On January 10, 2010, Mrs. Reifschneider (aka Mrs. R) had her baby boy, Liam! They are now 
home and doing very well. Liam is being well taken care of by his older sisters who are providing lots of tender loving hugs and cuddles. Miss Barbieri is serving as Mrs. R’s long term sub.
As spring approaches, we will keep you posted on the arrival of two more babies…Mrs. Kok and Mrs. Stadt’s.
Megan, a second grader in Mrs. Greenlund’s class, is a star in our hearts–and now a star in 
the local media! As her friend Allyson wrote, “Megan is a star because there is a movie kind of like Megan.” That movie, Extraordinary Measures, is a true story of a family’s fight (the Crowley’s) for the development and approval of a drug to treat Pompe’s Disease which affected his two children and also affects our Megan as well.
Megan and her family have been featured by the following media services:
And…the Grand Rapids Press (1/16/2010). You can also view photos of Megan and her friends in the GR Press photo gallery.
Movie trailer for Extraordinary Measures
Dear Georgetown Mothers and Daughters:
Just a reminder from our wonderful PTC. The Mother/Daughter event will be held on Saturday, February 6 from 1:00-4:00pm. This event will be a pottery decorating activity. I will be attaching the registration form for your convenience. The cost of this activity will be $10 per person. If you have any questions please contact Michelle Wieringa at 669-4157 or Angel Truman 662-9015.
Have a good weekend!
Mrs. Nurenberg : )
Good Friday afternoon!!!
NEWS FROM THE OFFICE
Well it is that time of year again, believe it or not!!?? The Kindergarten questions are beginning to roll into the office. So we will give you the information that we currently have. Kindergarten Round-Up will be held here at Georgetown on Tuesday, March 9 at 7pm. I’ve also attached a copy of the Vision and Hearing Testing Schedule from the Ottawa County Health Dept. It will have all the dates, times, and locations of the upcoming testing. For a complete run down of all Kindergarten information from the district please visit www.hudsonvillepublicschools.org
HOLIDAY PROGRAM DVD’S
The office still has available 2 Holiday DVD’s. This will be available on a first come, first served basis. These DVD’s are available for $20.
PE NEWS
Don’t forget to order you Hudsonville Physical Education apparel. These order forms came home with the students this week from their gym class. These orders are due on Friday, January 29. If you need another order form, please stop by the office.
Also it is time again for the “Jump Rope for Heart”. These donation envelopes also came home with the students this week. We do have a few extra in the office of these too. “Jump Rope for Heart” forms are due back on February 15. Please return the apparel form and the “Jump for Heart” envelopes to Mrs. Nienhuis/Mrs. Van Koevering. I have also attached the link to the PE teachers blog for more information regarding these two items. http://mvankoev.edublogs.org
PTC EVENTS
Our Mother/Daughter event is coming soon. “Make a Memory with Mom” will take place on Saturday, February 6 from 1:00-4:00pm. It will be held right here at Georgetown in the Multi-Purpose Room. The cost will be $10/person. The sign-up form must be turned in by Friday, January 22!!! I will attach the form to sign up. Hope to see all Georgetown girls there!!!!
5TH GRADE NEWS
Just a couple of dates to get on your calendar. The Parent meeting for 5th grade camp will be held on May 11. It will be held here at Georgetown in the Multi-Purpose Room. The other date I have for you right now is Monday, June 7. This will be the date of the 5th grade Celebration. The actual activity is being kept on the down low, as we want it to be a surprise for the 5th grade students. Stay tuned for more upcoming dates. The upcoming months will be getting busy for these kids. We will keep you posted with camp info, Middle School Visitation and any other important info that you may need.
COMMUNITY ED NEWS
There are three new activites out from Community Ed. Golf Lessons will be available for students in grades 1-8 and starts February 4. The Girls Volleyball Clinic is available for girls in grades 3-6. The first session of this will begin on February 8. The last one is Learn to Skate and is available for students and children starting at age 4. I will attach all of these enrollment forms, but if you have any further questions please visit the Community Ed website at www.hudsonvillepublicschools.org, or call 669-7747.
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COMMUNITY NEWS
Georgetown Little League……..Georgetown Little League in-person registration will occur on January 16 & 23 from 9 – 1 at the Jenison High School Media Center. Online registrations are open now and will run through at least February 14 with some divisions having late registration with a $10 late fee until February 28. Little League is open to girls who are 5 before 12/31/09 and boys who are 5 before 4/30/10. If you live north of Port Sheldon and east of 56th Ave , Georgetown Little League is your Little League. More information is available at www.GeorgetownLL.com or you may call Rob at 437-5054.
Hudsonville Little League……. Hudsonville Little League Sign-Ups are being held Jan 23, 27, & 30 at Unity Christian High School. For more information and to PRE-REGISTER, please go to www.hudsonvillelittleleague.com now!!!
Well I think this is it for this week. Enjoy your weekend!!!
Mrs. Nurenberg : )
Mark your calendars for JANUARY 29, 2009! 
This will be our annual PJ, Popcorn and Phun Phriday (fun Friday). Stuffed animals are welcome accessories to the PJ wear on this comfy, cozy school day. This day is very popular each year–and is our most requested theme day. Check out the photos from our 2009 PJ Day.
It is with the help of a certain 5th grader (Maddie S.) that this event has been scheduled once per year since our opening in 2006. Maddie will be moving on to Baldwin Middle School next year and I am hopeful that she finds a suitable PJ DAY ADVOCATE to replace her!
We are headed into our 18th week of school! With the holidays behind us, the winter months provide ample time for us to build uninterrupted focused time on learning higher level skills in reading, math, writing, science and social studies. As writers, we will use these months to select a piece to be revised and published for our spring JUST WRITE CELEBRATION (Week of May 24, 2010). Keep your eyes and ears posted to our classroom blogs for details about other learning events that will be taking place.
Have a terrific week!
WOW……. here comes a whole lot of information from the Georgetown office. It has been a very BUSY 1st week back to school from holiday break!!
SCHOOL NEWS
FROM THE OFFICE…. Just a reminder from the TRANSPORTATION DEPT. AND THE OFFICE, parents MAY NOT drop students off in the back of the school!! Either in the bus loop or the back parking lot by the Middle School. This is imperative for the safety of the students. PLEASE drop students off in the circle drive in the front of the school. We thank you for your cooperation in this matter! We just want to make sure every student is safe and sound!
BOX TOP WINNERS….The individual box top winners area as follows:
K/1 Wing Boy=Carson Bretz (Huizenga) / Girl=Skylar Hill (Stadt); 2/3 Wing Boy=Brendan Ham (McDonald) / Girl=Chloe Patrick (Quigley); 4/5 Wing Boy=Noah Ambrose (Jurewicz) / Girl=Linnae Conkel (Burdis)
Individual prize is a board game and $5 gift card to Barnes and Noble.
Classroom winners are as follows:
K/1 Wing Classroom winner = Woodring; 2/3 Wing Classroom winner=Greenlund; 4/5 Wing Classroom winner=Jurewicz
Classroom winners will be rewarded with having lunch and watching a movie.
3RD GRADE NEWS
The Third Graders would like to have an ongoing school wide pop can drive to collect money to buy books. We would then make book baggies for children at Georgetown (readers that struggle either with interest, skills or financially) to read over the summer. We would also like to donate our gently used books that we have “grown out of” to the younger grades. During this project we will be gathering data, making wish lists and in the end purchasing books so please send in your empty cans to either Miss VanArkel or Mrs. McDonald’s classroom.
5TH GRADE INFORMATION–VERY IMPORTANT NEW Immunization Requirements for 2010-2011 School Year ~ We have recently been notified by the State that beginning with the next school year, all incoming 6th graders (current 5th grade students) will have additional immunization requirements as stated below:
1. Two doses of Varicella vaccine or have a history of having chickenpox.
2. One dose of meningococcal vaccine.
3. One dose of tetanus/diphtheria/acellular pertussis (Tdap) (if 5 years or more have passed since last dose of tetanus/diphtheria vaccine – DTaP, Td or DT).
If your child needs immunizations, please make work of completing these immunizations during the 5th grade school year. Doing so will be a great help to the Middle School Secretaries who need to check for immunization compliance for every 6th grade student in our district.
Please be advised, that any child who has not had all of his or her immunizations will not be allowed to start 6th grade.
COMMUNITY ED NEWS
Please read the attached flyers in regards to two upcoming events from Community Ed. One is for Gymnastics and Dance and the other is for Gymnastics and More. Gymnasitcs and Dance is offered for ages 2-6. Gymnastics and more is for ages 1st grade and up. Please fill out the attached forms and return to Community Ed of visit www.hudsonvillepublicschools.org and you can register online.
VOLLEYBALL AND ATHLETIC BOOSTER INFO
Come support the volleyball program on January 13 at Culver’s in Jenison! The high school volleyball players will be working and a portion of the profits that evening will go to the volleyball program. Take your family and eat at Culver’s from 4 pm to 9 pm on Wednesday, January 13 and support your volleyball program!
The Hudsonville Athletic Boosters are once again sponsoring the Eagle 10k/5k. On March 27, 2010 at 9am the runs will take place starting at Hudsonville High School and running through the city of Hudsonville. This is a fund raiser for the Athletes of Hudsonville High School. For more information log onto www.eagle10k.com or www.classicrace.com, be sure to mark your calendars for this event. If you would like to volunteer to work this event please call 893-5830 or email through the website. Thank you for your support of Hudsonville Athletics.
LITTLE LEAGUE INFORMATION
Georgetown Little League…… Georgetown Little League in-person registration will occur on January 16 & 23 from 9 – 1 at the Jenison High School Media Center. Online registrations are open now and will run through at least February 14 with some divisions having late registration with a $10 late fee until February 28. Little League is open to girls who are 5 before 12/31/09 and boys who are 5 before 4/30/10. If you live north of Port Sheldon and east of 56th Ave , Georgetown Little League is your Little League. More information is available at www.GeorgetownLL.com or you may call Rob at 437-5054.
Hudsonville Little League…… Hudsonville Little League’s season is just around the corner. If you’re in our district and would like to play this season, then please pre-register on our Website at http://www.hudsonvillelittleleague.com/ to make the registration process go faster on Saturday, Jan 23rd. It’s quick and easy…
….SERVICE PROJECT! The project brings together pop cans and reading in an intriguing way. To learn more, visit Ms. VanArkel or Mrs. McDonald’s blogs.
This winter, we will be hosting a 12 week intensive reading camp for select students in our building. These students have worked exceptionally hard to build their skills in reading and often spend the bulk of their days practicing strategic reading with several different staff members.
The reading camp will build in time for readers to practice their skills by READING during the school day. When we worked with Dr. Richard Allington in early December, we realized our students are engaged in skill instruction during the school day but not enough time for reading practice. If you are ball player, this would be equivalent to being shown how to catch a ball but not receiving enough time to practice throwing the ball.
Our students can be found reading under tables, on the hallway benches or inside lockers for a change in reading 
location! Our goal is provide an alternative comfy bean bag seating areas for longer reading periods. In addition, we would loved to have any of your gently used books for these readers. The bean bags and books will be mobile so that staff members can help the readers find alternative locations during these quiet reading times.
If you are willing to donate VINYL bean bags and/or gently used books for this project, please send bring these to our library. Mrs. VandenBerg will be helping us to collect and organize materials for this project.
Thank you for your donations! We look forward to providing time for our readers to build their reading levels with time to read.
If your 3rd-5th grade daughter is interested in participating in Girls on the Run, please be aware that registration is being held at Bauer Elementary on January 6 from 3:40-6:30 pm. You can also register online!
