MISSOURI CITY SCHOOL

THE LITTLE SCHOOL THAT DID VOLUME 4, ISSUE 3

NEWSLETTER

UPCOMING

EVENTS

February 14— Valentine’s Day parties, 2:30-3:30

February 15—Blue Train presentations, 6:00 p.m., Luxembourg Li-brary

February 16—Early dis-missal, 12:15 p.m.

February 19—No School, Presidents’ Day

March 16—Early dismis-sal, 12:15 p.m.

March 22—Blue Train presentations, 6:00 p.m., Luxembourg Library

March 26-27—Snow make-up days (school is in session)

March 28-30—Spring Break

Our District Mission:

Missouri City provides a positive child-centered environment in which all students, parents, staff and community members are dedicat-ed to life-long learning. Emphasis is placed on acceleration instead of remediation.

MISSOURI CITY SCHOOL

Jay Jackson, Superintendent Alyssa Simanowitz, Head Teacher

700 East Main P.O. Box 259

Missouri City, MO 64072

Phone: 816-750-4391 Fax: 816-750-4394

E-mail: http://www.mocity.k12.mo.us

The Little School That Did

DAR DELIVERS GENEROUS GIFTS

The DAR ( Daughters of the American Revolution) brought Christmas cheer to Missouri City School during the holidays in a beautifully decorated wagon posing as a Santa sleigh. Jerre Robertson and Sharon Bugg brought Christmas pre-sents and money to give to Mis-souri City School and the chil-dren. One check was from the DAR and another check was from the SAR Auxiliary.

The Christmas tree at their head-quarters was decorated with very nice school supplies during Christmas and those were deliv-ered to the school after the holi-days when the tree was taken down. A big thank you goes to Mrs. Robertson, Mrs. Bugg, the DAR and the SAR auxiliary for these

wonderful gifts. —Jay Jackson

DAR members Jerre Robertson and Susan Bugg deliver many gifts for Missouri City student.

DAR member Susan Bugg and Connor Russell pile gifts from DAR members for students to admire.

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BLUE TRAIN

The Blue Train presen-tations will be given monthly, at 6:00 p.m. in Luxembourg Li-brary. Please come and support students who have researched a topic of their choice and developed a Pow-erPoint® presentation.

Learn how to

Become a

Friend of

Missouri

City

School

Contact:

Teresa McKown

816-750-4391

Missouri City students have been participat-

ing in many STEM (Science, Technology, Engineer-

ing, and Mathematics) activities. One of the favorite

activities was our dissection unit in science class.

We started the unit with a dissection of grasshop-

pers. The students were very excited about this and

did a lot of research before we actually did the dis-

section. They really understood what they were

doing and what

parts they were

looking at by the

end of the lesson.

They were able to

explain the differ-

ent parts of grass-

hoppers and what the parts do for the grasshop-

per.

The next day we learned about the parts of a fish,

frog, starfish, and a clam. The students learned

how to use dissection tools and more about differ-

ent body systems and body parts. The grand finale

was a shark dissection. They were able to feel the shark’s skin, and dissect the

whole animal. The students loved the unit and are already talking about next year.

It is always exciting to try a new unit especially when it is such a hit and the stu-

dents are excited

to learn and

can’t wait to

come to school.

We will defi-

nitely do this

activity again.

—Mrs. Jill Brown

Grades 3-5 teacher

STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN

STEM ACTIVITIES

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For a wealth of school information,

Check out

Missouri City’s new, improved website:

http://

www.mocity.k12.mo.us

Keep a book with you at all times; you never know

when you’ll find a minute to read a

page or two!

MISSOURI CITY

SCHOOL IS A:`

SCOOP FROM THE KITCHEN—STUDENTS

PREPARE CHRISTMAS D INNER

The kids at Missouri City School had a great time preparing the Christmas dinner for their family and friends. They were so excited about having their families come to school to have lunch with them! K-2 prepared green bean casserole and 3-8 made sugar cookies and decorated them the next day. We also had ham, sweet potatoes, and rolls to go along with what the students prepared. What a great way to end the holiday season with a great dinner for their family and friends. Hope everyone is having a won-derful New Year!

By— Mrs. Sherry Gray Lunchroom Cook

BOOK REVIEW—AMONG THE HIDDEN

This book is 1 out of 7 total books in the Shadow Children series. I found this book very entertaining. I never knew what was going to hap-pen next. Can you imagine never going outside or only having your family to talk to? Well, this is what life was like for a boy named Luke. Luke was born before the government came out with a population law. This law de-

clared that you could have no pets and only two children. Luke’s mother and fa-ther always work. His two brothers, Mathew and Mark, were always busy with school and their friends. Therefore, Luke was left alone most of the time. Luke did-n’t know that there was a law against him, he just thought most children had to hide. Luke hid in his attic his whole life, until one day…

I would highly recommend this book to anybody. I would rate this book 5 stars

out of 5 stars and I can’t wait to read the next 6 books!

-Review by Bella Doughty

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January Blue Train presentations were both informative and entertaining. Emery McCollum, above, did a presentation on letter sounds. Danny McKown, upper right, gave an entertaining presentation on Dr. Seuss, one of Danny’s favorite authors. Ozzie Ayers, lower right, gave a presenta-tion on the snowy owl. Ozzie had a real stuffed snow owl to show to the audience. All three students were poised and confi-dent in presenting.

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During the last week of school,

before Christmas break, the stu-

dents played a series of Christmas

games. One of their favorite

games to play is called the Grinch.

In this game, there is a Christmas

tree in the center of the gym with

yarn balls on it that portray orna-

ments. Two students represent

the people of Whoville, and the

rest of the students play the

Grinch. The students playing the

Grinch quietly walk toward the

tree and begin taking ornaments.

If a sound is heard, the music

starts, and the students from

Whoville wake up and find the

Grinch stealing their ornaments.

The students playing the Grinch

then try not to get tagged by the

Whoville people while they are

stealing ornaments and taking

them back to their domain. The

students loved this game.

The students also played a relay

game where they had to build

the best snowman out of the

equipment they collected. These

are pictures of each group.

—Mrs. Meg Blankenship

Physical Education Teacher

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There are many people who have an impact on the lives of Missouri City students. Students are fortunate to have many people who are concerned with making their school experience great. Above, Teresa McKown, Missouri City Elemen-tary secretary listens to Brycen Stephens and gives advice. Teresa is also shown reading to students in the primary class-room. The students love listening to her read, and Ms. Darr gets a well-deserved break. Teresa does so much for Mis-souri City kids. Students and staff appreciate all she does for the school and community.

Laura Miller, School Board member and grandmother to Charlie Miller, Emery McCollum, and Cruze McCollum attends many school events. She is shown congratulating Emery on her Blue Train.

Sue Selle, School Board member and cheerleader coach, is shown at a basketball game. Sue gives a lot of time to training and sponsoring cheerleading at Missouri City.

Gary Thomas, Missouri City bus driver, makes sure students have a safe trip to and from school. He also transports students on field trips and to ballgames.

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During the month of October, Missouri City School partici-pated in the 3rd Annual Gro-cery Grab at Constantino’s Price Chopper in Liberty MO. The drawing was on De-cember 2nd and I received 7 phone calls from winners who went on to the December 9th drawing. Out of the 7 calls 5 of the them went on to that final round and 2 had to de-cline. I want to thank all that bought raffle tickets for $5. This is a 100% profit for the school. All proceeds went to help our little school. Sher-ry Gray, our cook; Kelly Turner, volunteer; Brian Ad-

cock, parent; Kitty McNary;

and Danielle Roethler from our PERC committee all moved on to the December 9th. Congratulations to Brian Ad-cock for winning the 5 Minute Grocery Grab. He won over $1500 in groceries and gifts. Each of the other final-ists won a $100 gift card to spend. You are all winners in our books.

By— Mrs. Teresa McKown

School Secretary

Jack and Linda Chance of Columbia Missouri sent us a

generous cash donation over the holidays. Jack's ances-

tors are alumni of Missouri City School.

GENEROUS

DONATION

Just a friendly reminder that the Luxem-bourg Library at Missouri City Elementary is open from 3:45 to 6:30 p.m. on Thurs-days.

The exceptions are on Blue Train presenta-tion nights; the library closes at 6:00 p.m. on those nights. If there are other closures, a note will be posted on the door of the li-brary and students will be notified.

We have movies, books, and com-puters. The li-brary has educa-tional infor-mation and adult books and mov-

LUXEMBOURG LIBRARY

DONATIONS &

CONTRIBUTIONS Your continued support for the students and staff at Missouri City School is greatly appreciated and certainly doesn’t go un-noticed. We would like to recognize and thank the following community members for their recent donations and contribu-tions.

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Ms. Simanowitz

Air Dry Modeling Clay Mechanical Pencils with replace-ment erases and lead

Mrs. Brown

Glitter Glue and paint Headphones with microphones

Incentive prizes Color ink cartridges for Cannon Printer

Art supplies (glitter glue, se-quins, bottle paint, pompoms)

Ms. Darr

Baggies Skinny and Regular Expo mark-ers

Thera putty

Office and Kitchen

Alcohol Wipes

Brown paper lunch sacks Bottled water

Copy paper (white) Anti-Itch Continuous spray

Art

Masking tape 2-3 sponges

Cheap paper plates Duct tape

School

Replace Playground Equipment—Our goal is $30,000; we have raised $9371.92.

Guidance Counseling

25-32 ounce Gatorade or Powerade bottles—empty

J.M. Thomason

Stickers, construction paper, colored copy paper, Christmas ornaments

Kelly Turner

Cash donation

Candace Turner

Cash donation

Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR)

Bottled water, paper plates, duct tape, sponges, mask-ing tape, plastic silverware, vitamin C drops, $110 cash donation

SAR Ladies Auxiliary

$200 cash donatiion

Florence Hulse

Spiral notebooks, pens, pocket folders, 3 drawer, con-struction paper, binder clips, pencils, crayolas

Linda Chance

Cash donation

Ms. Darr and Mrs. Rogge watch as students dissect various animals.

School Wish List

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Missouri City School

Box 259

Missouri City, MO 64072

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