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
Sing-along
Due to early release on Wednesday, May 14th, there will be NO
sing-along that day.
Math Night
MATH NIGHT is coming!! Come test your math skills with fun games,
puzzles, and problems. There will be food and prizes! This is a
PTO-sponsored family event for all K-5 children, parents, and other
family members----Thursday, May 1, 6-7:00 PM at the Ray School. For
more information, contact Lori Siegel or Tia James.
Health News
TV TURN OFF WEEK - The week of April 21 to 27, 2008 is TV Turn Off
Week. Why encourage turning off the TV? Here are a few
facts and thoughts about why it would be an important exercise.
•Number of 30-second commercials seen in a year by
an average child: 20,000
•Number of minutes per week that parents spend in
meaningful conversation with their children: 38.5
•Number of minutes per week that the average child
watches television: 1,680
•Hours per year the average American youth spends in
school: 900 hours
•Hours per year the average American youth watches
television: 1500
*Pediatricians recommend that kids spend no more than one hour a day
watching television, using
computers and playing video games.
*Watching TV limits the amount of time we can be
active.
*The less time you spend moving around, the more
excess body weight you can accumulate.
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.)
Children who would like to participate need to assemble on the
Dartmouth green by 7:30 a.m. Children can be dropped off at the
northeast corner of the green between 7:15 and 7:30. This is the corner
across the street from Rauner Library and kitty-corner to Rollins
Chapel. Volunteer parents and staff members will accompany the
children on the 1.7 mile walk. Officer Patrick O’Neil will lead the
parade. Parents are welcome to join their children. Police are
permitting parents to park on the right-hand side of College street
(white Dartmouth buildings) for the event. A school bus will be
returning to the green from the Ray School at 8:20, or parents can ride
the Advance Transit bus back to the north end of the green. Bus
stops are at the fire station or RMS and they run at 8:28, 9:03 and
9:33. If you and your child would like to, you can join the walk on
Reservoir Road. There is parking at the lot on the corner. The
group from the green should be arriving there about 7:50.
The Walk to School event is part of the school-wide Earth Week
celebration, April 21-25. In the classroom, teachers will be
taking a moment each day to talk about ways to conserve energy. During
the week ask your children what they talked about. Think about
the energy we use every day.
Green Up Day
In Hanover, Etna, and Hanover Center Green Up Day will be
Saturday, May 3 this year. Green Up Day is a day when individuals,
family neighborhoods and scouts get together to clean up the road sides
of town. Be looking for a Green Up Day information sheet and sign up
coming home with your child the day after vacation, Monday, April
21. Green Up Day is a great way for children to help make a difference.
The Ray School supports Green Up Day as a community activity directly
connected to our Earth Week schoolwide "Make a Difference"
theme.
Thank you, Ray School 3R's Committee
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.
Host Families Needed
A wonderful opportunity has arisen for Ray School families to host
members of the Loboc Children's Choir from the Philippines. They will
be here from April 29 through May 3 to perform and to participate in a
conference at Dartmouth. Host families will be asked to provide housing
and meals and to transport the children at the beginning and end of
each day. The children will perform at the Ray School on the morning of
May 1 and at the Rollins Chapel on the evening of May 2. On May
1, the host families are invited to join the children for a Philippine
dinner feast presented by the local Philippine community. If you
would like to view the choir online, visit lobocchildrenschoir.net or
google loboc children's choir to find several YouTube sites. If you
would like to share your home with these wonderful singers, please
contact Becky Luce or Edith Summers at the Ray School, 643-6655, or
contact Edith at edith.summers@gmail.com or at 643-1548.
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.
Ray Writers
4th grade Ray Writers will meet on 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 - registration forms are due April 11th for the April 24th
and May 2nd Make A Plate activity. VOLUNTEERS are desperately
needed. The average participation is 125 students on each date - we
have two volunteers for the 24th and three for the 2nd.
Unfortunately, if we do not have at least five volunteers to assist
with this, it will have to be cancelled. Please consider
volunteering for this wonderful keepsake project. If interested
in helping out, please contact Pattie Fried at [
mailto:pattiefried1@yahoo.com ]pattiefried1@yahoo.com. Volunteers
typically work 2:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.
Local Activities
Tip Top Pottery and Beads will hold April Vacation Kids’ Beading
Classes for children ages 8 and up. Phone (802) 280-1700 or
Email: tiptopbeads@gmail.com for more information.
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.
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.
Football night on June 1 at the
Richmond School Gym, 4:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. come meet the
coaches of 4,5,6 grade football as well as the Varsity Coaching Staff.
If you are interested in playing football please come and learn about
the Hanover Football Program and become part of the Hanover Football
family.
Thanks Mike Campbell
Spring and summer Camps,
after-school classes. Craft studies at the Hanover League of NH
Craftsmen offers classes in pottery, jewelry making, sculpture and
mixed media. www.craftstudies.org/children.html or call 603 643 5384,
email craftstudies@valley.net
TIME FOR THE GREAT PAJAMA PARTY!! (AKA
Family Literacy Night), Wednesday April 30, 6:30 p.m. to 7:30
p.m. The PTO invites all Ray School children and their families
to come in their PJ's for storytelling, milk and cookies! Teddy
bears, blankets and fuzzy slippers welcome! Storytelling for grades K-2
will be in the Multi and grades 3-5, will meet for storytelling in the
Library. Milk and cookies will be served following both sessions.
For questions or if you'd like to volunteer to help, contact Nancy
Menton or Sam Westelman. Back
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