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Friday notes is a weekly update from Superintendent Gary E. Maestas on the happenings within the Plymouth Public Schools.
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Plymouth Public Schools School Committee Meetings:
The next regular meeting of the Plymouth School Committee will be Monday, March 18, 2013. School Committee meetings are held at Plymouth Community Intermediate School in the Little Theatre. Meetings begin at 7:00 p.m.
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Weekly quote:
"No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow."
~Proverb
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Science Department News
The South Shore Regional Science Fair is being held this weekend, Saturday, March 9, at Bridgewater State University. Come support the Plymouth students who are competing. General public viewing is from 2:00-4:45 pm and the awards assembly is from 5:00-6:00 pm. All events are held in the Science Building. Good luck to our participants from Plymouth.
In partnership with Massasoit Community College, the Plymouth Public Schools is offering students a fantastic summer science experience.
The Summer Science Experience will provide students entering 6th through 8th grade an engaging and hands-on science and math experience. Participating students will use creativity and teamwork to solve interesting design challenges. In a relaxed, enjoyable atmosphere, students will interact with college professors who are committed to making learning science and math both rewarding and fun.
The following programs are offered for Summer 2013:
Your Human Machine! July 8-12, 2013 Do you like to dance, play sports, go swimming or read a good book? Just like a finely tuned car, your body craves fuel to do all these activities and more. Let's check out the options so you can choose fuels that work best in your body. While we're at it, we can test just what that body can do, how it moves and how all your parts work together. With lots of team games and eye opening investigative activities - learn how to keep your ultimate machine running at its peak performance. This course is designed for students entering grades 6 to 8 in fall 2013. $187 course fee includes supplies. Students will need to bring a snack and lunch.
Robotic Adventure July 15-19, 2013 Let's work in groups to create and build fun ROBOTIC projects. We'll explore and experiment together. You'll express your creativity in a new way! This course is designed for students entering grades 6 to 8 in the fall 2013. $207 course fee includes supplies. Students will need to bring a snack and lunch.
Explore the World Around You August 5-9, 2013 Spark your scientific imagination through creative and challenging projects. We'll explore our world to explain how things happen. Sign on to join this investigative team and let's head outdoors together to have some fun, to look at the world around us, and to figure out how does "that" work. This course is designed for students entering grades 6 to 8 in fall 2013. $187 course fee includes supplies. Students will need to bring a snack and lunch.
Brochures will be going home with students shortly. Registration opens on April 1 for Plymouth students only. Registration for the general public begins on April 15.
For more information on the program click here!
To download a registration brochure click here!
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District news and information for all k-12 teachers, administrators, and parents from the Elementary Library Media Specialists.
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Go to: teachade.com to find out more.
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Cold Spring Elementary School News
Cold Spring School held their "One School, One Book" celebration last Friday. Over a period of six weeks families engaged in reading and reading activities using "The BFG" by Roald Dahl. Approximately half
of the school took part in this first time event. After pizza, salad and dessert families brought to share, students and their parents circulated to take part in several activities, making BFG dictionaries, creating a paper giant and dream catcher and writing an
acrostic poem. Over 100 familiy members were on hand to enjoy the evening.
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Yard Sale/Craft Fair Rescheduled
The Yard Sale / Craft Fair Fundraiser has been re-scheduled for Saturday, March 9, 2013 at Plymouth Community Intermediate School, 117 Long Pond Rd. from 9 - 2:30. Tables are still available for rent. For more information contact Kathy Babini at kbabini@plymouth.k12.ma.us or 508-830-4476. Money raised will support the grade 8 trip to Washington DC in May.
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Nathaniel Morton Elementary School News
Nathaniel Morton Elementary School Celebrates 100th Day and 100th Year
On February 15th, the students and staff at Nathaniel Morton took part in an afternoon of activities to celebrate both the 100th day of school and the 100th year of the school. Students rotated throughout the school with 100-based activities like building with 100 cups, rolling dice 100 times, exercise moves for 100 seconds, designing with 100 pattern blocks, and putting together picture puzzles from 1913. Students also brought in items via a food drive that they used to create a "Can-struction" and were able to donate over 1,000 food items to the Plymouth Food Pantry.
Students celebrated the school's birthday by singing and creating an expressive Happy Birthday poster with each child's finger print represented. Finally, all the students joined together to form a large 100 in the gymnasium to kick off the day!
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South Elementary School NewsA Wedding Fit for a Queen Kindergartners in Ms. Erin Shirley's class have been learning how the letters "Q" and "U" go together in words that begin with "Q," and what sound those two letters make together. The lesson concluded with a wedding on February 15. "What better way to remember this spelling rule than to have the letters get married?" asks Ms. Shirley. Along with the wedding came preparation in the days before: a "how to bake a cake" book, and a Q and U wedding shower. The book was created by students as they prepared ingredients and wrote down step-by-step instructions. "Collaboratively, each student had a turn to mix the ingredients and write words in our class book, which directly relates to our ELA curriculum," Ms. Shirley notes. "The cake that we made was the one used on the wedding day."
For the wedding shower, students wrapped gifts that started with the letters "Qu" and "U," and the only item that starts with just a "Q": Q-tips. In show-and-tell fashion, each student unwrapped their item and the class sorted them by the beginning letters. The activity helped teach that the letter "U" can be alone in words, but "Q" almost always has "U" with it in words that start like /qu/.
On the big day, the boys helped the letter "Q" up to the altar, wearing Q bow ties decorated with quarter stamps, and the girls helped the letter "U" while they wore U veils. Many families of students were on hand for the celebration.     Making a Mark in Art Ms. Anna Jorgensen and Mrs. Sarah Cristani, SES librarian and art teacher, submitted original artwork from eight students between second and fourth grade to the Massachusetts School Library Association annual bookmark contest. This year's theme was "School Libraries: Books and Beyond." There were hundreds of submissions and students were judged on interpretation of the theme and their art ability.
This is the second time that Ms. Anna Jorgensen and Mrs. Cristani have had school submissions, and they plan to continue the program to compete for an SES win.
"We are very proud of the artwork and time that each student put into their bookmarks," Ms. Jorgensen says.  
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Guidance Department News
Grade 11 Planning Night
Tuesday, March 12 from 6:30-8:30 PM in the Plymouth SOUTH High School cafetorium
The Guidance Department at Plymouth North and South High Schools welcomes all parents and guardians of juniors to attend our Grade 11 Planning Night (students are also invited). The topics for the evening will be:
The High School Transcript
Graduation Requirements
Career & College Planning
College Requirements
Financial Planning for College
This panel presentation will include college admissions counselors from Boston College, UMass Dartmouth and Cape Cod Community College, a former college financial aid director and members of the school counseling department from both Plymouth North and South High Schools.
We look forward to your participation in this important information session!
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PCIS News  On Saturday, March 2nd, PCIS's Falcon Pride Polar Plunge Team named Falcon POWAH joined hundreds of other brave swimmers at Plymouth Beach to take place in the Jordan Hospital Club's 11th annual Polar Plunge. Appropriately dressed as superheroes complete with purple capes and a superhero logo, thanks to the artwork of eighth grade teacher Rebecca Sykes and the assistance of IMC lab aide Marjie Cote, this team of forty students raised $7,500.00 to benefit the Jordan Hospital Club Cancer Center and took the prize for the most money raised in the middle school category! One of the highlights of the day was undoubtedly doing the Harlem Shake in/on/around/behind/in front of Mr. Stande's Jeep...the plungers only wished the judges had been around to award their enthusiasm!!! Another highlight was accepting their trophy at the Plymouth Yacht Club afterwards. While Falcon Pride advisors Joanne Keizer, Judy Maccaferri, and Kim Sims organized the team on the beach, advisors Mark Kelleher and Shane Stande actually accompanied them into the water. PCIS sixth grade teacher Kellianne Campbell also plunged with the Falcons..brrr! Whether dressed as Batman, Captain America, Spiderman, Superman, the Green Lantern, or a Ninja Turtle, the following eighth graders truly are PCIS's heroes: James Addison, Andrew Armenio, Joe Aveni, Lillian Backlund, Emily Burke, Shannon Burns, Charlotte Clark, Brooke Coleman, Mary Delos-Reyes, Jared Downie, Sophia Fosdick, Leanne Galaneck, Camryn Gilmore, Jeremy Harold, Matt Hickey, Isabel Kierstead, Anna Kiley, Maddy Lapsley, Emily Lee, Emily Mayer, Sarah McAskill, Molly McKenna, Adrianna McNeely, Bianca Pagnini, Ariana Panzer, Natalie Paul, Bridgette Ruuska, Samantha Salvas, Abigail Salvucci, Alexxia Shortall, Hannah Strohschneider, Grace Sullivan, Savannah Texiera-Silva, Allyson Tolles, Maxwell Tripp, Heather Ward, Savannah Winship-Cody, and Schae Wilson. (Bobby Colbert and Melissa Burke also contributed to the fundraising but were unable to attend Saturday's Polar Plunge.) 
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Plymouth South High School News
Julianna Mori recently passed her U.S. Figure Skating Senior Moves in the Field test on February 20, 2013. Julianna is extremely proud of this accomplishment. She is a sophomore high honors student at Plymouth South High School.
Julianna is a member of The Bourne Skating Club in Bourne, MA and has been skating since the age of 3. In the 26 year history of the Bourne Skating Club, Julianna is only the 6th skater to achieve Gold Medalist status. Julianna is also a synchronized skater and is a member of Team Excel Senior team representing The Skating Club of Boston.
The U.S. Figure Skating test structure is the backbone of participation in figure skating. Each U.S. Figure Skating test that she has passed is a permanent achievement that goes on her U.S. Figure Skating record. Passing the senior test means that a skater has achieved the highest accomplishment in testing, and has now earned the title "U.S. Figure Skating Gold Medalist". Julianna will carry this title forever. She will be able to put it on a coaching resume, college application, and even job resumes.
Fewer than 1,000 members of U.S. Figure Skating pass the Senior Moves in the Field test each year, representing about 1% of U.S. Figure Skating full membership.
She has worked very hard and dedicated many hours both on and off the ice to achieve this title.
Congratulations Julianna!
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Gary E. Maestas, Ed.D Superintendent
Plymouth Public Schools
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