Week in Review January 5th,2011

                                        Welcome to 2011!
     Your Beacon returned to school on Monday, January 3, 2011 ready and raring to work. On this posting, I thought it would be great fun for you to see your Beacon hard at work on creating the Living History Museum Day's tri folds. Their presentations reflected their diligent work. They not only had their tri folds to present, but their explorer's shoulder to head "bust" made out of a pliable material which hardens similar to clay called Model Magic and their laminated Explorer trading cards! As if that isn't enough, the Beacons did an amazing job on their Science animal power points in Mrs. Price's science class.  Both Mrs. Price and I are so proud of your Beacon! We know 2011 will be filled with even  more productive and exciting experiences in learning!

                                 We are all hard at work researching our explorers and
                                  creating our tri folds for our Living History Museum Day!

                                                 I'm ALMOST done!!

                              Alexander the Great's tri-fold is done and it sure looks great!  

                                                               The Birthday Boy!

                                                        Here's what I like about YOU!!!

                                       Alexander the Great and company!

                               Alexander the Great's Family and Special Friend above
                                                 Neil Armstrong below

                                                      Neil Armstrong above and
                                                     Hernando Cortez below

                                              Hernando Cortez above
                                             and John Cabot below

                                                          John Cabot above
                                                         and Leif Ericson below

                                                     Leif Ericson  above and
                                                    Marco Polo below

                                                    Marco Polo above
                                              and Captain James Cook below

                     Captain James Cook above with his ExplorerTrading Cards
                                         and Ferdinand Magellan below

                                                   Ferdinand  Magellan above
                                                  and Henry Hudson below

                                                      Henry Hudson above
                                              and  Sir Francis Drake below                                

                                                              Marco Polo above
                                                       and John Cabot below

                                                               John Cabot above 
                                                         and Leif Ericson below

                                                                 Leif Ericson above
                                                          and Amerigo Vespucci below

                                                           Amerigo Vespucci above and
                                                           Leif Ericson below

                                                     Leif Ericson above and
                                                    Neil Armstrong and Family below

                                            Neil Armstrong and Family above and
                                                        Hernando Cortez below

                                                       Hernando Cortez above and
                                                       Neil Armstrong and his full family

                                                         Captain Cook above
                                            and below an important member of Captain Cook's crew
                                                   Captain Cook and 1st mate above and
                                                Christopher Columbus and first mate below

Christopher Columbus and mom above

Marco Polo and his folks below

                                                   Marco Polo and his parents above and
                                                   Christopher Columbus and family below

                                 Christopher Columbus and members of the crew above
                        and Sir Francis Drake and important crew  member below

                                         Sir Francis Drake above and
                                       Amerigo Vespucci and crew below

                                        Amerigo Vespucci and mom above
                                            and our fearless leader Mrs. Wollum below
                        viewing Neil Armstrong's animal research PowerPoint on the Orca whale.
                                             

What a wonderful educational experience!

Thank you Beacons for all of your hard work.

Week in Review December 8, 2010

          Happy Holidays!

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Upcoming Events:

Cancelled! No Winter Program tomorrow

Thursday evening, Dec. 9th
New date to be announced soon

Friday December 17th

1/2 day of school

School dismissed at NOON

NO Extended Care

Friday, December 17th

9:15-11:30

The Beacons Present:

Living History Museum Day

 and

Science Power points and 3-D animals

It is an Open House format so drop in any time!

School Resumes Monday, January 3rd, 2011

Happy New Year!

                                                               Yummy! I love Seabury!

                                                         Good Friends, Good Times!

                                                           Mmmm, I LOVE math!

Hey, Look what I just wrote, a MANUscript! That's one of

this week's spelling words. "Manu" means "hand" and

"script" means "write". Get it?

                                                 I'm working my hardest to do my best!

Reading groups

The Browns Point Fire Department visited us for

a Fire Prevention Gathering Program

and I couldn't resist taking each

Beacon's "hot" photos!

                                                           Deep in thought, writing away

                                                            Serious Peer Editing

                                                           Serious self-editing!

                                                                            We LOVE Seabury!!

                                              Putting the finishing touches on my writing before I go to publish it!

                                 
                                                        HEY LOOK MOM! I have a paper mache hand!
                                                    It's really the start of my cool 3-D animal!

What a trouper Ms. Cathy is...

lending a "hand" when she only has one to share!

This is going to be a great 3-D animal!

Week in Review, Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Upcoming Events

Thursday, December 9th

Annual Seabury Winter Program

Urban Grace Church

7:00 p.m.

Friday, December 17th 

Social Studies Living History Museum Day

Science Powerpoint Presentation

 Friday, December 17th

Winter Break begins

NOON dismissal

NO extended care

Winter Break

Noon, Friday, December 17th

until

Monday, January 3, 2011

Happy New Year 2011!

Here's What's Happening

In the

Beacons' World

      Be sure to look in this week's Friday folder for a sealed envelop with your child's name on it. Inside it you will find your Beacon's first trimester report card. The rubric rating system on the report card is called the Evaluation Key. We thought we'd take a moment to help further explain it.

At the top of each report card there is an Evaluation Key which states the following:

                                    Evaluation Key:

4 = Consistently does this / exceeds developmental expectations

3 = Usually does this / meets developmental expectations

2 = Working to learn this / needs more time to acquire skills

1 = Area of Concern

N/A = Does not apply / not assessed at this time

     Please keep in mind that an evaluation of a "3" is not synonymous with a "B". All a "3" means is that the child "usually does this". By the same token a "2" does not equate to a "C". It means that your second grader is "working to learn this/ needs more time to acquire skills". If a student receives a "4", it merely means that the child "CONSISTENTLY" does it. We hope this will help you as you read your Beacon's report card.

     Next Tuesday, Dec. 7th, we will have our winter program rehearsal at the Urban Grace Auditorium. Please make sure your Beacon arrives at school on time at 8:10, for we will be taking the school bus down to Urban Grace promptly at 8:30. We will then rehearse and return to school before 11:00.
     The actual Winter Program Performance will be Thursday, Dec. 9th. Just in case you missed the e-mail from the music teacher, Jessica Blackwood, I've included it below.
                LOWER SCHOOL WINTER PROGRAM



                                          Date: Thursday, December 9th


                                          When: 6:30p students backstage,
                                                            7:00p performance begins


                                         Where: Urban Grace Auditorium,
                                            9th & Market Street


                                         What (to wear): Students are welcome to "dress up" as much as they choose, but keep in mind that most of the students will be sitting on the floor at some point (to play instruments). As I told the kids - we're not going to the prom, but we're not camping, either.


All families are invited (yes, the middle school families that don’t have students in the lower school are invited too!) Hope you can make it to enjoy the talents of the kids.

~~From Jessica Blackwood, Music Teacher


      On the morning of Friday, December 17th, the Beacons will give a presentation to parents and the school. You don't want to miss it!
      In Social Studies, we have been learning about the Explorers. Students are researching their explorer and are creating their presentation in class. On Friday, Dec. 17th, they will become the persona of the explorer and will wow you with their presentation!
     Science will also wow you that day for the Beacons  have worked hard in class on researching animals.They then created excellent reports on their computers. These PowerPoints are awesome and you will greatly enjoy them!
     If you are planning on starting your winter vacation early prior to December 17th, please let us know.
 
Here's to another great week with your Beacon!
Betsy and Tiffany

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!! Week in Review, Nov. 23rd

                                              

A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue,

 but the parent of all the other virtues. ~Cicero

 

       With the recent 48 hour heavy snowfall, the hazardous icy streets, and the 35 mile per hour howling winds, we have all received an unexpected, extra long Thanksgiving Break. Please drive safely, bundle up and stay warm! 

      As Thursday is fast approaching, we'd like to take this opportunity to tell you how very grateful and thankful we are to have the privilege of teaching your child this year. Thank you for sharing your amazing Beacon with us each school day. See you back in the classroom on Monday, November 29th. 

 Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

 

We're looking forward to another exciting week with your Beacon!
Betsy and Tiffany