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OCTOBER 21, 2009
WEDNESDAY NOTICE


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PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCES - Thursday, October 22nd, 8:30am until 4:30pm.  There will be no school on Conference Day.  Babysitting is available; please bring your children needing childcare up to the gym. Please call or email Tammy to set up an appointment.  387-5364 or [email protected]

NEWS FROM STEVE -
Student and Parent Handbook Focus - This week I would like to focus on portions of two sections of our Student and Parent Handbook.
     The two sections are Daily LIfe at TGS and School Culture. The portions highlighted below are essential aspects of our school community. As you may know the "handbook" was distributed in hard copy and is available on our website.

All-School Meeting
Students, faculty, and staff meet together once a week for approximately half an hour for announcements, presentations, plays, and celebration of the week's birthdays. Speakers, special events, and talent or variety shows also occur at all-school meetings. Parents are invited to join us at any of these meetings. The meetings are held on Wednesdays from 12:50 pm-1:30 pm.

Workjobs
Starting in grade 4, all students at TGS participate in "workjobs" to help keep the school clean and to provide other services vital to the daily operations of the school. Students work in mixed-age teams under teacher supervision to sweep, vacuum, dust, take out trash, or help on the playground with younger students, work in the preschool etc. Workjob assignments change about every six weeks. Workjobs occur from 12:30 pm-12:45 pm each day!

Buddy Program
A "buddy" program links students across the grades in yearlong partnerships. Buddies (mixed-age groups of two or three) meet regularly for activities including: reading together, writing funny poetry, working on art projects, or assembling donations to community organizations. Buddy activities are scheduled on a monthly basis with big and little buddies checking in with each other quite often during the course of a school day or school week.

Community Service
Service to the larger community is a part of each classroom, and ranges from collecting donations for food shelves, to fundraising for local and global humanitarian organizations, to visiting with nearby senior citizens. Each class completes at least one community service project during the course of the year.  There is currently a committee of faculty and staff working on three TGS Strategic Plan goals in regards to community service at TGS. The progress of this committee will be reported on in the near future.

~Steve Lorenz, HOS

New Art is on Display - I am happy to announce all new artwork is up around school.  Every grade is represented from K-7.  The eighth graders are working hard on Dream Window paintings.  These will be finished soon.  If you would like to see these paintings in progress they are up in the art room.  Please enjoy the art.  And tell a student if you enjoy her or his project. William

Ted Fiske at TGS - I am pleased to announce Ted Fiske, author of Fiske Guide to Colleges and former education editor of The New York Times, (and TGS Grandparent!) will be coming to The Grammar School on Wednesday, November 4th at 7 PM. He will speak on his experience as a writer and educator as well as take questions. There is a $5 suggested donation. Child care will be available. Mark Green

SAVE Friday Night, November 20, 2009!!!! - As our big fundraiser for the year, the eighth grade will host an evening of dessert, theater and a dessert auction on November 20.  We will be presenting a ridiculous spoof on "Cinderella," that  appeals to audiences of all ages.  Titled "The Liberated Cinderella," this one act comedy will be fun to watch.  Here is the schedule:  
    7:00  People arrive at TGS and select desserts and
    drinks to enjoy.  
    7:30  The eighth grade performs "The Liberated
    Cinderella"
    8:00  Auction of delectable desserts begins
Admission is $5. per person or $15. maximum per family.  This is a great way to spend an evening and support the eighth grade class-trip fund.  We hope to have a full house.   Any questions?  e-mail Laurie at:   [email protected]

COMMUNITY SERVICEThe Preschool class is organizing our October Collection for the Putney Food Shelf.  All are welcome to donate toiletries (e.g. toothbrushes) and non-perishable food items to boxes in the preschool or to the box outside Tammy's office.  Thank you.
 

Technicool: A Technology Safety Program
Parent Information Program

Wednesday, November 11th
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

in The Grammar School Theater
free and open to the public

Once again we are happy to offer to our school community the Technicool Program. This program is designed for students in grades 4-8, parents, teachers, and caregivers. Technicool looks at common concerns surrounding the internet and technology, encourages safe online behavior by addressing risks presented by new technologies and provides resources to safeguard children. The program will be presented at The Grammar School on Wednesday, November 11th. Each class from grades 4-8 will have a class time program, the faculty will meet for an after school presentation  and there will be an evening program for adults. The evening program is free and open to the public.
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Teacher's Pages/Class Blogs - from the TGS website click on Program>Classrooms>select your classroom page - the link to the teacher's page is at the top of each class page.

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SPORTS!

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Please check the Sports Calendar on The Grammar School Sports Page for the latest schedule.
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The Grammar School hosted the 10th annual TGS Invitational XC running meet on Wednesday, October 14, on a rolling course that wound around the fields and through the woods near the school. 58 students from The Grammar School, Putney Central School, BAMS, Academy School, and Reading Elementary competed in the mile and 1.5 mile races. Seven of them had so much fun running the mile course that as soon as they crossed the finish line they lined up to run the second race.
 
The Reading team took the first two places in the girls' mile, led by Abby Kaija from Reading in 6:31, Lindsay Appleton in 7:05, and followed by Aaliyah Jacobs from Academy School in 7:15. In the boys' race, Russell Boswell from TGS sprinted to the line to win in 6:21, just one second ahead of second place finisher Matt Dulmaine from Academy. Third place in the boys' mile was Justin Wheeler in 6:53, also from Academy.
 
20 runners competed in the two-lap 1.5-mile race. TGS runners Victoria Jaenson and Erin Sternfels took the top two places for the girls in 11:40 and 11:43, followed by Gabi Sigda from BAMS in 11:58.  For the boys, Sebbi Wu from TGS took first place by a comfortable margin in 9:33, with BAMS runners Austin Lester in second in 10:07 and Josh Parro in third in 10:10.
 
Team awards in the one-mile race went to the Reading girls and The Grammar School boys, while TGS girls and the BAMS boys won the 1.5-mile trophies.
 
As Reading coach Lisa Kaija noted, "It is always one of our favorite afternoons in the fall. A TGS race runs like a well-oiled machine!"
 
Soccer and XC Running
Wed Oct 21: Kurn Hattin XC
Tue Oct 27: 7-8 at Greenwood
Tue Oct 27: 3-4 at Brookline
Thu Oct 29: 3-4 Parent/Student scrimmage
Thu Oct 29: 5-6 Greenwood at TGS
Fri Oct 30: Compass at TGS
Sat Oct 31: 5-6 Greenwood Tournament
Sun Nov 1: 5-6 Greenwood Tournament
Sat Nov 7: 7-8 Greenwood Tournament
Sun Nov 8: 7-8 Greenwood Tournament

View photos of the Medieval Faire, the 7th grade Moosilauke trip, daily life at school and more at TGS TOGETHER - our Shutterfly website. Please email Alli for an invitation: [email protected]
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CALENDAR


October 22
Parent/Teacher Conferences
8:30am - 4:30pm
NO SCHOOL

October 23
Long Fall Weekend
NO SCHOOL


November 4
Wednesday
Ted Fiske presentation
7 pm
TGS Theater

November 11
Wednesday
Technicool
Parent Info Night
6:30-8 pm
TGS Theater

November 14
Saturday
OPEN HOUSE

November 20
Friday
8th grade
Dessert Theater
& Auction
7 pm arrive
7:30 play
8:00 auction
TGS Theater

November 25-27
Thanksgiving Break
NO SCHOOL

November 30
Monday
Faculty In-Service
NO SCHOOL