Published by the LINCS Parent Center January 2017 · 2016-12-20 · Published by the LINCS Parent Center January 2017 On the evening of Thursday, December 1st, Colegrove Park Elementary

Published by the LINCS Parent Center

January 2017

On the evening of Thursday, December

1st, Colegrove Park Elementary enjoyed

our first Winter Dessert Fest!! Staff and

Students with their families were invited

to come and enjoy a holiday concert

in our gymnasium, performed by

Mrs. Lazzari’s chorus students accom-

panied by Ms. Fillio’s band students.

The students all did a tremendous job!

Then a sing-a-long of holiday favorites

was enjoyed by all. Delicious desserts

brought by our wonderful families, hot

cocoa and fun seasonal crafts supplied

by our PTG were enjoyed down in our

cafeteria! The PTG also had our

Scholastic Book Fair open for the convenience of our families to be able to purchase fun

items and books for the gift giving season. It was a fun-filled Family night! Please come

to our next family event planned for Friday, January 20th! As long as “Mother Nature”

goes along with our plan, we will have a Family Dinner and a “Finding Dory” Movie Night!

More information to be sent home soon. We hope to see you there!

North Adams Public Schools Superintendent: Dr. Barbara Malkas 37 Main Street, Suite 200 413-776-1458 Drury High School Principal: Tim Callahan 1130 South Church Street 413 662-3240 Brayton Elementary School Principal: John Franzoni 20 Brayton Hill Terrace 413 662-3260 Greylock Elementary School Principal: Sandra Cote 100 Phelps Avenue 413 662-3255 Colegrove Park Elementary School Principal: Amy Meehan 24 Church Street 413 662-3250

Mission Statement

Our mission is to promote high expectations for student achievement with instruction designed

to meet the needs of all learners.

*Promote a feeling of well-being and belonging for all students and staff.

*Encourage partnerships between parents and the community.

*Equip all students with the tools they need to be successful in high school.

Please call the

school when your

your child is going

to be absent.

662-3250 Office opens at 8am

School Hours

8:25 a.m. school doors open

8:40 a.m. classes begin

2:50 p.m. bus dismissal

3:00 p.m. walker dismissal

The Committee's policy of nondiscrimination will extend to students, staff, the

general public, and individuals with whom it does business; No person shall be

excluded from or discriminated against in admission to a public school of any

town or in obtaining the advantages, privileges, and courses of study of such

public school on account of age, race, color, sex, gender identity, religion,

national origin, sexual orientation, disability or homelessness.

Colegrove Park January 2017

Principal Notes:

Dear Families & Students,

I hope the last few days of 2016 provide you with a rest-

ful Winter Break. It is with excitement that we mark

our first anniversary of moving into Colegrove Park Ele-

mentary in January of 2015! Our message as we return

to school for students and staff alike is: “BE YOUR BEST,

and DO YOUR BEST!” As we begin the new year in 2017,

faculty will focus on “returning to our learning” by re-

viewing our routines and expectations in the classroom,

as well as in our hallways, cafeteria and playground.

We hope to instill in our children the importance of

safety, kindness, respect and responsibility. We encour-

age more student independence as the year progresses

for students in all grade levels - please reinforce the

message of our children being their best. Some helpful

conversation starters might be: “What does doing your

best in your classroom look like?” “Tell me how you were

responsible today at school?” Or, “How can you be safe

on the playground?”

On behalf of Colegrove Park Elementary, have a Happy

New Year and please do not hesitate to reach out to us

if we can be of support and assistance to you and your

child.

Ms. Meehan

School Office is open

8:00 am - 3:30 pm


Upcoming Events:

Happy Birthdays

We would like to wish the

following staff members

a Happy Birthday!

January: Roberta Sullivan, Lindsay Osterhoudt,

Julie Richard-O’Donovan, Barbara Tatten,

Amanda Fillio, Regina Pare, Katy Cardinal, and

Sara Simpson

We would like to wish

the following students

a Happy Birthday!

January: Rileigh Norcross, Steven Cornell Jr.,

Natalie Tatro, Aidan Roberts, Kierra Dearstyne,

Hailey Kingsley, Yazmin Griffith, Kianna Gardner,

Ava Dixon, Ryann Baldassano, Camerin Johnson,

Guy Sawyer, Brianna Wehrle, Madison Catalano,

Amont David, Katelyn Bushey, Eden Duval,

Edward Chez, Tyler Haskins, Mia DeOrdio,

Laila Brown, Mason Fierro, Reginald Rondeau Jr.,

Mackenzie Miranda-Ruiz, and Lawton Wood.

Jan. 1st - New Year’s Day!

Jan. 3rd - Schools Reopen today! Back to school!

Jan. 5th - School Safety Practice Drill

Jan. 6th - District-wide Bands to play at Drury High School. 7:00 pm Free to the public.

Jan. 9th - PTG Meeting - 3:15 pm in the Media Center Rm. 209 (Library)

Jan. 16th - No School - Martin Luther King Day

Jan. 17th - Flouride Treatment Day

Jan. 20th - Dinner and a Movie Night “Finding Dory” to be shown! Information flyer with RSVP to be sent home mid Jan.

Jan. 25th - 4th - 7th Gr. Chorus Concert Rehearsal during the day at Brayton.


No School

District Wide Bands

to Play at Drury

On Friday, January 6, 2017, at 7:00 p.m. band

students in grades 6 & 7 from Brayton, Grey-

lock, and Colegrove Park Elementary Schools

will present a concert at Drury High School.

The concert will also feature the Drury High

School Band and a special piece conducted by

Superintendent Dr. Barbara Malkas. The

Public is invited and admission is free.

January Birthstone:

Garnet

January Birth Flower:

Carnation

LOST AND FOUND

Our LOST and FOUND pile is a

little smaller!! We will have it laid

out on tables at our Dinner & a

“Finding Dory” Movie family Night

on January 20th. If you think your

child is missing something come

check out the table of LOST and

FOUND down near the cafeteria.

*** Reminder ****** Reminder ****** Reminder ****** Reminder *** January PTG Meeting January PTG Meeting January PTG Meeting January PTG Meeting

will be held will be held will be held will be held on Mon., Jan. 9th at on Mon., Jan. 9th at on Mon., Jan. 9th at on Mon., Jan. 9th at 3:15 pm in Rm. 209 3:15 pm in Rm. 209 3:15 pm in Rm. 209 3:15 pm in Rm. 209 the Media Center the Media Center the Media Center the Media Center (Our library)(Our library)(Our library)(Our library)

Any questions for the PTG can be sent via e-mail to: [email protected]

We will have a Colegrove Park Elementary School PTG web site. Go to the napsk12.org website, click on the schools tab, scroll down and click on Colegrove Park Elementary School then click

on the parent tab and scroll down and click on “PTG”.


Our Goal is for Colegrove Park Elementary Families, Teachers and Staff Our Goal is for Colegrove Park Elementary Families, Teachers and Staff Our Goal is for Colegrove Park Elementary Families, Teachers and Staff Our Goal is for Colegrove Park Elementary Families, Teachers and Staff to work together as a community to enrich our students’ educational lives to work together as a community to enrich our students’ educational lives to work together as a community to enrich our students’ educational lives to work together as a community to enrich our students’ educational lives

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Mark your calendars!! Friday, January 20th the

Colegrove Park Elementary PTG will be hosting

another fun, family Dinner and a Movie Night!!

We will be showing Disney Pixar’s “Finding Dory”!

Dinner and a “Finding Dory” flyer with RSVP to be sent

home mid January. Fill out your family RSVP form and re-

turn it to school by Wednesday, January 18th. We hope to see you there!

VOLUNTEERS GET YOUR CORIS DONE REMINDER

All volunteers need a CORI check done by the North Adams School District.

It is a simple form to be completed. It’s the middle of our 3 year rotation for

everyone. Get yours done now and be all set to volunteer until June of 2018!

Please call Liz Urban, our Parent / Volunteer Program Coordinator at 664-7512

and make an appointment. Bring your Social Security number and picture ID.

Thanks for all you do for Colegrove Park Elementary School!

Due to a PTG Committee schedule conflict, our December PTG Meeting was

cancelled. Because of our short month, due to the holiday break, our next PTG

meeting will be January 9th.


By Mrs. Bator

The fourth graders, here at Colegrove Park Elementary will be doing a service learning project through the holidays (and hopefully throughout the year).

We will be collecting items for an organization called Boxes of Love. This organization is run by Patricia Erdeski of Stamford, VT. What the organization does is mail care packages overseas to our military members. Mrs. Erdeski relies on donations so she may continue to send out the boxes.

On November 10th, the day before Veterans Day, Mrs. Mrs. Erdeski came in to speak to the students about why she does this, and also told us that it was Boxes of Love’s 4th anniversary THAT day!!!! To date, she has mailed out over 655 boxes!!!!

We, as a fourth grade, are very excited to be doing our part in honoring our veterans this Veterans Day.

We collected 4 boxes of items and raised $68.00 of dona-tions. She picked up our boxes on Friday, December 9th. It was a big success and we will talk about extending our project after the holiday break.


Picasso Cubism by our 7th Graders

Using Warm and Cool Colors The class discussed Picasso’s cubism artwork and looked

specifically at a painting called “Three Musicians”. They

were to draw three images that were related, trace and cut out the images and re-

trace the new image that has gaps in it, making a cubist effect. Artwork was fully

colored, using warm and cool oil pastels. All of these artworks are displayed

down the gymnasium hall. These were done using the art standards.

Native American Symbols: Grade 2 Students have been learning a little bit of Native American history beginning with

the Piasa bird project last month. This project begins with sketching Native Ameri-

can images from worksheets. The images are then copied onto a brown sheet of

kraft paper and colored in with oil pastels. Students learn how Native Americans

lived many years ago and some of the actual images they created to tell stories.

The finished images are bright and colorful.

Stained Glass By the 4th Graders The class discussed where we’ve seen stain glass before. Churches and windows in buildings were men-

tioned and Ms. Jock showed them some samples. The first thing the students did was to create a sketch on a

small piece of paper. The sketch was to resemble stained

glass. The image then got traced onto a special black

stain glass paper. The black paper gets scratched off with

a small wooden dowel around the images leaving a rain-

bow color in sections of the black paper. You can see

through the paper and a stained glass image appears with

rainbow colors inside a black outline. A source of light

behind these imag-

es makes them

even more impres-

sive so light can

shine through the

rainbow color.


Mrs. Grogan’s second grade class invited their

two MCLA Teach 2 Learn science fellows, Miss

Broyles and Mr. Costa, to come to their class for a

final farewell. The students wrote and illustrated

good-bye and thank you cards, which the fellows

read aloud to the class. The science fellows gave

each student a farewell note and candy. Miss

Broyles and Mr. Costa will be greatly missed!

Bubble Gum Machines by Our 1st Grade The classes discussed what gumball machines look like and the

different shapes or designs we might use when drawing a gumball

machine. The students started the project using large paper and con-

struction paper crayons to draw the gumball machine, create the de-

signs on the machine and also decide on a price for our gumballs.

During the second class, we used color change markers creating

amazing special effects to color in our gumballs and the designs on

the machines.

On November 15th the third grade students at Colegrove Park Elementary got a taste of college

life by visiting the MCLA campus. Visiting MCLA allowed students to discover their future.

Throughout the morning the students in Miss Parrino's and Mrs. Atwood's class did some cod-

ing in Murdock Hall's computer lab, participated in athletic strengthening in the Athletic Center,

and observed some college classes in session in Bowman Hall. It was evident from all the ques-

tions our students asked their tour guide that college was definitely in their future.


The fifth and sixth grade recently visited Mass MoCA. On Friday, Nov. 4th, 6th grade went. On

Friday, Dec. 9th, the 5th Grade went. “Here Comes The Sun” was the theme. “When is a paint

brush not a paint brush?”, is the question they asked. The artist, Federico Uribe used different

materials, you would not think of, to make assorted animals and a person out of. ie: A sheep with

kid scissors for wool. A dog with colored pencils for fur. A lion with bullet shells for a mane in

Kid Space. The main gallery expanded on this idea to make you think. Then all enjoyed time

making their own piece of art. Our students really enjoy their time at Mass MoCA’s Kidspace,

as you can see from the two pages of photos.


By Deb Sala, Title 1 Teacher

Fourth grade students in the Literacy Lab continue to learn coding. Students have been using

Blockly. This year students were ready for a new challenge! For Hour of Code week this year,

we challenged ourselves to use Scratch by MIT. The students were up for the challenge!

They are doing impressive work!



On December 7th the Colegrove Park Elementary School students and staff filled 7 busses

and took a bus ride to Williamstown to see a performance of the

“Nutcracker” performed by the Albany Ballet. The audience

was given a brief preview of what was going to happen before

each scene took place. They saw a variety of different dances

that Clara saw in the Sugar Plum Forest. The students enjoyed

the performance and some students commented they would like

to see the whole “Nutcracker” performance some time. The stu-

dents enjoyed the trip. After the performance the students were

treated to a bag lunch at school.


Each year Ms. Parrino’s Third Graders do a Thanksgiving project. The purpose is to

get experience interacting with others, writing, and getting to know the Colegrove

Park Elementary staff members throughout the building. The children get a better

understanding of our teacher's and staff’s responsibilities, and possibly

learn a little more about them. Every student was assigned a Teacher

or staff member. They had the task of interviewing them to find

some important work facts and some fun personal facts about them,

and who they are. Then they made a paper replica of their assigned

Teacher or staff member. The students did a fantastic job and the

adults were thrilled with their write ups!


7th Grader & Kindergarten Reading Buddies On the afternoon of

December 16th, Ms.

Nelson's and Mr. Elder's

7th grade students read

with kindergarten

students. They read to

the students in small

groups of 2 to 3 7th

graders per student.

Did you know that the solar system from the Sun to Pluto to scale would

take up the entire 3rd floor corridor? Using that scale the Sun would be

the size of a dime and the Earth would be the size of a grain of sand!

Mr. Elder's 6th grade class while learning about the solar system explored

a to scale model of it and just how much space is in between some of the

planets. Here is the solar system and their size equivalents: Sun (dime),

Mercury (head of a needle), Venus (grain of sand), Earth (grain of sand),

Mars (head of a needle), Jupiter (thickness of a quarter), Saturn (large

grain of sand), Uranus (the "T" in In God We Trust stamped on a penny),

Neptune (the "T" in In God We Trust stamped on a penny), and Pluto

(a very small grain of sand).

6th Graders Make A Replica Solar System

Colegrove Park Elementary’s 7th Grader, Emily

Cooper got a surprise visit from officers David

Lemieux, Dave Sherman, Ben Austin and Anthony

Beverly. They made her an honorary captain of

the Running With The Law team.

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Published by the LINCS Parent Center January 2017 · 2016-12-20 · Published by the LINCS Parent Center January 2017 On the evening of Thursday, December 1st, Colegrove Park Elementary