WELCOME BACK!
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ALL SCHOOL PHOTO DAY Friday, Sept. 16 ALL SCHOOL POT LUCK Sept. 16 at 6 pm. Please bring a dish to share, mingle, and welcome the new school year. MEDIEVAL FAIRE Saturday, Oct. 15 |
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From The Desk of Steve Lorenz
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The First Seven Days - Simply Fantastic It has been a terrific start to the school year. Thanks to students, parents, faculty, and staff, the opening of school has been seamless. New students and returning students have transitioned joyfully and smoothly into the daily rhythms of the school day. As I have witnessed the welcoming and supporting of our new and returning students and families by the members of our school community, I am reminded of this section of our school vision statement. "The Grammar School attracts a committed and caring staff who embrace the distinctive contributions of each and every person in the community. At The Grammar School, students, parents, and staff know they can make a difference -and they do." Steve Head of School |
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ALL SCHOOL POTLUCK THIS FRIDAY
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Back to School Potluck - Friday September 16 at 6:00 pm
Please join us this Friday for a fun night of socializing, good food, introductions of our new families, and a back to school slide show. The event will take place in the auditorium beginning at 6:00 pm. We ask all families to bring a main dish, salad, or dessert to feed at least 8-10 people.This is a well attended event with lots of hungry children. During the potluck it is my expectation that students will stay in the auditorium until the end of the evenings festivities. Please see below about our Tropical Storm Irene Donations to bring to the potluck.
Tropical Storm Irene Donations at TGS
In response to the needs of local and regional families who have suffered losses due to the storm, TGS has decided to collect food, school supplies, or cleaning products to donate to local and regional food shelfs and family centers. Please bring these items to the potluck this Friday. There will be boxes and or bags in the hallway before you enter the auditorium. Thank you !
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Medieval Faire October 15
|  Medieval Faire Saturday, Oct. 15 10 am-4 pm The Medieval Faire is one of the two major fundraisers we do each year. The money raised by the faire supports student programs and scholarships. Calling all parents, faculty, staff and students! It takes all of us to raise and run a medieval village! How you can help: SET-UP - Come help raise the medieval village! Set-up will take place on Thursday Oct. 7 from 8:30am-3pm and Friday Oct. 8 from 8:30am-5pm. Join us for some or all of the time. On Friday TGS will provide lunch and after school care till 5 pm. FAIRE DAY - Everyone is needed on faire day! Parents, faculty, and staff - please volunteer for as many time slots (10-12, 12-2, 2-4) as possible. Sign up early for your choice of times and events! Students in grades 5-8 are also required to be on hand as part of their community service. If you have any questions about student jobs please see Tara. FOOD - Please sign up to prepare food and goodies to be sold in the Tavern and Marketplace. We have a lot of fairegoers to feed! KINGS RAFFLE - If you have any items to donate to the raffle, please contact Pauline O'Brien (ext. 106) or Phil Blood (ext. 105). Thank you! HAY & DECORATIONS - Calling all hay! Please let Chris Harlow know if you have any hay to donate or loan, and please save your cornstalks, pumpkins, mums, and other items for decorations at the faire. SIGN-UP SHEETS ARE POSTED AT TGS - Many thanks for your help! |
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SPORTS
| Fall Sports practices have started. NO PRACTICES ON FRIDAY, OCT. 14 (Medieval Faire setup). Please check the calendar for games, meets, and schedule changes. Parents are responsible for transporting their children to and from games and running meets.
The fee for all sports is $20/student for the fall season. Please pay Tammy in the office. To sign your child up for a sport, please email Mary.  K-1-2 Soccer: 3:15-4:00 pm
Mondays (coach Beth Henkle) and Fridays (coach Paul Hopkins) 3rd-4th grade soccer: Tuesdays and Thursdays 3:15-4:30 pm. Head coach Ray Hutchins (See 3-4 soccer flyer ) 5th-6th grade soccer: Tuesdays and Thursdays 3:15-4:30 pm. Head coach Ken Brautigam 7th-8th grade soccer: Tuesdays and Fridays 3:15-4:30 pm. Coaches Chris Harlow and Bruce McIntosh (We will try to schedule an away game for one of the teams on Tuesdays, to avoid having to share a field.) 
XC Running: Wednesdays 3:15-4:30 pm Head coach Charlie Boswell All ages are welcome, but participants must be able to run their race distances (6-8 years .5 mile, 9-11 years 1 mile, 11-14 years 1.5 miles). |
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STUDIO INSTRUMENTS NEEDED
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We're looking for a couple of keyboards and guitars to borrow for 7th and 8th grade Studio this fall. If you have one you'd be willing to loan to a student, please email or call Alli at ext. 108.
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PUTNEY FOOD SHELF
| PUTNEY FOOD SHELF: This is a school-wide, yearlong community service we instituted a few years ago. Each month a class leads the collection of donated non-perishable food items and toiletries. All are welcome to donate at any time. There is always a box outside the main office for your donations. FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER THE SIXTH GRADE IS THE CLASS COLLECTING. A box is in their homeroom should you wish to bring items there. Thank you for your generous support of our school's local community.
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Wednesday Notice Submissions
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Please email Tammy with any submissions for the Wednesday Notice by 11 am on Tuesday.
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COMMUNITY NEWS!
| PEDAL SUNDAY - Sunday, September 18 at 10am FREE Come join the community-wide bike ride in and around our scenic Putney area ■ Start and finish at the Putney Tavern Green with refreshments provided by Front Porch Cafe ■ Rides: Steep-But-Sweet (20+/-mi), Tamer Tour (12+/-mi),Eazy Peazy (2.5 mi) ■ Mostly dirt roads - hybrid, cyclocross, or mountain bikes are best ■ FREE bike rentals from the West Hill Shop - Must reserve in advance.802-387-5718 or email info@westhillshop.com
 HORSE - Free lease - Appendix QH mare, 15.3hh. Well schooled in huntseat and dressage. Easy keeper, sound for trail and regular work on the flat. Needs a confident advanced beginner or intermediate rider. Stands nicely for vet/farrier. Shots and coggins updated in August, and last had her hooves done on September 8th. Owner is living abroad and seeking full lease arrangement for one year, with the option of extending the lease after the first year. Use of tack, winter blankets, grooming gear all included. If you're interested in coming to meet and ride this lovely mare in Putney, please give me a call or send an email: Leelee Bookwalter, 802-380-4896, singingshepherdess@gmail.com.
Eagles! Join wildlife biologist Chris Martin who will discuss the re-population of Bald Eagles in VT & NH, with emphasis on the Connecticut River Watershed. Wednesday Sept 21 @ 7pm. Free & Open to the public at
the Rockingham Free Public Library, 65 Westminster Street, Bellows Falls.
Sponsored by a partnership of The Nature Museum at Grafton, Rockingham Library, and Ascutney Mountain Audubon Society, and partially fun ded by the TransCanaada Corporation. Call 802-463-4270 for more information.
CLOTHING COLLECTION - Once again, a friend, who is a social worker in Keene, and I are collecting clothing, toys and books to give to children in homeless shelters. Winter clothing for all ages and sizes, adults included, is needed, and blankets and sleeping bags are priceless. Please drop donations off at the upper building and I will make sure they get to Keene as quickly as possible. It is hard for me to hear that many of these children have never owned a book! If you have multiple copies of pictures books, please consider donating one of them. Thank you in advance. Laurie Fichter lfichter@tgs-putney.org
PIANO FOR SALE OR LOAN: Hamilton small upright in good condition. Call Felicity Ladd at 387-5944.
AFTER SCHOOL MUSIC LESSONS available on Friday afternoons at TGS. Are you interested in your child learning to play the saxophone, clarinet, or flute? I have found a terrific teacher! Please contact Anita Dunlap at 802-579-8001 or blkmtfrm@sover.net for more info!
Jason Koerber (saxophone, clarinet) performs regularly with the Keene Chamber Orchestra, the Keene Jazz Orchestra, the Half Diminished Swing Band & The Jacksonville Blues Band. He is also a former member of the Tom Foolery Band, the Josh Evans Trio & the funk band Giza. Jason has appeared as a soloist with the KSC Chamber Orchestra and with the Pink Floyd tribute band Liquid Floyd. He has also performed with the Raylynmor Opera Company, The Hugh Keelan Ensemble & The Monadnock Chorus & Orchestra. Jason currently teaches saxophone and clarinet at Vermont Academy - Saxtons River VT, The Putney School - Putney, VT, The Open Music Collective - Brattleboro VT, Peterborough Music - Peterborough NH and Elm City Music & Movement - Keene, NH. Jason has studied saxophone with Scott Mullett, Harvey Kaiser, Mario Bernardo & Craig Sylvern. He has studied clarinet with Richard Sanders & Mario Bernardo and flute with Robin Matathias. For many years he also taught flute at Amherst and Mount Holyoke Colleges. He attended Harvard College and the Juilliard School of Music and studied with Douglas Royal, James Pappoutsakis, Julius Baker, Harold Bennett, Marcel Moyse, and Keith Underwood. He has recorded for MusicMasters and Opus One. NEXT STAGE CINEMA - Come out and support Putney's own movie house!!!!! Next Stage Cinema @ 15 Kimball Hill is in full swing, showing films every Tuesday and Saturday on a 22' screen with surround sound!
CLAY CLASSES FOR KIDS at Brattleboro Clay Works! Thursdays starting Sepember 20 from 3:30-5:30. 8 weeks, $165.00 includes all materials. Contact Shari Zabriskie at 380-0916. |
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