FLES (Foreign Language Elementary School) Registration Forms (French and Spanish)
Walk to School Day – Tuesday, October 2, 2001
Place an Ad in the 2001-02 NCC Source - Deadline Extended
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The
location of the Walk F.A.R. for NAAR has been changed to the Montgomery County
Fairgrounds in Gaithersburg. Due
to new stringent security procedures at NIH the walk had to be relocated. The
dates and times of the walk all remain the same.
When:
Saturday, September 29, 2001. Check
-In: 9 a.m. Walk: 10 a.m.
Where:
MONTGOMERY COUNTY FARIGROUNDS, Gaithersburg, MD
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Thursday, September 27
ï NO SCHOOL – Yom Kippur
Friday, September 28
ï Sally Foster Orders Due
Saturday, September 29
ï Walk F.A.R. for NAAR (Family & Friends for Autism Research), 10:00 a.m. (LOCATION HAS CHANGED TO MONT CO FAIRGROUNDS. Contact Ms. Taylor or Mr. Ehlman for more details)
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Monday, October 1
ï FLES begins
Tuesday, October 2
ï Walk to School Day
ï PTA Meeting, 7:45 p.m. – Homework Strategies
Wednesday, October 3
ï FLES
"Keep your
face to the sunshine and you will never see the shadows"
As I reflect on the events of Tuesday, September 11, 2001, the gratitude that I feel toward our total school community and your efforts in supporting our children is heartwarming. I hope you had an opportunity during the Back To School night program to read some of the cards the students made for the volunteers and rescue workers. They are wonderful, truly meaningful and thoughtful. It was healing and uplifting for the students to make them and for those who will receive them. Mrs. Robinson is coordinating this effort and will be sending the cards and letters to the Red Cross, Rescue Companies and the New York Police Department. You should be proud of your children’s effort to extend their thoughts to those in need.
Please allow me to take this opportunity to thank you for your attendance, for helping to make the evening a success and for caring. I know there will be no problem the home and school cannot solve together over this coming school year, and I know that your child will be receiving a quality education.
You are welcomed throughout the year to stop by during the regular school hours to see the instructional programs "in action." You do not need an invitation.
Each grade distributed information about the instructional program. If you were unable to attend, please ask you child’s homeroom teacher to send home a copy. It is our goal to continue to provide useful information that will help you work with your child.
Dear Parents and NCC Staff,
While our nation has been struggling to come to terms with the tragic events of the past week, Mrs. Greene and our wonderful staff have done an outstanding job of continuing to keep our children's lives and schedules running smoothly. Their caring, calmness, and control during this event have helped to reassure our students that they are safe and secure. The responsiveness of our entire school community - staff, parents, and students - has been exemplary. We are truly proud to be a part of such a caring and gracious community.
It was great to see everyone at Back To School Night on Thursday evening. Once again, Mrs. Greene along with teachers and staff, produced an informative program. We are working diligently to ensure that the PTA schedule will run as efficiently as possible, and we must start by:
· Thanking Mary Kay Lyddane (301-986-1960), Isabelle Koenig (301-656-1092), and Molly Walpuck (301-907-8974), who have done a super job getting the Sally Foster sale underway. It is now time for us to help by collecting and getting our orders in. Remember the PTA cannot accept cash, but your check made out to NCCPTA is most welcome. Orders are due by September 28.
· Reminder! Giant and Safeway Grocery Receipt programs are about to begin! Please make sure you register your club card so that your credits will go to NCC! Even if you registered last year, you must-re-register. The NCC code for Safeway is 0794 and Giant is 651. In addition, Chevy Chase Supermarket donates 1% of all your purchases to our school so please make sure you send in those receipts. These programs enable the PTA to provide computer equipment and supplies that are vital to enriching the educational experiences of our children. This is a very easy and profitable way for us to support our school.
· Harvest Dinners are being planned! The fall dinner parties are being planned, which will be served on either Friday, November 2 or Saturday, November 3, as the hosts prefer. If you would like to host a party in your home please call Amanda or Diana to volunteer. We are looking for a coordinator for the Spring Dinners to be held on Friday, April 19 or Saturday, April 20, please let us know if you would like to do this job.
· New Family Fun Activity! We are very excited about the "Celebrity Reader's Night," to be held on Tuesday, Oct 23, from 7 - 8:30. We will be inviting local celebrities to read their favorite children's book to our students in the All Purpose Room. This event is being held in conjunction with our Book Fair, which will be open during this read-athon! (This is also Turn Off Your TV Week - what a great time to encourage reading!) We need your help to find celebrities, if you know an author, policeman or woman, fire chief, newscaster or journalist, or other person of notoriety, please pass their names on to us. We are looking for "celebrities" who touch our children's lives everyday - we are not expecting Michael Jordan at this event. Although, if anyone knows Michael he would be most welcome!!!
Thanks to all who have volunteered to chair or participate in a PTA committee or event for the upcoming year. There are still a few positions that are vacant and we welcome any and all who wish to participate. We know that many of you visited Dolly Cohen at the PTA Membership Table on Thursday evening and if you have not yet joined the PTA - please do so! As always, call us if you have any questions or concerns.
Your PTA CO-Presidents,
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Diana Ditto |
Amanda Manheim |
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301-949-3446 |
301-907-9177 - corrected phone number! |
It was great to have so many parents attend our Back-to-School night. We hope that you better understand our expectations and hopes for your children's third grade experience. As you know, we are working on graphing and measuring in math. Work with your children on estimating skills. They are really important for developing number sense. Look in newspapers and magazines for graphs and ask questions about them. In reading, we are focusing on character traits and text-to-self connections.
Please remember to initial your child's Literature Response (W.E.B.) entry each evening. Thanks!
Remember - Poetry Presentations are due September 28th. After your child has memorized the poem, have her/him practice in front of the family. Also, prompts can help overcome anxiety about having to present in front of the class.
Also, please send in (if you haven't already) 2 pictures of your child - one, a baby picture and another, a current picture (hopefully doing something they enjoy). Please keep them to 4"X6" size.
Fifth grade has gotten off to a wonderful start. Students have all received their homework assignment books and should be writing in them each day. Students should have organized their notebooks by now. They need to have a divider for each subject. Parents, please check to see that your child has organized his/her notebook.
In social studies we have begun our unit on Investigating the Past. The culminating activity for this unit is our annual Museum of Family History. This year it will be held on Monday, October 15, 2001, from 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon. Please mark your calendars, as parents are invited to attend. In preparation for this event students need to locate an artifact that they will be able to bring in to display at our museum. If the artifact is too big to transport (i.e., piano or dining room table) the student may make a photo display of the item. No weapons allowed! Students brought home detailed instructions last week.
So far your child should have brought in:
· 4 filled in yellow cards
· $3.50 for the assignment book
· Weekly Reader money
· Filled out emergency dismissal form
· Signed discipline policy
· School supplies as indicated on the list sent home the first day of school
It was great seeing so many parents at Back-To-School Night. If you were not able to attend your child was given all handouts to bring home. Ask your son/daughter for them. We look forward to sharing information about individual children at parent/teacher conferences on November 14 & 15. 2001. If you did not sign up for one last night please contact your child's homeroom teacher to schedule your conference.
Students at NCC NASA Central will be given their first assignment in their Mission Crew Patch Project. This first assignment is worth 5 points and just the first in several to be given and completed before the mission is over. Students will receive an individual grade and team grade for this project. All assignments for this project are designed to be completed during IGI. Once crew patches are finished they will be displayed for public viewing. Student work will be kept by Ms. Brown so crewmembers will not lose it. If parents have any questions please contact Ms. Brown
FLES (Foreign Language in Elementary Schools) begins its after-school language program October 1. Sponsored by the PTA, FLES provides one of the finest enrichment programs in Montgomery County schools. Both French and Spanish languages are taught. Again this year Levels I, II, and III/IV will be offered. The ½ hour lessons are held Monday & Wednesdays beginning at 3:30 p.m. Students may wait before and/or after their class in the Media Center until 5:00 pm under supervision of an adult monitor. The FLES fee for the year, including the Media Center monitor, will be $135. For more information, as well as to register for FLES, please look for the information and registration sheets attached to this newsletter. For questions or more information, call the FLES Coordinator, Tracie Felker (301-588-2333).
First of all, let me express my sincere sympathy to any
of you who have lost loved ones due to the acts of violence committed
against our country. The news from Mrs. Greene that Zoe Falkenberg and her
family had lost their lives in the Pentagon crash came as a terrible blow.
The loss of these potential members of our community, and the vibrancy they
seemed sure to offer, is incalculable.
Before the events of September 11, I was ready to submit a reminder in this column regarding parent signatures. How mundane that seems now, given the events of the past days. And yet, for me, it is the attention to these mundane tasks, done day after day, that we become the scaffolds of love on which our children's lives are built. So it is with my own need for getting back to the quotidian normalcy of educating and raising our precious children that I give you now the following reminder I intended to share:
Apart from your signature on forms sent home from the teachers or main office, the 4th grade team appears to want signatures on a daily basis on the W.E.B. logs (your initials in the margin of each entry) and the homework notebooks. In addition, weekly math packets must be signed to avoid losing points used to calculate math grades.
Let me know how I can be of service to you this year. My phone number is: (301) 718-8598; my e-mail address is: margaret_go@msn.com.
Walk
to School Day is around the corner – Tuesday, October 2, 2001!
NCC is planning a school-wide activity that will allow our bus riders to
take part in this county-wide and international event.
Parents are urged to participate as well. and in addition, we will need a
few volunteers to help the staff oversee the students walking from Chevy Chase
Supermarket to the school. Mrs.
Greene, MCPS/Transportation and staff are all on board for this international
event! See the attached
flyer outlining the specifics of this event, permission slips will be sent home
next week. We will need parents at
the supermarket from approximately 8:30 until 9:15 a.m. to help walk groups of
students from the supermarket to the school.
Please park at the school and walk to the shopping center, or park on the
street outside of the shopping center. Contact
Charlotte or Sam to volunteer.
The next County Council Town Meeting will be held on Monday, September 24 at Tilden Middle School (11211 Old Georgetown Road). The meeting starts at 8:00 p.m., and a reception will be held at 7:30 p.m. The meeting will also be broadcast on County Cable. These Town Meetings happen at least every other year; sometimes yearly. They are open forums so that citizens can ask questions directly of the County Council members, and they are open to all citizens of the county, regardless of district. It would be good to have a large representation from our cluster, as always.
Wouldn't you like an opportunity to "go out to recess" again? Enjoy spending an occasional lunch hour on the playground? If so, please consider becoming a Recess Monitor at NCC. It's a great opportunity to be involved with the children at school. More eyes and ears on the playground help keep the children safe.
You could volunteer for one 30-minute recess shift, or two - once a week or as often as you are able. Please call Ms. Stacy Robins (NCC Counselor) to volunteer, or if you have any questions. Thanks!
Captain.....
Terryn Marette
Lieutenants.....
Michelle Arey
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Alex Olthott
Sergeants
Joseph Levy
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Kyle Saylor
Questions
regarding patrols should be addressed to Ms. Carr-Flanagan or Mr. Ehlman, this
year’s Patrol co-sponsors.
NCC will be celebrating Hispanic Heritage month in various ways in the next few weeks. We will have window displays of artifacts from different countries of Central and South America. The first displays are artifacts from the Incas civilization of Peru. We will also have Susy Hansen (NCC parent) read a book of a Peruvian folktale wearing traditional dress to the third graders. The final week we will display artifacts of the Aztecs civilization (by Laura Beauregard, a parent of a third grader).
The most exciting event was the performance of the group "Cantare,” which was held this morning in two separate assemblies. These two women sing and play instruments from Latin America, and provide the children with a little history about the countries, instruments and songs.
Audubon Naturalist Society (located nearby on Jones Mill Rd.) has an after-school program to teach sixth graders about different ways that scientists understand and explore nature. Called "Nature Investigations", the group will meet weekly under the guidance of a trained naturalist to study plants and animals in the wild, and to practice different techniques that scientists use to learn about nature. Each child can do an actual research project using the Woodend grounds as a "lab." The program will run on Wednesdays, from 4 - 5:30 p.m., October 3 - November 7. Cost is $50 for members; $60 for non-members, and is open to children in grades 6 - 8. For more information, visit the website www.audubonnaturalist.org, or call 301-652-9188. If you have specific questions, you may contact NCC parent, Janna Bialek 301.951.7075 or 301.652.9188 x 21.
The Wheaton-Kensington Chamber of Commerce and Volunteer Rescue Squad invite you to Stand Strong and Proud! In celebration of America, please welcome hundreds of motorcycles and University Blvd between Georgia Ave. and Veirs Mill Rd at approximately 12:00 noon on Sunday, September 23.
Montgomery County Executive & Wheaton Volunteer Rescue Squad invite you to celebrate Latin American Heritage at a free Health, Pedestrian Safety and Cultural Fair. There will be Fire & Rescue demonstrations, Health screening & information, Child Car Seat Check-up, Ethnic Food, music, and crafts this Sunday, September 23, 2001, 11:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. at the Marketplace (Reedie Dr. & Grandview Ave. in Wheaton (one block from Metro).
El Ejecutivo del Condado de Montgomery y Wheaton Volunteer Rescue Squad Inc. invitan a celebrar el mes de la Herencia Latinoamericana. Feria de Salud, Seguridad Peatonal y Cultura. Demostraciones de medidas contra incendios, examenes y consultas con medicos de salud, informacion de seguridad en el transito, inspeccion de Asientos de Seguridad para Ninos. Premios! Musica! Comida! Gratis! Participe! domingo, 23 de septiembre de 2001 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Estacionamiento del MarketPlace, Grandview Ave. & Reedie Dr., Wheaton (cerca de la Georgia Ave., a una cuadra del Metro)
Important
From All of Us Info
The
deadline for each From All of Us will be the Wednesday before the
Friday publication date. Submit
articles to samhoxie@megapathdsl.net,
FirstClass to Sam Hoxie or leave in the FAOU box in the front office.
Attachments (flyers, notices, etc.) must be in the FAOU box by Friday, before
school (only one copy is needed), or given to me by the deadline.
Please let me know by Wednesday if you are planning an attachment.
Note that many attachments may require prior authorization from Mrs.
Greene. A monthly calendar will be
published each month beginning October 2001.
Please be sure you have updated important dates on the master calendar in
the office, or have contacted me to have items included.
Calendar information will also be updated on the new web calendar at http://www.localendar.com/public/nccpta
-- Sam Hoxie