Upcoming Dates to Remember December 7- Gingerbread Gala @ UES 6-8 PM December 18- Winter Concert @ UES 1:30 PM December 20- Tooth Protectors Dental Clinic @ UES December 24-January 1- No School- Holiday Break January 2- School resumes Breakfast Menu for the Week of 12/3/12 Monday- Assorted breads, fresh fruit, milk Tuesday- Chocolate Mini-Bites, whole grain cereal, fruit, milk Wednesday- Gogurt, juice, graham cracker, milk Thursday- Apple cinnamon cereal bar, fruit, milk Friday- Assorted cereals, animal crackers, juice, milk Honor Roll 1st Trimester Congratulations to the following students for achieving honor roll status for the 1st Trimester. High honors is all A’s and Honor Roll is all A’s and B’s. Great Job!! 3rd Grade Honor Roll- Madeline Holmes, Issak Hynd, Jethro Pease, Aiden Sawyer, Kassi Soule & Grace Weston 4th Grade High Honors- Ian Doughty, Sean Sebrey, Acer VanDis & Sarah Williams Honor Roll- Bryce Colburn, James Hopkins, Isabella LaFrance, Hannah Marsden, Gwen Matthews, Tucker McDaniels-Rossiter 5th Grade High Honors- Trevor Hynd & Michael Simmons Honor Roll- Louis Cabrera, Bryce Luce, Colby Mank, Darius Pierpont & Travis Wyman 6th Grade Honor Roll- Emalee Grant 1st Trimester Awards Congratulations to the following students for receiving an award at the 1st Trimester Awards Assembly that was held on November 28th. Citizenship Award Outstanding Effort Award Kindergarten- Finnegan Calderwood Kindergarten- Cole Weston 1st Grade- Vinny Athearn 1st Grade- Teagan Aiken 2nd Grade- Addison McCormick 2nd Grade- Avery Hackett 3rd Grade- Issak Hynd 3rd Grade- Po Pfirrmann 4th Grade- Acer Van Dis Mrs. Munro’s 4th Grade- Alex Ward 4th Grade- Hamish Bodine Ms. Merrow’s 4th Grade- Alison McDonald 5th Grade- Lilli McIntyre 5th Grade- Kerrigan Nickles 6th Grade- Regan Crowe 6th Grade- Emalee Grant

NEWSLETTER 1/28/11

Do you have an item you want placed in the newsletter? Please get any

information to Allison in the office by Thursday morning. The best way to give

me information is to e-mail it to me. My e-mail address is

allison_davis@msad40.org

Union Elementary School 1070 Heald Highway

Union, ME 04862 Phone 785-4330 Fax 785-4844

http://union.msad40.org Richard Blackman, Principal Casey Lufkin, Assistant Principal

Allison Davis, Administrative Assistant

NEWSLETTER 11/30/12

COLD WEATHER ALERT Please be sure your child comes to school prepared for outdoor recess. While there are occasional days students spend recess indoors, most days they are outside for a period of 25 minutes at lunchtime. We recommend that all students have appropriate outerwear. Students wearing snow pants and boots may be on the whole playground; students in boots without snow pants are restricted to the blacktop and playground equipment (at the discretion of the duty people); students with no snow pants and boots are restricted to only the blacktop; and students with no jacket will stay inside the gym on the bleachers. All students are expected to go outside for recess

 Tooth  Protectors,  Inc.  

We  are  excited  to  be  able  to  provide  preventative  dental  hygiene  services  to  your  child  at  school.  Tooth  Protectors  Inc.  (TPI)  is  a  Maine  based  program;  we  have  a  team  of  licensed,  registered  dental  hygienists  who  travel  

throughout  Maine  providing  much  needed  preventative  dental  services.    We  currently  provide  services  at  over  300  clinic  sites  across  Maine.  

We  bring  the  dental  office  to  you!  Our  dental  clinic  will  be  set  up  within  your  child’s  school  and  they  will  be  seen  during  school  hours.  

We  provide  preventative  dental  care  such  as:    oral  assessments,  oral  cancer  screening,  oral  hygiene  instruction,  cleanings,  fluoride  treatments,  sealants  of  molars  and  pre  molars,  temporary  fillings  and  referrals.  

All  records  are  kept  confidential  and  claims  to  your  dental  insurance  will  go  directly  through  TPI  per  electronic  transfer,  not  the  school.  TPI  is  compliant  with  HIPAA  regulations,  OSHA’s  infection  control  and  with  the  

Department  of  Education  for  Finger  printing.  We  are  dedicated  to  dental  education  as  a  means  of  prevention!  

Dental forms were handed out to students at UES last week. If you did not receive a form or need another, please contact Allison in the office. Forms should be returned to the school by Monday, December 5th in order to schedule students efficiently. The dental clinic will be held on December 20th. This will be the only dental clinic this school year.

PTC NEWS

THE PTC WILL BE HOLDING ITS ANNUAL GINGERBREAD GALA ON

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7TH FROM 6 - 8 IN THE UES GYM. The Home Depot will be at our Gingerbread Gala offering a free, small toy or gift for your child to make as a

present @ the Gala. There will also be an opportunity for them to wrap what they make. ***Please note that their kits are limited so this will be on a “first come, first serve” basis***

Come and enjoy the Gala and watch The Home Depot create smiles on your childrenʼs faces and thank The Home Depot for coming to UES!

There will also be other opportunities for your children to create a gift for the holidays and have a chance to wrap it at the Gala.

We will have fun and games, crafts, a “choice” raffle (same as last year). There will be cookies to decorate and small gingerbread houses to make and take home. Larger “class” gingerbread houses will be decorated and

will be on display after the Gala. Come and create a small wreath or centerpiece for your family and enjoy the evening! Hot dogs, chips and

cocoa will be for sale at the Gala. We ask that you bring goodies to share. The school raffle will be on display and tickets will be on sale at the Gala. Please remember that a parent or

guardian must accompany all students. See you there!!

THE REMAINING WORK NIGHT TO PREPARE FOR THE GALA WILL BE DECEMBER 4 @ 5:30 PM. PLEASE CALL MYRNA @ 691-3081 WITH ANY QUESTIONS OR TO VOLUNTEER!

The PTC will also be taking donations for our fury friends at the Humane Society of Knox County in

Rockland. There will be a box with a list of items to donate in the lobby here @ UES. Items needed: rawhides, canned dog and cat food, cat & dog toys, blankets (new or used in good condition), 33-gallon dark garbage bags, 13-gallon white kitchen garbage bags, laundry detergent, hand sanitizer, dish detergent, toilet paper, used towels, and stove pellets (to be used as kitty litter).

Hannaford Helps Schools Our school is still participating in the Hannaford Helps Schools program, which runs until December 1st. If you receive a Hannaford Helps Schools school dollar receipt, please send it in to the school by December 7th. Thank you to everyone who has sent in certificates this year!

Want to start Holiday Shopping? Come to the 2nd Annual Mega Show Join the Friendship Community Club on Dec. 1st from 6-8pm in Friendship @ the Hahn Community Center and enjoy various products and place orders from: Tastefully Simple, Pampered Chef, Scentsy, Thirty - One, Tupperware, Bearfoot Books, and Much More. Admission is free, so bring your friends and family members and enjoy an evening with us.

Toys for Tots Once again, Union Elementary School is participating in the Toys for Tots campaign. The mission of the U. S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program is to collect new, unwrapped toys each year, and distribute those toys as Christmas gifts to needy children in the community in which the campaign is conducted. Please consider donating to this worthy cause. The box will be here in the lobby until December 7th.

The Mynutrikids online payment system will be switching to a program called MySchoolBucks. Parents who use this system should be receiving a notice from Mynutrikids explaining the details. On November 30 the RSU 40 tech department will be doing what needs to be done before this transition can take place. During this time the Mynutrikids online payment system will be locked down for 48 hours. We apologize for any inconvenience. I would recommend that any payments made to your child's account be done so through the school from Nov. 29 until given a green light to use the MySchoolBucks system. Thank you for your patience and understanding. The new system should be even better than the one we are using now. This transition does not affect anyone who sends money to the schools. This only affects those who make payments to their child's lunch account online. If you have any questions, please feel free to call. Thanks, Storm Hendrickson Food Service Director S.A.D.# 40 (207) 785-2277 Ext. 241

NO SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS In case of inclement weather or other

emergencies, the superintendent will make a “no school decision” as early as possible,

usually by 6:30 a.m. The announcement will be made over the radio stations, television

stations and Internet sites listed in the student handbook.

There is a NEW scroll bar on the district website that will show up on days we dismiss early or have a cancellation.

www.msad40.org

Please join us Saturday, Dec 1st for the 5th Annual Auction at Medomak Middle School

Auction Preview @ 5PM Silent Auction @ 5-7PM

Auction @ 6PM Please come out and support our students by attending this great fundraiser.

There will be many great items to bid on, as well as delicious concessions, starting at 5PM. Come early and join us for dinner!

Proceeds will go towards class trips and field trips for all students at MMS. We look forward to seeing you there.

..…………..From The Health Office……………….

As the holidays are upon us many parents will be shopping for that special gift for their child. The stores are full of choices and glitz! Making a decision may be difficult, and safety overlooked. The District School Nurses would like to share some basic safety tips to help make your child’s holiday happy and safe. For those who may be in the market for a new bike, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends the following: 1. Sitting on the seat with hands on the handlebar, your child should be able to place the balls of both feet on the ground. 2. Straddling the center bar, your child should be able to stand with both feet flat on the ground with about a 1-inch clearance between the crotch and the bar. 3. When buying a bike with hand brakes for an older child, make sure that the child can comfortably grasp the brakes and apply sufficient pressure to stop the bike. Stick with coaster brakes until your child is older and more experienced. 4. A helmet should be standard equipment to prevent concussion, potential brain damage or even death. (Wearing a bike helmet is a rule in US Bike Racing and the Olympics!) A helmet should be worn squarely on the head, covering the forehead. If it is tipped back, it will not protect the forehead. The helmet fits well if it doesn’t move around on the head or slide down over the wearer’s eyes when pushed or pulled. The chinstrap should be adjusted to fit snugly. Remember that bikes are vehicles and not toys. A bike that is too big for your child can cause them to lose control and be injured. Establish the helmet habit early, and be an example of a safe rider to all bike riders! Holiday Music & Fair Includes Magical Tent for Kids to Shop On Saturday, Dec. 15, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Broad Bay Congregational UCC in Waldoboro welcomes children up to age 11 to a magical tent where they can buy presents costing from 25 cents to $5 for moms, dads, siblings, other family and friends. In addition, there will be hot chocolate, coffee/tea and sweet treats for sale; a table with last-minute gift items; an opportunity to learn about and contribute to Heifer Intl.; gift-wrapping station; seasonal centerpieces, and a bake table with cookie walk. Relax to holiday music (recorded and live) in the church sanctuary, and join in a community sing from 3:15 to 4 p.m. Snow date is Dec 16, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Broad Bay Church is at 941 Main Street, near the post office. 832-6898.

Waldoboro Youth Cheerleading The Waldoboro Recreation Department has extended the deadline for registration for the 2012-2013 youth cheerleading program. The program is divided into two divisions: Competition (4th-6th grade) and Sideline (typically K-3rd grade). Participants in the Sideline program learn basic cheering fundamentals and perform at peewee basketball games. Participants in the Competition program learn choreographed dance routines, stunts, cheers and perform at Maine Youth Cheering events. The competition squad size is limited to 20 and no previous experience is required. There will be a registration session on Saturday, December 1st in the Miller School Gym from 2:00-3:30pm in addition to the first practice for the Sideline program. Practices for the Competition Squad are pending as a coach is still needed for the program. Registration cost for both programs is $25.00. There is an additional $10.00 fee for competition squad participants in addition to the cost of any needed non-returnable uniform items. A $10.00 non-resident fee also applies. For more information, to register or if interested in Coaching in the Competition Program, please contact the Recreation Department at 832-5369. WALDOBORO RECREATION OFFERS CELTICS TRIP The Waldoboro Recreation Department still has a number of seats available to see the Boston Celtics take on the Charlotte Bobcats on Saturday, March 16th, 2013. Game time is scheduled for 7:30pm. Cost is $90.00 per person and includes transportation to/from the Banknorth Garden via motor coach and admission to the game. The bus will depart the Waldoboro VFW parking lot at 12:00pm and stop at Faneuil Hall Marketplace prior to the game. Seats have been reserved in section 312 & 322 (rows 3-5). Tickets will be sold on a first come, first serve basis. A $50 per person deposit is required at time of registration. Balance of payment is due no later than January 10th to hold seat. Cancellations after that date are subject to a $5 per person processing fee. For more information or to register, contact Kyle at 832-5369 (x308), by e-mail: rec@waldoboromaine.org or stop by the Waldoboro Town Office. Space is limited, so register early!

 More  Late  Fall  Classes  with  RSU  40/MSAD  40  Adult  Education!  

Check  course  description  for  location  of  classes.    Call  832-­5205  for  more  information.  To  register  and  pay  online,  go  to  www.msad40.maineadulted.org.  

 Exploring  the  Internet  with  Stacy  Lash  Bettencourt  The  Internet  is  a  BIG  place  –  with  millions  of  sites  to  visit.    How  is  one  supposed  to  sort  through  that  much  information  and  not  feel  lost?    Look  no  further!    In  this  class  you  will  be  taught  the  tools  you  need  to  navigate  the  World  Wide  Web  effectively.    Topics  covered  will  be  web  browsers,  search  techniques,  web  safety,  and  much  more.  Class  meets  Tuesday,  12/4  from  5-­‐7  p.m.    Fee:  $15/$20  non-­‐resident.      MVHS  Room  30.      Internet  Genealogy  with  Stacy  Lash    Explore  your  family  history  using  free  tools  available  on  the  Internet.    Learn  where  to  go  to  find  information,  how  to  effectively  search,  and  more!    Also  included  will  be  instruction  on  how  to  download  and  save  items  (PDF’s,  images,  texts)  for  you  own  records.    Class  meets  Tuesday,  12/11  from  5-­‐7  p.m.    Fee:  $15/$20  non-­‐resident.    MVHS  Room  30.    Holiday  Centerpiece  with  Shelley  Pease  A  candle  centerpiece  will  be  designed  and  created  by  you  exclusively.    It  will  be  made  with  long  lasting  balsam  greenery,  fresh  holly,  along  with  pinecones  and  fresh  flowers.    Materials  fee  of  $20  is  payable  to  the  instructor  the  night  of  class.    Class  meets  Tuesday,  12/11  from  6-­‐8  p.m.    Fee:  $10/$15  non-­‐resident.    This  class  is  held  at  Shelley’s  Flowers,  Route  1,  Waldoboro.    ATV  &  Snowmobile  Safety  with  the  Department  of  Inland  Fisheries  &  Wildlife  ATV  Safety:  Anyone  under  16  years  of  age  must  complete  a  course  prior  to  operating  an  All  Terrain  Vehicle  on  land  other  than  that  owned  or  lease  by  their  parent  or  guardian.    This  course  is  to  help  ATV  riders  stay  safe  and  observe  the  regulations  of  off-­‐road  riding.    Age  16  and  under  must  be  accompanied  by  an  adult.    Class  meets  Monday  &  Wednesday,  12/10  &  12/12,  6-­‐9  p.m.    Snowmobile  Safety:  This  course  will  teach  you  how  to  properly  operate  and  maintain  a  snowmobile.    Topics  to  be  covered  include  the  law,  rider  responsibilities,  and  personal  safety.    Those  completing  the  course  will  be  awarded  an  ID  card  and  materials  for  future  use.  Class  meets  Monday  &  Thurs.,  12/10  &  12/13  from  6-­‐9  p.m.  

Combination  Class:  To  participate  in  both  ATV  and  Snowmobile  Safety,  you  must  attend  all  three  evenings,  12/10,  12/12,  &  12/13.    Fee  for  2  or  3  sessions:  $10.    Location  for  all  sessions:  MVHS  Room  24.    GED  Preparation  Class  GED  classes  offer  intake,  assessment  and  practice  testing  for  the  GED  (General  Educational  Development)  tests.    The  GED  tests  measure  skills  and  competencies  in  five  subject  areas:  Language  Arts  Reading,  Language  Arts  Writing,  Math,  Science  and  Social  Studies.    Join  us  any  Wednesday  from  6-­‐8  p.m.  and  start  the  process  of  earning  your  high  school  equivalency  diploma.    Fee:  FREE.    MVHS  Room  29.  NOTE:  Beginning  in  January  2014  the  GED  test  battery  will  change,  and  all  testing  done  prior  to  that  date  that  did  not  result  in  earning  a  GED  diploma  will  become  void.    If  you  have  successfully  taken  and  passed  one  or  more  of  the  Official  GED  tests,  come  in  today  and  finish  what  you  started  while  there  is  still  time!        We  Need  Your  Suggestions!  RSU  40/MSAD  40  Adult  Education  is  preparing  for  the  upcoming  Winter/Spring  2013  Semester.    We  are  currently  working  on  the  new  brochure  and  program  of  studies.    Your  assistance  is  needed  to  let  us  know  what  types  of  classes  you  would  be  interested  in  taking  in  the  New  Year.    Take  a  minute  to  give  us  a  call  and  let  us  know  what  you  would  like  to  see  offered  through  your  local  adult  education  program  at  832-­‐5205,  or  email  program  director,  Susan  Taylor,  at  susan_taylor@msad40.org.    We  look  forward  to  hearing  from  you!  

         

A Christmas Carol Camden Opera House

December 14-16

A Holiday Classic returns to the Camden Opera House

Come see this heart-warming adaptation of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol”. Past audiences have declared that this is “the best version they have ever seen.” John Bielenberg (award winning scenic designer and director) created this innovative, musically spirited production. John Burstein (aka Slim Goodbody) returns in a spell binding performance as Scrooge. Paul Hodgson (Everyman Repertory Theater) breathes new life into the ghost of Marley! Joining the cast are Christine West, Jay Rosenberg, Jeff Spera, Ilianna Kahn, Scott Anthony Smith, Mikaila Gould, Robin Jones, Leah Cook Smith, Kathryn Snyder and Audrey Lane. Joani Mitchell will be providing the musical accompaniment. Special pre-show performances will be presented by choruses from Hope Middle School on Friday night and by Lincolnville Middle School on Saturday night. Leah Winchenbach and and Lucas Fisher will also be joining us from the Bay Chamber Music School. Make this your family’s favorite holiday tradition. Dates: Camden Opera House on Friday and Saturday, December 14 and 15 at 7:00 pm or Sunday, December 16 for a 2:30 pm matinee. Tickets are available online at camdenoperahouse.com or by calling 207-470-7066. You can also pick them up at HAVII in Camden and City Drawers in Belfast. Adults - $12, Seniors - $10, Kids under 12 - $6.