The Dolphin’s
Tale
The bi-weekly principal’s newsletter of Travilah Elementary School
Susan J. Shenk, Principal
January 15, 2016
Issue #9
January 2016
15
18
18 – 29
20
7:00 – 8:30pm
22
25
27
2:00 – 3:00pm
28
29
Read-A-Thon Kickoff
Dr. Martin Luther King Day – schools and offices closed
School-wide Read-A-Thon
Read-A-Thon Pajama Party
2nd Marking Period ends
No school for students – Professional Day
School-wide Spelling Bee
PTA Family Night – California Pizza Kitchen at Rio
Grade 5 to Frost M.S. – Band Concert
February
2
3
7:00 – 8:00pm
5
7:00 – 8:30pm
10
12
15
17
18
19
23
24
25
26
2:15pm
1:20pm
PTA meeting – Media Center
Lunar New Year celebration – Year of the Monkey
Report Cards distributed
Club, group, and candid photos taken
Bingo Night – AP Room
Grade 4 Knoblach to Wegman’s
Valentine’s Day parties
President’s Day – schools and offices closed
Grade 4 Hart to Wegman’s
Grade 5 Poet in Residence
Jump Rope for Heart
STEM Fair set up
STEM Fair
Grade 5 Poet in Residence
Early Release – Grading and Reporting
REMEMBER: NO SCHOOL ON:
 MONDAY, JANUARY 18th
 MONDAY, JANUARY 25th
Visit our website! http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/travilahes/
School Phone: 301-840-7153
School Attendance Line: 301-670-8223
School Fax: 301-670-8230
Visit the PTA website! http://www.travilahpta.org
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WELCOME BACK! – I hope you had a wonderful winter break and are ready for many fun activities that we have
planned and lots of new learning! Our annual Read-A-Thon is being “kicked off” today at lunch. Please look for
the information to come home with your child. This is an important fundraiser for our PTA and a wonderful
opportunity for our students to focus on reading! I hope you will join us on Wednesday, January 20th for our ReadA-Thon Pajama Party from 7:00 – 8:30pm in the all purpose room. Many staff members will be there as guest
readers. There will be yummy desserts and great books! Many thanks to Mrs. Halpern who is organizing this event.
Thank you also to the PTA, especially Mrs. Kravitz and Mrs. Noble for the delicious cookie exchange for staff.
Everyone, including our families, truly appreciated and enjoyed the cookies. Many thanks to the PTA for
sponsoring the Cultural Arts presentation we had this week, Flow Circus. The children were entertained with
juggling, magic, and dancing, all while learning interesting science facts about gravity, etc. Thank you also to the
many parents who have donated games for the children to use when we have indoor recess. This is terrific. What a
treat to have so many new and fun activities to do when the weather is cold. Upcoming events, such as our annual
Spelling Bee, Bingo Night, Valentine’s Day parties, Jump Rope for Heart, and STEM Fair will all keep us busy! As
always, I truly appreciate your continued support. We are all so fortunate to be part of this amazing community!
PRINCIPAL’S WRITING WALL – Each week students’ writing is displayed on the Principal’s Writing Wall.
All students will be featured at least once during the year. The following students’ work was highlighted during the
week of January 18, 2016.
Kindergarten: Ms. Bañales’ class – Cindy Li, Cynthia Yu, Hasti Sobhani, Brianna Yan, Sarayu Penchala, Elai Zief,
Neela Krishnan
Mrs. Foley’s class – Marcus Langlee, Alisia Yan, Alyssa Corbin, Brynn Congdon, Sherlyn Zhu, Henry Si,
Tenley Higgs
Grade 4: Mrs. Knoblach’s class – Gareth Bennett, Michael Chen, Maya Halpern, Sineth Jayasundera, Julia Lian,
Jasmin Wu
Mrs. Hart’s class – Alex Bergen, Shravan Kannepalli, Rhea Chelar, Lindsey Lim, Kayla Ray, Taylor Auth,
Samantha Sanchez, Emily Liu, Jessica Chen, Suved Pantula
PTA FUNDRAISER - Travilah Elementary School is inviting you to participate in a unique fundraiser to “Pave the
Way” for our students. Leave a lasting legacy by purchasing a paver to be permanently displayed and remembered
forever. Each paver that you sponsor may honor you, your student, a teacher or staff member, former student, a
family member, friend, local business or anyone! The pavers will be etched with your custom inscription and placed
within the landscaping around the circle, in front of our school.
All of the proceeds from this fundraiser will go to our PTA.
Please submit orders before Friday, April 15, 2016 for spring 2016 installation.
For more information please visit the PTA website or contact:
Erinn Foster at 301-370-4502 or mail to: [email protected]
MONTGOMERY COLLEGE CLASSES FOR GRADES 4 – 6 STUDENTS - Montgomery College
Workforce Development & Continuing Education Youth Programs - Don’t miss this unique opportunity to
participate in one of the most exciting STEM programs for youth at Montgomery College: THE GREAT
ADVENTURE LAB! Register NOW! This one-day program is offered for students in grades 4 – 6, who want to
experience high-quality, hands-on, educational and super fun programs in science, programming and engineering.
The program is held on Saturday, January 23, 2016 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on the Rockville campus of
Montgomery College. Students will participate in four workshops during the day. The workshops offered are:
Mindstorms, Video Game Programming, Young Engineers, Electronics, Space Engineers, and 3-D Designing &
Printing. These workshops are filling very quickly, so register NOW! For additional brochures or registration
information, contact YOUTH PROGRAMS at 240-567-7264 or 240-567-7917 or access brochure online at:
http://www2.montgomerycollege.edu/departments/wdce/youthpdf/greatadventure.pdf
PLAYGROUND SUPERSTARS – Weeks of December 14, 2015 – January 8, 2016 are:
Grade 5: Charles Makobongo, Lunah Schleret, Michelle Hsiung, Christian Vande Krol, Allison Yu, Katie Kringel,
Karen Potts, Zara Okudo
Grade 4: Natasha Thamungruxsat, Coby Pinto, Omid Motamedi, Grady Sellman, Michael Purring, Ian Fox,
Anna Frankford, Ann Sellers, Suved Pantula
Grade 3: Paige Euler, A.J. Shiflett, Joey Song, Bethany Vande Krol, David Wang, Tyler Coapstick, Jack Edell,
Jack Kerns, Ali Abdullah, Katarina Hartmann, Jaden Hou, Arman Rostami, Saniya Shah, Sammy Lucchese
Grade 2: Nelson Israfilbek, Michelle Liu, Ellery Kringel, Mackie Noble, Avery Wagner, Christine Jeon,
Lily Congdon
Grade 1: Linda Wang, Sophia Wang, Luke Wang, Katie Graham, Kai Anderson, Nathan Leitan, Jayden Ahn,
Quinn Lam-Vu, Christy Tekelsion
Kindergarten: Audrey Caulder, Hasti Sobhani, Brynn Congdon, Shiloh Ganeshan, Cynthia Yu, Menna Negussie,
Seth Weiss
SPECIAL DOLPHIN TALES THANK YOU TO:
 Becky Zief and Adela Firoozfar for keeping our Principal’s Writing Wall up to date!
 Janine Hackett for all her work in the primary hall Book Room!
 Kris Sellman for updating the outdoor sign!
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