PLYMPTON NEWS
The 3rd Annual Plympton Family Trivia Day was a huge success. Thank you to all who took time out of their busy weekends to participate in a fun family afternoon. Congrats to the Hanley Family for their 2nd consecutive Trivia victory! Thank you to Donnie Lucente and Erick Bardsley for organizing and running the event. The 50/50 raffle was won by Brenda Shatshoff who graciously donated the $83 prize back to the PTO. Most importantly, the event would not have been possible without the generosity of City Streets Restaurant, thank you guys for donating the Trivia DJ and 20% of all food proceeds back to the PTO. City Streets has a great Kids Menu and offers free Kids Meals on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings after 5pm, click here for more infohttp://citystreetsrestaurant.com/
As you might have heard, snow is coming! Quite possibly a Historic Blizzard!!
IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES
PLYMPTON RED SOX GAME
The PTO will be selling tickets starting in January to the Red Sox vs. the Atlanta Braves on June 16 at 4 p.m. This is NOT a PTO fundraiser, just a chance to go to the ballgame with your family and friends right before the school year ends. The tickets will be $27 each for the outfield grandstand section.
Please join us at this fun event. This is NOT a fundraiser for the PTO, just a chance to get together with family and friends at the end of the school year to enjoy a baseball game together. Please note that transportation will not be provided and children must be accompanied by an adult. Please make all checks payable to Plympton School PTO.
BOKS
Physical Activity Improves Concentration in the Classroom
We know that kids who eat healthier and move more perform better in school. It's not just because teachers and administrators tell us so. Research shows that healthy kids get better grades, attend school more often and behave better in class.
Experts recommend that kids get 60 minutes of physical activity every day. These minutes can come before, during, or after school as long as kids are staying active and having fun!
Active Living Research released a report recently about the effects of physical activity on academic success. The report found that physical activity can have both immediate and long-term benefits on long-term performance, including enhanced concentration.
The Alliance's Healthy Schools Program schools across the country are boosting academic performance by adding physical activity throughout the school day. Share your ideas for boosting physical activity minutes during out-of-school time on social media using the hashtag #healthylearners.
Learn how physical activity is helping your child's academic performance.
BOKS is just one of the many ways you can help support your child's academic growth and physical well being. Please consider signing your child up for the 2015 Winter Session starting February 23. For questions please contact Ghenya atplymptonboks@gmail.com
HEALTHY RECIPE OF THE WEEK
Hunker down during this weeks BLIZZARD with these tasty and healthy Homemade Hot Chocolate http://www.mnn.com/food/beverages/stories/5-healthy-hot-cocoa-recipes
MULTICUTURAL COMMITTE
The fourth grade is studying immigration this month. We would love to have students have an opportunity to meet and talk with actual immigrants to the US. If any parents (or grandparents) would want to join us for an "immigration interview" morning, we'd love to have them come to the library at 9:30 on Thu. Jan. 29. People can contact Ms. Paradis atJudithParadis@k12.waltham.ma.us if they are interested in helping with this.
Plympton School Multicultural Committee continues to sell adorable penguin magnets to support its work bringing cultural experiences to our kids. Magnets are available from Ms. Paradis in the library and Ms. DePaoli in the music room before and after school and cost $6 each or 2 for $10 and payment can be accepted with cash or checks made out to Plympton PTO. They can also be ordered via email through Ms. Smidtat emilysmidt@k12.waltham.ma.us We thank you for supporting our students’ multicultural education
abell$EMBK 2014 flyer b[1].pdf
CHAPERONING FOR SCHOOL FIELD TRIPS
Parent volunteers are vital to our school, special programs, PTO events and field trips. By this time of year, those of you who are interested in volunteering in the school have done your CORI checks and we thank you for that. Those parents/guardians interested in attending a school field trip MUST HAVE FINGERPRINTS done. Local laws prohibit chaperones from attending these field trips unless they have completed the fingerprinting process. Please note you DO NOT need fingerprints to volunteer in the school, only a CORI.
Fingerprinting: If you are interested in going on any field trips with your child's class, you need to be fingerprinted. There are a lot of trips coming up in the school year in the spring. You can get fingerprinted in Waltham at a new location starting 12/29 at 289 Moody St. You must make an appointment. They are open M, Tu- 9 a.m.-noon, 1-5:30 p.m. W- 10 a.m.-1 p.m., 2-7 p.m. and Sat. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Call (866) 349-8130.
To register online at http://www.identogo.com/FP/Massachusetts.aspx, select Online Scheduling or register by phone at (866) 349-8130.
You will be required to provide Waltham Public Schools ESE Organization Code: 03080000
Parents/guardians/volunteers who intend to chaperone field trips will pay a $35.00 fee.
You will be provided with a fingerprint receipt, a copy of which must be turned into Marian Parrella in the Superintendent's Office, which will confirm your fingerprints have been captured.
COMMUNITY
WALTHAM YOUTH BASEBALL
Right now we could all use a little something Spring-like to get our minds off this BLOCKBUSTER MEGA SNOW STORM coming our way! Well, here it is! Spring Baseball....click here for a registration form. 2015 WYB registration form.doc Don't delay, print your form out and send it in today. The deadline to sign up is MARCH 1st, no exceptions and teams will fill up! Contact Bill Hanley, President of Waltham Youth Baseball, at wybpresident@gmail.com or 617-594-2188 or visitwww.walthamyouthbaseball.com for more info.
An unfathomable tragedy happened in our community on December 31. A loving mother and amazing woman, Gloria Santiago, was taken from us way too soon. In the wake of this tragedy, two young boys Cole and Cameron Soave, (both former Plympton School students) now wake up each day without their mother. A lot of people have asked how they can contribute and reach out to help this grief stricken family. Please read below.
Donations can be sent via mail to:
Soave Children Fund
c/o Rockland Trust
75 Moody St.
Waltham, MA 02453
A Go Fund Me Page has been set up to make donations to Cameron and Cole much easier.
The link is: http://www.gofundme.com/jnmae0
A t-shirt is being sold in which all proceeds will be donated to the Soave Children Fund.
You can order this shirt by going to https://triconsports.tuosystems.com/stores/hawknation
INFO.
The Lost & Found bin is overflowing with coats, jackets, hats....please encourage your child to check the bin if he/she is missing an article of clothing--parents are welcome to stop by and check the bin before/after school hours as well. We display lost and found items during lunch periods a couple of times a month with the hope of them being claimed!!
We try and have outdoor recess as much as possible, weather permitting. Students should wear appropriate clothing prepared to go outside.
When calling in student absences, please call our school tele-check line 781-314-5770---thank you!
EASY WAYS TO HELP THE PTO RAISE FUNDS
If you're looking for a free, easy way to support the Plympton PTO, use goodsearch.comeach time you search the internet (Yahoo!-powered Goodsearch), shop online (at the 2,800+ stores on Goodshop) or dine out (at 10,000 Gooddining restaurants). If you select "Plympton School PTO" as your cause, we'll receive a donation each time you search.
1. Campbell's Labels for Education: Double UPCs starts October 1. So keep collecting plenty of labels and earn twice the points for the whole month.
Each school can earn up to 1,000 points maximum.
2. Hannaford Helps Schools
When does 4 = 3? When you help your school earn school dollars, and it all starts with your next shopping trip. Use this shopping list to get you started. For every 4 participating products you buy, your school earns $3. Look for the schoolhouse shelf tags in-store to find the items you need.
http://www.hannaford.com/helpsschools
The valuable, family-friendly KidStuff Coupon Books are available through our school! KidStuff Coupon Books are only sold through schools and our school earns 50% or more profit on each book we sell! Use just a few coupons and save more than the $25 cost of the book...Remember to keep the book in your car! You will enjoy fabulous savings from:
Toys“R”Us, Babies“R”Us, Macy's, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Sears, Loft, Ulta Beauty, Aéropostale, Children’s Place, Payless, Gymboree, Michaels, Bed Bath & Beyond + more!
POST and TWEET! Family and friends will love saving with KidStuff...The books are great for gifts too! Check out all 22 valuable editions listed on the first page of your KidStuff book or visit http://www.kidstuffcb.com/kidstuff-coupon-book-editions. Your family earns one FREE book worth $25.00 for every 5 books you sell! Payment is due byNov. 7, 2014. Please make checks payable to Plympton PTO. If you have any questions, please contact Stacey Fox at 617-957-0235 or Stacey.fox@mathworks.com.
The 3rd Annual Plympton Family Trivia Day was a huge success. Thank you to all who took time out of their busy weekends to participate in a fun family afternoon. Congrats to the Hanley Family for their 2nd consecutive Trivia victory! Thank you to Donnie Lucente and Erick Bardsley for organizing and running the event. The 50/50 raffle was won by Brenda Shatshoff who graciously donated the $83 prize back to the PTO. Most importantly, the event would not have been possible without the generosity of City Streets Restaurant, thank you guys for donating the Trivia DJ and 20% of all food proceeds back to the PTO. City Streets has a great Kids Menu and offers free Kids Meals on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings after 5pm, click here for more infohttp://citystreetsrestaurant.com/
As you might have heard, snow is coming! Quite possibly a Historic Blizzard!!
IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES
- Waltham Youth Baseball Signups! Click here for info! Deadline for signups is March 1st. Contact wybpresident@gmail.com with any questions.
- PLYMPTON RED SOX GAME FORMS DUE, Monday, January 26, please return forms and checks by this date
- MULTICULTURAL COMMITTEE MEETING, Thursday, January 29, 8am, Plympton School Library
- RESTAURANT NIGHT OUT, Wednesday, February 4, Bertucci's Waltham, more info to follow
- PLYMPTON FAMILY BINGO NIGHT, Friday, February 6, flyers to go home this week with more info
- WAGON WHEEL FUNDRAISER, Saturday & Sunday, February 7 & 8, get your Valentine's Day treats and such and mention Plympton School for 20% to be donated to the PTO
- FEBRUARY VACATION, NO SCHOOL, Monday, February 16 through Friday, February 20
- HEALTH AND WELLNESS NIGHT, SAVE THE DATE!, Wednesday, March 11, see info below
PLYMPTON RED SOX GAME
The PTO will be selling tickets starting in January to the Red Sox vs. the Atlanta Braves on June 16 at 4 p.m. This is NOT a PTO fundraiser, just a chance to go to the ballgame with your family and friends right before the school year ends. The tickets will be $27 each for the outfield grandstand section.
Please join us at this fun event. This is NOT a fundraiser for the PTO, just a chance to get together with family and friends at the end of the school year to enjoy a baseball game together. Please note that transportation will not be provided and children must be accompanied by an adult. Please make all checks payable to Plympton School PTO.
BOKS
Physical Activity Improves Concentration in the Classroom
We know that kids who eat healthier and move more perform better in school. It's not just because teachers and administrators tell us so. Research shows that healthy kids get better grades, attend school more often and behave better in class.
Experts recommend that kids get 60 minutes of physical activity every day. These minutes can come before, during, or after school as long as kids are staying active and having fun!
Active Living Research released a report recently about the effects of physical activity on academic success. The report found that physical activity can have both immediate and long-term benefits on long-term performance, including enhanced concentration.
The Alliance's Healthy Schools Program schools across the country are boosting academic performance by adding physical activity throughout the school day. Share your ideas for boosting physical activity minutes during out-of-school time on social media using the hashtag #healthylearners.
Learn how physical activity is helping your child's academic performance.
BOKS is just one of the many ways you can help support your child's academic growth and physical well being. Please consider signing your child up for the 2015 Winter Session starting February 23. For questions please contact Ghenya atplymptonboks@gmail.com
HEALTHY RECIPE OF THE WEEK
Hunker down during this weeks BLIZZARD with these tasty and healthy Homemade Hot Chocolate http://www.mnn.com/food/beverages/stories/5-healthy-hot-cocoa-recipes
MULTICUTURAL COMMITTE
The fourth grade is studying immigration this month. We would love to have students have an opportunity to meet and talk with actual immigrants to the US. If any parents (or grandparents) would want to join us for an "immigration interview" morning, we'd love to have them come to the library at 9:30 on Thu. Jan. 29. People can contact Ms. Paradis atJudithParadis@k12.waltham.ma.us if they are interested in helping with this.
Plympton School Multicultural Committee continues to sell adorable penguin magnets to support its work bringing cultural experiences to our kids. Magnets are available from Ms. Paradis in the library and Ms. DePaoli in the music room before and after school and cost $6 each or 2 for $10 and payment can be accepted with cash or checks made out to Plympton PTO. They can also be ordered via email through Ms. Smidtat emilysmidt@k12.waltham.ma.us We thank you for supporting our students’ multicultural education
abell$EMBK 2014 flyer b[1].pdf
CHAPERONING FOR SCHOOL FIELD TRIPS
Parent volunteers are vital to our school, special programs, PTO events and field trips. By this time of year, those of you who are interested in volunteering in the school have done your CORI checks and we thank you for that. Those parents/guardians interested in attending a school field trip MUST HAVE FINGERPRINTS done. Local laws prohibit chaperones from attending these field trips unless they have completed the fingerprinting process. Please note you DO NOT need fingerprints to volunteer in the school, only a CORI.
Fingerprinting: If you are interested in going on any field trips with your child's class, you need to be fingerprinted. There are a lot of trips coming up in the school year in the spring. You can get fingerprinted in Waltham at a new location starting 12/29 at 289 Moody St. You must make an appointment. They are open M, Tu- 9 a.m.-noon, 1-5:30 p.m. W- 10 a.m.-1 p.m., 2-7 p.m. and Sat. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Call (866) 349-8130.
To register online at http://www.identogo.com/FP/Massachusetts.aspx, select Online Scheduling or register by phone at (866) 349-8130.
You will be required to provide Waltham Public Schools ESE Organization Code: 03080000
Parents/guardians/volunteers who intend to chaperone field trips will pay a $35.00 fee.
You will be provided with a fingerprint receipt, a copy of which must be turned into Marian Parrella in the Superintendent's Office, which will confirm your fingerprints have been captured.
COMMUNITY
WALTHAM YOUTH BASEBALL
Right now we could all use a little something Spring-like to get our minds off this BLOCKBUSTER MEGA SNOW STORM coming our way! Well, here it is! Spring Baseball....click here for a registration form. 2015 WYB registration form.doc Don't delay, print your form out and send it in today. The deadline to sign up is MARCH 1st, no exceptions and teams will fill up! Contact Bill Hanley, President of Waltham Youth Baseball, at wybpresident@gmail.com or 617-594-2188 or visitwww.walthamyouthbaseball.com for more info.
An unfathomable tragedy happened in our community on December 31. A loving mother and amazing woman, Gloria Santiago, was taken from us way too soon. In the wake of this tragedy, two young boys Cole and Cameron Soave, (both former Plympton School students) now wake up each day without their mother. A lot of people have asked how they can contribute and reach out to help this grief stricken family. Please read below.
Donations can be sent via mail to:
Soave Children Fund
c/o Rockland Trust
75 Moody St.
Waltham, MA 02453
A Go Fund Me Page has been set up to make donations to Cameron and Cole much easier.
The link is: http://www.gofundme.com/jnmae0
A t-shirt is being sold in which all proceeds will be donated to the Soave Children Fund.
You can order this shirt by going to https://triconsports.tuosystems.com/stores/hawknation
INFO.
The Lost & Found bin is overflowing with coats, jackets, hats....please encourage your child to check the bin if he/she is missing an article of clothing--parents are welcome to stop by and check the bin before/after school hours as well. We display lost and found items during lunch periods a couple of times a month with the hope of them being claimed!!
We try and have outdoor recess as much as possible, weather permitting. Students should wear appropriate clothing prepared to go outside.
When calling in student absences, please call our school tele-check line 781-314-5770---thank you!
EASY WAYS TO HELP THE PTO RAISE FUNDS
If you're looking for a free, easy way to support the Plympton PTO, use goodsearch.comeach time you search the internet (Yahoo!-powered Goodsearch), shop online (at the 2,800+ stores on Goodshop) or dine out (at 10,000 Gooddining restaurants). If you select "Plympton School PTO" as your cause, we'll receive a donation each time you search.
1. Campbell's Labels for Education: Double UPCs starts October 1. So keep collecting plenty of labels and earn twice the points for the whole month.
Each school can earn up to 1,000 points maximum.
2. Hannaford Helps Schools
When does 4 = 3? When you help your school earn school dollars, and it all starts with your next shopping trip. Use this shopping list to get you started. For every 4 participating products you buy, your school earns $3. Look for the schoolhouse shelf tags in-store to find the items you need.
http://www.hannaford.com/helpsschools
The valuable, family-friendly KidStuff Coupon Books are available through our school! KidStuff Coupon Books are only sold through schools and our school earns 50% or more profit on each book we sell! Use just a few coupons and save more than the $25 cost of the book...Remember to keep the book in your car! You will enjoy fabulous savings from:
Toys“R”Us, Babies“R”Us, Macy's, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Sears, Loft, Ulta Beauty, Aéropostale, Children’s Place, Payless, Gymboree, Michaels, Bed Bath & Beyond + more!
POST and TWEET! Family and friends will love saving with KidStuff...The books are great for gifts too! Check out all 22 valuable editions listed on the first page of your KidStuff book or visit http://www.kidstuffcb.com/kidstuff-coupon-book-editions. Your family earns one FREE book worth $25.00 for every 5 books you sell! Payment is due byNov. 7, 2014. Please make checks payable to Plympton PTO. If you have any questions, please contact Stacey Fox at 617-957-0235 or Stacey.fox@mathworks.com.
Thomas R. Plympton Elementary School
20 Farnsworth Street
Waltham, MA 02451
www.walthampublicschools.org
plymptonpto@yahoo.com
781.314.5760
20 Farnsworth Street
Waltham, MA 02451
www.walthampublicschools.org
plymptonpto@yahoo.com
781.314.5760
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