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Blog Bits 12/11/2020

News From the Office…

It was good to see the kids again in person! We are hopeful we can finish out 2020 next week and can come back and make 2021 a better year!! Next week we will be doing Holiday Spirit week as we anticipate the holidays!!

Monday – Cozy Holiday Socks and/or slippers

Tuesday – Holiday Hat, headband, hair, scarves

Wednesday – Sweater Day (ugly or cute)

Thursday – Red, Green, and White day

Friday – Pajama day (holiday themed if you have them!)

Have a great weekend!!

Next Early Release…

Our next early release is on January 15. We will be dismissing at 12:15 on Jan 15. If your child is a car rider, please be at school between 12:10 and 12:15 for pick up.  Food Service will be offering a sack lunch on early release days. Children can order a lunch with their teacher in the morning and will have them to take to their destination.

Lost and Found…

Here are some pics of the lost and found. Mr. Rob will be cleaning during break and will be donating the left over clothes. Please let the office know next week if you see something that belongs to you.

PTC News…

Holiday Breakfast for Teachers Sign Up. If you are interested in helping provide some items for a breakfast for the teachers next week please check this link out. You can drop the items off to Audrey Straub’s house by Thursday.

https://signup.com/go/MmVmGdy

Jan 14 – Jet’s Pizza Night

Jan 21 – PTC Meeting (More info as we get closer to date)

Community News…

Community Ed…

• You can click here to go to the community education page on the Hudsonville Public School website.

Upcoming Dates

We are holding our annual WALKATHON this fall which is our primary fundraiser for the year.  One of our objectives in the Parent Club is to raise money to help cover costs such as classroom supplies, technology upgrades, storage solutions, books, field trips, parent/child events and other needed items for each class.

Current class leader is Mrs. Tindall with Mrs. Bohl not far behind! We are at 17% of our total goal right now. Our virtual learners also have teams! Mrs. Hoekstra, Mrs. Jeltema and Mrs. VandenBerg are your team leaders. They are really hoping to win a pizza lunch for being the top class. If a virtual team wins, you will have pizza giftcards dropped off to your home so you can enjoy a pizza lunch as well! Don’t forget, all who donate get put into a drawing for raffle prizes!!

We want to promote a healthy lifestyle to our students and the community.  Please help us reach our fundraising goal by supporting our Walkathon. We have teamed up with Get Movin’© to make this event fun and profitable with online mobile friendly technology! 

We Need All Parents to Complete 3 Easy Steps!

1.     Register your Child by visiting www.getmovinfundhub.com It’s free, easy, and fast to register!  For School Identifier use 5f3d669d605c9
2.   Consider sending an Email and/ or Text of your child’s student fundraising webpage with 10-15 friends and family. It’s super easy!
3.   Consider Posting on Facebook or Twitter It’s two clicks of a button to post. You’ll be surprised when donations come in from distant relatives/friends from HS/co-workers.  Post and see what happens!

Student Goals!

o   We need 100% student registration please visit www.getmovinfundhub.com today!

o   Each student is encouraged to raise at least $30.

o   Be an Overachiever Superstar by raising at least $150. 

Our TOTAL SCHOOL GOAL is $25,000

Event details: 

•       Register your Child today using School Identifier 5f3d669d605c9
•       Event Date: Thursday, September 24, 2020
•       Final Donation due date: September 30, 2020
•         Donations can be online through your child’s webpage.  Otherwise, donations in the form of cash & checks (in-school donations), should be turned in to the school.

·        Please make checks payable to: Georgetown Elementary PTC

Individual Goal Rewards!

All students are encouraged to reach their individual donation goal of $30.00.

•         Any donation (in-school or online) = Entered in a random drawing for prizes!

o   Prizes include Electric Scooters and Gift Cards to places such as Amazon, Target, and Barnes & Noble.

•         Individual Donation goal of $30 = Hudsonville Eagles T-shirt (Parents: be sure to add size when registering)

Group Goal Rewards

•         Class with Highest Donation Total = Pizza/Ice Cream Party!
•         Class with Highest Percent Participation (including teacher) = Donuts and Gift Card for the teacher.
•         Top Two Earners from each Grade = Pizza Party with Principal Waldie!
•         Grade with Highest Donation Total = Popsicle Recess!

Just for FUN! – The week of the Walkathon will be Spirit Week

• Monday (September 21st) – PJ Day
  • Long weekend? Skip a step in the morning routine and come to school in your pajamas.

• Tuesday (September 22nd) – cRaZy SoCkS Day
  • Break into the mismatch sock drawer and find the funniest, brightest socks for the day.

• Wednesday (September 23rd) – cRaZy hAiR Day
  • Find the Hairspray and the Hair Dye and come in with some crazy hair.

• Thursday (September 24th) – Hat Day AND Walkathon Day
  • Couldn’t get all that color out from the day before.   No problem, wear a hat to school to cover it.

• Friday (September 25th) – Blue and Maize Day
  • Show your school spirit with your favorite Eagles gear, or just wear Blue and Maize.

as the most fortunate principal in the entire world!  As I shared with you in early April, I am retiring this week after 32 years in education, the final fourteen years at Georgetown.  And, it goes without saying (but I will say it loudly and proudly), these final 14 have been my favorite…. the sweetest spot of my career.

Thank you for EVERYTHING you have done over the years to raise me to be a better person, educator and leader.  I have relied on the children to guide me and show me how to listen and learn—they are the best teachers.  They were the teachers who would use more than words to say:  “STOP  Mrs. Reagan.  Please listen to me and take care of me.”

When they children weren’t teaching me, it was the staff.  I need to you to believe me: Your children are working with the most gifted and caring administrative assistants, Mr. Rob (SUPER CUSTODIAN), teachers, social worker, speech therapist, school psychologist, para professionals on this planet.   They put the children first, always…and then take care of one another.  When they weren’t taking care of the children, they were teaching me to listen to their needs — and to slow down, stop sending so many emails, stop creating so many documents, etc.

I have many mixed emotions today as I say farewell…and that is what I have always wanted when it was time to move in a new direction.  I love this school, the children, the staff, the families and the community.  It’s hard to leave such a wonderful place with exceptional people.

I know that next year will bring some unique challenges for this team — and your families.   This staff has a great sense of how to care and educate — and a new imaginative leader will take this school to new heights.

I want to close with endless appreciation to you for your patience and grace over the years…and the trust you have given me to help grow your children.  I am forever grateful.

Sending you wishes for GOOD HEALTH and lots of fun summer adventures!

Air Hugs and Chicken Wing Bumps,

Mrs. Reagan

PS… The parade with the messages from you were the closure that Mrs. Burdis (retiring grade 3 teacher who I admire and adore) and I both needed.  Thank you ❤️

You guys…look who took over my office~!  MR. ROB!

He is the only person who can get into Georgetown right now….and that’s because he is checking on the grass length and he is making sure NO DUST is settling on inside.  He likes his grass cut short and ZERO dust on furniture or floors!

MR. ROB IS THE BEST!

Enjoy his read aloud from my office below!

The past week has taught us this:  STAYING CONNECTED is IMPORTANT!  

I am writing this week’s update from all the Georgetown staff.  Collectively, we want you to know how much we miss you.  We miss the routine and we miss being together.  We also miss each other — it’s been more than a week since we have seen each other as staff members at school.  It’s supposed to be week 29 of school … but instead it’s Week 2 of COVID19 Homeschool.

We, the staff,  are learning ways to connect with one another and ways to connect with you.  As learners, we are embracing mindset growth opportunity.  I have learned about ZOOM and LOOM for meetings & recording lessons, FLIPGRID for student/teacher sharing, YOUTUBE for posting read alouds and more.  We’ve been fully immersed in the world of online tutorials, experimenting with one another and seeking peer review!

Whenever I get an alert that a video has been posted to flipgrid, I stop whatever I am doing and take in the 90 seconds of connecting with Georgetown family.   Thank you for posting these and helping us all feel connected! This week, we are going to share a JOKE on the school flipgrid.  We need to bring on the giggles.  More below.

Mrs. Bretz (music) and Mrs. Nienhuis/Mrs. VanKoevering (PE) have posted activities to help you stay connected with music and movement.  Mrs. Bretz also has a flipgrid recorder practice coming soon (sorry parents : /).

• Music:  Recorder Practice from Mrs. Bretz
• ART:  Draw a PET
• Movement: Ideas from our PE Teachers
• STEAM STUDIO:  30 Day Lego Challenge
• Audible:  This site has opened up all its children’s and teen’s books for free online listening.

Please check the teacher blogs for lots of great links. Mrs Greenlund’s Blog has a special feature on VIRTUAL FIELD TRIPS.

Another great resource:  GEORGETOWN READ ALOUDS ON YOUTUBE!

• Kindergarten Teachers
• Georgetown Read Alouds:  Check this site for read alouds by Mrs. R, Miss M, Mr. Rob, Mrs. Koon, Charles (a 1st Grader), Mrs. Speidel, Mrs. Reagan and more. If you want to read a book aloud, send the video to me or your teacher and we’ll upload it to this site!  I have also added more links to read alouds in our LINK menu to the left.  It is a link category titled:  Connecting during COVID19.

Okay..for this week, let’s SHARE A JOKE!  Directions are below.  As we close, we (all of us at Georgetown) want to thank you for staying home and preventing the spread of the virus!  In the meantime, let’s learn how to appreciate the simple things in life and connect in new ways!

Mrs. Reagan

SHARE A JOKE ON FLIPGRID HOW TO’s

Step 1: Go to flipgrid.com/georgetownrocks

Step 2: Sign in to the Grid

• Join with your school email and password.
• Code  georgetownrocks

Recording a Video 

Once in a Grid click the green plus to record in three easy steps:

1.    Tap to record – Tap the record button on the bottom to start. Add fun stickers, filters, text, and more. Tap the arrow on the bottom right to advance.
2.  Review your video – Trim, rearrange, or add more. Tap the arrow in the bottom right to advance.
3.   Take a selfie – The selfie will be the cover image for your video. Tap the arrow in the bottom right to advance.
4.   Submit your video – Edit your name, add a title, or attach a link. Then submit!

I am trying to figure out what my new normal is … being a principal from home.  I am also trying to figure out how to be AT HOME ALL THE TIME.  If you read my Sunday post, you know that I am self-quarantining with my husband, Tony, who has cancer.  We are doing all we can to make sure that we stay healthy.

You won’t be surprised to hear that the very first thing I did was make a schedule…for me and Tony to follow.  He was a bit surprised to hear this …but I told him WE HAVE TO HAVE A ROUTINE.  It looks boring compared to yours — but it works right now.

Sitting and working on school stuff has been interesting because I have two dogs, Otis (I call him Otis Potis Pie) and Milo (also called Milo Jilo).  And guess what, they do not want me on my laptop.  They want me to PLAY with them….and I am glad about that.  I love puppies as much as I love kids!  They let me know when I have been on my laptop too long by nudging their noses over the keyboard.

I am also trying to figure out how to connect with our amazing teachers and parapros and Mr. Rob and Mrs. Hoekstra and Mrs. Jeltema.  AND…most importantly all my favorite Georgetown kids.

I want to learn more about where you are doing your learning and if you have a pet.  I made a FLIPGRID with a invite video for you to share with me.  Everyone will be able to watch it.  If it goes well, I will do another FLIPGRID in a few days.

Here’s how you do it:

• Go to this link.
• You will be asked to enter your school email.  It is your username + hpsstudents.net.
• You will also be asked to enter a code and it is this:  22faf4f1

Watch my video and then film your own.  You have 90 seconds to take your video.  Excited to see what you create.  Also…if you can’t figure your school username, just email me:  treagan@hpseagles.net

Also, if you wrote a letter to one of our critical people who are taking care of us in the grocery stores, hospitals, doctor’s offices or our first responders, make a video reading it and I will put these together to send to all these people.  Also…mail it.  They need our thank you’s right now.

Okay…that’s it for now!  MISS YOU LIKE CRAZY!

Mrs. Reagan