifsnyder!


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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:

! S. Telesz

! C. Kordek! C. Rodrigues

! N. Niosi! M. Kinney

! J. Baldwin

! J. Brunetti! M. Winkler

! A. Stetler! J. Ely

! E. Costello

! K. Waring! D. Williams

Compiled By: M. Kinney and C. Kordek

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