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DATES TO REMEMBER
Friday, November 17
PTO Dinner and Game Night, 5:00-7:30pm
Wednesday, November 22 – Friday, November 24
NO SCHOOL, THANKSGIVING BREAK
Thursday, November 30
Kindergarten – Grade 2 Field Trip to UMass Fine Arts Center, 9:00am
Tuesday, December 5
School Council Meeting, 3:30-4:30pm
Thursday, December 7
Folk Dance Night, 6:30-7:30pm
Friday, December 8
All School Assembly, 2:30-3:00pm
Hello Moose,
A chill is in the air and many families are preparing for next week's Thanksgiving holiday. Fall is really here! At this point in the year things tend to ramp up at school and the students and staff get very busy. The PTO is hosting a Dinner and Games Night tonight beginning at 5:00 in the cafeteria. Bring a dish to share and a game to play (although there will be dinner and games available to all families who would like to attend regardless of their contribution). There is a suggested donation for our PTO if your family is able to make one.
Next week is a 2-day school week with Wednesday - Friday off for the Thanksgiving Break. Hopefully everyone can enjoy some relaxing, family time and delicious food. What a great time to remember what we are thankful for!
Upcoming events include the Kindergarten - 2nd Grade field trip to the UMass Fine Arts Center for a play on November 30. Thanks to the K-2 team who helped to get a Yellow School Bus Grant to help provide transportation for this fun trip. There will be a Folk Dance Night organized by our wonderful music teacher, Ms. Berube, and supported by the PTO on December 7. Knowing the moves or having rhythm are not required to attend! And our traditional Artist in Residence program will occur in December, with all classes participating! Busy, busy, busy! I am thankful to be the Principal in a school that values the arts to this extent. Every day, schools across the nation are cutting arts programming and it is very special that our little school can uphold such wonderful experiences for the children.
Have a fun and safe holiday!
Gratefully,
Jackie
PS. Puerto Rico fundraiser update: Yohann Jordaan, an SES 2nd grader who was born in St. Croix, raised an unbelievable $700 for our walkathon!! This brings our total up close to $4000!! Amazing and fabulous work, Yohann!
***SCHOOL NEWS***
No school on Wednesday, November 22 – Friday, November 24 for Thanksgiving Break!
Picture Retakes will happen on Friday, December 1. If you need a picture retake order form, please email or call your student’s teacher or Jessica, in the office, at [email protected] or 259.1212 x0.
Winter break will start at the early release on Friday, December 22 (12:30 for PreK and 1:00 for K-6th). We return to school on Wednesday, January 3.
***MOOSE INTERVIEW OF THE WEEK***
JCB: What is your favorite thing to do at school?
IS: P.E. playing Zombie Apocalypse. It’s a game that starts with two zombies and they’re riding on scooters. And there are yarn balls and if someone throws it at you and it touches you or if you touch it with your foot, you’re a zombie and you have to get a scooter and be a zombie. And when everybody’s a zombie we start a new round!
JCB: What is your favorite food?
IS: Can it be a beverage?
JCB: Yes.
IS: Hot cocoa.
JCB: Who makes it the best?
IS: My mom.
JCB: What is your favorite thing to do at home?
IS: Draw. I like to draw pictures of animals and magical things.
JCB: If you could be any animal what animal would you be?
IS: A Hippogriff! It’s a bird mixed with a lion.
JCB: Is there anything you’re looking forward to at school this year?
IS: I’m looking forward for the next Book Fair.
JCB: Is there anything else you’d like the Shutesbury community to know about you?
IS: I’m in ensemble in Beauty and the Beast. It’s in January and there’s going to be 9 plays! (LSSE production of Beauty and the Beast opens on January 11, 2018 at Bowker Auditorium)
Photo credit to Martina Dooley-Carvalho.
***PTO NEWS***
Reminder - Soup and Games Night is this Friday!
Please note, donations for the event are appreciated but not required. If you wish to use this opportunity to give to our PTO to help support many of the programs that our school counts on, we will be that much closer to reaching our yearly goal. However, all are welcome to come, eat, and play games with fellow families with or without a donation. We hope to see you on Friday! And there's still time to sign up to bring food or help with the event - there are still open slots!
We hope to see you all at this Friday's Soup and Games Night - and don't forget to bring a game to share with friends for the evening!
Event info:
Date/Time: Friday November 17th 5pm-7:30pm
Location: SES cafeteria
To volunteer to bring food or help with the event, sign up by going to:
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/508054fafa82e5-sesdinner
***MOOSE ON THE MOVE NEWS***
The movin’ moose are back at it – meeting on Wednesday mornings from 8:00-8:30 with Mr. Carra and on Friday afternoons from 3:10-4:00 with Jessica, Nurse Katie and Ms. Tyner through December 15. We are logging our miles on paper and with our new system – EZ Scan – on an Ipad! It’s great to see those laps rolling in! We plan to walk in (mostly) all weather so if you are going to join us at the track, please dress accordingly.
At the next assembly we will be recognizing more children who have made it to their 10-mile mark!
10 Miles!
Jackson Fjeld
David Hawkins
Ella Lester
Sam Malcolm-Brown
***COMMUNITY NEWS***
Make Your Own Ceramic Holiday Ornaments!
Thursdays November 30 and December 7 from 1-3 pm
Saturdays December 2 and 9 from 2:30-4:30 pm
Fee is $75 for both sessions and includes materials and firing
Come play with clay in a low key light hearted way! The first session we will make clay ornaments using a variety of techniques and the second session we will glaze them. All levels of experience welcome.
Val Gilman, is a potter and sculptor working in Shutesbury. She teaches out of her studio as well as through the Cancer Connection and she shows at Gallery A3 and in the Paradise City shows.
Click here for more information
-- http://www.taprootartsinsight.com/studio-classes.html
Sunday, December 3; 10:30AM-2PM; Eating Your Way to Strong Bones
An adequate supply of calcium is necessary to build and maintain strong, healthy bones. Of course, many simple and delicious foods supply this essential mineral – beans, leafy greens, soy foods, sea vegetables, nuts, seeds and a few special grains. Yet some foods increase our calcium needs and others inhibit its uptake, while others actually steal it from our teeth and bones. To cut through calcium confusion and discover delicious ways to nourish your bones, join Leslie Cerier for this fun and informative hands on vegetarian cooking class.
For more information on each class, please go to www.lesliecerier.com/classes
Cost per class is $75, paid in advance to Leslie Cerier or $100 at the door if there is room. For more information, please email Leslie:[email protected] or call Leslie on her landline: 413-259-1695; no Texts
Live the Super Luscious Life with Leslie
Leslie Cerier, The Organic Gourmet, Farm to Table, Chef, Hosts Organic B&B, Teaches Vegetarian Cooking from the Heart, Private and Group Classes Locally, at your home and worldwide; Award Winning Nature Photographer, Cookbook Author www.lesliecerier.com; Email [email protected]
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