School Announcements - Oct 3, 2007

October 4, 2007 - 1:00am Schools

Announcements given at the October 3, 2007 GDRSD School Committee meeting.

High School

Homecoming is October 12^th. The Dance is October 13^th
Nineteen students at the High School have earned the designation of AP Scholar by the College Board in recognition of their exceptional achievement on the college-level Advanced Placement Program Exams.

Nine students have been named Commended Students in the 2008 National Merit Scholarship Program. A Letter of Commendation from the school and National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC), which conducts the program, will be presented by the principal to these scholastically talented seniors.

Oct 10^th is Cafeteria Appreciation Day - Students will be showing their appreciation for all of the food service workers by making cards. Administrators will also show their appreciation by assisting them with the serving of lunch!!
Oct 12th - Kids Night Out Grades 5 and 6 from 7-9 PM
"Kids Night Out" is an age appropriate event for 5th and 6th graders. Students have the opportunity to dance with DJ Greg, play Basketball or Volleyball in the gym, watch a movie, play board games or make something in Arts and Crafts. Kids can circulate from one activity to the next!

Swallow Union school held its first, and hopefully, annual Back-To-School Picnic hosted by the APT with the help of many volunteers. The event took place on Friday, September 28th. The students had the opportunity to sell raffle tickets prior to the event which in turn paid their admission. Otherwise, admission was $10 per person. The picnic included dinner, games, the raffle drawing and a dunk tank where everyone got the chance to dunk either Mr. Trainor (a fourth grade teacher), Mr. Murphy (the PE teacher) or the principal, Mr. Myerson.

The idea for the picnic came about as a result of feedback from parents regarding the number of fundraisers that were held during the school year. The thought was that this one event would replace all the other fundraisers for the year. We are very happy to report that through the work of many, many volunteers, the APT met their monetary goal for the year and everyone who went had a great time!

October's Monthly Principal Coffee Hours for Parents is October 10 from 9:30-10:30 in the cafeteria. Future Dates are:

We had a very successful Open House last Thursday with over 160 families in attendance. In addition to classroom presentations, parents were treated to an "Opening Day" slide show.
Instruction is well underway with various presentations and field trips on the horizon. On October 3rd, the "Gizmo Guys" will present a demonstration of juggling to both FR and PR students thanks to the generosity of the Groton Trust. On October 10th, the kindergarten classes will travel to Parlee Farm in Tyngsboro to do apple picking and on October 11th, the 4th graders will climb Mt. Wachusett in confusion with their SS unit on landforms.
On Friday October 12th, Prescott Parent Organization will host the annual Fall Festival from 5 - 7 PM in the gym. There will be games in the gym, complete with prizes and pizza and drinks will be available in the cafeteria. It promises to be a great time for all and a great opportunity for new families to meet other Prescott families.

The Boutwell Early Childhood Center is going on our annual field trip! The children will be going to Lanni's Orchard in Lunenburg in Early October. They will be exploring Preschool Learning Guideline #13 in the area of Life Sciences when they "Observe and describe ways in which many plants and animals closely resemble their parents in observed appearance."