little leopard news march 2013

7/29/2019 Little Leopard News March 2013

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Hooray! Hooray! Dr. Seuss Day!On March 1, 2013 we celebrated Dr. Seuss

Birthday and the importance of reading

through a variety of events.

To help encourage the importance of reading

we had guest readers come to read to

students. The readers included school district

administration, Board of Education members,

community members and 3rd and 4th grade

students.

Some of our guest readers were:

- Representative Bob Freeman

- Fire Chief Bast- Dr. Weiss, President of Lafayette College

- Ms. Powers, VP at Crayola

- Mr. Finestein, President of Easton Hosiptal

- Dr. Mossikatis, School Board

- Mr. Pintabone, School Board

- Officer Mike and Joe of the EAPD

-Andrew Chandler, Dir of Food

Services

-Alyssa Emili, Dir of Pupil Services

-Mrs. Laquintano, PTA President

-Mrs. Jimenez, Dir of ESL

-Ms. Schumacher, Dir of Special Edu

-Mrs. Ramirez, School Secretary

-Mr. Bonilla, President

-Ms. Palmer, Food Services


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Up ComingEvents

AprilPSSA for 3rd/4th

April 3$2 Bookstore

April 8-15PSSA for 3rd/4th

April 15 - 19Bookfair

April 17-23

ConferencesArt ShowApril 24-25

Science PSSAApril 26

Science Fair

We had three Dr. Seuss Spirit Days: Wacky Wednesday, Fo

in Socks Thursday, and Cat in the Hat Friday. On Wacky

Wednesday students dressed up wacky mismatched. Crazysocks were Fox in Socks Thursday and Hats were Cat in the

Hat Friday. The students and staff had a blast with the

silliness and fun.

Hooray! Hooray!Dr. Seuss Day! Continued


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March School is off to a good start usingFirst in Math Online Program in grades 2,3, and 4. First In Math activities employ

Deep Practice techniques to rapidly increase computation,problem solving, critical thinking and essential mathbasics. Skills that may take months of regular practice can

be mastered in a much shorter time using Deep Practicetechniques and the immediate feedback online learning can

provide. Children using FIM have shown dramatic increases inmath scoresacross the board from the top students to the mostmath-challenged learners.Math24 Online Program has a twist this month. Our EASD has

received from the First in Math Teamadditional accounts for Kindergarten andFirst grade students. As they learn to

navigate the program. Keep your

eyes out BE for students in K and 1

moving into the ranks. Best of luck andfun to all of our new players.

Top Five Players

Cole L. ! 7,590

Kmeya W.

!7,522

Megumi B. ! 7,109

Tiah F. ! 6,809

Estelle F.! 6,527

First in Math

Player of theMonthCole L.

+ 4,239

Team of the MonthMrs. Laslo+12,823

Students in Mrs. Danyi's 3rd grade ESL groups wereexpanding their writing skills by writing descriptive

paragraphs. They included adjectives since that wasthe focus grammar skill taught during Unit 4. Theybrainstormed people they might like to describe,completed 4 square organizers, wrote rough copies,

and typed final copies.

Writing in ESL


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Dr. Seuss WritingCompetition

This February, March

Elementary School held a

writing competition based

upon a different Dr. Seuss

characters. Students in

Grade 1st - 4th had to write

a story using four specific

characters which were

Horton, Lorax, Cat in the

Hat, and One Fish, Two Fish.

The students had to write

about what they would do

with the characters for a day

either in Seussland or in our

world.

We had approximately

40 students submit

wonderfully creative stories.

From each grade level one

Grand Prize story was chosen

and two runner ups. They

received an awarded and a

gift certificate from either

Barnes & Nobles or our

Scholastic Book Fair. All

other students received an

award of participation.

Winners1st Grade:! Grand Prize - Nick H.!Runner Ups - Emily C. and Brooke X.

2nd Grade:

! Grand Prize - Tim G.!Runner Ups - Giovanni M. and Anjola O.3rd Grade:! Grand Prize - Emma B.!Runner Ups - Megumi B. and Madeline S.4th Grade:! Grand Prize - Stella S.!Runner Ups - Gia B. and Harvest G.


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3rd Grade Biographies

The third grade classes

have been working veryhard the past few weekson their biography bookreports. In honor ofBlack History Month,Womens History Month,and Presidents Day,students were

encouraged to select a person that represented one ofthese celebrations. After students selected their person andread the biography, they compiled information from their bookto write a short report. After doing the writing piece the

students then created aperson with a tri-fold center todisplay the information theyfound interesting about theirperson. The third gradeclasses enjoyed the projectand learned a lot about manypowerful and important peopleall around the world. Stop bythe third grade hallway to seesome of these famous peopleand read their stories!

$2.00 Bookstore

Here are the latest winners forhighest sales in the March $2

bookstore sale.

Gr. 1-VanFleetGr. -RodriguesGr. 3-WilcoxGr. 4-Hinkle

The next sale will be April 3during lunch.

Richard Nixon J.F. Kennedy

Rosa ParksUS Presidents


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On February 28, 2013, Mrs.Kinney was invited to the EastonRotary Meeting to share with themembers how the $500.00Teacher of the Year monetary gift

was spend for F.A. March School.Mrs. Kinney couldnt think of a better way to explain how the

generous monies were spent than to bring the gift with her. The F.A.

Little Leopard Mascot greeted the Rotarians with huge waves andmany kicks in her step to express the gratitude to the Club and ourwonderful March PTA for matching the award money so this veryspecial costume could be purchased for our school community. Theymembers appreciated hearing how our mascot brings many widesmiles, laughter and giggles every time she attends a school event.Mrs. Kinney had many pictures to pass around showing the mascotand the students participating in school activities. The Rotary Clubmembers enjoyed meeting our school mascot knowing how special thisgift is for our students.

We are continuing tocollect "Tabs for theRonald McDonaldHouse". With these tabs,we can help the Ronald

McDonald House pay thecost for families to stayclose by to their childrenwhile they are ill and need to stay in the hospital.Please keep bringing in any "pop tab" that is on sodacans, soup cans, dog food cans.

Leopard Council's K-Kids are now starting ournext project, "Paper for Meals on Wheels". Incollection boxes around the school, we are collectingpaper that has been used on one side, so that theother side may be used for the drivers to print the

directions to where they need todeliver the meals. We are also going to bestarting a "Shave for the Brave"group that will be shaving theirheads on May 5th. You can eithercome and shave your head orsupport those who are shaving.There will be disco balls,dancing, face painting and more!Come out and support!

Leopard Mascot Meets

the Easton Rotarians

LeopardCouncils

K-Kids


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Staff Interviews

Each month different staff

members will be interviewed

by 3rd and 4th grade

students.

Sta Interviews

Mrs. Laslo - Grade 2

Interviewed by: Jarred and Pedro

1) When is your birthday? Feb 27

2) Do you have a son or daughter? I have

both a son and a daughter.

3) What books do you like? Nicholas Sparks

4) Where are you from? Bethlehem

5) What is your favorite food? pizza

6) What did you do before working at March

Elementary? In taught in the Bethlehem School district.

7) What books do you like to read? Magic Tree House

8) What is your favorite movie? Beauty and the Beast

9) What is your favorite? USA

Mr. Nagle - Grade 2

Interviewed by: Aiden

1) When is your birthday? Mybirthday is May 4.

2) Do you have a son or adaughter? I have 3 sons and 1daughter.

3) What books do you like? HarryPotter, Ronald Dahl and Dan Brown

4) Where are you from?Southampton, PA

5) What is your favorite food? My favorite

foods are Octopus and Lamb.

6) What did you do before working at MarchElementary? I Worked at a hospital.

7) What books do you like to read? Myfavorite books are mysteries.

8) What is your favorite movie? Big Fish

9) What is you favorite country? France

Miss Waas - Grade 2

Interviewed and submitted by: Kevin

1) When is your birthday? I was born on May 18 .

2) What books do like? I enjoy reading books aboutfamous Presidents.

3) Where are you from? Hellertown

4) What is your favorite food? pizza

5) What did you do before working at Marchelementary? I taught at a Middle school.

6) What books do you like to read? 1776

7) What is your favorite movie? Jaws

8) What is your favorite country? England


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VISIT THE SCHOOLWEBSITE @

HTTP://WWW.EASTONSD.ORG/MARCH/WELCOME.HTML

SCHOOL ADDRESS:

429 READER STEASTON, PA 18042

PHONE NUMBER:

610-250-2531

Articles

Contributions:

! M. Kinney! C. Kordek

! N. Niosi

! M. Orwan! J. Brunetti

! K. Wilcox! M. Danyi

Compiled By: M. Kinney and C. Kordek

Its Hip to C ip: Boxtops

Our Little

Leopards are

doing a

FAME-tastic

job of clipping

Box Tops for

the2012-2013

school year.

We set a goal of raising $1,500.00. The money earned

through the collection of Box Tops will help to fund the

FAME prizes and assemblies for our students. We are so

excited to share that our school just hit $1,277.00 in box

tops. We are only $223.00 away from our goal! What a

fabulous job! Take a LOOK at our Box Tops tracking

chart in the hall and cheer our school on as we celebrate

our progress. Don't forget to clip box tops and bring them

into school because its HIP to CLIP!
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