We have had a lot of fun this month at “The Mountain”! I would like to introduce you to our First-Grade Students of the Month and highlight other activities in our building…
Our December First-Grade Students of the Month…
Ayla
Meet: Ayla Nickname: Jiggles
Favorite:
Sport: Basketball Food: Pizza
Book: Please, Mr. Panda
TV Show: “Tip and Oh” School Subject: Math and Gym with Miss Gonnelli
Name of Brother: Matteo
Ayla’s teacher, Mrs. Wilson, should know that she loves to help around the house and make people feel better when they are sick!
When Ayla is not in school, she likes to go to her grandparents’ house, ride her bike, and play with her brother, Matteo.
Ayla is really good at cooking with her grandmother and mother.
When Ayla grows up, she wants to build robots.
Ellie
Meet: Ellie Nickname: Bells
Favorite:
Sport: Hip Hop Food: Clams
Singer: Luke Bryan
Book: The Little Girl who Lost Her Name
TV Show: “Descendants” School Subject: Reading
Name of Sister and Brother: Shea and Jack
Ellie’s teacher, Mrs. Rogers, should know that she loves books!
When Ellie is not in school, she likes to play on her iPad.
Ellie is really good at school.
When Ellie grows up, she wants to be a singer.
Logan
Meet: Logan Nickname: Lolo
Favorite:
Sport: Baseball Food: Chicken
Book: On My Very First School Day I Met…
TV Show: “Amazing World of Gumball”
School Subject: Math
Name of Brothers and Sisters: Gabby, Alex, and Jordan
Logan’s teacher, Mrs. Giangrande, should know that he really works hard.
When Logan is not in school, he likes to play video games and play outside.
Logan is really good at building Legos.
When Logan grows up, he wants to live in Florida.
Joey
Meet: Joseph Nickname: Joey
Favorite:
Sport: Soccer Food: Pizza
Singer: Weezer Book: Dragons Love Tacos
TV Show: “Sponge Bob” School Subject: Gym with Miss Gonnelli
Name of Brother: Ian (his identical twin)
Joseph’s teacher, Mrs. Talerico and Mrs. Ollert, should know that he loves his classwork, but he loves recess the most!
When Joseph is not in school, he likes to watch TV, play football, play soccer, and play Mario Kout 8.
Joseph is really good at mini-golf and swimming.
When Joseph grows up, he wants to be a police officer and a pizza man.
Marc
Meet: Marc
Favorite:
Sport: Soccer Food: Tacos
Singer: Ross Ellis Book: Pete the Cat’s Loose Tooth
TV Show: “Bunk’d” School Subject: Math
Name of Brother: Mason
Marc’s teacher, Mrs. Vanadia, should know that he likes to learn!
When Marc is not in school, he likes to play with trucks, ride his bike and scooter, and go to work with his dad.
Marc is really good at school.
When Marc grows up, he wants to be a fireman.
Cassy
Meet: Cassandra Nickname: Cassy
Favorite:
Sport: Softball Food: Hot Dogs
Singer: Bruno Mars Book: Paw Patrol
Movie: “Lion King” School Subject: Science and Gym with Miss Gonnelli
Name of Sister and Brother: Mackenzie (her twin) and Kyler
Cassy’s teacher, Mrs. Hartman, should know that she loves animals, playing sports, and riding her two-wheeler.
When Cassy is not in school, she likes to play with her sister and friends, read, color and paint, be outside and walk her dogs.
Cassy is really good at art, playing sports, riding her bike and scooter.
When Cassy grows up, she wants to be a firefighter like her mommy and daddy and be an architect so she can make buildings.
Cole
Meet: Cole
Favorite:
Sport: Football Food: Sandwiches
Singer/Song: AC/DC’s “Thunderstruck”
Book: Dinosaurs
Movie: “Juassic World” School Subject: Math
Name of Sisters: Peyton (his twin sister) and Makenlee
Cole’s teacher, Mrs. Talerico and Mrs. Ollert, should know that he loves baseball, football, and is excited to try golf; he likes basketball, “side by siding”, and skiing. Cole really wants to try dirt biking! Phew…what an athlete!
When Cole is not in school, he likes to play sports, video games, play laser tag, go swimming, go “side by siding”, and art.
Cole is really good at laser trap and laser tag.
When Cole grows up, he wants to be an innovator.
Ava
Meet: Ava Nickname: “Valellope vonSchweetz”
Favorite:
Sport: Gymnastics Food: Cherries
Singer: Jojo Siwa Book: The Day the Crayons Came Home
TV Show: “Teen Titans Go!” School Subject: Math
Name of Brother: Logan
Ava’s teacher, Mrs. Megnin, should know that she really likes how funny she is; Mrs. Megnin is Ava’s favorite teacher!
When Ava is not in school, she likes to paint, draw, and dance.
Ava is really good at math.
When Ava grows up, she wants to be a veterinarian.
Molly
Meet: Molly Nickname: Cakes
Favorite:
Sport: Gymnastics Food: Mac and Cheese
Singer: Katy Perry Book: Elf on the Shelf
TV Show: “Descendants” School Subject: Art with Mrs. Docherty
Name of Sisters: Lyla, Sadie, and Heidi
Molly’s teacher, Mrs. Barone, should know that she loves doing word searches, reading books, drawing pictures, and having dance parties.
When Molly is not in school, she likes to go tubing on her pontoon boat, play on her trampoline, ride her bike, and play with her friends.
Molly is really good at riding bikes.
When Molly grows up, she wants to be a teacher.
Gabriella
Meet: Gabriella Nickname: Gabby
Favorite:
Sport: Gymnastics Food: Pizza
Singer: Taylor Swift Book: Meet the Pikmi Pops
TV Show: “Super Monsters” School Subject: Music with Mr. Moschella
Name of Brothers: Lucas and Ryder
Gabriella’s teacher, Mrs. Novak, should know that she is really nice.
When Gabriella is not in school, she likes to play.
Gabriella is really good at doing cartwheels and splits.
When Gabriella grows up, she wants to be a teacher.
Kailey
Meet: Kailey Nickname: “KK”
Favorite:
Sport: Soccer Food: Pizza
Singer: Jimmy Buffett Book: Pigeon Wants a Puppy
Movie: “Rapunzel” School Subject: Science
Name of Soon-to-Be-Brother: William (Billy, Jr.)…due very soon!
Kailey’s teacher, Mrs. Battista, should know that she loves to come to school, participating in class, and helping her classmates.
When Kailey is not in school, she likes to go to dance class, play sports, play with her toys, read Pigeon books, and watch football with her daddy.
Kailey is really good at helping others.
When Kailey grows up, she wants to be a teacher.
Gabriel
Meet: Gabriel Nickname: Gabe
Favorite:
Sport: Soccer Food: Spaghetti and Meatballs
Singer: Jack Hartman Book: Fly Guy’s Ninja Christmas
TV Show: “Minions” School Subject: Reading
Name of Brother and sister: Michael (his identical twin), Natalia, Claudia
Gabriel’s teacher, Mrs. Start, should know that he works hard and does his very best in school.
When Gabriel is not in school, he likes to play with his brother, Michael, and sisters Natalia and Claudia, and have story time with his mother.
Gabriel is really good at math.
When Gabriel grows up, he wants to be an art teacher.
During our Spirit Week students showed their holiday creativity…
We enjoyed listening to the VTHS Meistersingers and Brass Choir on Monday, December 17th, students sang along with very popular music.
Students got into “character” as they dressed up as their favorite holiday show or book. There were lots of Cindy Lou Whos in the building!
Crazy socks and sweaters lit up the hallway as everyone got on their “sillies”!
…and who could resist pajama day when many classes went to The North Pole…
Thank you to the Glen Meadow Middle School Ambassadors who came to read to our students!
Thank you to the Glen Meadow Middle School Band, Choir, and Orchestra under the direction of Mrs. Young, Mr. Kelter, and Mrs. Berls! We walked to Glen Meadow on a sunny morning to hear the talents of so many middle schoolers. I was very fortunate to be the narrator for “Twas the Night Before Christmas”. You can see from the looks on students’ faces, that they had lots of fun singing and clapping along!
Here is some information on upcoming events
During the weeks of January 7 and January 14, kindergarten students will be administered the Baseline Assessment System (BAS) and will begin working in guided reading groups shortly after the assessment is completed. Guided reading is an instructional method where students work in small groups as they read texts at their instructional reading level that review or enhance the skills and strategies taught during Reading Workshop. First-grade teachers will be giving students a running record in their classroom.
As we settle into the winter months and your children will be indoors more, consider having your child access Miss Winzer’s Media Center website to practice his or her literacy and math skills online. Here is the link to Miss Winzer’s site.
Our next SCA meeting will take place on Monday, January 7, at 9:45 am. At January’s meeting, Mr. Brendan Maurice, School Counselor, will go over his school counseling program and our district’s updated HIB policy. Here are our upcoming SCA activities; fliers will be sent home in the new year:
Friday, January 11: Movie Night– 5:30 pm (snow date January 18)
Friday, January 25: Family Game Night 6:30 pm (snow date February 1)
School Closed: on Monday, January 15, 2018, in observance of Martin Luther King Day
40 Developmental Assets: We are very fortunate to have the national program 40 Developmental Assets brought to us by Rebecca Dorney from The Center for Prevention and Counseling on Friday, January 18, at 9:45 am. You may also know Rebecca from the Vernon Coalition, too! 40 Developmental Assets is training for adults/parents that teach participants about the 40 positive supports and strengths that young people need to succeed. Half of the assets focus on the relationships and opportunities they need in their families, schools, and communities (external assets). The remaining assets focus on the social-emotional strengths, values, and commitments that are nurtured within young people (internal assets). 40 Developmental Assets is a research-based program that comes from Search Institute. Here is the flyer for this program. Here is the link to Search Institute. We will be holding follow up meetings on Friday, February 15 and Friday, March 15, at 9:45 am. A light breakfast will be served- all are welcome!
Outdoor Recess: As a reminder, our students will go outside for recess as long as the temperature stays about 25 degrees. Please make sure your child wears a warm coat, hat, and gloves daily in preparation for playing outside. We try as often as possible in the winter months to have our students go outside for physical activity.
I look forward to seeing your children grow and learn as we move into the middle of our school year! Best wishes for a wonderful holiday and happy, healthy 2019!
Rosemary Gebhardt