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TTHHEE TTUUSSCCAARROORRAA TTIIMMEESS Kanè´hteh 28, 2013 (February)

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February 28, 2013

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Ms. Corieri’s Connection Cont’d… February 28, 2013

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Niagara Wheatfield District Tuscarora Indian School 716-215-3670

Skarure? Ekwehewe Yerihedya?ta

Elizabeth Corieri, Yekujderisne

You can find an electronic version of Tuscarora Times at: www.nwcsd.k12.ny.us

Office and Community News

February 28, 2013

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TUSCARORA HOME SCHOOL COUNCIL SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS are available at the school office or from Jamie Gilbert at NWHS & online on the school website under ‘Community’ through June.

Parents and Guardians: EVERYONE must stop at the office and sign in whenever you are in the building for any reason including class parties.

BUS PASSES: Please DO NOT call the school for Bus Passes. Please send in Bus Passes with your child in the

morning or drop off at school if you need to.

ALSO: NO ONE OTHER THAN PARENTS may pick students up unless you send in a permission slip. Please do not send in friends, neighbors or relatives unless you have already sent a note.

TUSCARORA BAPTIST AWANA CALENDAR: March 5- Hockey Night, March 12- Wear Green, March 19- Talent Night/Art, Music or Bible Story March 26- Pajama Night/Double points for sections passed

Holy Family Parish (Chapel) Sunday Mass 10am everyone welcome. Religious Ed. Gr. K-8 Sun. after Mass. Gr. 9 -12 Wed. at 7 PM. NW Boys Lacrosse Fundraiser

Basket Raffle & Soup Sale – MARCH 16th – at Tuscarora School gym from 11-3, Corn Soup, Chicken Chowder, Hamburgers & Hot Dogs, 50/50 raffle, basket drawings start at 2:30 p.m. Basket donations gladly accepted by Vince Schiffert at Tuscarora School. SENECA BUFFALO CREEK CASINO – Native American Community Career Fair! Saturday February 23, 2013 10:00 am – 3:00 pm. Native American Community Services 1005 Grant Street Buffalo NY 14207. Department Representatives will be available to discuss new career opportunities at the new permanent Seneca Buffalo Creek Casino. If you’re unable to attend please visit our website: www.SenecaCasinos.com and click “careers” for a list of opportunities. Any questions please contact Lisa Warrior-Catalano at 716-501-4012 or Human Resources at 716-278-0011

TUSCARORA CROKINOLE (ages 21+) will meet Thursday, February 28th, March 7th and March 14th from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Next Crokinole trip is Sat., March 23rd to Forest City Flicker Tourney at London, Ontario. Must know who is going by March 14th.

INDIAN TACO SALE FOR WHITNEY ANN:

Saturday, March 2, 2013 Noon – 5pm or until sold out. $7

per taco at Fischer’s 1815 Mt. Hope Road, Lewiston

Call/text ahead at 524-2407or 998-4194 or just stop in. Some

delivery available for shops or shut ins. Delicious Fry Bread

topped with meat & bean sauce, Salsa, Lettuce, Cheese,

Tomato, Onion, Green pepper, black olives and sour cream.

Rene & Billejo’s Indian Taco Sale, Sat., March 9th

New Location: Tuscarora Nation House Kitchen Time: 11:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Indian Taco Price: $7.00. Ph#

628-1769. We will also have Loaded Nachos with all the

fixing $5.00. Hope to see you there!

SUMMER EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES Niagara

County Employment & Training 1001 Eleventh St. Niagara Falls, 716.278.8282 Applications are now being accepted for summer jobs. To qualify you MUST be: a Niagara County resident, 16-19 years old (must be 16 by April 26, 2013), meet income guidelines, applications are available at the above address, Tuscarora School office and

www.worksource1.com. Be sure to sign and date application and if under 18 a parent or guardian must also sign. A school official must sign and complete a section of the application if you are in school. ALL DOCUMENTS MUST BE RECEIVED AT THE ABOVE ADDRESS BY APRIL 26, 2013. TRADITIONAL HAUDENOSAUNEE POTLUCK DINNER AND SOCIAL DANCE: Singers: Doshoweh Men’s Singing Group. Friday, March 29, 2013 6-9 p.m. at the Quality Hotel & Suites 240 Rainbow Drive, Niagara Falls. Featuring: Resource Fair of Community Health Providers Come and learn about community resources in Niagara County, welcome visiting students from Kent State University and share some of our Haudenosaunee Culture. Bake Sale, door prizes and 50/50 raffle. Sponsored by Native American Community Services of Erie & Niagara Counties, Inc. (NACS) Stages of Life Empowerment Program and the Healthy Generations Program.

Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program Returns, starting February Niagara University will once again provide free tax preparation assistance to members of the Niagara community. Assistance provided at St. Vincent’s Hall, Room 207 on Feb. 28.March 12, 14, 19, 21 and 26. April 2 and 4. Sessions also at Dris W. Jones Family Resource Building 3001 19

th St. Niagara Falls from

5:30 – 7:30 p.m. on the following Wednesdays: March 13, 20 and 27. No appointments needed for this free service. For more information call 716.286.8050 or visit www.niagara.edu

National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month Over 50? Family history? Get screened! FREE Monday, March 4/ 9 – 11am DeGraff Memorial Hospital 445 Tremont Street, North Tonawanda. Thursday, March 7/9-11 am Mt. St Mary’s Hospital 5300 Military Road, Lewiston. Wednesday, March 13/9-11 am Summit Health Plex, 6934 Williams Road Niagara Falls. Thursday, March 14 /9 – 11am Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center 621-10

th Street,

Niagara Falls. Free in home colon cancer screening kits will be available for Average Risk men and women, age 50 – 64, who do not have health insurance. For information contact the Cancer Services Program of Niagara County 278-8254

PRE CUT FRAMES AT THE OFFICE if you would like to help

bead for our graduation gifts: picture frames or canoe- stop in and pick up to help us get ready for June graduates, Nyaweh!!

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Giving Children a Healthy Outlook FROM: Nurse Marilyn Your health is not just your physical well-being. It includes having healthy attitudes and relationships. Not sure how to talk to your child? This WebMD feature shows you ways to connect to your children & help them uncover who they want to be & how to give your child a healthy outlook. Kids today have a lot of problems. "They're unhappy, they're growing up way too fast, they're not bonding and connecting with their parents and they don't want to be at home." Parents need a new means by which to raise their children—and this article outlines how to begin:

Stop asking your child what he wants to do with his life—start asking who he wants to be. What you want to do speaks to occupation, but what you want to be speaks instead to character. What your child will eventually do is secondary to whether he will become a good person. "If your child becomes president but is a corrupt politician, then you've failed." "But if he's an honest garbage collector with a good heart, you've succeeded. Stop speaking to your child about a career—talk instead about a calling. Focusing on career encourages narcissism, fosters insecurity and teaches the child to measure success based on her relationship to the marketplace. "Never live for other people." "Rather, live for a calling. We all have a unique gift that no one else has—find out what makes you special, and then give it to the world." Stop focusing on grades and start focusing on intellectual curiosity. We're raising our kids to perform in school, rather than to amass knowledge. "Stop making kids into human 'doings' who know how to perform but never develop any real desire to know." Stop speaking to your kids about happiness—start speaking instead about purpose. Your child's happiness shouldn't be the goal. It should be the byproduct of their purpose. Purpose liberates your talents and brings automatic joy—squandering your potential will bring about the opposite effect. "If you find purpose, you're going to find happiness.” Stop emphasizing friends—start emphasizing family. Friends can't give you the unconditional love and security that family can. The balance of friendship to family time should be a ratio of 5:1, or five hours with your family for every hour spent with friends. Stop speaking to your kids about attention—start focusing them on love. Our culture teaches kids to want success because success brings attention, but that attention increases insecurity. "People love you for the things you do, not who you are." Attention is a cheap forgery of love—if you really love someone, you love them without expecting anything in return.

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Urgent Deadline: March 1, 2013

Erie Community College Foundation Grants & Scholarships has 36 available scholarships.

There were no applications, to date, for these scholarships. Please go to www.ecc-foundation.com/scholarships-fund or call the foundation office at (716) 851-1990 for more

information. If you are an ECC student or know of one please review and refer these available scholarships.

(WEBB) Dr. Agnes Cleary Webb Endowed Merit Scholarship (TREZEV) Lydia A. Trezevant Endowed Memorial Scholarship (THOMAST) Thurman Thomas Endowed Distinguished Scholarship Award

(SIMONR) Sylvia G. Simon-Ray Endowed Memorial Scholarship (SCHOOLD) School of Dental Hygiene Scholarship

(REYNOLDS) Matthew J. Reynolds Endowed Memorial Scholarship (RELLINGER) Professor Paul Rellinger Memorial Scholarship

(POLICE) Police Science Scholarship in Honor of ECC 1960 FBI Instructors (ONEIL) Dr. John & Karen (Leone) O'Neil '69 Scholarship Award (OHARE) Bill & Mary O'Hare Endowed Scholarship

(NIAGARAFRONT) Niagara Frontier Subcontractors Association Scholarship (NEWYORKPGAS) The New York Propane Gas Association's Elbert Stillwagon Memorial Scholarship

(NEWYORKPGAG) The New York Propane Gas Association's John Ganey Memorial Scholarship (NATIONALGC) National Grid Certificate Scholarship

(MIDDLE) Middle Early College Chance Award Scholarship (MALCHOFF) Kevin Malchoff National Restaurant Association Education Foundation Endowment Scholarship

(LEONE) David S. Leone Memorial Scholarship (HUTCH) Gerard J. Hutch Memorial Scholarship (FLASCHNER) Jerrold Flaschner Memorial Scholarship

(ECCM) ECC Music Fine Arts Award Scholarship (COOK) Lura L. Cook Endowed Scholarship Award (CNCPC) CNC Programming Certificate Scholarship (CNCPA) CNC Programming Associate Degree Scholarship

(CARUBBA) Carubba Collision, DuPont and CARQuest Scholarship (CARLETON) Carleton Technology Scholarship

(BYERS) Professor William Major Byers Endowed Scholarship (BAUM) Dr. Arthur G. Baumeister Endowed Memorial Paralegal Scholarship

(BASF) BASF/Adopt-A-School Scholarship Program (ALUM PT) Alumni Association Scholarship (Part Time Student)

(ALLENJ) Jack D. Allen Memorial Endowed Scholarship (ALLENA) Arthur Allen Pass The Torch Endowed Scholarship (ADAMSA) Albert E. Adams Computer Repair Technology Endowed Scholarship Fund

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Saturday, March 16, 2013 At Tuscarora School Gym 11:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. (Basket drawings begin at 2:30 p.m.)

Corn Soup, Chicken Chowder, Hamburgers and Hot Dogs

50/50 Drawing

Basket Donations gladly accepted! @ Tuscarora School

c/o Coach Vince Schiffert

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Tentative Playoff schedule

July 20 @Tusc Peanut/Tyke

July 21 @Alleg PW/Bantam

July 27 @Onon Novice

July 28 @ Ton Mid/Inter

August 3 @ Newtown

Championship Games

Tuscarora Thunder Lacrosse

2013 Registration

Wednesday, March 6 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Tuscarora School Cafeteria

$90.00 (with $20 refunded after

volunteer concession stand work)

New players need copy of birth certificate

***Peanut age starts with birth year 2009--Intermediates ending birth year 1994***

NAMLAX.COM for complete schedule/directions

Game Schedule

June 2 @ Onondaga

June 8 @ Tonawanda

June 15 vs. Newtown

June 16 @ Allegany

June 30 vs. Onondaga

July 6 @ Newtown

July 7 vs. Allegany

July 14 vs. Tonawanda

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Greetings from the Reading Room

Mrs. Diegelman, Mrs. Lewis

and Mrs. Catanzaro

Welcome back!! We hope you had a wonderful winter break. Thank

you to all the family members who took this opportunity to not only

read with your child but also participate in our P.A.R.P challenge:

Pop to the Top!! So far here are our participants:

Kindergarten

Jasmine

Leah

First Grade

Mariah

Wakia

Jacob

Third Grade

Jake

Violet

Olivia

*Bonus: Keep track of the hours you spend reading on

the Darien Lake form. If you read for 7 hours by

March 31, you will receive a free pass to Darien Lake.

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PARP Events

WOW! A couple of students

have returned the PARP Pop to

the Top sheet. It asks you to

discuss why the author picked

the title for the book with your

child.

Reading

. We are reading about different

animals. Zoo Borns is about baby

zoo animals. After reading the

story we compared a baby

elephant and a baby fennec fox

using a Venn diagram. They both

have big ears, four feet, and a tail.

They are different in appearance

because: the elephant has a trunk,

big feet, little eyes and is gray;

the fox has little feet, big eyes,

whiskers, a nose and is white.

Ask your child which baby zoo

animal is his/her favorite and

why.

Math Addition vocabulary:

addition sentence, join,

addition, add, plus sign, and

equal sign. We are joining

groups to find how many in

all and reading the addition

sentences. When we do

math homework – ask us to

read the number sentences

to you. 4 + 3 = 7

Nyaweh for all the delicious

snacks! I will provide the

snack for tomorrow.

Student of the Week…

Savino

Upcoming Events Mar. 8

th – half day, dismissal at

11:30

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First Grade News February 28th

Calendar of Events

March 8 ½ day March 15 Report Cards

go home

- Please be sure to look inside your child’s folder each day.

-Everyday your child will bring home a ‘baggie book’. Please read nightly with

your child or listen to them read. -

IMPORTANT NOTES

Writing Workshop All about writing is our new genre! We started off the unit by diving into many, many different non-fiction all about books! The boys and girls were so excited about these books that they probably could have looked at them all day! We learned that an all about book is about one topic. It may have a table of contents and it may have captions and labels.

Thank you for all the Valentine

treats!

Miss Rathmann

Math: We’ve been learning a lot about place value. We know that digits have a place in a number. 10 ones = 1 ten. We have learned that we can regroup 10 ones to make a ten. First graders have been using base ten blocks to make various numbers. This week we also learned the problem solving strategy of making a table.

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Mrs. Stanton

February 28th, 2013 Phone Math

We have been very busy in Math!

Our focus has been adding 3-digit

numbers with and without

regrouping. This is a much easier

task for the students who have

mastered the basic addition facts.

Mastery of facts allows them to

work through Math problems

fluently and accurately. Although

the students work with the computer

program “FASTMATH” at school, it

is not enough practice. Parents are

encouraged to get a set of both

addition and subtraction flashcards

for at-home practice. These are

available at most Dollar Tree stores,

etc. Please pick up a set for your

child, and practice the facts at

home. It is a guaranteed way to

improve your child’s success in

Math now and in the future!

ELA

This week we began using a

new reading program called

“Wonders.” It is a fast

paced and rigorous reading

series that is directly aligned

with the new Common Core

Standards.

“Wonders” includes word

work such as spelling and

grammar, so we will not be

bringing home a weekly

“Speller’s Choice” packet

anymore. Instead, students

will bring home a pretest

every Monday with their

words for the week.

Individual homework

assignments will be sent

home as needed during the

week. The test will be on

Fridays as usual. Science

We began a new unit in Science

which is all about Weather.

We will investigate different types of

weather as well as how the water

cycle works.

Reminders:

Half Day for

students

March 8th

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Third Grade News

February 28, 2013 Mrs. Heilemann

Isaac Ramirez is the HERO this week. He

is 8 years old. This is Isaac’s first year at

Tuscarora School. Isaac’s favorite food is

pizza. He likes the color red, and

lacrosse. He also enjoys building things

with his uncle. They make things out of

wood. Isaac is allowed to use a hammer,

nails, and a saw when his uncle is

supervising. Isaac helps people by

talking to them.

****************

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO CODY AND

CAROLINE. BOTH OF THEM TURNED 9

WHILE WE WERE ON BREAK.

MATH: We have started our unit on

fractions. Vocabulary includes:

numerator, denominator, unit fraction,

half, third, fourth, fraction, equivalent

fraction, and whole.

***********************************

Reading for PARP counts for

nightly reading logs.

Please send in pennies for our

Pennies for Patients fundraiser

benefitting the Leukemia Society.

ELA- We are wrapping up the 3nd

week unit in our Wonders

Reading Program. Here is what the focus is:

Essential Question: How do people from different cultures contribute to a

community?

Genre: Narrative Nonfiction

Vocab. Strategy: Compound words

Comprehension Skill: Sequence

Comprehension Strategy: Ask and answer questions

Grammar: Subjects

Writing Trait: Organization - This is a complete program. All spelling is done in

class.

Library books are due on Mondays.

March 8- ½ Day for students Dismissal is at 11:30

March 29-April 5 – Spring Recess

April 16, 17, 18 ELA TESTING

April 24, 25, 26 MATH TESTING

April 29- Half day for students Dismissal is at 11:30

May 24- ½ Day for students-Dismissal is at 11:30

May 31- Elder’s Day 12:00

June 11- Spring Concert

June 13- Tuscarora Graduation

June 21 Last day for students

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Friday, March 8, 2013 Student Half Day

Friday, March 15, 2013 Report Cards go home

March 29 – April 5

Spring Break

April 16 – 18 NYS ELA Test

April 24 – 26 NYS MATH Test

Fifth graders are learning how to write better answers by defining the prompt. (Prompts are any written, graphic, or spoken message that encourages the receiver to act.) They need to ask themselves - what is the prompt asking me to do? Should my

answer be text-based or self- based? Is there more than one question within the prompt? What is an explicit petition? (Explicit petitions nudge us to pick up our pencil and act with words such as write, explain, tell, or describe.) After we have defined the

prompt, we can begin to create better answers that look good and sound smart!

Students are

adding and

subtracting

fractions with

like and unlike

denominators.

They now know

the most

important thing

to remember is:

SIMPLIFY

YOUR

FRACTION!

Add and subtract these fractions, simplify if

needed, bring your answers back to school, and

receive a swirly treat!

½ + ½ = m ⅝ – ⅜ = p 7/12 – 3/12 = c

¾ + 2/8 = z ⅓ + 3/5 = b ⅞ - ½ = r

We have been reading and writing

about fairy tales this week. Ask

your child how we know a story is a

fairy tale!

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a as in father e as in egg è as in hint i as in feet u as in pool

1st Grade is reviewing the Tuscarora alphabet sounds. It is crucial to

understand the sounds for future reading and writing. Then we are

moving on to the body unit. We will start with the facial features.

2nd Grade is half way done with the bear story. They are practicing reading the words together as a class and individually.

Çwe:øn

Skarù:ręø Kayetá:kreø

Pre-k is continuing with the color unit. The two

colors we learned this week are;

Yellow- Uçiøtkwáhneh (oo-jee-t-gwah-neh)

Grey- Uøkêhreh (oo-geh-reh)

We made a yellow duck uçiøtkwáhneh ßúøyè:t and a grey elephant uøkêhreh þri:ras.

Kindergarten is continuing with the

Kanonyok. We are have covered:

People èkwehè:we

Mother Earth è:nèø uøfneh

Waters Awèøkèhaønèø

Fish Kèçèhkèhaønèø

Plants uhtwèhehkèhaønèø

Food Plants- ukhweh uhtwèhehkèhaønèø

Hello

Tuscarora Reservation

7th grade is has extended their clothing words to include

Dress- ukyeshúhçreh

Skirt- uøkhà:reh

Coat- uhsweh aþnê:te

Boots- uhshè:weh

8th grade finished unit 5 and we are on to unit 6. We will be looking at

pre-prefixes. These go in front of the pronoun prefixes.

È- future tense èþkè:kè- I will see you again.

Waø- past tense waøkè:kè- I saw you

By Miss Pineda

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Skarù:rè Uhaheh Mrs. Weinholtz

Third grade students paired up

with classmates to recount

and retell Haudensaunee

stories learned. Students had

the challenge of selecting a

story and then practicing with

a classmate to tell to the

whole class.

We learned that Nodin is an

awesome storyteller Nodin

drew the class into the story

by altering his voice, being

loud and clear.

We still have a few more

stories to go. Encourage your

young person to share a

favorite story.

Fourth grade has begun to learn about bark

longhouses of long ago. Students put their minds

together to figure out how our people would cut trees

down for new longhouses. Ask your fourth grade

students to learn the answer. Great team solving

fourth grade.

Fifth grade are learning how economics have been a

huge driving force in colonization. Students learned

how the Sewee people were only making five

percent profit on their end of the fur trade with the

English while they made ninety-five.

The Sewee decided to take matters into their own

hands and go directly to England to trade.

Unfortunately their ambition was met with disaster.

Ask a student what happened to the Sewee people.

Language and Culture are working with

sixth grade on Tuscarora history. This

week students listened to a story of how

we ended up in what became North

Carolina. After listening students were

asked to do a quick sketch of what they

heard. This is an ongoing process to

arrive at a quality piece.

The adult Tuscarora History Group continues to

meet on Tuesday evening from 7 to 9 PM in the

Culture room. Please feel free to join us.

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“Unè Ènwawèrat Skaru:rèø! ”

(Now we will speak Tuscarora!)

Mr. Schiffert

Tuscarora 300

Çwe:ø nwane:ruø aske`:nè hè? Our buses are filling fast! We may end up having to get a 3rd bus. We are still looking for people who would like to set up a vender table to sell items, show your work or share what types of traditions you practice. The general North Carolina public would really be interested in what you have and do. We also are hosting a Social on Saturday night at ECU. We need some more singers. Please let us know if you’re interested. People need to call and make their hotel reservations now. Time is running out on those discounted blocks of rooms. Rick Hill will be giving a presentation at the conference at ECU called, “Tuscarora Wampum”. He is going to come to Tuscarora next Tuesday, March 5th at 7pm to give his presentation to our community first. This will take place at the new Nation building. It should be a great talk! 3rd Grade: We are continuing our winter stories in third grade. We have listened to, illustrated and written about a large number of Tuscarora/Iroquois stories. Most of our stories in 3rd grade are about animals. Please ask your child to re-tell these stories to you. This is the only way we keep them going! 4th Grade: We are starting to look at the changing season and its effect on the different parts of Kanonyok. We are using our observational skills to identify the changes in the environment. We utilize our Tuscarora language, lessons from elders and traditional practices to guide us in our understanding of this time of change. 5th Grade: We are starting our Maple Tapping unit this week. We learned that the Sugar Maple is called the “Leader of the Trees” in traditional Iroquoian thought. We apply the student’s previous science lessons on photosynthesis to our age old Tuscarora practice of gathering sap and making syrup. We were very pleased to hear that 2 former students, Darrin Swanson & Osias Fischer, both 9th graders, made their own spiles, tapped some trees and boiled up about a quart of syrup by themselves! Way to go guys! You’re keeping our traditions alive & healthy! 6th Grade: We are in the midst of a Tuscarora 300 unit in conjunction with Mrs. Weinholtz. The students are listening to our oral histories, recorded in the early to late 1800’s. We are mapping our migration routes and will be studying the Tuscarora War. We will culminate with how we ended up where we are today and how we got our Nation’s land base.

“Tuscarora Taken In Belt” ≈ 1724

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Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri NO BEAD CLASS FOR 2 MONTHS

1 Gr 5 & 6 Intramurals 8-9 am gym

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Intramurals 8-9 am gym

½ day Report Card scoring 11:30 dismiss

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29 NO SCHOOL GOOD FRIDAY & April 1-5 Spring break

Study Club meets every Mon, Tues, Wed., and Thurs. from 3:30-4:30 late bus provided ETMS and SHS tutors are available in their own buildings. Music Lessons with Mr. DiGiacomo Tue. And Thu. 8:10 – 8:50 am Intramurals Grades 5 & 6 8 – 9am every Friday Nov. 30 – Jan.25 in the gym

Daylight Savings Time Begins Sunday, March 10 set clocks forward