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Family Rink Time: TODAY at 4:30 pm

hockey clip artIf you are looking for a great family activity for this afternoon, consider heading to the Georgetown Ice Arena.

A group of Georgetown Elementary School dads are hosting a open skate time for all Georgetown families and staff.

This is being held on TODAY, SATURDAY from April 24 from 4:30-6:00 pm.

This group of dads has done a great job of supporting our Bustin’ Thru Books project and they would like to continue involving dad’s in the school setting.

To find out more, read the attached flyer.   Georgetown Family Skate

Many thanks to Jeff Wressell for organizing this event.

Items will be raffled off at this event (tickets $1 each) and include the following:

  • Autographed hockey stick from MSU
  • Autographed puck from MSU
  • TWO $45 GC from Carrabbas
  • ONE $15 GC from Olive Garden
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Rink Time!

Ice ArenaA group of Dad’s who care about kids is hosting a open skate time at the Georgetown Ice Arena for all Georgetown families and staff.  This will be held on April 24 from 4:30-6:00 pm.

This group of dads has done a great job of supporting our Bustin’ Thru Books project and they would like to continue involving dad’s in the school setting.

To find out more, read this flyer.  Georgetown Family Skate.  We would love to see you there!

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Bustin’ Thru Books: 1st Mission Completed

Since the beginning of February, Bustin’ Thru Books Boot Camp has been going strong on a nearly daily basis.  Throughout bustinthe day, 93 students head down to the multi-purpose room to accomplish one mission, and one mission only:  READ.  The Boot Camp is supervised by parent volunteers–consisting mainly of Dads…and these Dads have one mission in mind also: READING.

I wanted you to know that since our opening day, we have collectively read for:

Boot Camp will run through the end of April.  Our goal is to build reading stamina and endurance…and as a result become even better readers.  Here’s to completing mission #2 in March, and mission #3 in April.  We will continue to update you on our total minutes read.

Many thanks to all of you who have supported us with donated books from home and money toward bean bags.  All of these items are being put to great use.

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Bustin’ Thru Books Update

We completed our first week of Bustin’ Thru Books Boot Camp. This reading camp is run with the help of a volunteer corp of dads who READ while kids in grades 1-5 READ! The goal of the camp is to provide time to READ with a focus on building stamina and endurance for reading.

We think of learning to read as a skill that can be compared to training for an athletic event. All athletes work with coaches who model the skill (teachers), perfect skills in sport clinics (reading groups) and have required time to practice on a daily basis (quiet, independent read time.) The more time you take to practice as an athlete, the better your performance. The same is true with reading. Our goal is to help every child attain 90 minutes of reading at their level each day. The parents who are volunteering to come in daily are allowing us to build in extra critical minutes for readers to just READ.

If you would like to volunteer, we would love to include you in the program. The only requirement is that you bring material to read! If you are interested, complete this survey and Jeff Wressell will contact you with time/date options.

bean bagWE ARE IN NEED OF VINYL BEAN BAGS for our reading time. If you would like to contribute $1 or any amount of money toward these, we would be so grateful.  When boot camp is completed this spring, the bean bags will be used in classrooms.   Thank you for any help you can provide!

Enjoy this video collection of photos from our first week of bustin’ thru our books!

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Bustin’ Thru Books Reading Log

Bustin’ Through Books Boot Camp began this week!  Every child who participates logs  minutes read  book heartinto an online reading log.  Readers can also use this log for  minutes read in the classroom and at home.  EVERY MINUTE COUNTS!

If you would like to have your reader  add  minutes read at home, the reading logs can be found on the tab above called:  BUSTIN THRU BOOKS There is a log for each child who is a camp member.

This photo graciously contributed by Adrian DeJesus, Love of Reading; 365 Project

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