June 2011 Issue - Jamesville-DeWitt Central School District
June 2011 Issue - Jamesville-DeWitt Central School District
June 2011 Issue - Jamesville-DeWitt Central School District
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Moses <strong>DeWitt</strong><br />
First Earth Day Fun Fair a blast<br />
On April 29, Moses <strong>DeWitt</strong> hosted its rst<br />
annual Earth Day Fun Fair. Our students had an<br />
opportunity to learn more about taking care of<br />
our environment through recycling, gardening,<br />
composting, and understanding the impact we<br />
each have on the Earth. We had visitors from<br />
OCCRA, SU’s Save the Rain Project, and Energy<br />
Smart Communities. The Earth Day Fun Fair was<br />
followed by a special schoolwide assembly by the<br />
Hill Brothers titled “Mama Earth.” Moses <strong>DeWitt</strong><br />
students and staff had a great time singing along<br />
with the Hill Brothers.<br />
From sea to shining sea:<br />
Class helps California third-graders<br />
collect letters from students in all 50 states<br />
Students in Ms. Alex Bowe’s third-grade<br />
class were asked to participate in the “Great<br />
American Mail Race.” The purpose of the<br />
race was to collect letters from classrooms in<br />
each of the 50 states. Students at Oak Grove<br />
Elementary <strong>School</strong> in Aliso Viejo, Calif.,<br />
contacted Ms. Bowe’s class and asked them to<br />
send a letter from New York. Ms. Bowe’s class<br />
obliged and sent a letter back to Ms. Laroche<br />
and her students. At left is a picture of Ms.<br />
Bowe’s class with their letter.<br />
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Tecumseh<br />
Spring brings things to celebrate,<br />
from a visiting author to digging for<br />
diamonds to the rising class of 2024<br />
Tedd Arnold, author and illustrator,<br />
visited Tecumseh, <strong>Jamesville</strong>, and Moses<br />
<strong>DeWitt</strong> schools this spring. He was<br />
a BIG hit with kids as he described<br />
how he gets ideas for books. He<br />
demonstrated his illustrating skills and<br />
walked students through the process of<br />
writing, editing and publishing a book.<br />
The students were enthralled!<br />
Our fourth-grade students recently had a<br />
wonderful time searching for treasures at the<br />
Herkimer Diamond Mines. No one seemed<br />
to strike it rich, but it was a great learning<br />
experience.<br />
Kindergarten bus roundup was a great success at Tecumseh<br />
this year. Thank you to the parent volunteers who helped<br />
orient our class of 2024 to the world of transportation.
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