May 2014 – Page 2 – Georgetown Elementary School

Posted on May 16, 2014 May 16, 2014

BLOG BITS 5/16/14

NEWS FROM THE OFFICE………. It was a busy week here at Georgetown! We had our “Just Write” open house running through out the week. Hopefully most of you were able to come and enjoy this with your student/s. Next week our Liverpool friends will be here for the week. The students really enjoy having these college students in their classrooms for the week. It is a great experience for the Liverpool students as well as for our students! The next few weeks will be super busy as well. Lots of fun things coming up…… 5th grade Camp, field trips, the school carnival and field days!! We just would like to remind you as parents that it is nice when you like to bring in treats for the fun festivities at the end of the year, however, we are NOT able to provide FREEZER SPACE. If you are bringing in treats that need to be kept cold/frozen we ask that you either bring them to school in a cooler or make arrangements in advance with your teacher to see when the best time to bring them would be. THANK YOU!! One last thing. Our Community Ed Department has just provided us with an updated Tutor List. Sometimes we know that students need a little extra help through out the summer and school year and this is a great place to find that special person that can help your student! Please see the attached list for great tutors that are able to help students in grades K-12. TutorList201314 NOW…….. whether you are okay with this or not…… the countdown to Summer Vacation continues! lol Believe it or not we only have 14 school days left!! Yikes!! : ) LUNCH MENU………. May-June 2014 Hud Elem Deposit Slip 5TH GRADE NEWS………. Well if you have a current fifth grader hold on tight because your spring time is going to fly by. It is a very fun and exciting time for these kids!! Please get your calendars out and keep track of the upcoming events! There are a LOT of dates!! Please enjoy this time with your 5th grader because before you know it they will be graduating!! Have Fun!! MAY 20 ~ Whitecaps Baseball game for Safeties MAY 21-23 ~ 5th Grade Camp : ) MAY 30 ~ 5th Grade Celebration – Information Coming Soon! JUNE 3 ~ 4th/5th Grade Field Day @ Baldwin Middle School with all other elementaries. JUNE 4 ~ Rain Date for 4th/5th Field Day ART ROOM NEWS…….. From the Art Room….looking for something special for Mother’s Day? Check out Georgetown’s on-line Art Gallery, ARTSONIA! It’s not too late to order beautiful custom items decorated with your childs’ own artwork. Visit Georgetown’s gallery here: www.artsonia.com. If you need your child’s secure key access code to see their artwork, Email Mrs. Brouwer at jbrouwer@hpseagles.net. PTC NEWS…….. GEORGETOWN SPRING CARNIVAL……… The Georgetown Spring Carnival will be held on Friday, May 23rd, 2014 from 5:30 PM-8:30 PM . (Rain Date of Friday, May 30th, 2014 at 5:30 PM-8:30 PM) Wristbands are $10.00 a piece and include all games, rides, cotton candy & popcorn. Wristbands will also be available for purchase the night of the carnival for $15.00. Pizza and water will be available to purchase at the event for $1.00. Wristband order forms have come home with your students by there is also one attached. GTWN Carnival If you have any questions, please call Stacey Alexander at (616) 914-6896. REMEMBER the cut off for the pre-order of the wristbands is next WEDNESDAY, MAY 21!! Just a FYI……. you will get your wristbands the NIGHT of the carnival. They will NOT come home with students!! JET’S PIZZA NIGHT WINNER…….. is first grade……. Mrs. Stadt. Way to go first graders!! The class will be enjoying a pizza party for lunch on behalf of Jet’s Pizza!! P.E. NEWS…….. CLEAN TENNIS SHOES…….. The weather is turning and kids are wearing shoes outside and if they wear those shoes to gym, we get lots of dirt in the gym which makes our floor very slippery. I know parents do not want to buy new shoes at this point, so they do not need to be new shoes, just a clean pair in their lockers. Thanks so much for helping again!! COMMUNITY NEWS……… HOPE COLLEGE SUMMER SCIENCE CAMP………Hope College is offering exciting opportunities this summer for students to explore the wonderful world of Science and More. There are over 39 camps to choose from including CSI, Science of Star Wars, VideoGame Making, The Science of Phineas and Ferb, Club Vet, Lego and more. The programs will feature “hands-on” interactive investigations designed to teach scientific concepts in a FUN yet challenging way. A camper manual (for use in the camp) and a parent manual will be provided for each session. To register, or for more information, visit our website at www.hope.edu/camps/science.html. For questions, e-mail us at sciencecamp@hope.edu or contact us by phone (616) 395-7628 Partial scholarships are available for those who need financial assistance. Also – the scholarship deadline can be extended to May 23, 2014. WEST MICHIGAN FLIGHT ACADEMY’S ANNUAL FLY-IN……… The West Michigan Flight Academy annual event at the Riverview Airport in Jenison will be Saturday, June 7 from 7:00 – 11:00 a.m. The event welcomes the public to come and enjoy the Misty Blues Parachute Team, airplane rides, car show, airplane display, breakfast, music, raffles, door prizes and more.• Free airplane rides for youth age 7 – 17; • Misty Blues Parachute Team performance: around 9:00 a.m. • Breakfast: tri-tip steak, eggs, cheese, sausage, fire roasted salsa and tortillas! Children under 4 free, ages 4-14 $7, adults $10. Catered by Q-It-Up BBQ • Introductory Flights to benefit the academy’s flight programs, $45 • Airplane display, car show, 50/50 raffle, door prizes and silent auction. Please see the attached flyer for more information….. West Mi Flight Academy Fundraiser-Fly_In_Flyer-2014 KIDS DAY 2014……… Saturday, June 14. Kids! Moms! Dads! – What better way to celebrate the beginning of Summer than with an affordable, family-friendly event. Come to the Hudsonville Fairgrounds between 10 am and 3 pm to enjoy the fun of the 5th annual Kids Day. Kids will be entertained with free stage shows, $.25 games, lots of prizes, affordable kid-friendly food, and much more. Kids Daywill happen whether rain or shine. Kids Day is organized by Jehovah Jireh Ministries, and is supported by several local businesses, churches, and organizations.

HOST FAMILIES NEEDED!!! ………… 75 great teenagers (ages 14-17) from Spain need great host families in Michigan for 4 and 6 weeks this summer. They come with insurance, their own spending money, and no need to be entertained – they just want to experience your family for a little while and practice their (already good) English. Best of all it is FREE! Would you consider opening your home to one of these kids this summer?Contact Mayah Bischoff for more details! 616-607-4769. Dates areJune 29-July 27 and June 27-August 8.

MOBILE FOOD DISTRIBUTION………. Saturday, June 7, 2014, 10:00 am to Noon. Hager Park Church is partnering with Feeding America West Michigan to provide a Mobile Food Distribution. The food distribution will take place at Hager Park Church’s parking lot, located at 2635 Bauer Road in Jenison. Sign-in is required, although the food is available to anyone that needs it. There will be a large assortment of food, including fresh seasonal produce and other high quality grocery items.

CAMP INVENTION……… Led by Hudsonville Christian staff, the week-long Camp Invention experience (June 16-20) immerses elementary school children in exciting hands-on activities that reinvent summer fun. A few featured activities include building original prototypes, creating a personalized motor-powered vehicle, and taking apart electronics to construct an epic insect-themed pinball machine. Each lesson explores connections between science, technology, engineering, and innovation. Currently receive $15 off until May 16 with the spring into summer discount! Visit campinvention.org to register or contact Sharon Leerer (sleerar@4hcs.org) for more information.

HUDSONVILLE EDUCATION FOUNDATION……. Show your appreciation…… The end of the school year is near. This is a great time to honor a special person, or an entire building staff, who has been a positive influence on your child’s life or school experience. Teachers, coaches, counselors, bus drivers, and many others, influence and guide them. One way to show your appreciation to these special people is by making a donation in their name to the Hudsonville Education Foundation. When a donation is made to the Foundation, the name of the honoree(s) will be posted in each building. Please see the attached flyer with more information……… HEF-Spring2014

FREE ICE SKATING……….. Celebrate the end of school by FREE ice skating at Georgetown Ice Center, Hudsonville. For the month of June bring in your school report card during public skating and get in free. Skate rental additional. Please see our website, www.georgetownice.com, for public skating times. Snacks and full meals available for purchase through BC Pizza, located in our lobby. Offer ends June 30.

COMMUNITY ED NEWS………. Hudsonville Community Education has many offerings for your kids. For more information or to register, please visit www.hudsonvillepublicschools.org or call Rebecca at 669-7747, ext. #3.

UPCOMING DATES 5/20 ~ Safeties Whitecaps Trip 5/21-5/23 ~ 5th Grade Camp : ) 5/23 ~ Georgetown Spring Carnival 5/23 ~ ECSE Picnic at Hager Park/Parent Involvement 5/26 ~ NO SCHOOL/Memorial Day 5/29 ~ 3rd Grade Field Trip to Tunnel Park 5/29 ~ ECSE End of Year Celebration (Last Day of School for ECSE) 5/30 ~ 5th Grade Celebration HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND! MRS. NURENBERG : )

Posted on May 14, 2014

A Big THANK YOU to Our Parents!

The entire staff of Georgetown would like to extend sincere thanks to our Parent Club and all of the parents who helped appreciate us last week. Mrs. Wendy Huizinga and her team outfitted us with cowboy hats, red paisley scarves and fed us some nice warm meals and showered us with some mighty fine gifts.

Throughout the building WANTED POSTERS were displayed of each staff member. One of the most authentic cowboy teachers can be found to the left, Mr. B who by the looks of it, could round-up a steer or two while teaching a science lesson.

By the end of the week, we were so spoiled and felt gosh darn lucky to have the parent support we have at Georgetown.

Check out the photos below of a few staff posing western style!

Warmly, Mrs. Reagan and the staff of Georgetown

Posted on May 10, 2014

We have something to say….JUST WRITE!

We have one of our most important celebratory weeks ahead: JUST WRITE: A CELEBRATION OF OUR WRITERS K-5. Once you enter Georgetown on Monday morning, you will see student writing everywhere — on the walls (poster size stories), lockers (8×11 student stories) and books displayed on tables. We’re looking forward to sharing our work with you throughout the week.

We know many of you will take photos of your writers and post them for families and friends to see. When doing so, please use the hashtag: #justwrite so we can collect the photos into a stream for our blog! Use this hashtag for facebook, instagram and twitter. If you are on twitter, add the photos with @georgetownelem #justwrite which will direct it to our school twitter account.

We have many other events occurring this week listed below. Remember to check your child’s class blog as well.

Finally, I want to extend a warm wish to all the Georgetown mothers. For the past 100 years, Mother’s Day has been a day to recognize the special bond between mother and child. This special bond is like no other and has such a powerful impact on the health, welfare and education of your child. I hope each of you is able to find time to reflect on your bond with your own mothers and your children….and I also hope you have a moment or two to put your feet up and relax!

Warmly, Mrs. Reagan

Posted on May 2, 2014

Will it feel like SPRING this week?

I hope so! And, even if it doesn’t, we keep moving along with our spring like events at Georgetown. Some signs of spring that can be spotted on our school calendar: Teacher Appreciation Week (always a spring event sponsored by PTC) and Field Trips (always listed in green).

Our school is also starting to look very spring like with LOST & FOUND items filled with spring jackets and baseball caps rather than boots, mittens and winter jackets. If you look closely at the lockers and walls, you will also see student writing start to appear in preparation for our Annual Just Write Celebration (May 12-16). Just Write is a celebration of all the writing our students have done this school year. It will be a time that parents, friends, grandparents and other special people in your lives can tour the building to read pieces of writing on display by every single writer in the building. The tour schedule is below and more information will also be on your child’s class blog.

Have a wonderful weekend…and a great week!

Mrs. Reagan

Posted on May 2, 2014 May 1, 2014

BLOG BITS 5/2/14

NEWS FROM THE OFFICE………. Well other than an UNUSUAL amount of illness going around Georgetown the last two weeks have been fairly uneventful! Which was a good thing because we were really busy with sick kids in the office. : ( Please just a reminder to keep your students home for 24 hours after they are symptom free of vomiting, diarrhea or fever. Just be ready to gear up for a very busy May!! Lots of field trips, Just Write and many other fun things. Hold on tight, because before you know it we will be at the end of the school year! YIKES

NOW…….. whether you are okay with this or not…… I am starting the countdown to Summer Vacation!! lol Believe it or not we only have 24 school days left!! Yikes!! : )

TECHNOLOGY NEWS……… 3rd Grade Typing Challenge winners for the Pizza Party were……. Ms. VanderStel’s class!! Way to go 3rd graders. : ) The FASTEST 3rd Grade typer at Georgetown is……… Jennifer Williams/3-Mc with 30 words per minute!! Way to go Jennifer : ) Here are the other results for the 3rd Grade…Mrs/ McDonald’s Class: 51% 30 wpm Williams, Jennifer K – highest score ; Ms. VanArkel’s Class: 96 % 22 wpm Straub, Haley Rae ; Mrs. Flory’s Class: 88% 24 wpm Kerns, Jayda Ann; Mrs. VanderStel (Winners): 104% 20 wpm Hunt, Kailen Marie.

LUNCH MENU………. May-June 2014 Hud Elem Deposit Slip

5TH GRADE NEWS………. Well if you have a current fifth grader hold on tight because your spring time is going to fly by. It is a very fun and exciting time for these kids!! Please get your calendars out and keep track of the upcoming events! There are a LOT of dates!! Please enjoy this time with your 5th grader because before you know it they will be graduating!! Have Fun!!

MAY 8 ~ 5th Grade Camp Meeting for Parents from 6:00p to 7:00p in Georgetown’s Multi-Purpose Room

MAY 20 ~ Whitecaps Baseball game for Safeties

MAY 21-23 ~ 5th Grade Camp : )

MAY 30 ~ 5th Grade Celebration – Information Coming Soon!

JUNE 3 ~ 4th/5th Grade Field Day @ Baldwin Middle School with all other elementaries.

JUNE 4 ~ Rain Date for 4th/5th Field Day

PTC NEWS…….. STAFF APPRECIATION HELP NEEDED……… The PTC is looking for Parent Volunteers to help out with our Staff Appreciation Week here at Georgetown. It will be held the week of May 5-9. This takes many “helping hands” to pull off. We would really appreciate it if you would take the time to visit the website and help us out with donations and/or your time to help out. Hers is the link for Volunteer Spot where you can sign up to help out………. http://vols.pt/tbefyh Thank you so much for your consideration in this endeavor!! We really appreciate our Georgetown Parents!!

GEORGETOWN SPRING CARNIVAL……… Save the date…. FRIDAY, MAY 23 in the EVENING!! More information will be coming soon.

JET’S PIZZA NIGHT WINNER…….. was 3rd grade…….. Mrs. McDonald’s class. They will be receiving a pizza party for lunch from Jet’s!! : )

MARCO’S PIZZA NIGHT WINNER……….. was 2nd grade……. Mrs. Quigley’s class. They will be receiving a pizza party for lunch from Marco’s!!

P.E. NEWS…….. CLEAN TENNIS SHOES…….. The weather is turning and kids are wearing shoes outside and if they wear those shoes to gym, we get lots of dirt in the gym which makes our floor very slippery. I know parents do not want to buy new shoes at this point, so they do not need to be new shoes, just a clean pair in their lockers. Thanks so much for helping again!!

COMMUNITY NEWS……… BAUER CRC COMMUNITY FLEA MARKET……….Bauer Christian Reformed Church will be holding a community flea market in their parking lot May 3, 2014, from 8 am to 4 pm. Lunch will be served on the grounds. The church is located at 4958 Bauer Road. There will be a wide variety of items including bake goods, crafts, fresh hamburger, and family items.

MAY 6, 2014 ELECTION…….. On May 6, Hudsonville Schools will be seeking the support of our community when our annual Operating Millage Renewal Proposal (for non-homestead properties) request will come before voters. The Operating Millage Renewal Proposal is something that is before our voters every year. It provides approximately $3.9 million dollars of operational funding. In a time where our foundation grant is back to 2007 levels, these dollars are vital to our programing for children. Please remember this is not a millage increase and is not applied against principal residence property. Hudsonville students and families are truly blessed. They are blessed to have incredibly talented and caring teachers and staff members working with them on a daily basis. They are blessed to have the wonderful facilities that contribute to a warm nurturing environment. And they are blessed to have the support of a community that values quality education. Please remember to vote on May 6th!

HOST FAMILIES NEEDED!!! ………… 75 great teenagers (ages 14-17) from Spain need great host families in Michigan for 4 and 6 weeks this summer. They come with insurance, their own spending money, and no need to be entertained – they just want to experience your family for a little while and practice their (already good) English. Best of all it is FREE! Would you consider opening your home to one of these kids this summer? Contact Mayah Bischoff for more details! 616-607-4769. Dates areJune 29-July 27 and June 27-August 8.

CHALLENGE OF CHILDREN……….. HOLLAND – Registration is open for the Challenge of Children conference. The FREE one day conference is dedicated to informing, motivating, offering support and networking opportunities on child development, child guidance and other challenges related to parenting for parents and caregivers. The conference will run from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 15, 2014 at the Hope College Haworth Center in Holland (on 10^th Street between College and Columbia Avenue). This year’s Challenge of Children conference keynote speaker, Dr. Ray Guarendi, will present “Standing Strong as a Parent”. Registration is required before May 9, to reserve your spot in the AM & PM Workshop Sessionswww.challengeofchildren.org. Due to campus construction this year, lunch will not be provided. Please feel free to bring your own lunch or visit http://ow.ly/uyD9cfor the Downtown Holland Dining Guide.

DOLL TEA PARTY………….May 10th, 1:00 – 2:30pm. This fun event for moms (or grandmas or aunts or sisters) and daughters and their dolls is special tea with crafts, activities, American Girl Doll raffle, treats, photo-booth, vendors, and more. Tickets are $6 each and are available at southharbor.org/events/teaparty. South Harbor Church, 1951 64th Street SW, Byron Center, MI 49315. 616-531-3500

UGANDAN CHILDREN’S CHOIR………… Come experience the energetic and joyful music of Africa as the Ugandan Children’s Choir will perform at Chapel Pointe Church on Sunday May 11, at 9:00 and 10:45 a.m. The children, many of whom are orphaned, are cared for by Parental Care Ministries and are here to share their love and faith through compelling stories and songs. For more information visit http://pcmonline.org/pages/singing-with-a-choir/pcm-choir-2

Upcoming Activities to be on the lookout for……….. Baseball Clinics…… Kitchen Creations……. Guitar Clinic…….. Middle School Waterpolo……… Young Rembrandts Drawing.

UPCOMING DATES

5/6 ~ Jet’s Pizza Night

5/8 ~ ECSE Field Trip to John Ball Zoo/Parent Involvement

5/8 ~ Georgetown PTC Meeting @ 6:30pm

5/12 ~ 5th Grade “Just Write” Celebration @ 2:30pm

5/13 ~ 3rd Grade “Just Write” Celebration @ 2:30pm

5/14 ~ 4th Grade “Just Write” Celebration @ 2:30pm

5/15 ~ 2nd Grade “Just Write” Celebration @ 10:30am

5/15 ~ 1st Grade “Just Write” Celebration @ 2:45pm

5/20 ~ Safeties Whitecaps Trip

5/21-5/23 ~ 5th Grade Camp : )

5/23 ~ Georgetown Spring Carnival

5/23 ~ ECSE Picnic at Hager Park/Parent Involvement

5/26 ~ NO SCHOOL/Memorial Day

5/29 ~ 3rd Grade Field Trip to Tunnel Park

5/29 ~ ECSE End of Year Celebration (Last Day of School for ECSE)

5/30 ~ 5th Grade Celebration

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!

MRS. NURENBERG : )

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