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Family Newsletter December 17, 2015 1 Issue No. 6 Did you know that in today’s economy, computing jobs outnumber students graduating into the ﬁeld by 3-to-1? And computer science is foundational for every industry today. Yet most schools don’t teach it. At the Winship Elementary School, we are trying to change that. That’s why our entire school joined the largest learning event in history: The Hour of Code, during Computer Science Education Week (Dec. 7-11). More than 100 million students worldwide participated in Hour of Code. Winship students used the Hour of Code's online tutorials to learn basic coding concepts during library class with Mr. Noll and computer class with Ms. Sussman. They also had the opportunity to meet and speak with career coders who volunteered their time to speak with students about careers in computer science. At the Winship School, we are teaching our students critical 21st century skills. We want to ensure that our students are on the forefront of creating technology of the future--not just consuming it! WINSHIP NEWS Be respectful | Be responsible | Be safe | Strive for success Principal’s Message Greetings, Families! Wow, time ﬂies quickly! We are rapidly approaching the end of 2015. We have had a great start to our year and we look forward to all of the wonderful learning experiences and opportunities in the new year. In order to keep our students engaged in learning and connected to school during the break, all students will have an assignment or activity assigned to them to work on during the break. Please look out for this assignment/activity in the days leading up to winter vacation. We hope you enjoy the holidays and we look forward to seeing you in the new year! Sincerely, Ms. Ford Fundraiser Update A big Congratulations goes out to our following fundraiser winners: 1st Place : Kaiyliah Denton, 4th grade, Room 316 2nd Place: Dana Howell, 3rd grade, Room 313 3rd Place: Jacoby Loynd, K2, Room 105 Please come to the school to pick up all orders. BOKS Program/Before School Recess Update The BOKS and Before School Recess programs will be ending next week. Both programs will resume in Spring 2016. Stay tuned for a few before school offerings happening in mid January. Winter Vacation Last Day of School Before Break – Wednesday, December 23, 2015 (This is NOT an Early Dismissal Day) Return to School – Tuesday, January 5, 2015 Hour of Code 2015 Cristian Guerrero coding with Lightbot on SmartBoard. Parent Sarah Black mentors Veada Ertha on a coding challenge.

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Page 1: WINSHIP NEWS - Boston Public Schools · 2015-12-20 · Dana Howell, 3rd grade, Room 313 ! 3rd Place: Jacoby Loynd, K2, Room 105 Please come to the school to pick up all orders. !!!

Family Newsletter December 17, 2015

�1Issue No. 6

Did you know that in today’s economy, computing jobs outnumber students graduating into the field by 3-to-1? And computer science is foundational for

every

industry today. Yet most schools don’t teach it. At the Winship Elementary School, we are trying to change that.That’s why our entire school joined the largest learning event in history:

The Hour of Code, during Computer Science Education Week (Dec. 7-11). More than 100 million students worldwide participated in Hour of Code. Winship students used the Hour of Code's online tutorials to learn basic coding concepts during library class with Mr. Noll and computer class with Ms. Sussman. They also had the opportunity to meet and speak with career coders who volunteered their time to speak with students about careers in computer science. !At the Winship School, we are teaching our students critical 21st century skills. We want to ensure that our students are on the forefront of creating technology of the future--not just consuming it!

WINSHIP NEWS Be respectful | Be responsible | Be safe | Strive for success

Principal’s Message Greetings, Families! Wow, time flies quickly! We are rapidly approaching the end of 2015. We have had a great start to our year and we look forward to all of the wonderful learning experiences and opportunities in the new year. In order to keep our students engaged in learning and connected to school during the break, all students will have an assignment or activity assigned to them to work on during the break. Please look out for this assignment/activity in the days leading up to winter vacation. !We hope you enjoy the holidays and we look forward to seeing you in the new year! !Sincerely, Ms. Ford

Fundraiser Update

A big Congratulations goes out to our following fundraiser winners: !1st Place : Kaiyliah Denton, 4th grade, Room 316 !2nd Place: Dana Howell, 3rd grade, Room 313 !3rd Place: Jacoby Loynd, K2, Room 105 Please come to the school to pick up all orders. !BOKS Program/Before School Recess Update

The BOKS and Before School Recess programs will be ending next week. Both programs will resume in Spring 2016. Stay tuned for a few before school offerings happening in mid January. !Winter Vacation

Last Day of School Before Break – Wednesday, December 23, 2015 (This is NOT an Early Dismissal Day) Return to School – Tuesday, January 5, 2015

Hour of Code 2015

Cristian Guerrero coding with Lightbot on SmartBoard.

Parent Sarah Black mentors Veada Ertha on a coding challenge.