I loaded several math web links onto our blog. You will find them on the bottom left hand side. These are great if your child either needs extra practice or wants to be challenged.
Please have your child complete our current scavenger hunt.
The students are finishing their fiction stories and will be typing them later this week. Our next unit in writing will be research.
Math is moving along. We are about half way through unit five. This unit focuses on fractions, mixed numbers, adding them and subtracting them.
Recently we conducted a science experiment to discover how much force was needed to move an object. The students worked in groups using a Newton Spring Scale.
Our new reading strategy is inferencing. The class is “reading between the lines.”
Next week we have school on Monday and Tuesday. Thanksgiving break begins on Wednesday, November 25.
I am thankful for all of my studnets and wish them and their families a blessed holiday!

This summer on hot days we were silly when we washed our boat. We used the hose to squirt the boat and each other.

Save the Date!

Just a quick note to SAVE THE DATE for our 2009 Georgetown Holiday program!

Although it seems like a long ways away, it will be here before you know it. So mark it on your calendar!
December 10, 2009 at 7:00 pm, Resurrection Life Church*
More details will be coming from Mrs. Bretz soon.

*This is the facility that we rent for our school wide performance.

You have another opportunity to RSVP for our upcoming December 1st Kids Art Fair! An RSVP form and Art Fair information will be sent home with students this week.

Please note that returning your RSVP to Mrs. Brouwer does NOT mean that you must purchase your child’s framed artwork. The RSVP just lets the Kids Art Fair people know how many frames to ship to Georgetown for the event. So please RSVP if you plan to attend and celebrate your child’s creativity, enjoy a fun make-n-take art project, and register for some cool door prizes to be given away during the evening.

Also – Georgetown’s December Kids Art Fair does not take the place of the annual district-wide Student Art Show, which will be held as usual in April 2010.

We hope to see you at Georgetown’s Art Fair on December 1st between 4-7 PM! Volunteers are still needed to help out – please contact Mrs. Brouwer!
Email: jbrouwer@hpseagles.net

Phone: 616.797.9797 ext. 22412
Art Blog http://josettebrouwer.edublogs.org

Thanks to incredible parent support and top notch 5th grade students, our Halloween Celebration was the best ever.  Watch this video to see some of our best moments.

Dear Parents,

Time is running out to let your voices be heard in Lansing. Our Superintendent, Nicholas Ceglarek, is inviting parents to email, call and/or attend an event in Lansing on November 10. To find out more, please visit the school blog.

–
Theresa E. Reagan, Principal
Georgetown Elementary School
3909 Baldwin
Hudsonville, MI 49424

My name is Erica D. and the fiction book that I picked is Gone by Michael Grant. I picked this book because my friend recommended it to me. He has done this in the past and the books were all pretty good. My favorite part was when Lina was lost in the desert. She was running away from the coyotes and ran into Sam, Astrid, Quinn, and Edilio who recently got lost in the desert too. They all helped each other to get away from the coyotes in one piece. I enjoyed this book because it was filled with adventure, mystery, and it was about kids trying to deal with no parents and figure out how they are not going to disappear when they turn 15.

I must start by thanking all of the parents who donated or came in to help with our fall party. It was a lot of fun and made easy by having so many parents helping out. THANK YOU!

We have a busy week ahead. I look forward to speaking to each of you. I would like to remind you not to wear perfume or cologne to conferences, as I am allergic to that.

The students will review Unit 4, Circles, Polygons, and Angles, in math this week. A review will be sent home on Wednesday and the final test will be on Thursday.

The students developed their fictional character and created a story mountain. This week students will focus on writing their fictional story.

For reading this week our selected text is, Uncle Jeds Barbershop. We will continue with discovering story elements.

The class is having fun learning with our Force and Motion lessons. We have been asking questions, gathering data, and discovering results. Students will work in groups to measure two-meter intervals along a 10 meter line. They will discuss independent and dependent variables.

We are reading about Native Americans. The students are filling out a graphic organizer to help them focus on important information.

Here’s to staying healthy! See you later this week.

We were just informed by our Technology Department that the software responsible for our report card data base has crashed. The system will be down this weekend and likely into next week.

I want the most up to date marks on the report cards, and therefore,  use this weekend to finalize scores and add comments for each student. Within the last hour, I found out that I cannot access report cards—and will not be able to share the report card with you during conferences this coming week.  As you can imagine, this has been a very stressful Saturday morning for me.

Once the Powerschool software is repaired, report cards will be completed and sent home.  During conferences, I will be highlighting strengths and areas for growth and sharing work samples.

Thank you for understanding this technical difficult at a most unfortunate crunch time!

Time is running out.  Our Governor and legislative leaders in Lansing are proposing devastating cuts to public education.  In addition to the $165 per pupil cut to all public schools, the State Budget Director has notified school leaders another $127 per pupil cut is coming in less than 30 days.  The only way this will not happen is if our Governor and legislators can agree to a funding solution addressing the revenue shortfall.  To find out how to help prevent this funding crisis, please listen to my message and visit the links here:   FUNDING CRISIS

To find out more about the history of school funding, FIVE DAYS TO FIX SCHOOL FUNDING, GR PRESS

Nicholas Ceglarek, Superintendent