For Your Calendar 3/13- 8th Grade Bottle Drive
3/15- School/Budget Committee Meeting, 6pm
3/18- 2nd Trimester Ends
3/22- School/Budget Committee
3/27- 8th Grade Bottle Drive
3/29- School Committee, 5pm
4/16- Early Release, 11:30
3rd Grade Hikers
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8th Grade Bottle Drive On March 13th and 27th the 8th graders will
be
having bottle drives to raise money for their class trip on the
Schooner Mary Day in June. If you have
any bottles that you would like to donate to the class, please
contact Mrs. Davis at
[email protected] to arrange a contactless pick-up.
Thank you for supporting our 8th Grade Class!!!
Note from Nurse Sandy In the effort to keep the confidentiality
of
our students, if you have any questions about an illness OR your
child will be absent
from school due to an illness, PLEASE contact Nurse Sandy at
[email protected] or by calling 785-4504, ext. 103.
Parent/Teacher Conferences March 25th will be parent/teacher
conferences. We will be doing this remotely via Zoom again. Due to
availability of Zoom slots, we encourage parents to schedule only
one conference per student with classroom teachers. Middle school
families please choose your homeroom teacher when you schedule your
conferences. Please remember our Art, Music, PE, Spanish and School
Counselor are available for conferences as well. Please use the
link below (active, Friday, March 12th) to sign up for a time .The
day of your conference your teacher will send you a Zoom meeting
link. https://ptcfast.com/schools/Appleton_Village_School
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Third Grade Hikers... Mr. Mitchell took third grade hiking during
PE class last week. We found two different types of animal tracks
in the woods...Moose and Coyote!!
Dreaming of bare feet on warm earth, buzzing insects and plants to
tend... The days are getting longer and now is the time to plan and
dream about what to put in our - your! - school garden. We have
some traditional crops we plant and produce but if anyone in the
community - students and families - would like to make some
requests or suggestions, we can try to accommodate your ideas! And
of course, we'd always welcome your help "on the ground". Just a
reminder: lower maintenance and relatively pest- free crops are
generally better in a garden with no live-in farmer :). Please
provide your input to:
[email protected] or send in a
note with your student/s. Happy Spring!
AVS Featured Teacher The Wildcat News will be featuring a new
teacher in
every edition. This week we would like to share more
about Ms. Miki!
Miki Glasser joined the AVS staff this year as the art
teacher. She returned home to Maine after a decade
teaching and making art in New Orleans, Louisiana.
She is thrilled to have landed at Appleton Village
School, which she attended as an eighth-grade
student! Miki also has a ceramics studio in
Lincolnville. Find her ceramic work online
at mikiglasserart.com. Miki holds a master’s degree in
art and art education from Teachers College,
Columbia University.
SIMPLY SECOND and FABULOUS FIRST Wednesday, March 3rd we celebrated
100 days of school in our math class! Simply Second created a "100"
item sculpture with toothpicks and marshmallows. Fabulous First
created a "100" item sculpture with two different size cups. The
students created the sculptures by adding onto each other's
creations while in complete silence! They all did a beautiful job
creating and building together while quietly observing the progress
of our sculptures. WAY TO GO MAGNIFICENT MATHEMATICIANS!!!
Fifth Graders Map Out The 13 Colonies
4th Grade News
In Social Studies students are reading biographies and collecting
facts about some important people in American history: Rosa Parks;
Martin Luther King, Jr.; Abraham Lincoln; Thomas Jefferson; Nellie
Bly; Jacob Riis; Susan B. Anthony; and Elizabeth Cady Stanton are
the people we are focusing on.
A special thanks to Miss Audrey for getting us started with
Bal-A-Vis-X this week. We look forward to continuing this activity
every Monday afternoon.
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Drama Club The drama game we played this day is "Who Am I?"
Middle School Parent/Teacher Conferences The middle school team
truly values the insights parents provide in setting goals for each
of our students, and we encourage all parents to participate in our
upcoming Spring conferences on Zoom. These conferences will be from
Noon until 6:40 pm on Thursday, March 25th. Each conference is
limited to 15 minutes. As each teacher has a limited number of
slots available, parents are encouraged to sign up early with their
child’s homeroom teacher using the sign-up link on P/T Fast
(communicated in the Wildcat News and on Seesaw) to reserve a time.
While our schedule does allow for parents with specific academic
concerns to meet with whatever teacher is necessary, we encourage
parents to sign up with only their child’s homeroom teacher for an
overall picture of their student’s progress.
Middle School ELA Update 6th grade is putting their creativity to
the test and wrapping up the character monologues this week. They
will be ready to be shared shortly. They are a hoot and a half to
be sure! 7th grade is continuing to explore the various nuances of
the Holocaust. Novels are being read, discussions are being had,
and students are working on communicating their learning and
understanding with the first part of their multi-genre project.
Project 1 is focused on informational writing. Students have chosen
to write diary entries, newspaper articles, ABC books, and more for
this first genre project. Project 2 is kicking off with an opinion
piece around the history of antisemitic behavior and the
persecution of the Jewish people. 8th grade has been studying
rhetorical appeals, ethos, pathos, and logos, in ads to learn about
techniques used in persuasive presentations. This is the first step
in our Leaders of Change unit. We will be heading into speech
analysis next. March Books are on their Way... All middle school
students will be receiving their next round of independent reading
books. For the last 7 months, all 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students
have chosen a book from the Scholastic Book Club website. That's 7
great books for each middle school student! The conversations about
books chosen and what's happening in each book have sparked
multiple students to explore new genres, authors, and topics.
However, if we're going to meet our goal of providing books for
students until June, then we need YOUR help! Please consider
sending in a small donation to help purchase books for the next
three months. $5, $10, $25... Every little bit helps! Send checks,
made out to Scholastic Book Club, to Ms. Billings to be applied
toward book purchase. Thank you from every AVS middle school
student! Donations Needed to Continue the Reading Success!
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Ms. Scott // Sunrise
Are you ready to jump into spring? Would you like a new mask? Are
you ready to take part in a challenge? If you answered “yes” to any
or all of these questions, then let’s get started. Who can
participate? Any Appleton Village School student What do I have to
do? All you have to do is write a persuasive piece or letter
telling me why you would like to receive a new mask. What am I
looking for? A display of pictures of just some of the masks that
you could choose from. One could be yours. Look for it! Look for
it! Where? On the small bulletin board in the cafeteria/gymnasium
When do I complete this? Anytime between now and April vacation How
will this work? 1st - See Ms. Scott for your paperwork 2nd - Write
your persuasive piece or letter 3rd - Return your written piece to
Ms. Scott Have Fun!
When kindness becomes part of your classroom culture, it becomes a
natural part of the day; not something extra that you have to fit
in.
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APPLETON VILLAGE SCHOOL
Please note that the fundraiser will conclude on Wednesday, March
31st
GOAL: $400.00
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Dear School Leaders, It's that time again! We're gearing up for
this year's Hannaford Helps Schools program and are excited to
partner with you. The 2021 program will run from March 14 through
May 29. Here at Hannaford, we work hard to have as many relevant
participating items as possible so it's easy to support your local
schools while shopping for the items you love. Please keep an eye
out for your school packet within the next couple of weeks. We'll
be sending along more emails with links to digital resources and
more information. Since the program's inception, we have raised
nearly $17 million to help local schools reach their fundraising
goals. We look forward to another successful program! Thanks,
Angela Uviasah Hannaford Marketing Specialist
[email protected]
