Grass Valley Charter School
An EL Education Mentor School
Holiday Wreath
November21,2016
Crosbie and Katy Jones have created a one-of-a-kind
holiday wreath to be auctioned off to raise funds for
the garden and outdoor learning center. If you or
anyone you know has a very large door, table, wall, or
wants to strap this beauty to the hood of your car and
drive blindly down the road please feel free to make a
bid on this wreath made of ornamental corn!
Seriously, if you haven’t seen this in person, make
your way to the entryway of the school to check it out.
½ Day This Wednesday (today)
In case you don’t make it in to check out the new GVCS Family
Calendar, you probably ought to know that Wednesday, November 23rd
(the day before Thanksgiving, you know, today) is a ½ day at Charter.
Dismissal is at 12:30. We’re hoping that taking this half day will help to
offset all the space-time continuum issues initiated by setting our clocks
back one hour.
Math Night
Typically I would start an entry like this with, “In
case you missed it…” but not this time. I’m pretty
sure you didn’t miss it! The turnout for Math
Night was amazing. You guys showed up in force
to celebrate all things math. One might say it
wasn’t just mathematical…it was mathradical!
Whether you were engaging in the math cave with Beth, building
polyhedrons, or perhaps you played Reflex Math in
the lab – parents and kids alike had a great time
going from station to station filling out their
passports. Many of you left comments on your Exit
Tickets – I have to share some of my favorites. The
following comments were shared as positives: •So
much fun! •Playing games with Dad. •So many volunteers. •Good way to
make math more exciting. •Please do this every year!
Walkathon Pledge Sheets
Pledge Sheets were sent home in backpacks Friday for a second time.
• Check backpacks for pledge sheets.
• There's an envelope provided for money collected.
• To qualify for prizes return money by the end of the
day Monday, November 28th (that's after Thanksgiving).
Join Our Crew!
Discovery Studies
Discovery Studies is looking for a Wednesday afternoon enrichment
teacher? Currently, they have a PE, drama, art, and sewing
teacher. One more is needed. If you have a talent or passion that you’d
love to share with students, please let Heather Jansma know by Dec. 6th.
CASE
Our Case program is looking for someone to come in and help supervise
our great CASE kids. Hours are Monday – Thursday 2:45 – 5:45, Friday
12:30 – 5:45. Apply online at edjoin or contact me.
Chess Club
Chess club is back! Paul Wright is hosting the Chess Club for 4th grade
and up. Chess club will be held Thursdays right after school. New to
chess? Don’t worry. Paul will teach you all the “Wright” moves.
GVCS Family Calendar
Want to know what’s coming up at GVCS without
having to wade through Mr. Maddock’s latest
wordy edition of The Howl? Done! We now have
a “family calendar” in the hallway just past the
entryway. It should keep you up to date on all
that is and will be Grass Valley Charter School.
Stop by, say hi to some fellow parents, drop a tall
black coffee by the front office, and check the
calendar for some ways to get involved.
Parents Night Out
Maybe you want to do some holiday shopping, perhaps you want to
catch a movie, or maybe you just think the idea of staying home on a
Friday night while someone else entertains your kids sounds like pure
magic. Either way, you can have a night off and leave your kids to the
8th graders going to Washington DC/New York this summer. December
9th is the next Parents Night Out/Kids Night In. Stay tuned for how to
sign your kids up.
Nevada County Spelling Tournament
Over the past couple of weeks teams of 5th-8th grade students
participated in the
Nevada County
Spelling
Tournament.
Grass Valley
Charter students
represented in
grand fashion.
The 5th/ 6th grade
team did an exceptional job with Ibrahim
Shelton taking 3rd place. The 7th/8th
grade team crushed it taking 2nd place in the competition and GVCS’s
very own Oliver Nelson taking first place overall! Way to go Coyotes!
Squeeze the Day and Help the 6th Graders!
Get Your BOGO Jamba Juice Cards now and enjoy 6 free smoothies
while supporting the 6th grade class on their way to Science Camp.
Order forms should have gone home in backpacks, so check for yours
or you can download & print one here. Deadline to order, including
prepayment, is Friday, Dec. 2nd. Turn them in to either your teacher or
directly to the office. Cards will be delivered to your child's backpack
by Dec. 9th - in plenty of time for those 'hard to buy for' holiday gifts!
BOGO Details:
• Buy any size smoothie and get another smoothie of equal or
lesser value FREE!
• Each card can be used 6 times
• Cards do NOT expire and can be used at Jamba Juice locations
nationwide (except Hawaii, Disney, Airports and grocery
stores)
Black Bear OR Brown Bear?
As part of their expedition studying bears and salmon, Ms. Rachel’s
kindergarten class reached out to an authentic
audience, me. This class of mostly 5 year olds
surmised that Mr. Maddock needed to know more
about the similarities and differences of brown
bears and black bears. So they did what
kindergartners do best, they researched, created
a chart, and then put their “teacher” hats on and
educated their principal. I visited Crew 4 this
week and the kids took turns explaining how black bears are similar,
yet also different from brown bears. I have to say, the whole
experience was pretty awesome. We have a budding crew of
researchers, data collectors, and teachers among us.
Holiday Shopping and Raising Money for GVCS
As you finish gathering up all those
pledges from the Walk-a-thon, we
want to ask you to embark
on another bit of fund raising, but
this time, it’s not only easy – it’s FREE
to YOU!
Just in time for Cyber Monday Shopping, we will need you to lift a
finger – but just one - to click your way to FREE money for GVCS!
Join iGive and Amazon Smile to help Grass Valley Charter School
Foundation earn money this holiday season and all year long when you
shop online.
iGive is a free service where every time you shop at any of 1500+ stores
like Amazon, Pottery Barn, Best Buy, Staples, PETCO, Expedia, QVC,
Overstock and many more, a portion of the money you spend benefits
our fabulous school. It’s a free service, and you’ll never pay more when
you reach a store through iGive. In fact, smart shoppers will enjoy
iGive’s repository of coupons, free shipping deals, and sales. To get
started, just create your free iGive account. You can Make it
automatic! - The iGive Button is an optional feature. You can use iGive
without installing the Button, just remember to go through the iGive
website or e-mail newsletters to get credit for your donation.
Here's the link: http://www.igive.com/Ur_2gUWhat is AmazonSmile?
AmazonSmile is a website operated by Amazon that lets you enjoy the
same wide selection of products, low prices, and convenient shopping
features as on Amazon.com. The difference is that when customers
shop on AmazonSmile (smile.amazon.com), the AmazonSmile
Foundation will donate 0.5% of the price of eligible purchases to GVCS
Foundation. There is no cost to you and no cost to us…
So sign up for both and raise money for our wonderful school while
you shop this Holiday Season!