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April 11
Chateau Night
April 24 Burr Book Swap April 26 Guys Read Book Club April 29 Newton Serves at Burr
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| Staffing Update - From Mindy Johal | |
Dear Families,
I want to update you on some recent staffing changes at Burr.
Ms. Ingram, our music teacher, is now on maternity leave and will be out for the remainder of the school
year. We wish her luck as she awaits the birth of her second child. Deanna Mustachio will be filling in for Ms. Ingram. She will take over fifth grade chorus and all of the music classes on Wednesday and Thursday.
Ms. Michna, the P.E teacher, is out on medical leave and Jesse Coleman will be substituting for her until she returns to work. Jesse just completed his student teaching at Brown Middle School and comes highly recommended. He previously completed a student teaching practicum at the elementary level and is excited about teaching P.E to young children.
Ms. Jaquith, our art teacher, has been impaneled on a Grand Jury. Her service began last week and will last until the end of June. This means that she will be out on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and the fourth Monday of each month. Luckily, we have been able to find a substitute for Diane. Jen Burkin will be the art teacher on the days that Diane is out. Jen will shadow Diane on Monday and will be introduced to the students.
Please be sure to contact me if you have any question or concerns.
Sincerely,
Mindy Johal |
The Burr Bookswap is Finally Here!
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This week only!!!!! Send your gently-used K-5 books off to school
every day, in a bag clearly marked with your student's name, grade
and teacher. In exchange, students get to choose books from various
categories, ranging from early readers to classics, non-fiction to hobbies and sports. Every year we have many books left over and several charities in the area get the gift of reading from our generous Burr families. Collections will be taken every morning through Friday, April 13th.
The book swap will be held on Tuesday, April 24th.
We also need plenty of help collecting and sorting books, and setting up, staffing and cleaning up after the swap. Please sign up to help out on our Doodle poll if you have a few minutes to spare.
Your help will be greatly appreciated!
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Burr Clean Up Day - Sunday, April 29
Please register now!
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Please come help Burr with some spring cleaning. We have projects in the yard and classrooms. We will be honest - some of this is hard work and some of it pretty light work. Many hands make light work!!
ALL are welcome - parents, children and teachers !!
Sunday April 29, 2012 12 noon - 4pm, rain or shine
Click here to register online. Select Burr as your preferred site so that the city gets an accurate count of how many t-shirts and bottles of water get donated to the site. For more information go to http://www.newtoncommunitypride.org/NewtonSERVES.html
OR contact our Burr coordinators Kelly Brown or Bill Hoch
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Chateau Night this Wednesday - April 11
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Bring your whole family, or grab a sitter plan a grown-up night out, for a great meal at the Chateau Restaurant in Waltham on Wednesday, April 11th from 5-8 pm and 20% of your total bill will go to Burr! Just print this coupon and present it to the waitperson when paying your check. Take-out counts too! You can also make multiple copies of the coupon to hand out to friends and family. We hope to see you there!
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Classroom Literature Fund for Teacher Appreciation Week
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As Teacher Appreciation week approaches (May7-11th), many of us wish to recognize and thank our children's teachers for the exceptional job they do. A donation to the Classroom Literature Fund is a great way to say thank you while complying with the Newton School Committee's "no gift" policy. The Fund also supports your child's education by providing books for his or her classroom.
Fund donations are pooled and divided equally among all Burr teachers in the form of gift certificates to the New England Mobile Book Fair, where teachers can purchase books for their classrooms. Along with the gift certificate, each teacher or specialist receives a note with the names of the families who have donated in their honor.
If you'd like to thank your child's teacher with a donation to the
Classroom Literature Fund, please fill out the form that will be sent home in your child's folder and make your check payable to the Burr School PTO. You can return it to the Classroom Literature Fund by May 4th via the folder in your child's backpack. Thank you!
Marni Goldstein Caputo
Classroom Literature Fund Coordinator
mgolds2@yahoo.com
617-785-8690
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American Youth Football & Cheerleading is Coming to Newton
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This is a new football and cheerleading league in Newton but American Youth Football has the world's largest youth football enrollment with 23,000 teams in 50 states. This is a grade based program. Teams will be formed for kids entering Grades 3 thru 8 in the fall.Those entering 2nd grade are eligible to play on the 3rd grade team.
Registration is beginning now and teams will be formed by Mid-May. Please sign up as soon as possible as once a team (grade) is full registration will be closed.Teams are formed based on first come first served - not ability or size-based.This is a developmental program - no try outs.
Practices may begin in August in the evenings (after camp and work).We will need plenty of coaches and parent assistants - so if you love football or cheer - please join us.
To register, please see website at www.newtonyouthfootball.com
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When Bad Things Happen to Good Families: Talking with our Children About Transition, Crisis, and Loss
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Parents need to understand how their children might respond to stressful events, such as moving, separation/divorce, death, etc. In this workshop, parents will learn developmentally appropriate ways to prepare children for difficult changes and how to build resilience, as well as strategies for supporting them in the midst of these types of stressors. Presented by Lawrence Berkowitz MPA, Ed.D., Director and co-founder of Riverside Trauma Center and Joanna Hooper LICSW, Clinical Services Director at Riverside Trauma Center.
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