This year, the Health and Wellness Committee are working as hard as ever to keep healthy eating and good health in the minds of the children as much as possible through their school year. In an effort to keep a regular dialogue up about this, we have decided to run a monthly Health and Wellness spot on the morning announcement over the school intercom. At the beginning of each month, a seasonal and interesting food related paragraph will be read out to the school after the other morning announcements, by the children. This month, to kick-off the new initiative, Winter Squash will be featured.   

Winter Squash

Look out for the December health and wellness news in Dragon Tales, and invite your child to explore each of our topics in more detail - perhaps with tastings, research about the food together in the library or online, finding recipes to cook with it in, and looking in the supermarket for types of the food etc. The more we can all engage in talking about healthy food and keeping it fun, the more

likely we are to have an open mind about trying it! 

For any Health and Wellness comments, concerns, or tips, please contact your PTA Co-Chairs for this year,

 Elisabeth Weindling & Teresa Fellows

Health & Wellness Committee

Is your child a singer, musician, storyteller or magician?  Our December Classical Cafe is now open to them on Thursday, December 12, 2013.

All students are invited to perform.  Each Lunch Period can Showcase up to SIX Students!  Please join us in encouraging our children to participate and reminding them that ISD has talent!  

Remaining spaces are limited so don't delay.

(K & 2nd Grades are closed)

Tuesday, December 10th - 7pm

There will be two concerts, both to be held in the gym:

● The first, for students and teachers, will be held during school hours at 9:30am

● The evening concert, for family and friends, will be held at 7pm. Students who participate in both band and chorus should come to the gym at 6:15pm. After they warm up and tune, they will be dismissed to the music room to warm up with Dr. Heikel. Students who only participate in band should come to the gymnasium at 6:30pm

Students should plan on dressing up for the evening concert - white tops and black/dark bottoms. 

No sneakers or jeans, please!

The students in all the performing ensembles have been working very hard and are eagerly looking forward to the concert. We are very excited to present what promises to be an enjoyable night of music. In the meantime, please encourage your children to increase their practice time in this "home stretch" before our concert. Lastly, prior the concert, the ISD 3-5 Winter Art show will be on display in the main hallways of the school from 1-4pm & 5-6pm. Please come and visit before the concert!

Following the concert, we will break from Friday before-school rehearsals for several weeks. These rehearsals will resume on Friday, January 24 (drop off between 7:30-7:45am). Lessons will continue as scheduled each week in the meantime. Thank you.

Happy Holidays!

Michael Strange

ISD Band Director

Please consider donating ONE item per family.

- Canned fruits or vegetables

- Pasta

- Dried beans

- Cereal (individual size, like Quaker oats packets)

- Jelly & Peanut butter (reg size jar)

Donation box will be placed at the school entrance until FRIDAY DECEMBER 6TH

We have begun the process of identifying students in Grade Two for placement in 2013-2014 ALP program.  This multi step process begins with a screening of students in math and language arts.  Parents of children who have been recommended for the evaluation phase will be notified by December 13.  Parents must sign and return a consent form allowing their student to continue in the evaluation process by December 18.

Parent Nominations

Children may also be nominated for additional testing by their parents.  The Parent Nomination Form will be available at your school office and on the ALP website after December 13 and must be returned to your school office by December 18.

Informational meetings will be held on:

Monday, December 9 at 7:00 pm at the Town Hall - Cone Room

Wednesday, December 11 at 9:30 am at the Cos Cob Library

Tuesday, December 17 at 12:00 at the Byram Library

You may also contact Bonnie O'Regan, Program Facilitator at the ALP office (625-7462, 625-7422)

The Fluoride Rinse Program has begun. We are in need of Parent Volunteers. If you are able to give about half an hour of your time in the morning one day a month, please contact Jeannie Schnakenberg at the office of Dental Health at 203-622-3779 or jschnakenberg@greenwichct.org