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MARCH 2016 HOWARD C. REICHE COMMUNITY SCHOOL

Reiche Report

The signs of spring are beginning to appear. The days are getting longer,

trees are beginning to bud, I even sighted some flowers popping up around

the school grounds…. which means Spring Assessment season is upon us!

Many Portland Public School students are preparing to take the Maine

Educational Assessments (MEA). This year students in grades 3, 4 and 5

will be taking an assessment called eMPowerME. This assessment will

provide information about the academic progress of our students, schools,

and the state as a whole. These tests measure the progress of Maine’s

students toward the content standards adopted for Maine students in

literacy and math. This assessment can help educators and parents to

understand how well the students are achieving and if they need additional

support to become proficient at their grade level. In addition, this

assessment also provides a data point for identification in other programs

such as gifted/talented.

Both state and federal laws require that all students participate. Schools are

accountable for achieving a participation rate of 95% or higher. This test

will be delivered online for all students. Some students may qualify for

accommodations, which will be followed according to the student’s

individualized educational plan or Section 504 plan.

Reiche students in grades 3-5 will be taking the tests in the weeks of

March 28 & April 4, 2016

To ensure a successful testing experience for your child, we are asking for

your support every day. Please:

Ensure that your child attends school every day!

These tests are required by the state and must be completed by each

student, make-ups are time consuming and no fun at all!

Help ensure a good night’s sleep for your child.

Make sure your child is in class on time, 8:10.

Dismissal is at 2:50, as usual, except Wednesday at 1:50.

Please notify us if your child is absent for any reason.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact myself, Mrs.

Bobinsky or Mrs. Keegan at the school (874-8175) or via email.

Mr. Hummel

A MESSAGE FROM OUR TEACHING STAFF

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A collaborative newsletter by teachers, teacher leaders and the PTO.

Mark your calendars

May 11, General PTO Meeting

General Parent Teacher Organization Meetings are 6-8pm at Reiche. Always free childcare! *See inside for more information about this meeting. Additional meetings generated from parent interests, concerns and initiatives. Others may be added throughout the year.

Save The Dates!

March 22 Reiche Auction March 31 (New date!) Math Night at Reiche April 12 Talent Show May 17 Gelato Fiasco fundraiser May 24 Reiche Arts Night May 27 Reiche Road Race

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TEACHER LEADERS

Lori Bobinski

Chris Keegan

Ted Hummel

COMMITTEE LEADERS:

INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP

Lynn Provencher

Megan McDonough

ENRICHMENT COMMITTEE

David Briley

Alyson Ciechomski

CLIMATE COMMITTEE

Deb Lora

Tina Veilleux

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Laurie Onos

PTO LEADERSHIP

Leah Whalen, President

Jeanne Swanton, Treasurer

Rebecca Ermlich, Secretary

Ginny Marvin, Communications

Elise Devon, Trustee

Melissa Knoll, Acting Trustee

Field Trip Grants

Reiche 5th graders will be visiting the Museum of Science in Boston thanks to a Google Field Trip award. The award will cover admission and the Omni Theater for all students & staff and it will also contribute $1000 towards transportation. This is a wonderful opportunity for Reiche School. Reiche is also the proud recipient of a Bug Light Foundation award of $1500. The funds will support two field trips for all K students, one to Pineland Farm mid spring and another to the Wildlife Park in Gray.

TITLE I PROGRAMS

At the Reiche PTO meeting on December 3rd, Angela Atkinson Duina presented

an overview of the Title I Program for the Portland Public School District.

Title I refers to Title I Part A of the US Elementary and Secondary Education

Act, a federal law that provides additional funding to schools with high

percentages of children from low-income families to help ensure that all children

meet expected academic standards. Started in 1965, it is one of the largest federal

funding programs.

7 of 17 Portland Public Schools receive this federal funding. PPS prioritizes pre-

K, elementary and middle schools to receive funds. $450,000 federal dollars are

offered to Reiche through this program which supports;

- Summer School

- WIN: What I need intervention block

- Additional teachers & Ed Techs

- Community Coordinator

- Reading Intervention technology

- Book It Home

- Math Night

- Aim: All kids make at least 1 year progress, and, if in intervention, more than a

year’s progress

Reiche's Title I School Wide Plan is revised each year by administrators, teachers

and parents. Schools gather feedback on their work throughout the year and use

this to adjust their plans. If you’d like to be a part of the planning activities

contact a teacher leader or the PPS Title I School Improvement Coordinator

Angela Atkinson Duina at [email protected]; 207-874-8100.

Because parents are a major influence on children's learning and education, Title I

schools are required to actively engage parents in a two-way conversation about

their child's education and the school activities funded by Title I.

What does parent engagement look like?

1. Supporting your child's learning

2. Partnering with your child's teacher and school

3. Advocating for school improvement

4. Serving in decision-making and leadership roles

Thank you to Angela for presenting an overview of this very important program!





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Friends of Casco Bay Fun Town Splashtown USA Focus Photography Gelato Fiasco Get Air Global Premier Soccer Great Lost Bear Greater Portland Landmarks Greater Portland Metro Green Elephant Greener Cleaner Gretchen Langer Hannaford Supermarket Head Games Salon for Hair & Body Hot Suppa! Hugo's Jeanne Handy Interior Styling & Design The Knoll Family Kris Lape Designs Kristin O'Brien La Petite Ecole Lamey-Wellehan Shoes Leah Whalen Leonardos LFK Lolita Longfellow Books Lovell Designs Mad Science of Maine Maine | Maine Home+Design Maine Academy of Gymnastics Maine Academy of Modern Music Maine Audubon Maine Beer and Wine Tours Maine Historical Society Maine Island Trails Association Maine Maritime Museum Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Maine Red Claws Maine State Ballet Maine Wildlife Park Maine Yoga Kids Mary Cerullo Mayor Strimling Michelle Estell Miyake and Pai Men Miyake Nomads

North Yarmouth Academy O2 Salon & Spa Oak Street Studios Oakhurst Dairy O'Donals Nursery OhNo Café Otto Pizza Portland Architectural Salvage Portland Conservatory Portland Dine Around Club Portland Discovery Portland Ice Arena Portland Magazine Portland Museum of Art Portland Ovations Portland Paddle Portland Pie Co Portland Pottery Portland Stage Portland Symphony Orchestra Portland Trails Portland YMCA Ramada Plaza Renys Department Store ReStore Resurgam Design Reve Cyling Rippleffect Rosemont Market & Bakery RSVP Saco Frame Center and Gallery SailMaine Scratch Baking Company Seacoast United Maine Soccer Senator Justin Alfond Shipyard Siempre Mas Silly's Restaurant Skillin's Greenhouses Snip-Its Sonny's, Local 188 and Salvage BBQ Southworth Planetarium Spare Time Portland Spiral Tree Yoga and Wellness Studio Springboard Pilates Springboard Pilates Springer's Jewelers

Sprouting Threads Standard Baking Co Storyland Street and Co Sur Lie Telling Room Ten Apple Farm Ten Ten Pie Terlingua The Bearded Lady's Jewel Box The Honey Paw The Pineland Farms The Westin Portland Harborview Think Tank Coworking Trader Joe's Victoria Mansion Waynflete Summer Camps WCLZ Wolfe's Neck Farm

Thanks to our Sponsors Salavage BBQ Micromasse Cornerstone Building

and Restoration Benchmark Residential &

Investment Real Estate Murray, Plumb & Murray Iron Plane Local Muscle Longfellow Books Maine Orthodontics PAYSA, Portland Soccer

And thanks to Reiche teachers and parents for donating and supporting the Auction

REICHE SPRING AUCTION This Tuesday, March 22nd – 6:30-9pm

Salvage BBQ - 919 Congress Street

Get grandma to sit for the kids and join us for a night of music, fun this Tuesday at Salvage BBQ. It's a perfect opportunity to connect with Reiche parents, teachers, and friends of Reiche. Please spread the word!

Great Food and Setting: Once again, Salvage BBQ is donating their wonderful space for our Auction! And, if you mention the

Reiche Auction when ordering, you'll get 15% off your food!

Great Music: Micromassé, a trio of established Portland musicians featuring will be playing during the auction. If you haven't

heard them before, you are in for a treat.

Great Auction Items: This year's auction items are fabulous! Some highlights include a guided sunset sea kayak trip; a private

Rosemont wine tasting for you and your 15 closest friends; overnights at the Westin and other Portland hotels; dinner at Hugos, Central Provisions, Fore Street, Miyake, and many others; and a lobster bake on Little Diamond Island! There's also lots for the kids, like tickets to Get Air, Fun Town Splashtown, the Maine Wildlife Park and summer camp at Mad Science Camp, Fish Camp, Rippleffect, North Yarmouth Academy, and more! And we have Teacher Time donations and classroom projects too!

Thank you to all the local business for supporting Reiche Community School. Thank you for donating!






SIDE BY SIDE PROJECTS, MURRAY AND

PROVENCHER’S 4/5

Over the past two weeks, we have worked as a team to create a movie about inventions during World War II. First, we researched our invention. Then, selected images that were about our invention. After that, we made a storyboard. We put our images into iMovie and recorded our voices. After the slideshows were put together, we got to make movie posters. Overall, the project was great! - Gabe Lopez What did you find most challenging about this project? Colette: Combining everyone’s ideas and creating something cohesive. Jane: Making the storyboard was hard. Asha: Working in a group! Charles: I was most challenged by trying to get along with my teammates and organizing the storyboard. Lude: Practicing and memorizing our cue cards. Liam: Working as a team was the most challenging part for me because everyone doesn’t always agree. I think we are getting along better though. We all wanted to stop being annoyed and yelling at each other, and so we did!

What did you find most interesting? Cyrus: I learned a lot. I’m most interested in the fact that the VW Beetle was based on a prototype that Hitler stole from a Jewish scientist. Farhan: Making the IMovie. Elias: The most interesting thing was arranging the images and information on our storyboard and in IMovie. I will most remember how hard my teammates and I worked. Greta: Using the computers was the most interesting thing we’ve done and the teamwork was hard to figure out. Gabe: The more interesting learning was about the giant headphones that were used before radar to listen for warships, boats, and planes. Thank you to Cat and Terry for your patience, knowledge, and

artistic expertise!

THIRD GRADE NEWS

We have finished multiplication and

division and are now starting to learn

about fractions.

Next time you have pizza, ask your

third grader what fraction they would

like to eat! We are becoming Non-

Fiction experts!

We have been studying reading non-

fiction texts (ask us what a main idea

is!) and writing a story to teach our

classmates about a topic we are

experts on. Molly Maps has been

coming in to teach us all about

maps! We are learning a lot about the

city of Portland and certain city

landmarks.

We have started swimming! Please

make sure to send your child with a

bathing suit, towel, and extra dry

clothing.

The Book fair was held last week and, once again,

thanks to an anonymous donor, each Reiche student

was able to receive a free book of their choosing!

Many thanks to parent, Elsa Rowe, for organizing this

year’s Fair. In addition to selecting and working with

the book supplier, Letterpress Books, she organized

volunteers, arranged the set up, wrote communications

and provided joy to all the children at Reiche.

THE BOOK FAIR WAS A GREAT SUCCESS!






Do you want a chance at FREE ART CAMPS all summer long at Maine College of Art? You can enter a Creative Essay Challenge! Winners from three age groups (8-10, 11-13, 14-17) will receive free art camps! You can check out the details on a poster hanging inside the school by the Brackett Street doors. Or go to meca.edu/essaycontest The DEADLINE IS MARCH 21ST If you don't want to enter the contest, but are interested in art camps at MECA, check them out- Arts Exploration, Drawing and Painting, Minecraft and Gaming, Music, Sculpture, Fiber Arts, Comics and Illustration, Magazine Making, Claymation and more!

MARCH IS YOUTH ART MONTH

Congratulations to Tenley Flint who has her paper weaving hanging in the Portland Museum of Art as part of the Youth Art

Month show! The show runs from March 2-April 3, with an opening reception on March 5, 4-7:30PM

And congratulations to Chae Hee Park whose paper weaving is on display throughout March at Abilene restaurant as part of

their Youth Art Month show! Abilene's business hours are: Wednesday-Friday 4-9, Saturday 9-9 and Sunday 9-3,

539 Deering Avenue.

Math Night Date Change!

The new date for “Chilling with Geometry” math night is March

31 from 5:00-6:30. It should be a fun night for parents and students in all grades. Participants will learn about shapes and create 2 dimensional and 3 dimensional objects. They will make shape mobiles and quilt squares. There will be plenty of games including Shape Bingo, Sets, and even a matching shape game in Spanish! Each student will be able to choose a small geometry item, from a nice selection received through a grant, to take home. There will also be drawings to win bigger prizes that are different shapes. For example, we have a nice basketball sphere that someone will win.

Grades 3, 4 and 5 Get Moving!

Starting on March 1st the 3, 4, 5 classes will be taking part in the UNICEF Kid Power Program. UNICEF Kid Power gives kids the power to save lives.

By getting active with the UNICEF Kid Power Band, kids go on missions to learn about new cultures and earn points. Each child and teacher will be given a Power Band to wear during the month of March. Syncing the bands shows the students how active they have been and earns points.

Points unlock funding from partners and UNICEF will deliver lifesaving packets of therapeutic food to severely malnourished children around the world.

The more kids move, the more points they earn, the more lives they save.

Donors Choose Alert!

Ms. Provencher has a new project: “A Focus on Learning”. She is looking to acquire the following supplies for her classroom: 25 noise canceling headphones block out noise, 5 noise reduction earmuffs, latch boxes, and markers to replace our aging, dried up supply. Use the code "empower" until March 18th and Donors Choose will match your donation! http://www.donorschoose.org/project/a-focus-on-learning/1907002/




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Community News

Monday Night Meals* at Reiche

Free for Kids and Families

Families and children with supervision, please join us! Delicious dinners provided by Wayside Food Programs are available Mondays from 5:15-6:00pm at the Reiche Brickwork.

For more information, please speak to Sarah Colton (Community Policing) or call 780-0495

Please note, if there is no school, there will not be a meal that evening.

*Children without supervision, and who have not received prior permission, will not be able to attend.

Portland Public Library Bookmobile Comes to Reiche!

The Bookmobile comes to Reiche every Thursday from 3:30 to 4:00pm. Get a library card, take out a book and return books using the Bookmobile!

School District News

Please participate in the District’s Annual Parent Survey. Access on line at www.portlandschools.org School Board Public Hearing on Budget Set for March 22, 7pm at Casco Bay High School. You can find the proposed budget on the PPS website Hall School Referendum set for Tuesday, April 5th. Portland voters will be asked to approve the construction costs for a new Hall School on Tuesday, April 5, in a special citywide municipal election. The referendum seeks the authorization for the construction of a new Hall Elementary School on the existing site at a total cost of $29.7 million. All but $1.4 million of the bonded amount would be reimbursed by the state. Please note, for this vote only, voters who usually vote at the Expo will vote at Reiche School

The West End Neighborhood Association

is committed to addressing the quality of

life in the West End. If you live, work or

have an interest or concerns about life in

the West End, consider attending a WENA

meeting.

Upcoming Meetings:

Meetings are generally held at 6:30pm on

the second Wednesday of each month.

The next meeting is Wednesday, April 13th

at 6:30pm

Meetings are held in the Reiche

Community Room (up the exterior ramps).

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