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VOL 5 • ISSUE 3
NOVEMBER 2007

The School Reporter

Author/Illustrator at Schools
Matt Tavares, author and illustrator of such books as Zachary's Ball, visited Region 15 elementary schools recently. Here, LMES art enrichment students show their artwork, inspired by Tavares' books. The PTO sponsors the Author/Illustrator program.

When Mr. Tavares visited PES, some children (Cloe Z., Stella W., Ryan C., and Garrett K.) posed with his books. (Picture on right.)

Read about how Matt Tavares' volunteerism has inspired some Gainfield Elementary 4th graders.

GES: Pumpkin Mania
Pumpkin Mania has been a tradition at GES for over 10 years. Fourth graders brainstorm and prepare props weeks before "The Day" in order to create their Pumpkin-Creations. They are inspired by their favorite story-book, mythological, and seasonal characters, or by people whom we call: "history-shakers, policy-makers and ground-breakers". These people are the icons of our International, Historic, and Popular Cultures. On "The Morning Of Mania" we gather to complete the humanistic transformation of simple pumpkins with art materials and the priceless help of parent volunteers....SEE PICS>>

PHS: Jazz Band/Chamber Orchestra Plays at IBM Facility
The Pomperaug High School Chamber Orchestra and the Jazz Band performed at the IBM Employee Charitable Contribution Campaign Ice Cream Social on October 24....SEE PICS>>

GES: 5th Grade Actresses
Five fifth-graders from Mr. McGee's class at GES selected, read, and performed a play for the school's afternoon Kindergarteners. Alyssa V., Julia P., Casey G., Megan C., and Madeline T. chose "Class Clown" by Robert Mauro because "the play teaches a good lesson", said Casey. Stay tuned for a future production, entitled "Hannah's Nightmare". The actresses think they will perform it for the older GES students because it may be more appropriate for fourth and fifth grade audiences.

PHS: Tour of Schools
Connecticut's 2007 Teacher of the Year took his tour of Ct schools to Pomperaug High School on October 24, 2007. State and local officials, parents and students talked about what’s working in the schools and how education could be improved...
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Newly-Elected Board of Ed Members
Many interested citizens turned out for the PTO Advisory Council-sponsored "Meet the Candidates" forum. On Nov. 6th, Southbury voters elected Eileen Strange, Sharon Guck, & incumbent Sharon Elias. Joseph Drauss and David Erwin were re-elected in Middlebury.

LMES: Pumpkin Globes
Fifth-graders used globes as reference material to plot the equator, continents, and oceans on their pumpkin-globes. Working in teams of 4 or 5, the students also designed a compass rose on the pumpkins. This was a culminating activity in Map Skills. With this foundation, they'll next be working on the regions of the United States.

PHS's Media Center Website
Each month during the school year, CT Educational Media Assn. features a website created by one of Connecticut's school library media centers. This is not a competition, but rather an opportunity to see the different ways that media specialists have utilized the Internet. In November, the website of Liza Zandonella, media specialist at Pomperaug High School, has been chosen by CEMA.  CEMA provides leadership, professional development, publicity, networking and support to the CT school library community. Also, CEMA promotes collaboration between classroom teachers, library media specialists, administrators, and curriculum specialists for the benefit of student achievement especially in information literacy and technology literacy.

LMES: K-1 Literacy Night
Reading and teaching staff held a K-1 Literacy Night at the school to help parents....READ MORE>>

Interact Club
PHS students from the Interact Club and the National Honor Society volunteered for the CT Special Olympics Bowling qualifier. Approximately 140 Special Olympians competed. It was a wonderful experience for the PHS students who assisted the Olympians, all with smiles on their faces.

MES: Chinese Educator Visits MES Classrooms
Ms. Wang Luyu, vice-principal at the Taishan Foreign Language School, Shandong Province, China, visited Middlebury Elementary School to learn more about what an American classroom is like. The vice-principal, who also serves as the school's English teacher, toured MES with principal Jack Zamary and told him about her school.
  Principal Jack Zamary showed the vice principal a variety of classrooms, as well as the technology room. "She was particularly interested in talking about the guided reading program and how different reading groups read different texts," said Mr. Zamary.

GES: Veterans Day
Veterans Pete D'Amato, Harmon Andrews, and Stan Prybylski visited GES to talk with 4th and 5th grade students about the significance of Veteran's Day. Principal Len Tomasello showed the gentlemen a project that the schoolchildren created in preparation for the event. Each student was asked to interview their families to see if they had relatives who served in any wars. Some students even found relatives in their family trees who served in the Civil War.

Jeff Haddad is the Elementary District Math Coach who works together with the teachers to find effective ways....READ MORE>>
 

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