Newsletter #6
Newsletter
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Whole lotta stuff going on...
the
Lyme School
Serving the Lyme Community for over 100 years
One of the goals of this newsletter is to share with families and community members what is going on in the school, because, if the students you know are anything like some of the students I know, when you asked, “What you did today?”, the answer is occasionally, “ I dunno.. not much...”. More often the reality keeps me running from class to class participating in a whole lot of “not much”. This week students soaked themselves in a barrel of water (not warm water either) to learn about displacement, learned how to collect arboreal data, released butterflies, met a neuroscientist (thank you, Dr. Cramer) and examined a real brain, learned about living with physical disabilities (thank you, Jeffrey and Luanne), participated in a mock olympic games, and, of course, had lots of fun around school with schoolmates running playing and learning (of course there were some spelling tests along the way, which the third grade has told me I have to be at the NEXT one too!).
Middle School Science Checks up on NASA Data
Student Council’s First Morning Meeting
This Wednesday marked the first morning meeting of the year led by the Student Council. This year marks the 12th year that the Lyme (Pine Stand) It is the most important aspect of morning School has contributed data to the Forest School) meeting because it provides an opportunity for Watch program. A program through UNH’s students to become comfortable with speaking Complex System Research Center which is in front of others - finding their voice and taking funded by NASA. The program monitors responsibility for setting the tone of the morning. low level ozone damage of White Pine in Through this activity students, whether they are New England. The data is sent to UNH presenting or not, learn that presenting to an and is used to track ozone levels in the audience is a skill which can become familiar and Northeast Region. Students used a comfortable. Today’s quote: “Imagination is a clinometer to measure trees, recorded data on window to the soul” which, to Grace, means that ground cover, canopy closure and tree diameter imagination is one way you can see what someone is all using basic trigonometry and ratios of π. Students about, who they are and what they are feeling. also collected canopy samples and examined needles under microscopes for ozone damage. This data is used by NASA for Riddle of the day: What was the tallest mountain on earth before Everest was discovered? (answer below). The validation or “ground-truthing” of their Land-Sat images. Clearly Student Council is comprised of Patty Caldwell, NASA knows where to go to be reassured about their Hannah Gelb, Grace Tecca, Simon Turkington, research-- the Lyme Middle School students. Zack Estes, Caroline Watson, Liam Hinsley, Carolyn Elliot, and Jesse Cutting (in no particular order).
(Lyme
Photo Day Tomorrow
6
• Volume: 2 • 2007-2008 SCHOOL YEAR
River Cleanup Sat, Sept 29th
Connecticut River Cleanup Project 8:00am - N. Thetford Boat Launch
and/or
9:00 am - Lyme School Playground
Be sure to bring your mud boots, work gloves and clean water spirit. (answer : Everest)
#
No School Friday October 5th or Monday October 8th
The Plains School 1906 The
Laura Barnes School 1958
Lyme School
Newsletter
Page Two
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Don’t Forget After School Study Every Tuesday from 3-4 pm This is a great place to do homework and/or get help.
at Dartmouth announces Fall Enrollment for Skills-Based Therapy Groups for Children and Parents. Each of the following Groups runs for 8 weeks:: • Anxiety Management Training (Children 7-12) • Social Skills Training (Children 7-12) •Program for Effective Parenting (Child Care Provided for Parent Group) Openings beginning October 2007. Interested families should call 603-650-5847.
Please make sure your child is picked up promptly at 4 pm.
Blisters for Books Friday, October 2nd 8:30-9:00 - ALL of grade 6 9:15-9:45 - Grade 8 ** 9:50-10:20 - Grade 1 10:25-10:45 - Grade K 10:50-11:20 - Grade 3 11:25-11:55 - Grade 4 12:15-12:45 - ALL of grade 7 ** 1:10-1:40 - Grade 5 2:00-2:30 - Grade 2
Registration. Registration for all Ford Sayre Programs will be at the Montshire Museum on Sunday 10/21/07 and Wednesday 10/24/07. Our brochure, which has more detail on all the programs, will be coming out shortly Equipment Night. The alpine racing program has an equipment night hosted by Omer & Bobs on Thursday 10/4/07 at 6:30pm. This is where our coaches and the various vendor representatives will meet with you to help you choose the right equipment for your child.
A sign with running times is posted in the main lobby of the school.
Information is now available for this year’s programs. Please contact Mrs. Skelly at 795-2125. These materials will not be distributed in the mailings, so please contact the school if you are interested or visit the web site : http://cty.jhu.edu/
Message from the
P.T.O.
Clip and save those box tops today!
The first box tops collection will be coming up on October 12th. The kids can bring their box tops in any time between now and then. Time to start clipping and saving!
Week of
10/1 to 10/5
Monday
Inspiring Kids All School Fundraiser The Lyme School is going to try a new kind of fundraiser this coming school year that will not only make a difference in our school and community, but it will also make a difference nationally and globally. We are working with an organization called Inspiring Kids, a non-profit organization that provides school children with a framework for raising money while allowing them to participate in social outreach and environmental stewardship programs. The fundraiser is a bulb-a-thon (similar to a walk-a-thon or dance-a-thon) where the students will get sponsors for daffodil bulbs that will then be planted by the students at the school and the library. Half of the money raised will be deposited into the students’ class accounts. The other half raised will be split between 2 organizations: Donors Choose (donorschoose.org) and Trees for the Future (treesftf.org). For more information on these organizations, please visit their websites. We are excited to raise money while also having a local, national, and global impact. The students will be asking for sponsors from Oct 4th to Oct 17th. The planting will be held on Oct 19th. Please help your child get sponsors and if you can assist with the planting, please contact Sue Hanlon at 353.9933 or [email protected].
Chicken Nuggets Garden Salad Mixed Fruit Brownies
Chef Gary’s Specialty
Upcoming Dates for Ford Sayre
(**A parent volunteer to help count laps is needed as Mrs. Damren will be running with this class)
Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth
Lunch
Tuesday
Chicken Alfredo Garlic Bread Garden Salad Fruit Cake
Wednesday
Turkey Sandwich Chips Fresh Fruit Garden Salad Ice Cream
Thursday
Homemade Pizza Vegetarian, Pepperoni & Cheese Garden Salad Mixed Fresh Fruit Cookies
Friday
No School
Milk is available everyday at Lunch View or print color copies of Newsletters at:
www. LymeSchool.org Contact me at: [email protected] Phone: 795-2125 or just stop by.
Converse Free Library Movie Grades 3-6: The Last Mimzy, (rated PG). October 4th 2-4PM.
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Whole lotta stuff going on...
the
Lyme School
Serving the Lyme Community for over 100 years
One of the goals of this newsletter is to share with families and community members what is going on in the school, because, if the students you know are anything like some of the students I know, when you asked, “What you did today?”, the answer is occasionally, “ I dunno.. not much...”. More often the reality keeps me running from class to class participating in a whole lot of “not much”. This week students soaked themselves in a barrel of water (not warm water either) to learn about displacement, learned how to collect arboreal data, released butterflies, met a neuroscientist (thank you, Dr. Cramer) and examined a real brain, learned about living with physical disabilities (thank you, Jeffrey and Luanne), participated in a mock olympic games, and, of course, had lots of fun around school with schoolmates running playing and learning (of course there were some spelling tests along the way, which the third grade has told me I have to be at the NEXT one too!).
Middle School Science Checks up on NASA Data
Student Council’s First Morning Meeting
This Wednesday marked the first morning meeting of the year led by the Student Council. This year marks the 12th year that the Lyme (Pine Stand) It is the most important aspect of morning School has contributed data to the Forest School) meeting because it provides an opportunity for Watch program. A program through UNH’s students to become comfortable with speaking Complex System Research Center which is in front of others - finding their voice and taking funded by NASA. The program monitors responsibility for setting the tone of the morning. low level ozone damage of White Pine in Through this activity students, whether they are New England. The data is sent to UNH presenting or not, learn that presenting to an and is used to track ozone levels in the audience is a skill which can become familiar and Northeast Region. Students used a comfortable. Today’s quote: “Imagination is a clinometer to measure trees, recorded data on window to the soul” which, to Grace, means that ground cover, canopy closure and tree diameter imagination is one way you can see what someone is all using basic trigonometry and ratios of π. Students about, who they are and what they are feeling. also collected canopy samples and examined needles under microscopes for ozone damage. This data is used by NASA for Riddle of the day: What was the tallest mountain on earth before Everest was discovered? (answer below). The validation or “ground-truthing” of their Land-Sat images. Clearly Student Council is comprised of Patty Caldwell, NASA knows where to go to be reassured about their Hannah Gelb, Grace Tecca, Simon Turkington, research-- the Lyme Middle School students. Zack Estes, Caroline Watson, Liam Hinsley, Carolyn Elliot, and Jesse Cutting (in no particular order).
(Lyme
Photo Day Tomorrow
6
• Volume: 2 • 2007-2008 SCHOOL YEAR
River Cleanup Sat, Sept 29th
Connecticut River Cleanup Project 8:00am - N. Thetford Boat Launch
and/or
9:00 am - Lyme School Playground
Be sure to bring your mud boots, work gloves and clean water spirit. (answer : Everest)
#
No School Friday October 5th or Monday October 8th
The Plains School 1906 The
Laura Barnes School 1958
Lyme School
Newsletter
Page Two
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Don’t Forget After School Study Every Tuesday from 3-4 pm This is a great place to do homework and/or get help.
at Dartmouth announces Fall Enrollment for Skills-Based Therapy Groups for Children and Parents. Each of the following Groups runs for 8 weeks:: • Anxiety Management Training (Children 7-12) • Social Skills Training (Children 7-12) •Program for Effective Parenting (Child Care Provided for Parent Group) Openings beginning October 2007. Interested families should call 603-650-5847.
Please make sure your child is picked up promptly at 4 pm.
Blisters for Books Friday, October 2nd 8:30-9:00 - ALL of grade 6 9:15-9:45 - Grade 8 ** 9:50-10:20 - Grade 1 10:25-10:45 - Grade K 10:50-11:20 - Grade 3 11:25-11:55 - Grade 4 12:15-12:45 - ALL of grade 7 ** 1:10-1:40 - Grade 5 2:00-2:30 - Grade 2
Registration. Registration for all Ford Sayre Programs will be at the Montshire Museum on Sunday 10/21/07 and Wednesday 10/24/07. Our brochure, which has more detail on all the programs, will be coming out shortly Equipment Night. The alpine racing program has an equipment night hosted by Omer & Bobs on Thursday 10/4/07 at 6:30pm. This is where our coaches and the various vendor representatives will meet with you to help you choose the right equipment for your child.
A sign with running times is posted in the main lobby of the school.
Information is now available for this year’s programs. Please contact Mrs. Skelly at 795-2125. These materials will not be distributed in the mailings, so please contact the school if you are interested or visit the web site : http://cty.jhu.edu/
Message from the
P.T.O.
Clip and save those box tops today!
The first box tops collection will be coming up on October 12th. The kids can bring their box tops in any time between now and then. Time to start clipping and saving!
Week of
10/1 to 10/5
Monday
Inspiring Kids All School Fundraiser The Lyme School is going to try a new kind of fundraiser this coming school year that will not only make a difference in our school and community, but it will also make a difference nationally and globally. We are working with an organization called Inspiring Kids, a non-profit organization that provides school children with a framework for raising money while allowing them to participate in social outreach and environmental stewardship programs. The fundraiser is a bulb-a-thon (similar to a walk-a-thon or dance-a-thon) where the students will get sponsors for daffodil bulbs that will then be planted by the students at the school and the library. Half of the money raised will be deposited into the students’ class accounts. The other half raised will be split between 2 organizations: Donors Choose (donorschoose.org) and Trees for the Future (treesftf.org). For more information on these organizations, please visit their websites. We are excited to raise money while also having a local, national, and global impact. The students will be asking for sponsors from Oct 4th to Oct 17th. The planting will be held on Oct 19th. Please help your child get sponsors and if you can assist with the planting, please contact Sue Hanlon at 353.9933 or [email protected].
Chicken Nuggets Garden Salad Mixed Fruit Brownies
Chef Gary’s Specialty
Upcoming Dates for Ford Sayre
(**A parent volunteer to help count laps is needed as Mrs. Damren will be running with this class)
Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth
Lunch
Tuesday
Chicken Alfredo Garlic Bread Garden Salad Fruit Cake
Wednesday
Turkey Sandwich Chips Fresh Fruit Garden Salad Ice Cream
Thursday
Homemade Pizza Vegetarian, Pepperoni & Cheese Garden Salad Mixed Fresh Fruit Cookies
Friday
No School
Milk is available everyday at Lunch View or print color copies of Newsletters at:
www. LymeSchool.org Contact me at: [email protected] Phone: 795-2125 or just stop by.
Converse Free Library Movie Grades 3-6: The Last Mimzy, (rated PG). October 4th 2-4PM.
