April 13,
2010
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Tuesday,
April 20th – Reading (Gr. 3-6)
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Thursday,
April 22nd – Math (Gr. 3-6)
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Tuesday,
April 27th – Science (Gr. 5)
Upcoming
Dates:
April 13 – 6th Gr. Strings Rehearsal
(3:30 pm at TP)
April 13 – TP Transition Team Meeting (7:00 pm in
the TP library)
April 14 – 5th & 6th Gr.
Strings Concert (7:30 pm in the TP gym)
April 19 – TP Programming Team Mtg. (5:30 pm in the
TP library)
April 20 –
April 20 – Board of Education Meeting (7:00 pm in
the MJHS cafeteria)
April 22 -
April 23 – 4th Quarter Interim
April 26 – DIBELS Assessment in gr. K-2
April 26 – TP Programming Team Mtg. (7:30 pm in the
TP library)
April 27 -
April 27 – TP Transition Team Meeting (7:00 pm in
the TP library)
April 29 – 4th Gr. Field Trip to the
May 3-7 – Teacher Appreciation Week
May 4 – 5th & 6th Gr. Band
Rehearsal (3:45 pm bus to ME)
May 5 – 5th & 6th Gr. Band
Concert (7:00 pm in the ME auditorium)
May 7 – PTO Staff Appreciation Luncheon
(11:20-12:10)
May 11 – PTO Meeting (9:30 am)
Principal’s
Report
January 13,
2010
Happy New
Year!
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Holiday
Caring – We were extremely proud of the many ways that our students demonstrated
a caring spirit during the holidays. Some examples include - the kindergarten
classes and their fourth grade buddies teamed up to make festive door
decorations to brighten the holiday for residents of Mercy St. Theresa
Retirement Home and our 6th grade Builders Club helped less fortunate
families by leading a canned food drive for Interparish Ministries Food Pantry.
Additionally, students and families from every grade level contributed
generously to the PTO “Angel Tree” program. These donations provided gifts and
holiday cheer to neighborhood families.
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Lego
Robotics Team – Congratulations to our 5th and 6th grade
Lego League Robotics Team – the TP Travelers! The team, led by coaches Gregg
Siegfried and Tom Zaya, participated in the regional competition held at
Cincinnati State College. This tournament requires students to prepare months in
advance by researching a problem (this year was a transportation problem that is
impacting our community), building a Lego robot and set and programming the
robot to complete specific “missions” related to the theme. During the two day
competition, our team had to present and defend their research in a creative way
to a panel of judges, demonstrate teamwork and then have their robot perform
against other teams in three rounds of timed matches. Our students were rewarded
by winning the prestigious “Rising Star” team award and by qualifying for the
State Finals in February!! Congratulations, TP Travelers and good luck at State
next month!
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Fine Arts –
Yesterday, our students learned some of the secrets of magic during an
entertaining performance put on by Matthew Brian Taylor and his “Magic Theater
Trunk”. Our appreciation goes out to Sherry Holcomb and Tammy Koreman for
coordinating all of our fine arts assemblies and field trips throughout the
year!
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Thank You!
– A huge thank you is in order to the many parents who have volunteered
their time to work in our classrooms, the library, the office, class parties and
PTO activities. Thank you to the parents who helped with the DIBELS testing, to
Darcy Moehring and her committee for the wonderful refreshments and decorations
on Parent-Grandparent Day, to Kimberly McCarthy and Carolyn Falknor and their
committee for providing great dinners for teachers on conference nights, to Lynn
Siegfried for her work on the PTO Website, to Julie Koehler and Kelli Neville
for heading up the Angel Tree holiday giving program, to all of our room parents
for planning class holiday parties, to Shannon Reber for serving as our Lost &
Found Angel, to Julie Coates for organizing holiday cheer for our specials
staff, and to Sonya Geers and Jen Michaelson and their many parent volunteers
for a fabulous teacher luncheon (AND supervision in the cafeteria, office and on
the playground!.)
Upcoming at
January 14 –
TP Spelling Bee (gr. 4-6)
January 15 –
End of 2nd Quarter/1st Semester
January 15 -
90
Minute Early Dismissal for
Students (1:50 pm)
January 18 –
Martin Luther King Jr. Day (No School)
January 21 – 5th
Grade Kindness Retreat (9:00 am – 2:30 pm at the TP
January 22 – 3rd
& 4th Gr. - Rick Sowash “Heroes of
January 22 –
Report Cards Go Home
January 25 –
Early Dismissal for Students (2:20 pm)
January 26-27
– Everybody Counts Programs
January 29 –
Elementary Skating Party (4:30 – 6:30 pm)
February 4 –
Shelley Pearsall Author Visit for Gr. 5-6
February 4 – 2nd
Grade Field Trip to the Cinti Ballet
February 4 –
Title One Reading Parent Program (7:00 pm in the FX library)
February 8 –
Flying Piglet Kick-Off Assembly (2:15 pm in the gym)
February 9 –
PTO Meeting (9:30 am in the cafeteria)
February 9 –
Board of Education Meeting (7:00 pm in the MHJS cafeteria)
February 10 –
Elementary Online Conference Scheduling Begins at 8:00 am
February 10 –
TP Recognition Night (Gr. 4-6, 7:00 pm in the gym)
February 12 –
Check Interim Grades
February 12 –
Valentine’s Day Parties
Principal’s Report
November 10, 2009
Upcoming at
November 10
– PTO Meeting (9:30 am in the cafeteria, Purchasing Mtg. at 10:30 am)
November 11
– 6th Gr. Field Trip to the Cinti Playhouse & Art Museum
November 11
– Veterans’ Day
November 11
& 19 – Elementary Conferences (4:00 – 8:00 pm)
November 13
– Fine Arts Assembly – Wild Carrot Music Group (1:00 pm in the gym)
November
17-19 – Book Fair
November
16-17 – WrAP Testing (gr. 3/4/5/6)
November 17
- Board of Education Meeting (7:00 pm in the MJHS cafeteria)
November 20
– Check 2nd Quarter Interim Grades
November 24
– Parent - Grandparent Day
November
25-27 – Thanksgiving Break – No School
December 10
– Gr. K-4
December 11
– PTO Holiday Lunch for Staff
December 15
- Board of Education Meeting (7:00 pm in the MJHS cafeteria)
December 16
– Gr. 5 & 6 Instrumental
December 21
– January 4 – Winter Break (No School)
January 11 –
DIBELS Testing (gr. K-2)
January 13 –
PTO Meeting (7:00 pm in the cafeteria)
Principal’s
Report
October 14,
2009
AM Kindergarten – Grade 6 – Busses leaving TP at 9:20 am
PM Kindergarten – Bus leaving TP at 12:30 pm
If parents plan to accompany your child to MHS for the vaccination, please be at
school ready to board the bus 10 minutes prior to the designated departure time.
H1N1 updates and all parent communications are posted on the district Web page (www.mariemontschools.org).
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Science Showcase – On
the evening of September 30th, TP students and families came together
to “celebrate science”! At our Family Science Showcase, our school community had
the opportunity to check out our new science lab and participate in hands-on
experiments in the cafeteria and outside led by our 6th grade
scientists. It was a wonderful and fun way to highlight the importance of
science and dedicate our new lab. A HUGE thank you to Sybil Schooler and Heather
Alexander for planning the event and to our 6th grade volunteers who
made helped to make the evening such a success!
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Author Visit –
While a typical author visit might include several
large in-school assemblies followed by in-class writing projects, this year we
took our students out on the road. All K-6 students in the Mariemont CSD
traveled to Avoca Park for a district- wide, multidisciplinary (science,
reading, writing, art) school field trip with children’s non-fiction writer, Ron
Hirschi. While at the park, students in each grade level had the opportunity to
interact with one another as they rotated through a variety of learning
stations. Students participated in a nature study, water study of the Little
Miami River with Mr. Hirschi, and grade level science & writing curriculum
activities. Later in the week, Mr. Hirschi visited each of the 3 schools to work
with students on their own writing. In art class, the students created an art
installation comprised of banners (one per grade level focused on a science
theme) synthesizing their learning. This installation will be displayed for a
week at each school (at TP from 10/23-10/29). I can’t thank our many, many
parent volunteers enough – they were a tremendous help leading groups at Avoca
and helping at the river and with a “Cincinnati Lunch” for Mr. Hirschi! Many
kudos, too, to Author Committee members Roseann Hayes, Linda Ramey, Janet
Morgan, Mary Kay Kroeger, Sandy Wittman-Shell, Diane Gunter, Kevin Maness, Tom
Zaya, Melissa Rupe and Shelley Komrska for over a year of planning for this
wonderful learning experience for our children.
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Bootique – Even though the wet weather didn’t dampen the fun for
our first ever indoor Bootique. Students had a great time with the novelties,
tattoos, Bingo game and treats after school last Thursday. It was a wonderful
prelude to our Pumpkin Festival on October 23rd ! Thank you chair
Hester Sullivan and all of the committee & volunteers for providing this fun
afternoon for our students.
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Lego League
Team – Our Lego League robotics team is off to a fantastic start! Once again,
teacher Tom Zaya and parent Gregg Siegfried are coaching our students in their
multi-dimensional tasks. Our students are studying a local environmental
problem, developing a presentation on how they would solve it and programming a
robot to perform a variety of tasks. Our team will present their research and
compete at a local competition later this year. Best of luck to them!
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Student
Testing Information - In the last several weeks, all Mariemont students in
grades K – 6 have been involved in district and/or state testing. The DIBELS
assessment was administered to children in K – 2. DIBELS is given three times
throughout the year and is designed to assess early literacy skills. Earlier in
September, second through sixth graders took the ERB achievement tests in the
areas of reading, writing and math. Third graders took the Ohio Reading
Achievement Test on October 6th. Teachers and the district use the data from
each of these tests to monitor student progress, develop individual and class
interventions and evaluate district instructional programs. Student results will
be sent home to parents and discussed at conferences.
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Safety
Update – So that we are prepared in the case of an emergency at school, our
students and staff regularly practice fire drills and tornado drills throughout
the year. Additionally, we work closely with the Terrace Park Police and Fire
Departments to plan for and practice building evacuation and lockdown drills in
case there would be an emergency outside or inside the building (bomb threat,
gas leak, intruder, etc.). Our students take this practice very seriously and do
a terrific job.
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Appreciation! A huge thank you to all of the parents who have
signed up to volunteer at school, to be room parents, and to help with the PTO
this year. Our sincere appreciation also goes out to Molly Steele for
coordinating room parents, to Melissa Gearhart for facilitating our volunteer
network, to Kelli Neville and Maria Pidcock for running the Innisbrook
fundraiser,
to Lynn
Siegfried for putting together the school directory, to Gregg Siegfried and Tom
Zaya for getting our Lego Robotics teams organized, to
Jean Marie Nelson for organizing the Mad Science after-school enrichment and to
the volunteers that helped with DIBELS testing and Picture Day. We could not
have had such a great start to our year without you all!
Upcoming at
Terrace Park Elementary:
October 20 - Board of Education Meeting
(7:00 pm in the MJHS cafeteria)
October 22 – End of First Quarter – 90
min. Early Dismissal for Students (1:50 pm)
October 23 – Teacher In-Service (No
School for Students)
October 23 – PTO Pumpkin Festival (5:30 –
8:30 pm)
October 28 – Elementary Parent-Teacher
Conference Online Scheduling Begins (8:00 am)
October 30 – Halloween Parade (12:20 pm)
November 2 – Elementary Report Cards Go
Home
November 3 – Election Day
November 6 – COSI Science Assembly &
Stations
November 9 – Picture Retakes
November 9 – 60 min. Early Dismissal
for Students - 2:20 pm (Teacher ERB In-service)
November 10 – PTO Meeting (9:30 am in the
cafeteria, Purchasing Mtg. at 10:30 am)
November 11 – Veterans’ Day
November 11 & 19 – Elementary Conferences
(4:00 – 8:00 pm)
November 16-19 – Book Fair
November 16-17 – WrAP Testing (gr.
3/4/5/6)
November 17 - Board of Education Meeting
(7:00 pm in the MJHS cafeteria)
November 20 – Check 2nd
Quarter Interim Grades
Terrace
Principal’s
Report
September 15,
2009
Upcoming at
September 15 – PTO Meeting
(9:30 am)
September 15 – Board of
Education Meeting (7:00 pm - MJHS cafeteria)
September 16 – 1st
Grade Enrichment Day at TP
September 17 – Constitution
Day – Flagpole Ceremony at 11:00 am
September 18 – 1st
Quarter Interim
September 22 – 25 – ERB
Testing (gr. 2/3/4/5/6)
September 28 – DIBELS
Assessment (K – 2)
September 29 – Picture Day in
the gym
September 30 – TP Family
Science Showcase (6:00-7:30 pm in the café/lab)
October 5-9 – Ron Hirschi
Author Visit
October 6 – 3rd
Gr.
October 8 – Bootique
(3:20-5:00 pm)
October 14 – PTO Meeting
(7:00 pm in the cafeteria)
October 16 – District 6th
Grade Field Day at TP (12:00 – 2:00 pm)