I have a few things to send out from the office. A couple are activities from Community Ed and the others are notes from the office.
PE CARES FOOD DRIVE
The P.E. C.A.R.E.S. Food drive will be ending on Wednesday, November 18. The food this year will be going to the Water of Life Church for their food pantry. Thanks for all your help in this cause so far and remember to bring in your canned goods by Wednesday. Also if you know a family that could benefit from the food drive, please call Nicole Poolman, from Water of Life Church at 667-9348.
BOOK FAIR
Our wonderful volunteers from the book fair just wanted to make you aware that if your child ordered a book that was on back order they should receive these orders by the end of the week. There was a communication error with Scholastic so the orders are coming in a little later than anticipated. Sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused.
BUS LOOP–PLEASE READ
Parents please make sure you read this message. It was brought to our attention from the bus drivers that parents are dropping students off in the back parking lot that adjoins to the Baldwin Street Middle School. On behalf of the bus drivers and our staff here at Georgetown we ask that any students being dropped off at school be let off in the front loop by the main entrance to the school. From here students may walk around the building using the sidewalks to get to their playground. The bus drivers are especially concerned with the students’ safety as they witnessed a child almost being hit by another car in the parking lot and occasionally the students cut through the bus loop and they are concerned that a student may be hit by a car or a bus. Thanks for helping us out with this safety issue!
COMMUNITY ED ACTIVITIES
SNOWMOBILE SAFETY
Snowmobile safety is being offered through Community Ed. This class is for students between the ages of 12 and 16 and those 11 years of age who will be 12 by March 1, 2010. This class is being held on Saturday, December 12 from 9a to 1p. If you have any questions you may call the Community Ed office at 669-7747 or visit the website at hudsonvillepublicschools.org. There is also an attached flyer that you may print off to register your child and has more information regarding this class.
Hudsonville Hoops is an AAU club that is offering basketball for girls in 5th through 8th grade. Registration deadline is November 21 and must be done online at http://eteamz.com/hudsonvillehoops. If you have any questions regarding this you may also contact Jeff Wood at 307-5055 or email hudsonvillehoops@hotmail.com.
Community Ed has just sent out the flyer in regards to wrestling for boys in grades K-6th. The first practice and parent meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, December 1 at 6:30pm. Please see the attached flyer for more information and registration. If you have questions please contact Hudsonville Community Ed at 669-7747, ext 3 or visit the Community Ed website at www.hudsonvillepublicschools.org
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.
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.
Good Friday afternoon. I am just posting a couple of flyers in regards to upcoming Community Ed Activities. The first one is for “Learn to Skate” and is for children ages 4 and up. This will be held at Tarry Hall Roller Rink and there are two sessions availabe. The second flyer is for Soccer and Flag Football. This is for children ages 3-12. These classes will be held at SoccerZone in Jenison and have some of the classes have choices as to which day/time you would like. Please see the attached flyers for more information for these activites or you may contact Community Ed at 669-1740, ext 3 or online by visiting www.hudsonvillepublicschools.org.
Please read the attached form in regards to a babysitting class that is being offered through Community Ed. It is for boys/girls ages 11-15. It will be held on Friday, October 23. (This is a scheduled day off for students.) If you have any questions please contact Community Ed at 669-1740, ext 3.
Community Ed is offering classes for gymnastics, dance and more. There is even a boys only gymnastics class offered and a SURVIVOR CHALLENGE class! Ages for the gymnastics start as early as age 2 and the other classes are offered for 1st grade and up.
Please see the attached flyers or contact the Community Ed office at 669-7747, ext #3. You may also register online at www.hudsonvillepublicschools.com.
I would love to promote a ballet performance by Turning Pointe School of Dance (studios in Holland and Hudsonville) that is entertaining, child-appropriate and beautiful. In the interest of full disclosure, my daughter dances with this company, and although biased, I can vouch for the quality of the performances.
There will be four performances of Peter and the Wolf and The Rag Coat on Friday, October 9. These will be held at the Knickerbocker Theatre in Holland, Michigan. The time for shows are 10 am, 1 pm, 6 pm, 7:30 pm.
If you are interested in tickets, call 616-394-7109 or
During the second week of school, we continued to focus on climate (BE NICE) in the classroom, hallways, lunchroom and playground. To help students learn games for the playground, we paired upper el students with lower el students focused on fun, trouble free games.
Mrs. Jurewicz and a team of teachers led outside recess game training on September 18th. You can view photos from this day on Mrs. Quigley’s blog. We will hold another day of training for grades 3,4 and 5 — and this training will culminate in a PULL (tug-o-war) to determine which local college is tops (Hope or Calvin). This will be held on September 25 which is also our first popcorn day. Details coming about how to pick your team in a post later this week.
We also created a video tutorial for inside recess games during rainy or very cold Michigan days. Actors featured are from Mrs. Boersma, Mr. Gort, Mrs. Jurewicz, and Mrs. Bouwen’s classes. These are games that can be played at home, too.
The office is sending out a flyer for a Community Ed Activity that is coming up. ART ROCKS! is a class offered to boys and girls in grades PK-6. This class will be starting the week of October 12. For more information regarding this opportunity please see the attached registration form, visit the Hudsonville Public Schools website or stop by Community Ed at 3886 Van Buren, Hudsonville.
I created a special video to help you learn each of our bus driver’s names. They are incredible people who transport our students (your children) to and from school each day. So often they take the time to match students with missing items, bandage boo boo’s, settle disputes over seat selections, and calm down worried children.
I can’t say enough about all that they do for us and the way in which they get our children safely to and from school each and every day. This video also includes photos of the PK/K bus safety training that Gloria Dekkinga and Mary Wind ran for us this past week. What a great team they make–and what great safety lessons they provided for our youngest and most precious cargo!
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