It’s me, Matthew Lawrence again. Principal of the Day. I created this video of camp activities to share with you. Mrs. Reagan took the pictures. I imported them to animoto. I also created two videos that show how a trust activity at Camp Pinewood looks like. It took us a while to figure out how to import theses.
CAMP VIDEOS OF TRUST ACTIVITIES:
There are also 2 videos of a trust activity: GROUP 1 (first try)
This is 2nd video –a more trustful group.
Enjoy!
Happy Friday Georgetown Parents!
Well here it is 13 days and counting after today! Woo-Hoo!! : )
NEWS FROM THE OFFICE
Just a couple of quick things from the office staff…… PLEASE make sure to send notes to school with your student/students if they will be riding bikes, walking, or be picked up from school at the end of the day. It gets really busy in the office and the teachers are busy, so therefor it is alot to keep track of with all the changes throughout the day!
FIELD TRIPS and upcoming activites…….. please make sure to read notes that come home AND check your child’s teacher’s BLOG for important information in regards to their upcoming field trips and special activities. There are alot of things to remember this time of year and we are seeing alot of students coming unprepared for their special day! We especially need parents to make sure they have packed lunches for students if this is required for their trip as many times the buses leave for the field trip before parents can get to school with a lunch.
Hey Parents just wanted to give you a rundown of the upcoming field trips, etc that we are aware of. I know we give you a print out the calendar also, but just thought at a quick glance this may be of help to some of you.
May 24 Just Write Begins and Liverpool visitors are here for the week.
May 28 PK-Estefan Grand Rapids Children’s Museum
May 28 ECSE Hager Park
June 1 CI-Kok Spring Grove Park
June 1 5th Grade Safeties go to the Whitecaps Baseball game
June 2 3rd Grade Field Trip to Pigeon Creek/Tunnel Park
June 3 Final Day for ECSE
June 3/4 Raey Guang Visits
June 4 Reading Counts Party
June 7 5th Grade Celebration
June 7 M/W Pre-K/K Final Day of School
June 8 T/TH Final Day of School
June 8 Field Day at BMS for grades 4/5
June 10 Final Day of School — Dismissal 1:00pm!!
GEORGETOWN CARNIVAL ……. Wow….. KUDOS to Georgetown Students!!! We received a wonderful phone call from Fun Services who put on the carnival to commend us on how WELL BEHAVED and POLITE all of our students were. They said that many of their employees commented on how wonderful our students were. The manager got so many comments from his staff that he wanted to make sure he passed on the wonderful comments to the head of our carnival committee! They said this was the best school they have ever worked at! WOW, like we have said before….. GEORGETOWN STUDENTS ROCK!!!!
One last carnival note….. we are pleased to announce that the Carnival raised over $3000 for the Lamers family! Way to go!
GIRLS ON THE RUN….. This Saturday, Georgetown’s Girls on the Run will be taking to the streets of Grand Haven for the GOTR Celebration 5k! Seventeen girls from Georgetown have spent the last 12 weeks working hard training! We can also thank the girls for the plants and flowers planted in our front yard! This was our community service project. Thanks girls! and good luck on Saturday!
5th GRADE NEWS….. Well from my own personal observations last night the 5th graders looked like they were having an awesome time at camp. There were ALOT of smiles and it looked like they were have a great time during their recreation time. However, I do believe they will extremely tired when they get home this afternoon! Don’t forget also to mark June 7 on your calendars for their last big hoo-rah as elementary students! YIKES! Can you believe it?!
COMMUNITY NEWS……
HEAT SWIM TEAM…. Are you interested in being on the Hudsonville Swim team this summer? The HEAT (Hudsonville Eagle Aquatics Team) has a place for you! The Developmental (Beginner and Intermediate) levels start Saturday, May 22. (8 & U from 12 to 1PM) and (9 and up from 1-2PM.) Practice this summer will be from 6:30-7:30PM 2-3 days a week. For more information visit www.hudsonvillepublicschools.org and click on the aquatics link or email coach Zuidema at rzuidema@hpseagles.net Swimmers who have been on the team may choose to sign up for the Elite groups. Elite swimmers watch your emails for more details.
HUDSONVILLE YOUTH FOOTBALL SIGN-UPS…. It is time to start thinking about youth football again. We encourage everyone to sign up online at www.hudsonvilleyouthfootball.com by July 12, 2010 or at the scheduled sign up date Monday, July 12, 2010 from 6-9pm at the Hudsonville High School Cafeteria. We will also have the used equipment sale on Monday, July 12 at Hudsonville High School. You can sign up online and go the used equipment sale. The cost to play this year is $60 which is the same as last year. There will be a late fee of $25 if you don’t sign up by July 12. We will take no more signups after August 21. For more detailed information go the website www.hudsonvilleyouthfootball.com.
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND AND ENJOY THE WEATHER!
MRS. NURENBERG : )
I would like to introduce myself.My name is Matthew Lawrence and I won principal for half the day. I was the top bidder for the silent auction for this item. (THANKS MOM AND DAD!)
Please know that the fourth graders got of on their field trip. Because of the rain we had to make arrangements for them to go to a Youth Group Activity Center at Christ Memorial Church. It was a crazy start to the day, but we all worked together to figure it out.
Mrs. Reagan had me introduce myself to the school at 9:15. I used the school intercom service for this. I signed all the purchase requisitions, uploaded camp photos (Mrs. Reagan visited yesterday) and learned how to use the 2 way radio.
At 10:10, I called into Miss VanArkel’s classroom to call a 1o minute indoor recess. I figured that if I am a third grader in this room and the principal, that the class should have some fun, too.
I have to now go to put postings for new teaching positions on the staff board. None of these are for our school, but they have to be posted at all the schools.
Have a good day and Happy Friday!
Mr. Lawrence
Rain plans for today are as follows:
Group games at Christ Memorial Church’s Youth Center (Many thanks to Claire Boesma’s son-in-law arranging this for us at the last minute.)
Directions to the Youth Center DIRECTIONS
If the weather clears, they group may go to Kirk Park and Hemlock Park for Nature Trail Activities and Lunch.
Directions for Kirk Park and Hemlock Park
Do you recognize any of the people in this video that promotes GRCC’s summer camps?
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…off to Camp Pinewood! It was a beautiful day to kick off 5th grade camp! If you were near Georgetown between 9-9:30 am, you saw students checking in their bags and counting down the seconds to head north to camp.
The forecast is beautiful for the three days of activities and adventures. The focus of the camp experience is on the core values of respect, responsibility, caring and honesty. Children discover new facts about the natural world around them, but more importantly, they learn about themselves, other students and adults.
Many thanks to everyone who supported this experience by purchasing items that helps to fund the camp fee for all our 5th grade students.
If you are looking for summer camp activities for your children, GRCC has some interesting offerings. You can visit them at this link: GRCC SUMMER
In addition to our silent auction for the Lamer’s Family, we also had a raffle for a variety of items. The winners are listed below. Again, many thanks to everyone who attended, supported, volunteered and donated to our carnival!
Item and Winners:
50/50: $32.50 Rhonda Erander
John Ball Zoo Rhonda Erander
GR Museum passes Salley Riley
Spartan Stores GC Alexis Royse
AvonBasket Beth Kingina
Family Portrait Shelly Hill
Red Robin: $30 GC Corey Fellows
Whitecaps Lisa Kuieck
Summer Fun Basket Lisa Kuieck
Humane Society tote bag Kim Tator
Back Pack Amy Martinez
Back Pack Amy Martinez
Red Robin: $20 GC Jesse Martinez
Griffins Tickets Sean J.
Allendale Sleep Inn Bryant Huyser
DesignOne Haircut Krista Lawrence
Griffins Tickets Melissa Smith
Tropi Tan VIP Card Shari Keillor
Children Museum Passes Randolph Family
Summer Fun Basket Alyssa Walker
Ford Museum Passes Ben Beyers
Our very important celebration of our year long work in writing takes place next week – May 24-28. We hope that you will be able to visit our building during the five day showing of our work. Everywhere you look, descriptive and rich and meaningful words will be displayed on: lockers, walls, windows, and doorways. Our published books from this year and year’s past will be on display in the rotunda.
Each writer’s story is published in a class anthology (collection) that is available for purchase (shipped directly to your home) or free download. To see these books, visit this JUST WRITE LULU.COM link or simply click on the lulu logo on the top left sidebar.
You can also go directly to the classroom stories by clicking on this web page: ABOUT OUR WRITING JOURNEY
Georgetown was one of several buildings that was featured for it’s ventilation system. In addition to being included in the article, we also made the cover of the magazine. GMB, the architectural and engineering firm that designed our beautiful school, has been recognized for the landscaping and design of our beautiful school.
