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May2013

Many Marvelous Activities at March ElemMay has been a busy month for F.A. March and itsstudents. There has been may trips and visitors toour building. Through out the newsletter thismonth you will learn about:

- Lee Harper, visiting illustrator- Cliff Sunflower, bee keeper- Troy Hein, local author- Lakota Wolf Preserve- Quiet Valley- Egg Drop

Congratulations Little Leopards! We just met our Box Tops Goal! We set a

goal of raising $1,500.00 and our school just hit $1,590.00 in box tops. What

a FAME-tastic job! The money raised through the collection of box tops will

help to fund assemblies, events, and FAME prizes for our entire school. Don't forget to clip box

tops over the summer and add them to the special collection sheets because its HIP to CLIP!


2/13

It has finally arrived! The end of the school year!

As we look forward to a summer break, I ask that all of ourMarch students reflect on the school year that they have had

and think about those things that went well and those things

that they would like to see improve for themselves next year.

I ask that parents have a conversation with their children on

how they felt their academic year went and have them form a goal for the following year--

either for March School or at the Middle School. Forming goals--and a plan to reach them--

allows for the kind of self-improvement that makes the school experience better for all.

I wish to thank all the parents who have supported their children, as well as the parent

volunteers who have supported ALL of our students this year, in the many activities and

learning opportunities held here at March. I also wish to thank our dedicated teaching and

school staff who have worked tirelessly to provide the best school year possible for our

kids-- even in the face of difficulties and national tragedies. To those that are leaving--thank

you for spending this last year with us.

Have a safe and happy summer break everyone. I am honored to have been the Principal

of F.A. March Elementary School as we approach our 100th year Anniversary.

With Hope and Grace, the best is yet to come.

Best Regards,

Hector D. Bonilla

Principal

March Elementary School

[email protected]

Up ComingEvents

JuneMarch Maddness! June 11Last Day of School! June 17

Message from the Principal
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]


3/13

Troy Hein

Presents His New

BookJay at

Play: The Park

Mr. Troy Hein returnedto F.A. March to present

his newest book in theJay at Play series: The

Parkto our 2nd and 3rdgrade students. The

book centers around the

topic of bullying and

specific ways to problem

solve issues. After Mr.Heins presentation, the

students worked in small

groups with the EAHS

ambassadors to discuss

and brainstorm ideas

from the story to real lifesituations.

A Little Leopards

thank you to Mr. Hein,

Ms Capecci (EAHSambassador coordinator)

and the EAHS students

for a very enriching

BUZZ! BUZZ! DANCE! DANCE! YELLOW! BROWN!......

On Tuesday, May 28th, the students and staff actively participated inthe amazing assembly and workshops program presented by CliffSunflower. Dancin with the Honeybees using honeybees as themajor focus of the presentation providing students with concepts, factsand ideas about Ecology of the natural world.

Through the art of storytelling, poetry, puppetry, music and dance the

students participated in the interdisciplinary educational program. Thecafetorium was electric with students wearing brown and yellow torepresent the working hive

The honeybee presentation was reinforced in the Bee Touch MeMuseum lab program where students made a beeswaxcandle to take home.

Thank you Mr. Sunflower forbringing the scientific magic ofthe honeybee hive to life for ourschool community.

Dancing with the Honeybees


4/13

March School is off to a good start usingFirst in Math Online Program in grades K-4.First In Math activities employ DeepPractice techniques to rapidly increase

computation, problem solving, critical thinking andessential math basics. Skills that may take months of

regular practice can be mastered in a much shorter time

using Deep Practice techniques and the immediatefeedback online learning can provide. Children using FIM

have shown dramatic increases in math scoresacross the board from the top students to the most math-challenged learners.Math24 Online Program has a twist this month. Our EASD hasreceived from the First in Math Team additional accounts for

Kindergarten and First grade students. As

they learn to navigate the program.

Keep your eyes out BE for students in Kand 1 moving into the ranks. Best of luck andfun to all of our new players.

Top Five Players

Kmeya W. # 10,673

Megumi B.#10,551

Cole L. # 9,154

Lyla V. # 7,584

Tiah F.# 7,409

First in Math

Player of the

Month

Megumi B.

+ 1,561

Team of the Month

Mrs. Maczko

+5,761

When my

class and the rest of

the 4th grade went to Quiet Valley, we had an

awesome time! We learned all sorts of stuff about what life

was like in the 1800s. If you asked the people that worked

there about their modern life or modern times, they would

pretend to not know what you were talking about. We

learned about how they cooked, made utensils, were

schooled, farmed, and many other things. As I rotated

through the different stations I was fascinated how people

got along in the 19th century.

In class we started learning about

the Native American tribes that lived in Pennsylvania. Instead

of doing the boring read, discuss, take a quiz, we took a more

adventurous route! Some people picked a tribe that they reallywanted to be in. Then we split up into groups of 3 and set out

to learn about the tribe we chose. Each of the groups read the

information in our textbooks and then went on the internet for

more information. All this information would turn into a Native

American talk show. Each group wrote a script and then made

a background. After about 2 weeks of work, each talk show

was finally done. Now to present to the class!

Quiet ValleyBy Jordan N.


5/13

! Were Gonna Make Music For You was the title of the

opening number at the March Elementary Spring Vocal Concert

held on May 6. One hundred third and fourth grade students

made music not only with their resonant voices, but also with

recorders and even kazoos! Students were able to show off their

knowledge of the capitals of

all fifty states by singing

Wakkos America. They

also learned to play themes from Beethovens Ninth Symphony,

Offenbachs Can Can, Mozarts Eine Kleine Nacht Musik, and

Handels Hallelujah Chorus on the

most melodious and inexpensive of

all instruments; the kazoo. Third

grade recorder ensemble, made up

of 49 students, demonstrated their

note reading and performance skills

playing several pieces. Hopefully,

these budding instrumentalists will

continue their instrumental studies

in March Elementary band or

orchestra next year.

! The March Elementary band

and orchestra also performed this

month in a District Spring

Instrumental Concert for their parents. In addition to the district concert, the groups also

starred in a school assembly. Not only did students perform concert repertoire, but also

introduced and demonstrated each individual instrument which makes up a band and

orchestra. These concerts proved to be not only entertaining, but also educational, for the

audience of young students.

PTA ScholarshipWinner

This years 2012

recipient of the March

PTAs J. Eric Van Arman

Scholarship is Brendan

Betts. Brendan Betts

has not yet decided on a

caollege but he will be

pursuing Biology. He

received his scholarship

on Wednesday May 30

at the Academic

Excellence Ceremony.We wish him the best of

luck in his future

endeavors.

Were Gonna Make Music for You


6/13

March Science

Fair

Students and families hada FANTASTIC time at

Marchs yearly ScienceFair. Different grade

levels had presentationson various science topicsculminating in a ScienceFair Night and Projects.

During the day there werepresentations on bacteriaand hand- washing, basic

chemistry, and waterfiltration systems.

At our Science Fair Night,there were there was achess challenge run by

Lafayette MathOrganization, a water

table, chemistrydemonstrations, andphysic concepts for

students to experimentwith. We would like tothank Lafayette College

and their studentorganizations for making

this possible.

Dear F. A. March families,

# Thank you to all the families who have been sending in

their Campbells UPC labels. Please keep collecting labels

throughout the summer. Keep in mind, its very important that

the labels contain the product UPC code or they cannot be

redeemed. The labels are worth 1, 5, & 10 points! No collect

board is needed, just place UPC labels into red containers in t

office and cafetorium. Lets keep collecting so our school can

redeem the points for educational items to benefit our childrenmarch school!

# If you have any questions, or would like to help with our

Labels for Educationcollection drive, please contact me at

610-250-2531 or via email at [email protected] Thank

you for your support. Together with the Labels for Education

programwe can build a better school for our children.

Karen Pasquel, Title 1 Reading Specialist

Cambells

Labels for Education School Coordinator
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]


7/13

...... Lee Harper. On May 22, illustrato

and author, Lee Harper, visited our

school. Lee Harper illustrated books

such as Turkey Trouble, Turkey Claus

Woolbur, The Emperor Cool Clothes, a

Snow! Snow! Snow!. He talked with each grade level about how he started his career as an illustrator

and the process behind the creating his illustrations. The most exciting part of the presentation for

students was when Mr. Harper showed the students how to draw a variety of his characters. Students

had paper and pencils with them and were able to draw along, a few teachers did as well.

Also during his visit Mr. Harper ate lunch with 12 students, 3 students from each grade, 1st thru 4th. A

lunch students had a fantastic time talking with Mr. Harper and asking questions about being an

illustrator. Students had a fun throughout the whole day.

Turkey ooked ike......


8/13

The school year is moving quickly and most of the

holidays have come and gone. The students of March

Elementary are all working hard and learning health and

fitness skills that will help and last them a lifetime. We talkabout getting enough rest, sleep, and exercise along with healthy eating

choices and habits. We also have added discussions and handouts of the food

plate and portion and servings along with bones and muscles of the body.

We started the year with fitness circuit training, which included checking,

and counting heart beats as well as how to do a proper warm-up and cool

down with all our activities. This includes stretching for the upper and lower

body, push ups and sit-ups/curl-ups for strength along with jumping jacks,

jumping rope, mountain climbers, line jump and many more activities that

they can do and use all year long.

We moved into soccer skills activities stressing the footwork of all students

and than moved into catching and throwing skills using soft baseballs and

soft softballs along with foam and rubber footballs to work on hand-eye

coordination skills.

All classes practice and the fourth grade are tested twice a year on what is

called the FITNESSGRAM by The Cooper Institute. This is a

comprehensive and computerized reporting system, which allows

individualized reports for each student on flexibility, cardio-vascularendurance and muscular strength. All students did a wonderful job and

showed good effort.

Next were basketball skills, floor hockey skills, bowling, jump rope, and

tennis with an introduction to racket skills, and volleyball bump, set, service

techniques, and game play. Finally we move to various track

and field events such as 50 and 100-meter sprints, relay races

with baton hand offs, long jump, high jump and turbo jav to

work on various skills and movements and at all times

teaching, showing and stressing teamwork andsportsmanship.

This all relates back to our positive

behavior program called F.A.M.E of

having all students learning how to

grow up to be healthy, successful and

productive citizens of society.

Ready...Set....

Drop!SPLAT!, is what our

students were trying to

avoid hearing during ourEgg Drop this past

Thursday, May 30.

Students had to build a

container to protect a

raw egg dropped from

various heights. This

year there was the

requirement that

students could not use

parachutes. Thestudents came up with

some very invented and

smart containers. We

had 78 students make

projects. Students

competed at grade level

competitions then

finalist were dropped off

the top of the building by

Mr. Moussa, Mrs.

Ramierz and Miss

Kordek. .

Congratulations to all

students!!

Health and Fitness! ! ! ! with Mr. Repasch


9/13

On May 10th, the Third Graders took anexciting field trip to the Lakota WolfPreserve in Columbia, New Jersey. During

the PTA sponsored trip, the students learnedabout many types of wolves and their habitats. They had the unique opportunity to view the wolves atclose proximity. The students were even encouraged to howl with the wolves, which was a funexperience.

In addition to wolves, the Lakota Wolf Preserve is home to bobcats and several foxes. Theseanimals, while they may be smaller to size, certainly are strong animals. They are known to exhibit thisstrength when living in the wild.! After a picnic lunch, many students visited the Camp Taylor gift shop, where they bought smallsouvenirs to help remember their trip. The students really made themselves proud throughout the day,showing the pride of F.A. March School.! Third grade would like to thank the PTA for making this unique field trip possible, and the parentvolunteers who shared in our day.

Lakota Wolf Preserve

!The Kellyn Foundation visited 3rd grade to teach the

students about planting pepper and tomato seeds. Each

student planted his or her own seed and cared for it for

several weeks, providing a sunny location and adequate

water. The students noticed that the tomato plants

sprouted about a week before pepper plants. The

tomato plants also seemed to be faster growing.

! Each third grade classroom experimented with

self-watering planters made of recycled soda bottles, and

string. When comparing the growth of the plants in the

regular cups and the self-watering planter, the plants in thecups seemed to grow faster.

! Dr. Maegan from the Kellyn Foundation returned

last week to pick the hardiest tomato and pepper plants to

transfer in the raised beds built earlier this spring. The

remaining plants were sent home with the students, so

they can continue to care for them at home. Third grade is

anxious to see the tomatoes and pepper on their table this

summer.

Growing GreenPlants!


10/13

1) When is your birthday?

November 27th

2) Do you have a son or daughter?

No children

Mrs. Orwan

3rd Grade

Interviewed by Edwin

3) What books do you like?

Junie B. Jones

4) Where are you from?

Easton, PA

5) What is your favorite food?

Pizza

6) What did you do before working

at March Elementary?

I taught at Cheston and Paxinosa

Schools

7) What books do you like to read?

Mysteries

8) What is your favorite movie? The Wizard of Oz

9) What is your favorite country? USA

Staff Interview

Mrs. WIlcox3rd Grade Teacher

Interviewed by: Giovanni

1) When is your birthday?! September 202) Do you have a son or daughter?! I have both3) What book do you like?! Books about taking hikes and taking! pictures.

4) Where are you from?! Montrose, P.A.5) What is your favorite food?! Mashed potatoes6) What did you do before working afterMarch Elementary?! I was a teacher7) What books do you like to read?! Poems books8) What is your favorite movie?

! Disney movies9) What is your favorite country?! U.S.A.

Staff Interviews

Each month different staff

members will be interviewed

by 3rd and 4th grade

students.

Mrs. Costello3rd Grade Teacher

Interviewed by: Sara

1) When is your birthday?I was born on June 4

2) Do you have a son ordaughter?I have one son and onedaughter.

3)What books do you like?I like the book, From the MixedUp Files of Mrs. Basil E.Frankweiler

4) Where are you from?New Jersey

5) What is your favorite food?Crab cakes

6) What did you do before youworking at March Elementary?

A social worker for a Hospital.

7) What books do you like toread?Mysteries

8) What is your favoritemovies?Parent Trap land Lincoln

9) What is your favoritecountry?


11/13

VISIT THE SCHOOLWEBSITE @

HTTP://WWW.EASTONSD.ORG/MARCH/WELCOME.HTML

SCHOOL ADDRESS:

429 READER STEASTON, PA 18042

PHONE NUMBER:

610-250-2531

Articles

Contributions:

! M. Kinney! C. Kordek

! N. Niosi

! J. Brunetti! M. Williams

! H. Mazcko! E. Costello

! H. Bonilla

! K. Pasquel! PTA

! J. Repasch!

Compiled By: M. Kinney and C. Kordek

District Art Show

On May 8 we had our 5th Annual Reading OlympicsCompetition with an approximate total of 230 students at the finalevent from all seven elementary schools.

Throughout the year 3rd and 4th grade students read

books off a specific list chosen by the district librarians. Afterreading the books they then write questions which will be used in

the culminating event.Students compete in teamsagainst each other.We a one team, 14 studentsaltogether, who participatefrom March. They did anAMAZING job and had fundoing it! We are all so proud

of their hard work. Way to goLittle Leopards!!

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12/13

Kindergarten Kickoff Carnival

June 14th

4-6pmPaxinosa School

1221 Northampton St., Easton

Food, Games, Prizes & Tons of Free Fun!

k Juggler/Comediank Karen's School of Dance

k Storytelling from the Easton Area Public Libraryk Police & Fire Departmentsk Meet School Staff & Community Partnersk Carnival Snacks, Mike & Ikes, Ice Cream

k Face Painting

k Balloon Animals

k Gym Time

k Therapy Dogsk Learn the Lunch Line

k School Mascots

k Music & Line Dancingk Carnival Games

k FREE Boys & Girls Bike Raffle!!!

Come one come all! Any Easton family with a

child entering Kindergarten is welcome!

For more information, contact Maryanne West at

610-250-2551 x24324 or [email protected]

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