February 7, 2011_

Tuesday, February 8-Mr. Winicki from Creekwood in Greentree Library 7:00 pm Wednesday, February 9-Cookie Dough funds due Wednesday, Papa John’s night Friday, February 11- Elegance for fifth grade/ Valentine parties for rest of grades Monday, February 14-PTA board meeting Thursday, February 17

th 6:30 – 8:00pm 4

th and 5

th grade

Math Night presented by Strong Fathers Strong Families Friday, February 18-5

th grade goes to CMS-Spirit Day

wear green or GTE shirt Monday, February 21- Student Holiday

Tuesday, February 22-PTA meeting and 2nd

grade program/ 6:30

Cookies…Cookies…Cookies

PTA will be serving up cookies, coffee, kolaches and more. Our Cookie Dough Fundraiser is here. Please see the quality items that are in the brochure. PTA has some great things planned! Proceeds from the sale will benefit our children this school year. Children can sell to family, relatives, friends, parents co-workers, church members and neighbors your know. Cookie dough will be delivered March 8th between 2-6pm. It will be here just in time to be an Easter treat!

Friday, February 11th is Greentree’s Annual Elegance Luncheon

for our fifth grade students!

During lunch, fifth graders and third graders will be switching lunch times and K-4 students will be eating lunch in their classrooms. We are requesting that parents do not visit for lunch on this Friday due to a lack of room in the classrooms. Thank you for your cooperation.

5th Grade Parents:

In a few short months you will be joining the Creekwood Families and Friends Group. I hope this notice is not just 30 seconds short of last minute, but I am having a series of parent meetings at each of our elementary schools to discuss your child's academic life at CMS and an academic path to high school and college. So, my catchy announcement is below.

Creekwood & Beyond!!

Come Get Some Insight Into Middle School Academic Life & Your Child’s Path

to College

Interested? You should be! Curious? Absolutely!

Be There or be Uninformed!!

Greentree Library Tuesday, February 8, 2011

7:00 p.m.

If you cannot attend this session, you can

sneak into Bear Branch on 2/10 or Pine Forest

on 2/28. I look forward to seeing you. I hope

you can find some time to attend. It should

not take more than an hour. Thank you, Walt Winicki

Press Release

Dual Language Program You are cordially invited to an informational

meeting regarding the Dual Language Program in

Humble ISD for students that will be eligible for

Kindergarten in 2011-12. The Dual Language

Program teaches Spanish and English to native and

non-native speakers of English in a mixed group

setting through literacy in the core content areas.

The Dual Language program at Humble

Elementary adheres to the 50/50 model which

provides 50% of instruction in Spanish and 50% of

instruction in English. The goals of the program are

to develop students who are bilingual, bicultural

and bi-literate. Entrance criteria apply for this

enrichment program. The informational meeting

will be held on Thursday, May 12, 2011 from 5:30

to 6:30 p.m. at Humble Elementary, 20252 Fieldtree

Humble, Tx. 77338

Attention Greentree 4th

& 5th

Grade Families:

Please mark your calendars for Thursday,

February 17th Math Night presented by Strong

Fathers Strong Families. Pizza and beverages will

be served at 6:30 p.m. with the program taking

place from

7-8 p.m. This event will include fun mathematical

demonstrations with a deck of cards and take home

kits. It’s a great opportunity to spend quality time

with your child while he or she gets to learn about

math in an extra fun way!

For additional information or to volunteer at this

exciting event please contact Stephanie Thomas at

skthomas@e-courier.com or 713-545-2948.

Student:_____________________________________

Grade________________

Teacher________________

Parent/Caregiver

______________________________

Total in Attendance_________________

It’s Counslers Week!

We love you Mrs. Bergman! Thank you for all the hugs, Kleenex, comforting words, and all around warm fuzzy feeling you give to everyone.

Greentree Science Fair 2011

The Greentree Science Fair will be held on Thursday,

March 10. The science fair is voluntary, but all students, K-

5, are encouraged to present a science project. Students can

elect to participate only (with no judging) or participate and

have their project judged. Choosing to judge will qualify a

student to advance to the District Science Fair.

Scientific methods are important to follow when conducting

experiments and preparing projects. Briefly, the scientific

method is as follows:

♦ Purpose and objective

♦ Hypothesis

♦ Procedure (for research and conducting the experiment)

♦ Results

♦ Conclusion

Project displays should be 36 inches (height), by 36 inches

(width), by 18 inches (depth).

Science fair project displays that could be hazardous to the

public or the facility are prohibited. This includes, but is

not limited to, the following:

♦ No live or dead animals

♦ No hazardous chemicals

♦ Liquids, including water, must be totally contained

♦ Containers of commercial products must be empty

♦ No open flames or fires

♦ No cultures of mold or bacteria

♦ No food, etc.

Have fun with your science project! Parents, we encourage

the project to be the child’s work and your guidance.

All science projects are due to at school for set up on Wednesday, March 9, from 3:00-4:00 PM, in the cafeteria. The Greentree Science Fair will be held in the cafeteria on Thursday morning, March 10, 2011.

Registration to come in February Gazettes.

Science Fair

Each year Greentree participates in a judging exchange! So that we can have judges at our school

on Thursday, March 10th, we have to provide 6 judges for each school below:

1/22/2011 - Woodland Hills Elementary 3/7/2011 - Eagle Springs Elementary

3/8/2011 - Atascocita Springs Elementary

Judging begins at 8 AM and ends by 2 PM. Breakfast and lunch are provided by the hosting school! No

experience necessary! Please contact Kelly

Abdmoulaie (kelly.abdmoulaie@humble.k12.tx.us) if you, or someone you know (grandparents, retired

friends etc.) can help judge one of these science fairs!

2011 Science Fair Registration Name ____________________________________

Homeroom Teacher _________________________

Grade ______________

Title of Science Fair Experiment

____________________________

Do you want your project to be judged? Yes _______

No __________

Please return registration to your homeroom teacher.

Registration is due by Friday, March 4th

. Your child

must be registered to participate.

Science Fair Set up will be on Wednesday, March9th

from 3-4 PM.

.

Medal winners in the Bridgefest!!!! Congratualations

Bridgefest medal winners!!

These are our Greentree Great Gators who participated in the Bridgefest!!

On Saturday, Jan.29TH Savannah Haden, Kate Brinson , and Thomas Brinson took part in Kingwood's annual Kleenwood Day. This a day set apart for the community to work together to pick up litter and other debris from the greenbelts and neighborhoods. Savannah, Kate and Thomas spent much of their time picking up litter from the GTE playground and surrounding grassy areas.

Notes From the Nurse It’s that time of year for upper respiratory infections and flu. Symptoms may include fever, headache, muscle aches, runny nose, cough and sore throat. It usually lasts 2-7 days. Nausea, vomiting and diarrhea may accompany these symptoms. Have your child get plenty of rest, drink lots of fluids and take acetaminophen (Tylenol) as needed. Do not give aspirin or aspirin products (Aspergum, Pepto-Bismol, Excedrin, etc.) to children with flu-like illness, colds and chicken pox due to a possible rare complication called Reyes Syndrome. Your child should be free of fever and flu symptoms for 24 hours before returning to school. This benefits both the ill student and the well students.

Fifth disease (erythema infectiosum) is a viral illness caused by parvovirus 19. It is so named because it was the fifth pink-red infectious rash to be described by physicians (following scarlet fever, measles, rubella and roseola). It begins with a low-grade fever, headache, and mild respiratory symptoms – a stuffy nose like a common cold. These symptoms pass until a rash appears 6-11 days later. The rash classically begins on the face as a facial flushing that gives the child a “slapped-cheek” appearance. The rash quickly spreads as red blotches, extending down to the trunk and to the arms and legs. As the centers of the blotches begin to clear, the rash takes on a lacy net-like appearance, which can last for 5 to 10 days. Once cleared, the rash may reappear for several weeks, especially after exercise, sunlight or a warm bath. Teens and young adults may have pain or swelling in the joints and sometimes complain that the rash itches. The disease is contagious from 2 weeks to 3 days before the rash appears. Children are no longer contagious and do not need to be excluded from school once the rash occurs. Pregnant women in contact with an infected child before the rash appears should speak with their doctor. Blood tests to check for immunity or infection are available. Fortunately, most adults have had this infection during childhood and are no longer at risk of catching the illness.

Pinworms are small worms that infect the intestines. Symptoms include difficulty sleeping due to the itching that occurs at night, intense itching around anus, and irritated or infected skin around the anus from consistent scratching. Pinworms can be spotted in the anal area, especially at night using a flashlight. To keep from spreading, clean toilet seats, keep fingernails short and clean, wash bedding and underclothing, wash hands before meals and after using the toilet. Keep hands and fingers away from nose and mouth unless they are freshly washed.

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