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The Dolphin’s Tale
The bi-weekly principal’s newsletter of
Travilah Elementary School
Susan J. Shenk, Principal
Issue #13
March 8, 2019
Upcoming Events
March
10 -
5-7pm
Beginning of Daylight Savings Time – Move clocks
forward one hour
PTA Informational Movie Night - Screenagers
11,12,13,
15
- Grade 5 MISA Testing
13 - Grade 3 Mad Science - Decomposers
18-22 - Kids Heart Challenge
19 - -
Grade 2 Mad Science – Creature’s Features
Grade 4 to White House
20 - Grade 1 Mad Science – Sun and Stars
22 - Grade 1 to Imagination Stage - Anatole: Mouse Magnifique
28 - Grade 4 Under the Sea In School Field Trip
29 - School Spirit Day! Wear Travilahwear or blue!
April
2 -
7:00pm
Class and Individual Student Portraits
PTA Meeting – Media Center
6 1:20pm
Early Release Day
Third Marking Period Ends
Flyer Distribution Day
9 7:00pm Drama Club Play – Seussical the Musical
10 - Mooseum to visit Grade 1
11 7:00pm Drama Club Play – Seussical the Musical
17-22 - Spring Break – Schools closed
24 - Grade 1 Career Day
25 - Take Your Child to Work Day
26 - School Spirit Day! Wear Travilahwear or blue!
School Contact
Phone: 240-740-4300 Attendance Line: 240-740-4290
School Fax: 240-740-4298
Visit the Travilah Elementary School website for additional information about the school. Visit the PTA website to get involved with the PTA and see all before and after school
activities!
Principal’s Writing Wall
Each week students’ writing is displayed on the Principal’s Writing Wall. All students will be
featured at least once during the year. The following students’ work was highlighted during the
week of February 23, 2019.
GRADE 1
Mrs. Foley’s class – Amsal Rajput, Muhammad Malik, Isabella Torres, Henok Girma, Estella Richard, Elise Kwon, Pranaya Premanand Ms. Rivera’s class – Jhalil Anderson-Schools, Franklin Fuentes Abrego, Ben Becker, Andy Saavedra, Caleb Allen
GRADE 4
Mrs. Knoblach’s class – Armaan Chawla, Abby Meyers, Hannah Goren, Kelsey Wang, Shayna Fleischer, Gabriel Gorbach, Rick Venema, Charlie Rothbard, Landon Pape, Jacob Wollman, Sophia Wang, Evan Halpern, Olivia Carroll, Liz Blonder Mrs. Shafer’s class – Miles Bender, Sophia Greenwald, Erin Shiflett, Ashu Khetan, Matthew Lucchese, Isabelle Weiner, Preston Zhang, Riya Gupta, Luke Wang, Lucas Kim Mrs. Singal’s class – Jude Doan, Kylie Zhang, Jashwin Fernandes, Maya Saini, Linda Wang, Ethan Kwon, Ella Johnson, Nathan Leitan
Yearbook Orders – Order Online
Yearbooks on sale NOW! The 2018-19 Yearbooks are available for
purchase at www.freedpics.com, password: TRAV1819YB. Order
yours before April 1, and receive the early bird rate of $20.
Prices go up to $25 after April 1. Yearbooks are only available
online. Buy yours and don’t miss a single memory from this year!
Please contact Yoonie Min ([email protected]) or Sarah
Barrett ([email protected]) if you have any questions.
STEM Expo Congratulations to the many students who participated in our annual STEM Expo.
What a huge success! We are very proud of all the students who participated. We
saw many creative and interesting projects. We hope you all enjoyed working on
your experiments. It was a terrific learning experience, not only for the students,
but the entire family!
Kindergarten Orientation
Our Kindergarten Orientation is scheduled for May 21st and 22nd.
Children who will be five years old on or before September 1, 2019 will
be eligible to enter Kindergarten in September 2019. If you have a child
who will be entering Kindergarten next fall, please email Mrs. Foecking
at [email protected] or call the office at 240-740-
4300. Please pass this information on to your neighbors and/or
friends.
We will also be having a Parent Orientation meeting on May 8, 2019 from 6:30 – 8:00pm. This
meeting is for parents only and will include time for registration, time to meet with the school
nurse and discuss medical forms, a tour of the school, and an information session. Just a reminder,
there will be no Kindergarten classes for currently enrolled Kindergarten students for the two days
of Kindergarten Orientation as the teachers and classrooms will be involved in the orientation.
Kids Heart Challenge
Kids Heart Challenge time is here again. All grades will be doing their event
during PE the week of 3/18-3/22. Kids Heart Challenge is a national
fundraiser for the American Heart Association. Last year we were able to raise
nearly 5,000 dollars. We ask for flat donations, and encourage students not to
go door-to-door soliciting. The donation packet also explains in detail about Kids Heart Challenge
and where your donation goes.
Important reminders:
Donation packets will be sent home the last week of February. All donations are due by Friday March 22nd. You can collect checks for donations or do it all on line. Just go to:
www.heart.org/kidsheartchallenge Check out this years “Heart Hero” incentive!! You do not have to have donations in order to participate.
Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program (MCAP) –
Upcoming Testing
Many of you are aware, the state mandated assessments for Grades 3 – 5 begin next month. This test,
MCAP (Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program) is based on the Common Core
standards. Students will be taking this assessment on our Chromebooks. Please make sure your
children are present, if possible and are well rested and given a good breakfast. Smartwatches will
not be permitted for testing and will be collected. Please do not send your child with a cell phone or
smartwatch. Also, attached to this Dolphin’s Tale is a calendar that shows the specific testing dates
for each grade.
Change of School Assignment
ROCKVILLE, Maryland—Montgomery County parents/guardians who wish to request a Change
of School Assignment (COSA) for their children from their home school may begin the process
during the upcoming transfer season—the first school day in February 2019, through the first
school day in April 2019.
Except for students in the Northeast Consortium (NEC), Downcounty Consortium (DCC), and
Middle School Magnet Consortium (MSMC) areas, students in Montgomery County Public
Schools (MCPS) are expected to attend the school within the established attendance area in
which they reside (home school) or assigned in accordance with their Individualized Education
Program (IEP). Students may apply for a COSA from the home school, or the school of
assignment through the IEP process, based on the following criteria:
When a documented unique hardship is shown. Problems that are common to a large number of families do not constitute a unique hardship.
When a family moves within Montgomery County, preference to remain in the original school will be considered to complete the current school year only, with the exception that Grade 11 and Grade 12 students may be permitted to stay through graduation.
When a younger sibling seeks to attend the school where an older sibling will be enrolled in the regular/general school program, or a special education program, during the year the younger sibling seeks to enroll. When an older sibling attends a magnet, language immersion, or other application program, a COSA may be approved to the regular school program for younger sibling on a case-by-case basis. Such approval requires consideration of available classroom space, grade-level enrollment, staffing allocations, or other factors that impact the schools involved. The criteria above regarding siblings does not apply if a boundary change has occurred.
The transfer process begins in the home school where parents/guardians may request the
Change of School Assignment (COSA) Information Booklet that contains the COSA form, describes
the process, and provides useful information. Beginning the first week of February 2019, the
COSA booklet will be available in schools and online at
www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/info/transfers. The booklet will be available in English and
translations in other languages. Exempt countywide programs that do not fall under the
transfer guidelines are listed in the information booklet.
For information about assignments for students residing in the NEC, DCC, or MSMC areas,
please contact the Division of Consortia Choice and Application Program Services, 240-740-
2540, or visit the website at www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/schoolchoice.
For more information about the transfer process, parents/guardians are encouraged to contact
the principal at their home school. Non-English speaking students and parents/guardians who
may require assistance may contact ASK MCPS to get the information they need by telephone at
301-309-MCPS (6277). Telephone operators who speak English and Spanish are available
from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Parents who speak languages other than
English or Spanish who call the ASK MCPS telephone line and identify their language will have
their questions answered through a telephone interpreter.
P.E. CLASS OF THE WEEK
Week of February 25, 2019 Congratulations to Ms. Clarke’s class! Week of March 4, 2019 Congratulations to Mrs. Foley’s class!
P.E. LEADER OF THE WEEK
Week of February 25, 2019 Congratulations to Milan Lawrence in Ms. White’s class! Week of March 4, 2019 Congratulations to Hannah Kim in Mrs. Facine’s class!
Playground Superstars
WEEK OF FEBRUARY 25, 2019
Grade 5: Mackenzie Noble, Anna Vasiltsova, Alma Pratt,
Addison Purvis
Grade 4: Audrey Wang
Grade 3: Alisa Yan, Keira Mooney, Lily Pratt, Hasti Sobhani, Sarah Gao, T.J. Saavedra
Grade 2: Vincent Geeng, Udai Singh
Grade 1: Shiloh Rubinstein, Lucy Catucci, Estella Richard, Cindy Zhang, Aiden Zhao
Kindergarten: Enzo Shamounki
Special Dolphin Tales Thank You to
All the parent volunteers that made the STEM Expo a successful event!
Elena Christopher and Sara Kelley for organizing the fun Bingo Night!
Michael Cao for keeping our outside sign up to date!
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If you have any comments or questions, please email Mrs. Shenk at [email protected]