Eliza Burns, Principal
Grace F. Cole Elementary School
March 24, 2017
COLE TIMES
Mark your Calendar
3/24 - Gr. 1-4 Movie Night at NHS
3/30 - Literacy Night 6:30-7:45pm
4/03 - Red Sox Spirit Day
4/03 - 1000 Book Club Read Aloud
11:55am
4/03 - Community Meeting 9am - Parents
invited to attend
4/04 - Gr. 5 MCAS ELA 1
4/05 - Gr. 5 MCAS ELA 2
4/06 - Gr. 5 MCAS ELA 3
PRINCIPAL’S NOTES
Thank you to all of the families that sent in sweet
treats for the teacher appreciation day on Wednesday.
It warms our hearts (and bellies) to be appreciated in
such a delicious way!
Earth Day is April 22nd, but we’ll be celebrating our
Earth during the entire month of April at Cole School!
Each Tuesday will be a Trashless Tuesday where
4/07 - Report Cards go home
students and staff will try to eat snacks and lunches
that don’t generate trash - think fresh fruits and
vegetables, reusable bags and lunch boxes, and real cloth napkins when packing lunches. Each Wednesday will
be a Paperless Wednesday where teachers and students will try to teach and learn without the use of paper. It
will be a challenge, but we’re up for it! To extend this celebration and to include our larger community, we
would ask families to try to walk or bike to school whenever possible during the month and turn off cars when
waiting in the pick up line. Stay tuned for more information as we approach the month of April!
4/07 - Gr. 4 MCAS ELA 1
The placement process for next school year is just beginning. Parent input forms (blue sheets) will be sent
home on Friday, March 31st. Please feel free to use this form to share any information that you’d like us to
consider when placing your child. Please note that we will not honor any teacher requests. In addition, we will
consider all parent input but can not guarantee any placements based on that information. We would ask you
to remember that we need to place 470 students and spend a great deal of time with this process so that we
thoughtfully place each student to the best of our ability.
MCAS testing begins on Tuesday, April 4th. No visitors
will be allowed in the building on MCAS testing days.
Let’s celebrate the Red Sox Opening Day by wearing our
Red Sox gear on April 3rd.
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Eliza Burns, Principal
Grace F. Cole Elementary School
March 24, 2017
The Friday High Five greeting with
members of the Norwell Police
Department was a huge hit. It was
a great way to start the day!
MR. MENICE’S ART CORNER
Kindergarten Cows
3rd Grade Cakes
1st Grade Cupcakes
4th Grade Stain Glass Windows
2nd Grade Chameleons
5th Grade Robots
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Eliza Burns, Principal
Grace F. Cole Elementary School
March 24, 2017
LITERACY NIGHT
Cole School
Family Literacy Night
Thursday, March 30th 6:30-7:45
~Visit classrooms for a themed read
aloud presented by Cole Staff.
~Bring gently used books to the Book
Swap Table, and pick a few new books
to read.
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Eliza Burns, Principal
Grace F. Cole Elementary School
March 24, 2017
PTO NEWS
Attention 5th Gr. Parents
Save the date: 6/15/17 @ 6-8:30pm for the annual 5th Grade Celebration! Memory boards and instructions
coming home soon. Stay tuned…
Please note correct ID code to order yearbook is 6864717
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Eliza Burns, Principal
Grace F. Cole Elementary School
March 24, 2017
NORWELL REC.
Find out more at:
www.play-well.org
STEM Engineering with
LEGO Materials!
®
Offered by Norwell Recreation
Robotics using the LEGO® NXT System
Mondays, April 3rd - June 5th
(No Class 4/17, 5/29)
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Open to Girls and Boys in Grades 3 - 5
Intro to STEM with LEGO® Materials
Thursdays, April 6th - June 1st
(No Class 4/20)
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Open to Girls and Boys in Grades 1 - 3
$196 for 8 sessions
Activity Code 1225.210
$164 for 8 sessions
Activity Code 1225.240
Register at www.townofnorwell.net
Both courses will be held in the Community Room at
Norwell Middle School 328 Main Street Nowell, MA
Play-Well Contact: Krista Kat (781) 462-5220 [email protected]
Norwell Recreation Contact: George Grey (781) 659 - 8046 [email protected]
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Eliza Burns, Principal
Grace F. Cole Elementary School
March 24, 2017
COMMUNITY NEWS
Donations needed for Cradles to Crayons
Molly Castle, an 8th grader at Norwell Middle School is facilitating a town-wide collection as part of a Spring
Service project through Project 351. Molly is Norwell’s 2017 Ambassador to Project 351, a statewide youthdriven service organization that convenes an 8th grader from every community in Massachusetts for a year of
personal development and service opportunities. She is joining 8th graders from Massachusetts’s 351
communities in Spring Service by collecting clothing and shoes for Cradles to Crayons, an organization that
provides needed items to children from birth to age 12.
She will be collecting items from March 27th – April 7th. There will be collection boxes in every Norwell school
where items can be dropped off.
As part of her service, Molly has been challenged to bring the awareness of childhood poverty and the joy of
service to her whole community. To do that, Molly invites the entire town of Norwell to “Rock Some Socks!” on
Wednesday, April 5th by wearing some crazy socks and donating new socks to the Cradles to Crayons clothing
drive. It will be a reminder that 305,000+ kids, aged 12 years and under, are right now, living in
Massachusetts in low income situations. Cradles to Crayons can only accept donations of brand-new socks, so
they are a difficult item to get donated. Molly has already kicked off her service by purchasing 100 pairs of kids
socks. She challenges Norwell to join her in seeing just how many pairs this generous town can donate. From
students young and old, to teachers, administrators, parents and others, we can all do good and make a change!
For more info please go to fb.me/mmcgivesback, project351.com, and cradlestocrayons.org. Donations of
socks and clothing can be dropped off at any school and 249 South Street.
You are invited! Norwell Public Library
Proposed Building Project Information Sessions - This is a great opportunity to ask questions and learn more
about the proposed library building project, including articles that will be voted on at town meeting.
Choose the session most convenient for you:
Tuesday, March 28, 7pm @ the Norwell Public Library
Thursday, March 30, 11am @ the Norwell Public Library
Wednesday, April 5, 11am @ the Council on Aging
Two "ChemFun" workshops presented on Tuesday, April 11 (Early Release day), by High Touch High Tech of
New England! Register for the 2pm workshop (K-2) or the 3:30pm workshop (Grades 3-6). In each one-hour
workshop, kids will enjoy hands-on science fun with chromatography, silly putty, and all kinds of chemical
reactions! Equipment and materials provided.
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