JANUARY 23, 2015
Monday, January 26
Author David A. Kelly Visits LES
Superintendent Search: Public interview forum at Erving Elementary School – 6:00 pm
Friday, January 30
All-School Assembly – 2:15 pm
Report Cards Mailed Home
LES Talent Show & Game Night - 6:30pm
Monday, February 2
School Committee Meeting – 6:00 pm
Monday – Friday, February 16-20
Winter Vacation
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IN THE SCHOOLHOUSE
Powerful Messages in Very Few Words
This week, our morning announcements have included two proverbs each day. Different cultures have different proverbs, although sometimes the message is the same in two rather different sayings. Here are some of the proverbs that I know, either because they are very familiar from when I was young, or because they have made an impression on me.
• Make short the miles with talks and smiles.
• A picture is worth a thousand words.
• A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. (Chinese)
• The lack of knowledge is darker than the night. (Nigerian)
• Two wrongs don’t make a right.
• The early bird catches the worm.
• Shared joy is double the joy, shared sorrow is half the sorrow.
• Even silence speaks. (Hausa)
• Wealth is both an enemy and a friend.
• Necessity is the mother of invention.
Sharing proverbs is a great way to teach a lesson and to understand the values of different cultures. Do you have favorite proverbs in your family? We will continue to add them to the announcements now and then, so let me know!
-Margot Lacey
SPOTLIGHT ON . . .
SUPERINTENTENDENT SEARCH
PUBLIC INTERVIEW/FORUM
An Interview/Forum will take place at Erving Elementary School on January 26th at the following times:
6:00 P.M. Tara Brandt
7:30 P.M. Jennifer Haggerty
The Supervisory Committee of Union 28 will interview the candidates individually. The interviews may include time for questions from the public. Please join us and share your valuable input as all audience members will have the opportunity to fill out response forms.
-Bob Mahler, Superintendent of Schools
LEVERETT CENSUS FORMS
We have a collection envelope in the school office for census forms. This year they are pink, and every Leverett household should have received one in the mail. If you did not, please call Lisa Stratford, Town Clerk, at 548-9150.
PTO UPDATE
The PTO winter fundraiser will be a seed sale. Twenty five varieties of organic seeds will be available for purchase, with 50 - 60% of purchase prices coming back to Leverett school. Look for the information coming home in the next week or two. Thank you for supporting our wonderful school!
The PTO will be providing a games night immediately following the talent show on January 30th. We invite families to bring games they would like to play. The PTO will have snacks for sale. The talent show is 6:30 - 7:30pm in the gym and the games night will be from 7:30 - 8:30pm in the cafeteria.
SNOW TOYS WANTED
Dear families,
When snow actually falls, the kids LOVE to build, dig, shovel, and create. If you have any beach buckets and shovels, castle or block makers, etc., please send them to school for use at recess. Also, if you have an extra snow shovel, we’ll take that too! The kids love to shovel paths and clear the structure, and just get large-muscle workouts with shovels.
Thank you very much, The Recess Teachers
We are Collecting
Gift Wrap & Paper Towel Tubes!!
The LES Library is collecting giftwrap tubes and/or paper towel tubes to use at the MCBA Books In Action party in March! Please send them in to school any time. Thank you!
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COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARD
(Items listed here are not school sponsored)
NEED BABYSITTING? Rheannon Stewart and Rosie Dinsmore have recently been certified by the Red Cross as official babysitters. They are 7th graders who are enthusiastic and fun with kids. They live close to LES and are welcoming to all children between the ages 0 and 7 years old. Fliers are up at both the Leverett Library and Post Office. They are responsible, careful, and loads of fun! Please call Rheannon at 549-6535, or Rosie at 549-6067.
The Happy Valley Children’s Chorus spring session will be on Mondays, 4-5:00 PM, from March 2nd through May 11th, with a concert on Sunday, May 17th, at 1:30. Rehearsals are held at the First Congregational Church of Amherst, 165 Main Street. As always, the music is chosen for the fun and for the message. The spring song selections will focus on Songs of Hope. To register or to get more information, please contact: Dorothy Cresswell, at 413-668-4189, or [email protected].
HANDY TRADESMAN: Leverett resident Kody Klick is seeking interactive projects: home repairs, remodels, carpentry, plumbing, weatherization, painting, flooring, property maintenance, wood harvesting, furniture repair, gardening and more. Free estimates and negotiable pricing. Please call 856-994-8999.
YOUNG SHAKESPEARE PLAYERS – EAST: A non-profit theater company whose mission is to help young people find a voice through understanding and performing classical theater.
NOW IN TURNERS FALLS, MA AT THE SHEA THEATER
At YSP East there are no auditions or rejections. Every person (ages 7-18) who participates receives substantial speaking roles and fully engages in the original, full-length works of Shakespeare. The program fosters a culture of inclusiveness and collaboration making the immersion into classical theater joyful and inspirational work for young people of all ages.
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN FOR SPRING 2015: Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare Introduction: Wed., Jan. 21, 2015
Open to young people ages 7-18. Registration forms are available online: www.youngshakespeareplayerseast.org
www.facebook.com/YSPEast
802-258-7922; [email protected]
Yoga Series for Kids, Starts Next week!
Jai Fuller offers an 8 week series at The Yoga Center Amherst for Children 8 - 12 yearsGive the gift of yoga to your children, so they can begin cultivating balance, strength, self love and peace. All this in a fun, musical class taught by Jai with special guest appearances from Amar to accompany the class on guitar, singing bowl and other instruments. Gain awareness of your body through games and movement, learn some basic kundalini yoga, and meet other kids at this explorative and empowering class!
8 week series on Fridays 4:15 -5:15 pm Series dates: February 6, 13, 27th March 6, 13, 20, 27th and April 3rd
For more info. and to register, www.yogacenteramherst.com
HELP WANTED:
Town of Leverett
Transfer Station Attendant
The Transfer Station is hiring a part-time Transfer Station Attendant. Duties to include, but are not limited to, working at the Station, organizing trash and recyclables, and resident education. Approximately 4 hours per week on weekends. Pay is $14.07 per hour. An application is available in the Town Hall or by calling the Town Administrator’s office at 413-548-9699. Applications available at the Town Hall or Transfer Station.
Leverett is an AA/EOE
If you would like to put a notice in the Community Bulletin Board section of the Friday Post, please submit notices to be published no later than Thursday at noon. The easiest way to do that is by e-mail to [email protected]. Flyers for non-school sponsored events can be attached to the Post. They must contain a disclaimer “This is not a school-sponsored event” and a sufficient number of copies (125) should be provided to the office by the end of the school day on Thursday.
