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HOWARD C. REICHE COMMUNITY SCHOOL

A Message From Our Teaching Staff

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Class Placement and New Hours for 2015-16

Yes! Spring is here and summer is just weeks away! I love the heat, the

colors, but most of all I relish the anticipation of lengthy, sun drenched days.

Of course the end of one school year brings on thoughts of the new school

year that will arrive September 2nd. The School Board has determined that

next year the student day will be 8:20 to 2:50. Students will enter at 8:10 and

attendance will be taken at 8:20.

During the spring and summer we work on determining student placements

for the new year. During the student placement process, we consider a

variety of factors about each student including academic level, social and

emotional development, peer relationships, and student/teacher match. We

also attempt to create balanced classes that allow for building a strong

classroom community.

In our effort to create these balanced classes, we do consider parent input,

recommendations and relative information to be valuable to the process. If

you would like to provide information regarding your child’s placement,

please send a letter or email to Lori Bobinsky, [email protected].

The letter should inform us about any of the following: learning style,

teaching style, student strengths or weaknesses that would assist us in

determining placement for your child. While we cannot honor specific

teacher requests, we will make every effort to use this information in our

placement considerations. Please submit requests by Monday, June 8th,

2015.

In early August, we will notify all families regarding their child’s teacher for

the upcoming school year. This will allow us adequate time to thoughtfully

place students and to accommodate summer moves and registrations

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

Mr. Brewster at the school (874-8175) or via email.

Happy Spring,

Mrs. Keegan

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Mark your

calendars

Year-End Events

June 2

5th Grade Class Picture June 5 4th Grade Maine Breakfast, 9am June 6, Saturday Family Fun Day, Reiche, 10-2 June 8 All Elementary Concert, Lincoln Middle School, 6pm June 9 Reiche Arts Night, art & music celebration, 5:40-7:30pm June 10 Walk/Bike To School, 4th & 5th grades only June 11 City Track Meet June 12 Field Day (rain date 6/18) June 15 4th Grade Game Show “So You Think You Know Maine”, 2pm June 17 Awards Ceremony, 2pm June 18 Fifth Grade Farewell, 11-12pm Kindergarten Graduation, 1pm June 19 School’s Out For Summer! EARLY RELEASE at Noon

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TEACHER LEADERS

Chris Keegan

Kevin Brewster

Lori Bobinski

ENRICHMENT COMMITTEE

David Briley, Co-Chair

Andrea Martelle, Co-Chair

Jessie McCallum

Mary Ann Foley

Karen Brigham

Annetta Weatherhead

Allison Villani

Alyson Ciechomski

Linda Provencher

Diane Cohan

Ina Demers

Alyssa Grupp

CLIMATE COMMITTEE

Tina Veilleux, Chair

Christine Keaney

Anthony Derrig

Kathryn Blayne

Laura Graves

Michelle Turner

Molly Lea

Kelly Johnson

Andrea Stamey

Deb Drake

Esther Bark

Madia Alloding

Todd Wing

Selene Becker

Deb Lora

Emily Harriman

Aweis Abdalla

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Laurie Onos, Chair

Sarah Martin

INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP

Lori Bobinsk, Co Chair

Megan McDonough, Co Chair

Lynn Provencher

Fiona Hopper

Amy Wu

Kathy Feenstra

Joan Murray

Ted Hummel

Karen Morton

Kristen Fox

Julia Hazel

Shawna DeRice

Doug Schnackel

PTO LEADERSHIP

Leah Whalen, President

Jeanne Swanton, Treasurer

Rebecca Ermlich, Secretary

Ginny Marvin, Communications

Elise Devon, Trustee

Volunteers, On Your Mark, Get Set…

The Reiche International 5k Road Race date & theme have been announced! Mark your calendars, save the date, and start planning your costume!

The 2015 theme will be "Under the Sea" and the race will be held on October 18th. We would love your help in planning this exciting Reiche Event.

- Sponsor the Race - A dedicated group of sponsors has joined each year to help with our fundraising goals, please consider joining this team!

- Join the Race Committee - There are many positions to fill - Race

Director, Sponsor Outreach, Marketing, Registration, Volunteer Coordinator, Event day planning, etc. Let us know what your interests are and we'll find a good fit. Contact the Reiche PTO at [email protected] or Melissa Knoll at [email protected] if you can help out with this event. Thank you!!

Reiche’s “Faux Hawks” Competed At The Odyssey Of The Mind World Finals In Michigan!

The team had a great time representing Reiche Community School where 22 countries were represented and over 800 teams competed. The Reiche team placed 30th in their division and took away amazing memories and experiences. They learned so much and are very grateful for the encouragement and financial support they received from the Community. THANK YOU!

Seamus Devon

Oliver Hettenbach Ruben Hunter

Charles Shafto Eliza Stein

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News from Mrs. Foley’s 2nd Grade Class Second Graders are now working with Side X Side on a project called Moving Oceans. Students are researching sea creatures from the Gulf of Maine. Scientist, researcher, and author Mary Cerullo visited the classrooms for presentations and workshops to introduce the project. Students are collecting information to use to make fact cards and a non-fiction book. They will be working with artists to make line drawings. Then students will make paper mache creatures. We are also going on two related field trips, one to Scarborough Marsh and the other to Kettle Cove. We will learn about the ecosystem at the marsh and at Kettle Cove we will explore tide pools. We are excited to be working on this wonderful project and look forward to all the activities.

News from Mrs. Provencher’s 4/5 Grade Class It's hard to believe that the school year is coming to an end. The students are working feverishly to finish up testing and classroom projects. The whole class has been studying WWII for literacy, researching and reading about the subject. Each student has written a research paper and participated in book clubs. It's exciting to see who enthusiastic they are about the topic. They studied Living Systems for integrated studies and now the focus is on Maine Studies for the fourth graders and U. S. Studies for the fifth graders. The fifth graders are researching a state of their choice and drawing a map for their state. All the students enjoyed their field trips to Augusta and The Science Museum in Boston. Sometimes I think their favorite part is the ice cream at the end of the trip. It was nice to have so many parents along on the Augusta Trip. Thank you to all those parents who helped out on both trips. I hope everyone has a restful and fun filled summer.

Sincerely, Mrs. Provencher

News from Ms. Provencher’s 4/5 Class

Tales From 208

Old Fort Western

First, we went to Old Fort Western. We learned about how life was like in

the 1700’s. Children had to do more work than adults! For example,

children had to make their parents bed, go to the neighbor’s house for

buckets of water, and that meant going across a big river! In reality, a

neighbor wasn’t always a close neighbor.

During wartime, when the men were out on the battlefield, women had to

do the men’s work too. People living at that time couldn’t just go to

Walmart and buy some clothes. They had to start from scratch, making the

fabric and all.

We got to try out some of the chores that they did. We made butter, sliced

bread, and chopped wood. I have to say, we got to experience some fun

things at Old Fort Western. (I love chopping wood; after all, I am a

Mainer!)

My friends and I had a lot of fun and I will always remember this

experience.

By: Colette Van Dyke

Museum of Science

The trip to Boston was fantastic! It was educational and fun. Some of the

things we did were to see a live animal exhibit, a lightening show, and a

movie on Lewis and Clark in the Omni Theater.

Another luxury we had as 5th graders was taking a V.I.P. bus to Boston.

The busses had WIFI, comfy seats, bathrooms, and a DVD player. On the

way home, we also stopped at Sonic for milkshakes.

The 5th grade students would like to give a shout out to the PTO and

donors from DonorsChoose.org for helping to fund this trip! Thank you!!

By: Avery Douglas and Anthony Thach

Are Black Bears a Threat to Humans?

In class, we have been studying whether or not Maine black bears are a

threat to humans or not. We read articles, watched videos, debated with

each other, and wrote essays. Here are some pieces of our essays that we

wrote, supporting both sides of the argument.

By: Molly Wendell-Pearson

Yes, They Are!

I know that you are thinking that black bears are wild animals and they

don’t know what they’re doing. Let me tell you that you are right. Black

bears will attack randomly and viciously because they are wild, therefor

black bears are a threat to humans. They are a threat because they are

attracted to human food and trash.

By: Liam Sommer

No, They Aren’t!

If you want black bears to get away from you, just make a lot of noise.

They will be scared and think that you might attack them, or be getting

ready to attack them. Another option would be to bluff-charge the bear.

Bluff charging is when you run toward the bear (or any animal that you

know will run away), and stop after the bear turns and runs. So, the next

time you see an unwanted black bear, remember that you can easily scare it

off. They are timid animals. By: Caspian Benedict-Murphy

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Notes from the music room and Mrs. Ciechomski Musica Di Fillia, an all-female choir, sang for Reiche students on Wednesday. Many girls were inspired to join the group. Here is a link to find out more information: http://www.musicadefilia.com/ 4th and 5th graders are drumming in music class until the end of the year. They are using drumming techniques to play rhythm patterns, combining them with other rhythms and percussion instruments to jam and create polyrhythms.

2nd and 3rd graders are creating their own pieces with drum and xylophone to compose a piece using two contrasting sections (AB or ABA) 1st grade students are singing songs with a spring/gardening theme,

preparing to perform their animal chant to enrich the animal studies unit, and practicing rhythm patterns. K students are singing frog, spring and gardening songs and moving and following a listening map for Vivaldi 's Spring. The 3/4/5 chorus sang well and proudly represented Reiche School at the Sea Dogs' game last week. Now we are preparing for an All City Elementary School Concert on June 8 at Lincoln Middle School at 6:00 and we will also sing at the Reiche Arts Night at 6:00, June 9th. Recorder-Palooza: Most 4th and 5th grade students (100 or so!) performed on Wednesday morning as students and staff entered the school.They have just completed the Rainbow Recorder Unit where they learned music skills and advanced to more difficult songs

Reiche Students Awarded College Scholarships

As part of CPort Credit Union’s “College

Aspirations” program, 3rd, 4th & 5th grade

students have been learning about college and

planning for their future.

Bob Stuart a college advisor, visited

classrooms in March and engaged students in

conversations about college and what they

would like to do. Then students were invited

to write a persuasive essay to CPort Credit

Union about why they deserve a scholarship

to go to college. CPort staff reviewed all the

essays and we are pleased to announce this

year’s winners. Each student received a $100

scholarship.

3rd Grade: Seamus Devon, Salma DuBow,

Sadie Gerry, Faysal Hagi, Evelyn MCGirr

4th Grade: Owen Begley, Si Ting Chen,

Avery Douglas, Nyalil Dup, Nyaziel Deng

5th Grade: Eva Ermlich, Fahad Hagi, Heidi

Montessori, Tae-Su Park, Avianne White,

Tyleigh White

A ceremony was held on Thursday May 21,

2015. All students who participated in the

program were giving a T-shirt and

acknowledged for their effort. Bob Stuart

announced the 2015 winners, shared each of

their essays with the audience and

scholarships were handed out. We want to

thank CPort Credit Union for offering this

wonderful program to Reiche students.

Stay in Touch This Summer!

Sign up for the Reiche Family Directory.

Access it on your phone or computer.

Sign up online bit.ly/reichedirectory or send an email to

[email protected]

Members can login at www.myschoolanywhere.com.

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This Saturday, June 6th is Reiche Family Fun Day! We will be celebrating the coming of summer with a big party on the soccer field. There will be lots to do and see. The fun starts at 10am and will continue until 2pm. All events are free, thanks to a number of sponsors donating to the event.

Field games, such as potato sack races, parachutes, sponge and bucket races, and a tug of war - will be taking place throughout the day along with a bouncy house and water slide available from 10-2pm.

An arts and crafts table will feature some cool "wearable" art projects this year - so everyone will be looking festive!

New this year! A bike parade will take place at 11am. Decorate your bike and bring it to the school to parade it around the schoolyard. If you're low on decorations - we'll have some available for you at the school.

Free lunch for all kids is generously donated by Wayside Food Pantry. Popcorn, sno-cones, popsicles and watermelon will also be served throughout the day.

The third annual "Battle for the Pennisula - East vs West" will be taking place on the basketball court with games happening every hour on the hour. The first game starts at 10am. All games feature Reiche vs East End School students - with Portland playing Deering HS (boys) at the end of the day (2pm).

If you're interested in helping out - we could use some extra hands. Please contact Judy Watson at [email protected] if you'd like to volunteer.

3RD ANNUAL FAMILY FUN DAY IS THIS SATURDAY!

MANY THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS! THEIR SUPPORT AND FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE MADE THIS A SUPER

FUN AND FREE EVENT POSSIBLE FOR THE REICHE COMMUNITY!

CBRE Joe Porta TW&Co Portland Recreation West End Community Policing Reiche PTO Rosemont Benchmark Wayside Food Program BlueWave Fresh Approach Bracket St Veterinary

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Community News

Free Monday Meals

Monday Night Meals at Reiche! Free for Kids and Families

5:15-6:00pm

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.

Bookmobile at Reiche!

Every Friday from 3:45 to 4:15pm. Get a library card, take out & return books using the Bookmobile!

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. Meetings are held every 2nd Wednesday at 6:30pm in the Reiche Community Room (next to the music room above the brickwork.

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