COOLER WEATHER IS COMING AND OUR LOST AND FOUND IS GROWING!
With the cooler weather, children will be coming to school with jackets, hats and gloves. PLEASE mark ALL outerwear with names so we can return them. It is also helpful to label lunchboxes. The lost and found is located in a barrel outside of the gym.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR! EARLY RELEASE DAY THURSDAY, NOV. 5TH 12:30 DISMISSAL: Next Thursday is an early release day for Parent Conferences. If you have not been able to schedule a conference yet, please reach out to the classroom teacher or Jena Rossi in the office.
UNDERSTANDING OUR DIFFERENCES
Calling ALL parents! Volunteers are needed to assist with Understanding Our Differences on Friday, November 6, 10am-12pm (3rd grade) and 1-3pm (5th grade). You do not have to have a student in one of these grades to help out with this fantastic, engaging program.
For those parents in K-2, what better way to see what the higher grades have in store for your kids, and become involved in a program which makes a big difference in the lives of the students in terms of understanding the different challenges people have.
If interested, please contact Cathleen Morrison at ccanhc@gmail.com or 617-699-2977.
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE CLASSROOMS – SPOTLIGHT ON GRADE 4
Fourth grade students had the opportunity to travel to the Lowell Mills and participate in “Change in the Making,” a hands-on workshop and an interpretive tour of the Lowell Mills. The workshops and tour provided students with the opportunity to explore the many ways in which the Industrial Revolution significantly changed the way Americans worked, lived, and used the land. On the tour, students toured and discovered the unique resources of Lowell National Historical Park firsthand. The hands-on workshops complemented the tour by bringing the significance of these historic resources to life, as students explored different aspects of change as people and work moved from farm to factory.
On the tour, students heard the roar of the looms in the Boott Cotton Mills Museum weave room and visited the “Mill Girls and Immigrants” exhibit in the restored boardinghouse. In the workshops, students compared ginning cotton by hand and ginning cotton with a simple machine, became young farm and factory workers dressed in nineteenth-century clothing, and helped tell a multi-sensory story about changes in the use of the Merrimack River and the land surrounding it.
It was an amazing experience watching our students learn about this time period in our nation’s history through hands on activities, role plays, and viewing historical artifacts.
Fundraising
DONOR’S CHOOSE
Support our new teacher!
Ms. Bratslavskaya, Grade 5
My Project: A Space for Every Student
Total Cost: $611
TO GO: $119.00
My Project: I hope to empower my students to take risks and share their ideas in a comfortable and safe environment. A classroom carpet for our meeting/library area is a necessity for establishing a sense of community within our classroom. We will often begin our school day on our carpet to engage in a morning meeting. Students will gather on the carpet many times throughout the day for whole class mini lessons, partner work, group work, and independent work.
A comfortable meeting area is essential, as it would provide a space to develop trust and respect among my students.
Here, we will establish our classroom community by developing a “class contract” and allowing all students to feel that their voices have been heard. We will frequently use the carpet as a space to begin lessons, and engage in read alouds. This space will also serve as a cozy independent reading place, so my students will be able to engage in, visualize and fall in love with books.
Check out my classroom project!
http://www.donorschoose.org/MsBratslavskaya
PAINT BAR FUNDRAISER
The 5th Grade Committee is hosting a “Paint Bar” Fundraiser on November 19 at 6:30pm
Sign Up Now in 3 Easy Steps… 1. Register 2. Indicate that you are with the “Lincoln-Eliot Fundraiser” in the “Group Name” or “Friends I Want to Sit With” field on the registration page 3. Get ready to have a blast!
L-E PIZZA TUESDAYS!
From 12:15-1:00pm at the Jackson Road Entrance
– $2 per slice
Pizza is popular and disappears quickly! Avoid disappointment and pre-order your
whole pizzas by Mondays at Noon ($10.00 each).
Email Jenn- jrogan78@verizon.net to order! Proceeds benefit the 5th Grade 2015 Graduating Class…We appreciate your support!
WATERTOWN SAVINGS BANK: CUSTOMER CHOICE AWARDS
VOTE FOR LINCOLN-ELIOT SCHOOL AS YOUR FAVORITE NON-PROFIT!
EVERY VOTE COUNTS!
Vote online at www.watertownsavings.com or cast a paper ballot.
Every year over the past twenty years, Watertown Savings Bank customers have voted for their favorite non-profits in our Customer Choice event. As a result, 75 local organizations have benefited and $915,500 has been distributed. This year the total will reach $990,500!
We are very proud of this program and the benefits it has brought to so many wonderful local non-profit organizations. To celebrate this important milestone we will be entering every customer who votes this year into a drawing to receive a $500 Amazon gift card.
Every qualified non-profit that receives at least 1% of the total votes cast within a calendar year will receive funds. The organization with the most votes will receive $5,000. Otherwise the dollars awarded are determined by the voting results, with a cap of $3,500. Anyone with an account at Watertown Savings Bank may vote and each person has one vote. (Beneficiaries are not considered account owners.)
Let us know your favorite local non-profit by using the ballot below or by voting online at www.watertownsavings.com. Deadline to vote is midnight, December 31, 2015.
AMAZON SHOPPERS
With the upcoming holiday season, don’t forget to access amazon.com through the PTO website. Our school receives up to 10% of all purchases simply purchased through this link.
STOP & SHOP
Don’t forget to register you Stop & Shop card for the Stop & Shop A+ Rewards! Great News! If you registered your card last year, it will re-register automatically! If you are new to the program, just log on to www.Stopandshop.com/aplus to register online. Our school ID is 05887. Or, dial 1-877-275-2758 to register your card over the telephone.