Ray School Staff email
As of April 1, the Ray School is no longer using Valleynet as their
service provider. You can email Ray School staff by using the
following format: firstname.lastname@rayschool.org
NH Department of Education Surveys
This week the NH DOE has sent surveys to parents of Ray School children
with special education needs. If you receive a survey, please
fill it out and return it in the self-addressed envelope.
School-Wide Earth Week
Celebration---April 21-25
The week after vacation we will have an Earth Week celebration and
awareness time. Children and teachers will discuss the many ways
we can conserve energy. Last year, in celebration of Earth Day the Ray
School focused on the theme of reducing waste. We all did a great
job of really making a difference by generating less waste at the Ray
School! This year, in celebration of Earth Day, the Ray School
will focus on reducing our energy waste. Each day of the week,
we'll take a minute to think about the different kinds of energy our
school community uses, and how we can work together to use less. One
way is to walk, ride a bike, or take a bus to work or to do errands.
Walk to School Day
On Tuesday, April 22, Earth Day, we will have a walk-to-school
day. (For safety, police request NO bikes, please.) Details about
this walk are forthcoming.
Transportation Survey
Our Hope for Earth Day is to find a safe and environmentally
responsible way to get our children to and from school. Can you
help?? The PTO is sponsoring an online transportation survey
attached to your weekly email newsletter. You may also access this
survey at http://www.rayschool.org/pto/ We need to hear
from as many parents as possible. It would be very helpful to
find out why children are not taking the bus, or walking, biking, or
carpooling to school. We plan to present our finding to the school
board and the SAU in hopes of creating workable solutions. Thank
you for spending a few minutes of your time taking this important
survey! If you would like a paper copy of the survey, please
contact Karen Wahrenberger at 643-3145.
Ray School Walking Club
The Ray School Walking Club will start up again on Thursday, April 24th
before school at 8:45 and will continue each Tuesday and Thursday
morning until the end of school. The Ray School Walking Club is open to
all students, staff, and parents. We walk the 1/3 mile loop around the
sidewalks in front of the school and finish when the bell sounds at
8:00. Please feel free to join in whenever you arrive at school. This
is just one more opportunity for all to add a few more minutes of
activity to the day. Remember every minute counts!
Ray School Visitor
Author / Illustrator, Jim Arnosky will be visiting the Ray School on
Monday, April 21st. He will provide three presentations for Ray School
students during the school day. Between each of those sessions there
may be time for brief book signings. If your child owns one of Jim's
books and would like to have it signed please make sure they bring it
to school that day (4/21). Books will not be on sale at school.
Questions? Please call Hatsy McGraw in the Ray School library.
From the Health Office
Bike, Ski, Skateboard Helmet & Car Seat Spring 2008 Order The
PTO and the Ray School Health Office are once again joining efforts to
sponsor a special order program for bike, ski and skateboard helmets;
protective gear, which includes wrist guards, knee and elbow pads and
children’s booster car seats. Anyone who has previously ordered
will tell you that the price & quality of these items make this an
attractive way to keep kids (and adults) safe. Order forms will
be located in the front lobby near the PTO bulletin board. You
can also download an order form from www.prorider.com. The
deadline for ordering during this special program will be Friday, April
11, 2008. Completed order forms should be submitted to Debbie Shields,
Ray School Nurse. For questions email Sam Westelman at
sam@shelleyandsam.com
Pop Quiz in Nutrition
1. Fish is a good source of (a.)vitamin C, (b.) protein, (c.)beta
carotene, (d.) omega-3 fats.
2. Rank the following foods for potassium, from most to least:
(a) a cup of orange juice, (b) a cup of yogurt, (c) 3 ounces of
halibut, (d) a medium banana, (e) a cup of broccoli
3. True or False: Free-range chicken is more healthful and
guaranteed to be produced more humanely than other chicken.
4. True or False: Butter has fewer calories than olive oil.
5. True or False: Honey and brown sugar are more healthful
than table sugar.
ANSWERS
1. (b and d) Fish has about 20 grams of protein in 3
ounces, cooked; fatty fish (such as salmon, sardines, halibut, black
cod) also provide omega-3-fats, which may reduce the risk of
cardiovascular disease.
2. Yogurt (530 milligrams), orange juice (500 mg), halibut (490
mg), broccoli (460 mg) and bananas (420 mg). Other potassium rich
foods are tomatoes, apricots, spinach, beets, prune juice, potatoes,
lentils, soybeans, nuts and sunflower seeds.
3. False and false: Free-range chicken is neither more
nutritious nor safer from Salmonella than conventional chicken.
“Free-range” means only that the birds have access to an outdoor pen,
not that they necessarily ‘go’ outside.
4. True: Olive oil has 120 calories, butter has 100
calories. Butterfat is highly saturated whereas olive oil is rich
in monounsaturated fat and is a healthier choice.
5. False: Sugar is sugar, and no form of it offers significant
nutritional advantages. Brown sugar is white sugar with a little
molasses for coloring. Honey is sweeter than table sugar, but any
additional nutrients in it are insignificant.
Ray Writers
4th grade Ray Writers will meet on 4/7, 4/21, 5/5 and 5/19, from 2:45
to 4:15, in the Library. If you have questions, please feel free to
call either Hatsy McGraw or Sherrie Greeley.
PTO News
Make-A-Plate - a long standing Ray School tradition - Thursday, April
24th and Friday, May 2nd - 2:45 to 4:30 p.m. Parent Volunteers
needed for the event and to Chair future Make-A-Plate events.
Contact Pattie Fried, pattiefried1@yahoo.com if interested in helping
out with this creative and fun traditional PTO event.
Local Activities
Flavors of the Valley will be held on Tuesday, April 15, from 2:00 to
7:00 p.m., at Hartford High School in White River Junction, VT
This event is the greater Upper Valley region's premier tasting,
informational, and buying event for locally grown foods. Costs
will be: $7 single admission, free for children 6 and under and family
max of $25. (All children must be accompanied by an adult)
Savor samples, buy local food products that your kids will like, and
attend interesting workshops. Visit www.vitalcommunities.org
<http://www.vitalcommunities.org/> for a list of vendors,
schedule of workshops, and directions, or call (802) 291-9100 x104.
Brought to you by Valley Food & Farm, a program of Vital
Communities.
CINDERELLA - An enchanting new
full-length ballet production performed by The City Center Ballet with
apprentices from the Lebanon Ballet School and music by Sergei
Prokofiev. The production will take place at the Lebanon Opera
House on Friday April 4 at 7:00 p.m.,, Saturday April 5 at 4:00 p.m.
and Sunday April 6 at 2:30 p.m. For more information please
visit www.CityCenterBallet.org. To order tickets call the Lebanon
Opera House 448-0400.
Hampshire Cooperative Nursery School's
Spring Soccer for children 3-5 years old begins April 23rd. Sign-up for
either of two five week sessions. The first starts Wednesday, April
23rd (12:30 - 1:15). The second begins Saturday, April 26th (9:30
-10:15). Contact Gayle at 643-1551 or Linda at HCNS
643-4640 to register.
Tridelta Sorority is offering
babysitting, as a fundraiser for The American Cancer Society’s Relay
for Life, for children ages 3 and up on Saturday, April 12th.
Babysitting will take place at 1 Occom Ridge (Tridelta Sorority)
from 4:00 to 11:00 p.m. Events will include games, kid-friendly
dinner, stories, and a movie for all ages! There is a suggested
donation from the family of $10/hr. Children are not required to
attend the entire time period. Please contact Hillary Wolcott at
hillary.wolcott@dartmouth.edu with questions or to register your
child(ren) with child's name, hours of attendance and any allergies.
Howe Library will present
Martha Dana, puppeteer, on Friday, April 18 at 10:30 a.m. This is
a family program for ages 3 and up.
Dartmouth Riding Center Horsemanship
Clinics: Dartmouth Riding Center in Etna will offer weekly
summer horsemanship clinics for children ages 6-14 for all riding
abilities. Weekly clinics will be offered each week starting June
23rd and ending August 15th. Go to www.dartmouth.edu/~drc/ and
click on Summer Camps or call 603-643-1808 and leave your name and
address to receive a clinic flyer.
League of NH Craftsmen in Hanover, NH
offers after-school, spring and summer vacation classes to children
aged 5-18 in pottery, metalsmithing, jewelry making and various other
media. Visit their website
www.nhcrafts.org/localsites/hanover/children.html to see a full list.
They have
classes for adults and pre-schoolers, too! Call 643-5384 or email
craftstudies@valley.net for a brochure or more information.
Upper Valley Events Center Spring 2008
Programs include: Kumon Math & Reading, Music Together
Spring Break Day Camp April 14-18, Math & Science Enrichment Group,
Upper Valley Rock School Music ensemble classes, and Kids Spanish. For
more information contact (802) 649-2772 or
www.uvEVENTS.org. Upper Valley Events Center is an indoor
and outdoor facility for events, meetings, classes, parties, and
special events.
The Hanover High School Girls
basketball program will be conducting its 6th Annual Basketball Skills
Camp, for players entering grades four to nine, July 14 to July
17. To register visit: http://eteamz.active.com/hhsgirlsbball/,
or pick up a flyer in the Ray School foyer.
DAYDREAMER DAY CAMP for
children ages five to twelve, will be held June 30 to August 1.
DAYDREAMER is an all day outdoor day camp at Storrs Pond recreation
area in Hanover NH. Activities include: swimming lessons,
tennis lessons, canoeing, fishing, archery, arts and crafts, field
games, and much more. For more information please check out
HTTP://DAYDREAMERDAYCAMP.GOOGLEPAGES.COM or email
Chris.Hamilton@Dartmouth.edu.
Offerings from the Rassias Foundation
Razziatazz® in French for Grades 1-3 has evolved for a Spring
offering! Beginning April 9 and ending June 4, classes will meet
on Wednesdays, once a week, from 7:20 to 8:00 a.m., with 2 levels of
language proficiency offered.
Et, an offering to sing en
français with a cultural focus! From 7:30 to 8:00
a.m., beginning April 8 and ending June 3 "Chansons, part 2" will
explore the Francophone world. "April in
Paris....Montreal...Tunis...Dakar...Fort-de-France...." "Chansons, Part
1" took the participants through 5 weeks of French folk songs. At
the end of the program, the children were given a CD that they helped
record. (This class is open to all grades.)
It is possible to register for both
Razziatazz and Chansons, part 2. Razziatzz is open to children
in grades 1-3 only - no prior experience in French needed.
Chansons, part 2 is open to all grades. Registrations will not be
accepted after 3:00 p.m., on April 4. Final class notifications
will be given on April 7. Please email
rassias.foundation@dartmouth.edu for applications.