Friday, December 19, 2014

December 18, 2014

Hello Memorial Families,
Excitement is certainly in the air here at Memorial!  It's been a busy week and we're looking forward to lots of fun activities next week including the Holiday Sing, visiting carolers from the High School and our winter break parties.  Please keep in mind that school will be in session next Monday and Tuesday (both full days).  Winter break dates are December 24th - January 4th.



Thank you to the CSA and the many amazing volunteers who organized the Holiday Luncheon for the Memorial School staff.  We are so grateful for the amazing kindness and support and truly appreciate the fantastic lunch on Friday.  Thank you!!




At last week's professional development day, first grade teacher, Mrs. Pendergast learned about Plicker, an app that allows teachers to quickly collect student responses and immediately calculates the data.  She tried it out with her class this week having students generate multi-part questions and then collect, record and analyze the results.







"Plickers is a powerfully simple tool that lets teachers collect real-time formative assessment data"...(www.plickers.com)

Thank you to the Blake Middle School students who came to help our first grade students code using Scratch Jr.!


On behalf of the Memorial School staff, I would like to wish you and your family the happiest of holidays and a wonderful New Year!  See you on January 5th!






Have a great weekend!

Sincerely,
Missy Bilsborough

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