March 20, 2015 - Greenvale School

GREENVALE
CALENDAR
Monday, March 23
7 pm Incoming Grade 6
Parent Orientation
EMS Cafeteria
Wednesday, March 25
9 am Grade 2 Musical
“Feelin’ Good”, GV Gym
FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK
Eileen Casey, Interim Principal
MARCH 20, 2015
ISSUE
16
GV MARCH MATH MADNESS—A GREAT SUCCESS ONCE AGAIN
Thursday, March 26
10:30 am Grade 5 DARE
ceremony, GV Gym
Friday, March 27
9 am Grade 2 Musical
“Feelin’ Good” GV Gym
(SNOW DATE)
March 28-April 6
Spring Recess
Tuesday, April 7
Schools reopen
Wednesday, April 8,
Thursday, April 9, and
Friday, April 10
9:15-1:30 Grade 2 Field
Trip: Planetarium Show
and Workshop, Yonkers
Thursday, April 9
7 pm Incoming Grade 6
Parent Coffee: Academics
at EMS
On March 19 Greenvale School hosted its annual Family Math Night. There was an enthusiastic
response—over 500 parents and students attended. The evening consisted of three sessions.
Parents/students together had the opportunity to experience the fun of exploring a variety of
math problems and to use their math skills. A very special thank you to the following Greenvale
teachers who made this possible by volunteering to facilitate this family event:
Mrs. Lodolo, Mrs. Ramunto, Mrs. Hellthaler, Mrs. Rice, Mrs. Pesce, Ms. Finn, Mr. Rich, Ms.
Malone, Ms. O’Sullivan, Mrs. Arnone, Mrs. Kaufman, Mrs. Fielding, Ms. Daitch, Mrs. Gamils,
Ms. Cassaro, Mr. Becker, Mrs. Leonard, Mrs. Lo Vecchio, Ms. Borkin, Mrs. O’Hara, Ms. Chiodo,
Mr. Power, Dr. Hattar.
A special thank you to Mrs. Gamils, who started this event 5 years ago and continues to
coordinate the many details of the evening. As a result of her leadership, Math Madness has
become a very special tradition at Greenvale. With assistance from Mrs. Diane Parra and the
Greenvale PTA, Math Madness is an impressive examples of a true home-school collaborative
experience. Mrs. Gamils and the staff members listed above continue to inspire parents and
students as they teach a myriad of ways to increase math proficiency and how to have much
fun doing so.
CLASS PLACEMENTS 2015-2016 SCHOOL YEAR
We will soon begin the process of class placements for the 2015-2016 school year. This is an
extensive process that takes into consideration many factors such as academics, student
behaviors, ranges in ability, boy/girl ratio etc. Our teachers and specialists share information
regarding each student during the class placement process. It is our collective goal to create
well balanced classes in which each student can experience optimum learning.
Please note that student placements are not done based on parent requests. However, if you
have any specific concerns or information that you believe would be
helpful, please include this information in a letter to me before April 30.
Placements of incoming second grade students are made at Waverly, by Waverly staff.
Placement letters for the 2015-2016 school year will be mailed out in late August, after
screening of all new students has been completed. Changes to student placement cannot be
made once notifications are sent home.
MUSIC BOOSTERS
Join us for our next Eastchester Music Boosters meeting - March 24 (7:30 pm, MS Cafeteria).
- VOTE for the Music Boosters Logo—9 design choices!
-Dr. Hattar (Director of Curriculum and Instruction) will join us to discuss his ideas for
acknowledging the hard work of our 4th and 5th grade instrumentalists.
Check our the Eastchester Music Boosters link on the district website!
Go to http://district.eastchesterschools.org/m/mod/resource/view.php?id=12577
Questions? Send email to eastchestermucisboosters@gmail.com
Bonnie MacKellar
Communications Chair
bkmackellar@gmail.com
Eastchester Music Boosters
A Member of the Eastchester Creative Arts Council (ECAC)
NEWS FROM YOUR GREENVALE LIBRARY
There are several databases that your children can use at home to help with their school assignments. While
many children go to Google or another search engine, databases which are paid for by subscription, have
reviewed information that generally does not have the accuracy problems that occur on the open web. We
encourage our students to use these sources!
Worldbookonline.com contains all of the information from The World Book Encyclopedia, a wonderful,
accurate source that includes information about people, places and things with multi-reading levels and a
digital reader. Our 2nd graders are starting to use the KIDS version of this product. We cannot publish the log
on and password for this product online. PLEASE E-MAIL MDAITCH@EASTCHESTER.K12.NY.US and I will give
you the log in and password information.
The rest of our databases are accessible through the school web site. Use the pull-down for
School Information to find the library pages. At the top-left on the page you will find information about
Culturegrams. This database has very user friendly information about people and cultures.
The NOVEL databases (password: look) are arranged by subject. It includes many different products,
including those by Grolier whose Lands and People, Amazing Animals of the World, Multimedia Encyclopedia,
Encyclopedia Americana, New Book of Popular Science, New Book of Knowledge, and La Nueva Enciclopedia
CUMBRE can be searched all at once through the Find it Fast search box.
Merrie Daitch
Your Greenvale Librarian