Georgetown Elementary School

Upcoming Activities…… Tae Kwon Do and Learn to Ice Skate

Tae Kwon Do is being offered for students ages 8 and  up.  It will be on Tuesday evenings starting December 1.  Please see the attached form or you may register online at www.hudsonvillepublicschools.org.  or call Community Ed at 669-7747.

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Learn to Ice Skate is also being offered for children ages 3 and up.  It will be offered on Saturdays, starting November 28.    Please see the attached form or you may register online at www.hudsonvillepublicschools.org or call Community Ed at 669-7747.

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Thanks and have a great afternoon.

Mrs. Nurenberg  : )

The staff and students at Raey Guang Elementary learn about American customs and traditions while they are studying English.  This week, they learned about Halloween—even holding an all school assembly about the holiday.  Enjoy these videos created for us!

There are many rumors circulating about the H1N1 influenza virus.  Because of this, I appreciate news coverage that works to sort out fact from fiction.  Morning Edition brought together specialists to answer common questions about this flu virus that is helpful to read.

My daughter is home recovering from the H1N1 virus.  She has been very ill and as the article explains, children and young adults are being hit the hardest.  If your child has flu like symptoms it is the swine flu because this is the only flu around right now.   The “normal” flu season has not yet begun—which means we will continue to focus on PREVENTION at school this fall and winter.

Please make sure that you keep your child home from school if there is a fever and/or sore throat, and chronic dry cough.  If your child develops a fever at school, we will call and ask that you pick up your child up as soon as possible.

Thank you for help as we all work hard to keep our kids healthy.

Our first week in November brings sugar withdrawl, a time change and parent/teacher conferences.  Check the schedule below for details about upcoming events…as well as your child’s classroom blog.

Due to a technical difficulties, the software responsible for our report card data crashed over the weekend.  Please be patient as we all work to develop reports to share during conferences.

Teachers very much look forward to sharing your child’s progress with you at conferences.  They put a great deal of time into preparing for these…and utilizing every minute of the time available.   I will be using the intercom system to announce the start/end time, attempting to help keep teachers and parents punctual.

Have a great week!

Our art students have been working hard to create spectacular artwork for this fun event.  Your child’s artwork will be displayed in a beautiful mat and frame which can be purchased in the frame during the art fair.

There will be a make-n-take craft table with holiday cards and door prizes too!

Your child will be bringing home an Art Fair invitation soon – please return the RSVP card to school, since this will indicate the number of frames and supplies we need to order for the event.

We were just informed by our Technology Department that the software responsible for our report card data base has crashed. The system will be down this weekend and likely into next week.

Our teachers want the most up to date marks on the report cards, and therefore, they use this weekend to finalize scores and add comments for each student. Within the last hour, they found out that they cannot access report cards—and will not be able to share the report card with you during conferences this coming week.  As you can imagine, this has been a very stressful Saturday morning for them.

Once the Powerschool software is repaired, report cards will be completed and sent home.  During conferences, teachers will be highlighting strengths and areas for growth and sharing work samples.

Thank you for understanding this technical predicament at a most unfortunate crunch time!

Mrs. Reagan

The winners of the October Scavenger Hunt are as follows:

• Mrs. Stadt’s Class: Most students to participate in the blog hunt.  They will receive one hour of “Principal Time” in the coming week!
• And, Jordan, in Mrs. Greenlund’s class who will receive a gift card to Barnes and Noble and lunch OUT to a restaurant of her choice with the principal, Mrs. Reagan!

There were 120 students who participated in the scavenger hunt.  Each of the participates will be entered into the reading counts drawing…and this will take place on December 15.

Posted below is a slide show of the hour I spent with Mrs. McDonald’s class-–winners of the September Scavenger Hunt.   We spent an hour writing together in a top secret location.  See if you can tell from the photos where we were!

And…we will have one final scavenger hunt in November that is focused on teachers.  The prizes will be a little different with more chances to win.  Watch the blog for clues.

Time is running out.  Our Governor and legislative leaders in Lansing are proposing devastating cuts to public education.  In addition to the $165 per pupil cut to all public schools, the State Budget Director has notified school leaders another $127 per pupil cut is coming in less than 30 days.  The only way this will not happen is if our Governor and legislators can agree to a funding solution addressing the revenue shortfall.  To find out how to help prevent this funding crisis, please listen to my message and visit the links here:   FUNDING CRISIS

To find out more about the history of school funding, FIVE DAYS TO FIX SCHOOL FUNDING, GR PRESS

Nicholas Ceglarek, Superintendent

Georgetown Township Fire Department
“Fire Coats 4 Kids- No Child Goes Cold”
Coat Giveaway Night

GTFD would like to extend an invitation to the families in Hudsonville and Jenison School Districts who are in need of winter clothing to come and join us at our Fire Station #2, 7518 Church St., on Tues., Nov. 10th from 6-8pm to receive a free winter coat.  We also have, snow pants, mittens, scarfs, and hats to giveaway. You can pick from a large selection.
Also come in for dinner!  Free pizza, courtesy of Papa Murphy’s, and pop will be served.
Please RSVP with your total coats needed, including gender and sizes to: 616-862-4001, or 616-706-4020.
If you are unable to make this event and are in need of winter clothing, please leave your information with your school secretary and we will bring it to your school.  Thanks so much.

Remember to turn your clocks back one hour

on November 1.  If you are curious about the

history of daylight savings time, check this

link: Daylight Savings