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March has been a fun month for the students and families at our EE schools. During the school days, students celebrated March is Reading Month with various themed dress up days, mystery guest readers and more. We brought lots of rhyming fun to families for our Dr. Seuss family night. Some of the great Dr. Seuss classics such as Green Eggs and Ham, Hop on Pop, The Cat in the Hat, Ten Apples Up on Top, and One Fish, Two Fish Red Fish, Blue Fish are the books that helped inspire our activities for the evening. For the Cat in the Hat, a red cup stacking activity, students tested their balancing skills while they read off rhyming words one at a time. It’s no surprise that balloons were used for Hop on Pop for students to hold between their knees while hopping and reading from one rhyming word to the other. You can’t have One Fish, Two Energizing Education George Long Elementary School VOLUME 1, ISSUE 50 March 30, 2018 The end of the school year is fast approaching and with that means lots of exciting things for EE. On April 23 rd families from our 5 schools are invited to join us at the Michigan Theatre for our end of the year family night which includes a live performance of Annie, dinner, drawings, and a free book for each family. This night is always a lot of fun but it also requires a lot of help from our volunteers. If you are interested in helping out at this night please contact our Recruitment Coordinator, Charlie at [email protected]. The event runs from 5:30-8:00 pm but we will be needing volunteers starting in the afternoon. We hope to see as many of you as possible supporting us in your orange! Michigan Theatre 2017 Fish without fishing so we inflated our little pools and filled them with fish and made fishing rods for students to catch two pairs of rhyming fish. We also had an egg search of green plastic eggs with rhyming words written on them and mini plastic apples attached to headbands so students so roll dice and see how many apples they could balance on their heads while walking in a straight line. This night was a lot of fun and concluded our family nights at the school for this school year. Our big finale will be next month at the Michigan Theatre. We hope to see many George Long families there for what is sure to be an exciting night! March Brings Rhyming Fun With Dr. Seuss Lois’ Corner! Name: Chrisna C. Orban Business: Stay at home mom, part me job and volunteer work Why did you decide to become a volunteer? I love to read to my own children and wanted to share my love of reading with children in our school community. What do you like about mentoring with your child? Seeing her enjoy a story and feeling confident in herself is my favorite part of mentoring. Favorite childhood book: The Babysier’s Club series. Favorite book now: The invisible String (children’s book). I read it with my children. MENTOR SPOTLIGHT
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March has been a fun month for the students and families at our EE schools. During the school days, students celebrated March is Reading Month with various themed dress up days, mystery guest readers and more. We brought lots of rhyming fun to families for our Dr. Seuss family night. Some of the great Dr. Seuss classics such as Green Eggs and Ham, Hop on Pop, The Cat in the Hat, Ten Apples Up on Top, and One Fish, Two Fish Red Fish, Blue Fish are the books that helped inspire our activities for the evening. For the Cat in the Hat, a red cup stacking activity, students tested their balancing skills while they read off rhyming words one at a time. It’s no
surprise that balloons were used for Hop on Pop for students to hold between their knees while hopping and reading from one rhyming word to the other. You can’t have One Fish, Two
Energizing Education
George Long Elementary School
VOLUME 1, ISSUE 50
March 30, 2018
The end of the school year is
fast approaching and with that means lots of exciting things
for EE. On April 23rd families from our 5 schools are invited
to join us at the Michigan Theatre for our end of the
year family night which includes a live performance of
Annie, dinner, drawings, and a
free book for each family. This night is always a lot of fun but
it also requires a lot of help from our volunteers. If you are
interested in helping out at this night please contact our
Recruitment Coordinator, Charlie at
[email protected]. The
event runs from 5:30-8:00 pm but we will be needing
volunteers starting in the afternoon. We hope to see as
many of you as possible supporting us in your orange!
Michigan Theatre 2017
Fish without fishing so we inflated our little pools and filled them with fish and made fishing rods for students to catch two pairs of rhyming fish. We also had an egg search of green plastic eggs with rhyming words
written on them and mini plastic apples attached to headbands so students so roll dice and see how many apples they could balance on their heads while walking in a straight line. This night was a lot of fun and concluded our family nights at the school for this school year. Our big finale will be next month at the Michigan Theatre. We hope to see many George Long families there for what is sure to be an exciting night!
March Brings Rhyming Fun With Dr. Seuss
Lois’
Corner!
Name: Christina C. Orban Business: Stay at home mom, part time job and volunteer
work Why did you decide to become a volunteer? I love to read to my own children and wanted to share my love of reading with
children in our school community. What do you like about mentoring with your child? Seeing her enjoy a story and feeling confident in herself is my favorite part
of mentoring. Favorite childhood book: The Babysitter’s Club series.
Favorite book now: The invisible String (children’s book). I read it with my children.
MENTOR SPOTLIGHT
Spring Break will soon be upon us and if you are looking for fun things to do, the Jackson District Library is the place for you. We will be holding a “Battle of the Superheroes: Marvel vs. DC” event during Spring Break (March 31st-April 7th). This event will have activities taking place at every Jackson District Library branch with prizes to be won. This is an event you will not want to miss. Be sure to check with your local branch for further information. Carnegie Library will have an “X-Men Training Camp” event on Wednesday, April 3rd. Make
a mask and participate in our X-Men obstacle course. Registration is required for this event. On Friday the 6th and Saturday the 7th, there will be an event titled “X-Men Danger Room”. Players must use their wits and puzzle-solving skills to defeat the Sentinel and escape the Danger Room. This event is RSVP. Call the Carnegie Library at 517-788-4087 (ext. 1331) for more information. Be sure to check out our website – www.myjdl.com – or contact your local branch for more Spring Break Activities. Hope to see you over Spring Break at the Carnegie Library!
Contact Charlie at [email protected] to sign up
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For volunteer information:
Contact Charlie Miller [email protected]
To Donate:
Contact Lois Dunning at [email protected]
April Mentor Training Calendar Date Time Type Location
April 2 10:00-11:30 am EE Mentor United Way, Conference Room C
April 10 1:00-2:30 pm EE Mentor United Way, Conference Room D
April 18 2:00-3:30 pm EE Mentor United Way, Conference Room C
April 26 9:00-10:30 am EE Mentor United Way, Conference Room C
April 30 1:00-2:30 pm EE Mentor United Way, Conference Room C
DR. SEUSS FAMILY NIGHT
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next month on April 23rd at the Michigan Theatre for a live performance of Annie!
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Literacy Tip of the Month
Have Fun with Reading Over Spring Break
Spring Break is right around the corner.
Whether you’re traveling to go on vacation or not, don’t forget to read! If
traveling out of state, use travel time in
cars and airports to make sure your kids are reading books. If you’re staying
local, check out the library or other local places like children’s museums and read
about fun, kid-friendly information. If the weather is nice, take some time to
read outside and finish it up with a fun treat like ice cream.
