Thetford Elementary School

News and Views

December 8, 2006                                                                                         Issue 7

 

From the PrincipalŐs Desk:

 

Dear Families of fourth grade students,

    Last Friday a letter went home with your child explaining the school's participation in the National Assessment of Educational  Progress ( NAEP) which will be held on January 24, 2007.  Our school's participation is at the request of the Vermont Commissioner of Education. If you did not receive the letter from me, please call the office and another will be sent home.

 

The first 5th and 6th grade Social will be held Friday, January 5th from 7:00 to 9:00pm.  Parents of 5th and 6th grade students should be on the lookout for information which will go home with students today.

 

Our annual Thetford Senior CitizensŐ Day Celebration and Holiday Luncheon will be held next Tuesday, December 12th, weather permitting.  Students will be eating in their classrooms; please remember to send a bag lunch with your child.

 

School Announcements:

Thanks to everyone who participated in the PTO book fair this year. I am happy to let you know that we raised $1600 for the PTO and added over 150 new books to the classroom and library collections. (Stacy Glazer)

 

Dr. Quark (Ted Lawrence) will once again visit TES to perform his amazing science experiments in a program called "The Notion of Motion" on Wednesday, Dec 20th. This program is partially funded with money earned by the Sally Foster sale as a way to celebrate the students' efforts this year to raise $10,000.00 for field trips.

There will be 2 shows:  K-2nd  9:30-10:30

                                     3-6th 10:45-11:45

Parents are welcome join us for this fun and fact filled program.

 

To access Thetford ElementaryŐs Web Site, please go to www.thetfordschool.org.  Here you will find:  the school calendar, student handbook, library online catalog, TES newsletter, school board minutes, educational website links, and more

You may experience some difficulty this week and next as the server for our web site is being changed.  Remember that the old web site at thet.net is no longer being maintained and we have asked to have it taken down.  (Mary Wunderlich)

 

Community Calendar and Announcements:

Annual Winter Solstice Celebration 12/19

ChildrenŐs celebration: 3:30 - 4:45pm

Adult Celebration: 7:00pm (stories with Peter Blodgett)

Come light up Peabody library with candles and your smiles to celebrate the darkest day of the year. Holiday stories will be told by Simon and the Storytelling Workshop participants. Lots of snacks and a great time. Students from TES can take bus #2 to Peabody library after school.