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WALK-A-THON SUCCESS

Many, many thanks to everyone who participated in this year’s walk-a-thon.  We walked on Wednesday, September 21 and Thursday, September 22.   Your donations for this event raised $11,000+ for our school.  We cannot begin to tell you how appreciative we are of your support.

We have special prizes that are being awarded to top earners throughout the school.  I will be making an all school announcement on Monday….and I will being passing out certificates for these winners to bring home and with you!

Mrs. Reagan and the PTC Board

WALK-A-THON WINNERS 2011

Top earning CLASSROOM for pamper day: Mrs. Woodring, First Grade Classroom

RAFFLE PRIZE WINNERS:
Brandon Carr (Mr. Jurewicz) = Double J Waterpark day pass for four
Coen Pell (Mrs. Stadt) = Laser Tag birthday party package at the Lost City
Ben Rund-Scott (Mrs. Kok) = Signed Detroit Tigers Baseball

Top 5 earners for POOL PARTY (to be held on a sunny day in May)

  • Tyler Ostrander (2nd Grade, Greenlund)
  • Victoria Mia Eggers (4th grade – Kooiker)
  • Leah Vandernberg (4th grade – Huizenga)
  • Sheyla Plummer (3rd Grade – Van Arkel)
  • Noah Sutton (K – Bohl t/th)
  • Lauren Burgess (K – Bohl t/th)

Top earners from EACH GRADE for a pizza party with Principal:

  • Reid Everts (PK – Boes)
  • Milena Sremba (K – Jabaay)
  • Mackenzye VanGeest (1st grade – Woodring)
  • Brandon Carr (2nd grade – Jurewicz)
  • Emma Everts (3rd grade – McDonald)
  • Victoria Mia Eggers (4th grade – Kooiker)
  • Paetyn Bentley (5th grade – Bouwens)

 

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Week 4: September 26-30, 2011

It is now safe to say that we are settling into the schedule and routine of the 2011-12 school year!

The events for the fourth week are posted as a snapshot below.  Added to our school calendar to the right:  Friday POPCORN DAYS and class fireld trips.  As always, check your child’s class blog for updates on curriculum and other special events.

Many thanks AGAIN for your support of our PTC WALK-A-THON FUNDRAISER.   Video highlights of each day can be watched here:  Day 1 MW PK/K/ECSE and 3-5; TTH PK/K/ECSE and 1-2.  Send your money in by September 30.  Top winners will be announced once all the money is counted (early October).

If you missed the Friday pre-game DUNK TANK fundraiser for the Hudsonville Education Foundation,  check out the video!

Have a great week!

Mrs. Reagan

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Little Green Walking Feet

We had our second day of the GO GREEN WALK-A-THON today!  Congratulations to our ECSE, TTH PK/K and first and second graders for doing an awesome job walking, walking and some more walking.

We were supported in our walking by Mr. Cecchini who rode his unicycle while juggling, Mrs. Troyer and a team of parents who kept us well watered, and three mysterious dad’s who hung out by the bridge and cooled us off with squirt guns!

Many thanks to Malachi, my photographer buddy, who took photos for me so I could walk and talk with some great kids.  Remember:  You can send your WALKATHON DONATIONS into school between now and September 30.  Thank you for ALL you do to support us at Georgetown.

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GO GREEN WALK-A-THON!

Mrs. Troyer and two suspicious looking trolls loaded with squirt guns made sure that we had a FANTASTIC GO GREEN walk-a-thon!

Tomorrow is our second walk-a-thon day for TTH PK/K and Grades 1 and 2.  We are hoping that the rain stays away.

Check out these photos of our MW PK/K and Grades 3-5 walking today.

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It’s Here! OUR WALK A THON WEEK!

Our theme for the 2011-12 Event:

 G O    G   R   E   E  N:  

Georgetown

A School that RECYCLES 

  • Do you know that our school leads the district in lowest energy use due to the building design and our focus on LIGHTS OUT when we exit rooms?
  • Do you know that we recycle our paper?  Our PAPER GATOR (in the front parking lot near Baldwin Street) is also available to community members to encourage community paper recycling.
  • Do you know that we recycle water bottles?  Each week, a group of students collects plastic water bottles to help keep Georgetown Green.
  • Do you know that we recycle batteries?  Each month, Mr. Rob takes our bucket of batteries to a recycling station. Bring your batteries into school and put them in the bucket near the front office.

Why is the walk-a-thon donation so important?  This money helps to provide to pay for all school assemblies, Framed Art Work, Hoops in the Gym, Family Days like the Carnival, Mother/Daughter and Father/Son Events, Music materials,  Popcorn Days, Field Trips, Classroom supplies, classroom equipment, Reading Counts, Raz Kids, Book Fair, Santa’s Secret Shop, AND SO MUCH MORE!!!

We need your DONATIONS of Money!  We want all of these activities and events to continue this year.  PLEASE DONATE!

 For our walk-a-thon days, we want everyone to wear GREEN. Green clothes, green nails, green face paint, etc. We want the walk-a-thon path to be a sea of green.  So, wear as much green as possible.   

Here is the walk-a-thon GO GREEN schedule:

Wednesday, September 21: 9:45a.m. – 11:15a.m. – Morning ECSE, Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten, 3rd, 4th and 5th Grade

Thursday, September 22: 1:45 – 3:15 Afternoon ECSE, Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd Grade

What are the prizes?

  • Top WINNERS for EACH GRADE:  PIZZA PARTY WITH MRS. REAGAN
  • Top WINNING CLASSROOM:  A Pampered Day:  This class is treated like royalty.  They will be able to wear PJS, eat pizza and popsicles and receive two extra recesses during the day—and no homework for that day.
  • EVERY PARTICIPANT who raises $25 or more gets a GO GREEN re-usable EAGLES bag.
  • EVERY PARTICIPANT will be entered into drawings for DOUBLE J, LASER TAG and much more.
  • Money due September 30.  Everyone walks on the days assigned…money can be turned in between now and end of the month.

Friday, September 30: Completed donation forms and money due back to school.  You do not need to send the money this week.  You have until September 30.  PLEASE DONATE!  PLEASE!  (Yes, Mrs. Reagan is begging!)

Thank you for all of your help!  We look forward to a tremendously successful event!

Do you need these forms?

Donation Slip: For those who need record of the donation for taxes.

Walkathon Individual Earnings Report: Due with Money by September 30.

PARENTS STILL NEEDED AS VOLUNTEERS:  Amanda Troyer is still looking for PARENT HELP.  This is a fun event to work.  Low stress….and loads of fun.  Please let her know if you can help by emailing her.  She is in need of bubble machines, spray bottles (for  water) and big hearts who are willing to help her keep walking kids walking and hydrated!

Amanda Troyer’s Email Address:  amandatroyer@yahoo.com

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Our Second Week

We did it!  We completed our first week of school.  If you are a parent of a pre-kindergartener, kindergartener or first grader, you were probably amazed at how tired your child was after the first few days.  Even our most seasoned learners (grades 2-5), may have been more tired as a result of rising earlier and the hard work that goes into following the school routines and learning.  Please take some time to watch our first video of the new year which is at the top of this post.

It was an incredible first week…one of our best first weeks ever.  Every single staff member was out and about helping with school arrival, hallway transition, the lunchroom and end of the day departure.  Georgetown truly has an amazing staff who are willing to do whatever it takes to help every single child feel safe and comfortable at school.

As we look ahead to our first five day week, you will see that a Parent Club meeting will be held on Thursday from 6:30-7:30 in our Media Center.  We will be discussing the ALL SCHOOL WALK-A-THON and other upcoming events.  The WALK-A-THON is our major fund raiser for the year and takes place on September 21 (MW PK/K/ECSE) and 22 (ALL SCHOOL).  Information about this will arrive home this week.  We are hoping that each family can contribute to this very important fundraising event.

HAVE A GREAT WEEK!

 

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BLOG BITS 10/8/10

HAPPY SUNNY FRIDAY AFTERNOON!!!   : )

NEWS FROM THE OFFICE…….  What a great week we have had!  We had great weather for our 3rd grade field trips this week, a  great Jet’s Pizza night and ended the week with Popcorn Friday!

Jet’s Pizza Night…..  WOW, what a great turn out we had!  The best ever for a Georgetown Pizza Night!!  You families rock!  We raised $210.00 for Georgetown,  that is more than we raised ALL of last year together on pizza nights!  The winning class for the pizza party was 1st grade, Mr. Jurewicz.  They will be receiving their party soon.  Thanks again for all of your help and support, every little bit truly does make a difference!

Lunch Room News……  We all know that our children like to be social with their friends and classmates at lunchtime.  However, we need to encourage our children to make sure when  they get into the lunchroom that they eat their lunch first and then socialize.  We have lots of students that are going home hungry because they are not eating.  We hope that between you the parents and the lunchroom staff that we can make sure that our kids are eating their lunches and not going throughout the afternoon hungry!  Thanks for you help with this!

MEAP Testing…….  MEAP testing will begin next week for our 3rd through 5th grades.  We would like you to make sure your students are well rested and have a good breakfast and a healthy snack to start their day!  This truly does make a difference.  Please if at all possible try not to schedule appointments during these testing days.  Below is the testing schedule.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12 – ALL DAY

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13 – ALL DAY

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14 – ALL DAY

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19 – ALL DAY

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20 – ALL DAY

Conference Time…… Conference time is fast approaching and we want to make sure all of you are checking your teacher’s blogs.  They will have a “Parent/Teacher Survey Form” for fall conferences that need to be filled out for your teacher to schedule your conference day and time.  If for some reason you need a paper copy to fill out please request one from your child’s teacher or stop by the office.  Conference dates and times are as follows…. November 1, 5pm to 8:30pm; November 2, 4pm to 6pm; and November 3, 4pm to 6pm.

PE NEWS…..  The Turkey Trot is fast approaching.  Yesterday was our last day of accepting registrations at Georgetown.  If you are still interested in participating there will be “Late” registration the day of the event right at the gate.  The Turkey Trot takes place on TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26.  The gates will open at 4:15pm and the race starts at 5pm.  Registration fee is $6.  T-shirts will be available at the late registration on a first come/first serve basis.

PTC NEWS….Walk-a-thon Winners Announced!

Box Top News.…..  Don’t forget our first Box Top Competition ends next FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15!!  Please send in your box tops labeled with your child’s name/teacher/and the number of box tops in the bag/envelope.  The teachers will then turn these in and the PTC  will announce the winners of the Classroom prizes and the individual winners.  Thanks for helping raise money for Georgetown!

COMMUNITY ED NEWS……..  Girl Scouts will be having a meeting if anyone is interested in participating or just finding out more information about the Girl Scouts.  The Meeting will take place on MONDAY, OCTOBER 18  from 7pm to 8pm.  It will be held in the Park Elementary Community Room. If you have any questions please contact Michelle Curnow at 662-8983 or MichelleCurnow@yahoo.com.

Community Ed would also like to give you the direct link to their website for upcoming activities and online registration for any activities that you are interested in signing up for.  The link is:     http://commed01.hudsonville.k12.mi.us/Default.aspx

COMMUNITY NEWS……..  Cancer Support Group of Jenison/Hudsonville Has a cancer diagnosis recently affected your family?  Could you or someone you love need support while going through chemotherapy and/or radiation?  Are you dealing with the effects of therapy?  Our group is made up of families from the area who have been through cancer and know how it impacts the entire family.  We want to offer support.  We are so proud of our community, where awareness and support have grown by leaps and bounds!  For more information, please contact:  Jean Krzewski at 662-0951 (support for children) or Tara Koziatek at 457-9918 (support for adults).

“LOVE AND LOGIC” PARENTING WORKSHOP – The purpose of this workshop is to educate parents about the “Love and Logic” philosophy of parenting.  Participants will learn how to avoid power struggles, respond to misbehavior with empathy instead of anger, construct logical and effective consequences, and guide children through problem solving.  Participants will also have the opportunity to share and discuss parenting challenges and suggestions with other parents.  The workshop will be held at Park Elementary on Tuesday nights for six weeks, starting November 9 and ending December 14.  Cost is a one-time fee of $10 to cover the cost of the workbook and will be collected the first night.  Childcare is provided free of charge by HHS students.  To register, please e-mail Kristi Sherrington, workshop facilitator, at ksherrin@hpseagles.net. Please indicate if you plan to use the child care and the ages and number of children.
AFTER SCHOOL BIBLE CLUB…….  An After School Bible Club is coming to Georgetown.  This will be starting on MONDAY, OCTOBER 25.  It will be held in the Multi-Purpose Room here at Georgetown on Mondays from 3:40p to 4:30p.  Parents must provide transportation home after the class.  The club will be offered through March or April.  There is no charge for the club.  This club is being offered through BCM International Western Michigan, a nondenominational organization.  If you have any questions please call BCM at 616-457-3840.  If your child plans on attending please fill out the Registration form that will be outside of the Multi-Purpose in the rack.  They also want you to know that you may visit the Bible Club at any time.  Thank you!
UPCOMING EVENTS TO PUT ON THE CALENDAR

10/13  Late Start  ONLY FOR MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOLS!!!!!

10/15  ECSE Field Trip to Post Family Farm

10/20  Marco’s Night

10/22  NO SCHOOL

10/26  Turkey Trot

10/28  T/TH K Halloween Parties/ECSE Halloween Parties

10/29  Halloween Parties

HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND!  GET OUTSIDE AND ENJOY THE GREAT FALL WEATHER!

MRS. NURENBERG  : )       pumpkin5

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Drum Roll, Please!

WalkersOur 2010 Walk-a-thon was an unbelievable success with great participation, fantastic fund raising and incredible weather.  I want to extend a warm thank you to all of the parents, students and teachers who participated (by donating money and time) and for supporting all of our PTC events.

The event was organized by Mr. and Mrs. Royse with support from a group of volunteers as well as our PTC Board Members.

The winners were selected today…with an announcement as well as calls to parents to have the big prizes picked up at school.

The winners are as follows:

  • Maria Maldonado/5th Gr-Burmeister  – Gold Card
  • Kendall Frederick/K Bohl – Gold Card
  • Andrew Snowdon/2nd Kuieck – Great Wolf Lodge Package
  • Makenna Overweg/2nd Kuieck – Wii

POOL PARTY WINNERS FROM THE WALK A THON:

  • Jayda Kerns/K Estefan
  • Kiera Marz/1st Woodring
  • Sheyla Plummer/2nd Quigley
  • Emma Vanderwall/K Estefan
  • Will Haverkamp/4th Bowen
  • Keegan DeGoede/2nd Quigley

We will have the pool party on a warm sunny day in late May orSCORE!Early June.   Last year, we ate lunch and swam all afternoon while everyone else worked at school!  As the warm weather draws near, I will get in touch with parents and share all the details of the event.

THANK YOU EVERYONE for making this such a fabulous event.


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WALK-A-THON FUN

Today all of the students in ECSE, MW PK and K and Grades 3, 4 and 5 walked for our all school walk-a-thon from 9:45 until 10:30. The weather was beautiful and the music was fantastic! Many thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Royse for organizing this event and to all of the volunteers for helping to set up for the event. It was a fantastic morning. Tomorrow, students in ECSE TH K and Grades 1 & 2 walk at 1:45 pm. I can’t wait to put my walking shoes back on!

Miss Burmiester made this great walk-a-thon video! Enjoy…and thank you for all you have done to support this once a year fundraiser for our PTC events.

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Pool Party with the Principal!

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In early September, we held a Walk-a-thon to raise money for Parent Club events in our school.  The top five money earners won a pool party with me…at my pool!  We took advantage of the summer like weather and played at my pool today.  We ate subs, drank sprite, sprayed each other with water, and laughed nearly the entire time.  Enjoy these photos…and many thanks to Tom, Sheyla, Madison, Paige and Brooklyn for all you did to raise money for our great school.

PS:  I asked them if they thought the top prize next year should be pool party at the principal’s again and they all said, “YES!”  So good luck to all you for next year.