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Mrs. Brouwer’s Gallery Showing

Mrs. Brouwer, our talented and nationally recognized art teacher, is showing her collage and fiber art at the Gallery Uptown in Grand Haven!  Her opening was this on Friday evening and several of us attended this very special event.

It is quite an honor and accomplishment to be selected for a gallery showing!  Mrs. Brouwer is very humble and does not like to be in the spot light, so the gallery event was forcing her to step outside of her comfort zone.

I must tell you, she looked beautiful and so did all of her pieces.  I snapped a few photos of the artist sharing her work as well as a one of my favorite fiber creations (Hope) and the decorative and functional wool covered soaps.  You can find out more about her work on her school art blog and her Valley View Farm Fiber blog.   If you visit her Valley View blog, you will see the sheep that share their wool…and contribute to some of her work!

josey's collage

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It’s Maple Syrup Time!

While walking Cooper along Lake Michigan today, I stumbled upon a grove of maple trees that are being tapped for their sap.  Luckily, I had my camera along so I snapped some photos to post on my 365 project and share with all of you on the blog.

M is for Maple Syrup

The rise in temperatures this past week has caused the maple sap to run–and this typically lasts for a few weeks.  The best time to catch the sap is before the maple tree buds–causing the sap to become more bitter.  Blandord Nature Center kicked off it’s Sugarbush Trail Tours this weekend which take place through March 27, their annual Sugarbush Festival.  If you would like to learn more about the sugar bush and how maple syrup is made, visit the Michigan Maple Syrup Association.

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Basket WINNERs!

Drum roll please! Announcing the winners of our PTC Classroom Basket Fundraiser.  drum roll

  • Taylor Truman:   The Disney Basket (Murphy/VanderPloeg)
  • CJ Coxen:  The Puzzle Basket (Estefan)
  • Shelley Weller:  The Tailgating Basket (Nederveld)
  • Maddie Scott:  The Gardening Basket (Bohl)
  • Tricia Carr:  The Road to Reading Basket (Weiss)
  • Tricia Carr:  The Family Game Night Basket (Stadt)
  • Garrin Szukalowski:  The Movie Night Basket(Veldman)
  • Victoria Walter:  The Art Drawing Basket (Woodring)
  • Tom Stutz:  The Michigan State Sports Basket (Greenlund)
  • Bryce Morningstar:  The Olympic Games Basket (Kuieck)
  • Becky VanSomeren:  The Crunch Munchies Basket (Huizenga)
  • Amy Ostapowicz:  The Get Fit Basket (Quigley)
  • Carson Beer:  The Travel Basket (Bowen)
  • Alyssa Braam:  The School Spirit Basket (Flory)
  • Max Ward:  The Sport Collectibles Basket (McDonald)
  • Abby Shereda:  The Scrapboooking Basket (VanArkel)
  • Annabel Owen:  At teh Beach Basket (Boersma)
  • Mason Dekker:  The Say YES to Michigan Basket (Gort)
  • Jessa VanHaitsma:  The Camping Basket (Jurewicz)
  • MariBeth Gleason:  The Party time Basket (Bouwens)
  • Jack Berry:  The Everything Chocolate Basket (Burdis)
  • Madelin Owen:  The Craft Supplies Basket (Burmeister)

This event was made possible because of YOU and your donations to the basket!  In addition, two parents donated hours to make this event success.  Angel Truman and Michele Wieringa organized, assembled and set up the baskets.  In addition, they sold tickets for three days during lunch and in the evening during conferences.  MANY MANY MANY THANKS to both of them and all of you who donated materials and bought tickets.

Baskets are on the tables in the rotunda and can be picked up today (3/4/2010) until 3 pm and next week between 8 am and 4 pm.

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Parent Workshop: Reading

Dr. Donna M. Scanlon from Michigan State University will be doing a parent presentation on reading literacy Scanloncalled “Raising Readers.” She will be presenting activities and strategies parents can use to help their children enjoy the skill of reading.

Dr. Donna M. Scanlon’s presentation will provide good information for parents of children ages newborn through elementary years.

The presentation will take place on  March 29th from 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. at our High School Auditorium.

If you are interested in attending, complete this survey:  RAISING READERS

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PTC Basket Fundraiser

Only two days remain to purchase tickets to win one or more of the PTC Classroom Baskets!  Tickets are available for purchase during lunch (11:30-12:30) and also Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons from 4-6 pm.

Each ticket costs $1.00.  The money earned goes toward funding PTC events and activities here at Georgetown.

Check out these beautiful baskets arranged by Angel Truman and Michele Wieringa.  Materials donate by YOU!

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Raising A Reader School Contest

RAISING A READER SCHOOL CHALLENGE

We have the incredible opportunity to win $5,000 for our school library through a contest called, Raise a Reader School Challenge.  Individual readers are also eligible for great prizes.

The contest is sponsored by the International Reading Association and Parents Magazine.

Beginning March 8, students log their reading minutes as they devour books throughout the spring.  Logging of minutes continues through May 31.

We need every parent to register for this program and log in their minutes from home.  We will also record the minutes read at school.

On March 8, go to this link and register:  RAISE A READER SCHOOL CHALLENGE

If you have questions at any time, check with Mrs. VandenBerg, our school librarian, or your child’s teacher.

Thank you for doing such a great job to raise your child to be a reader and for supporting our school library!

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Got Talent?

Got Talent

Are you in grades 3rd-5th? Can you juggle?  Play an instrument?  Do a special jump rope routine?  Magic tricks?  Gymnastics routines?  Dance?  Sing?  Play the recorder? Be an MC for the show?   Then Georgetown wants YOU!!

Our annual Georgetown Talent Show is right around the corner!  Since May is so busy with end of year activities, we have decided to move our Talent Show earlier in the year to help celebrate the day before spring break??!!  Its time to pull out all the stops and start practicing those acts!!

If your child is interested in participating in our Talent Show, there are some very important dates and details coming up that they need to be aware of to be considered for the show:

IMPORTANT DEADLINES:

  • Decide on act and start practicing alone or with friends:   NOW!
  • Pick up Official Talent Show Audition Sheet (located outside music room door):  Available on Tuesday, March 2
  • Talent Show Audition Sheets must be turned in on or before:  Monday, March 15
  • Auditions will be held:  Wednesday, March 17 – Friday, March 19
  • Talent Show:  Thursday, April 1

IMPORTANT RULES:

  1. Students must be in grades 3rd-5th to be in Talent Show.  All other grades will watch only.
  2. Act must be 2 minutes or less.
  3. If song/act to perform is longer than 2 minutes, we can fade music out at the 2 minute mark.
  4. When submitting Audition Sheet, lyrics for songs performed must be attached to sheet.  Only appropriate   music will be allowed.
  5. Students must come to Audition PERFORMANCE READY.  That means that they should perform as if it is the actual Talent Show.  They should have all CD’s and props with them in order to be considered.
  6. If auditioning to be an MC/announcer for the show, student should memorize one joke to tell for their audition.

So start practicing!  We are so excited to see all the amazing talents that Georgetown has to offer!!!  We can hardly wait for April 1!

If you have any questions, please come see Mrs. Bretz, Mrs. Brouwer, Mrs. VanKoevering or Mrs. Nienhuis.  Good luck everyone!

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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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The Week Ahead: March 1-3, 2010

This is a very short week of school for students and a very busy week for staff.  Parent/Teacher conferences will be held on Monday, March 1 (5-8); Tuesday, March 2 (4-6) and Wednesday, March 3 (4-6).  On March 4th, teachers are in scheduled staff development–and there is no school for students.  And, of course, winter break is on March 5th!

We are looking forward to seeing you this week and sharing all that your child has learned so far this year.  I will serve as the stop watch for the 15 minute conference periods, offering a friendly reminder that the conference time is ended.  This is done to politely keep teachers and parents on schedule.

Enjoy your weekend…and here’s to the first week of March!

Mrs. Reagan

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