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February 2012
Calendar
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Monday, January 30 -- "E" Day
Tuesday, January 31 -- "F"
Day
Wednesday, February 1 -- "A" Day
Thursday, February 2 -- "B" Day
Friday, February 3 -- "C" Day
January:
1/31 C.H.I.L.D. Book Club, 12 p.m.,
Place TBA
February:
2/2 4th Grade Orchestra
Practice, 8 a.m.
2/3 Band and 5th Grade
Orchestra Practice, 8 a.m.
2/4 School Play, 11
a.m. and 2 p.m., Gym
2/5 C.H.I.L.D. Meeting,
Therapies Series: Yoga,
12:30 p.m.,
Scarsdale Public Library
2/6 Fair Volunteer
Meeting, 9:30-10:15 a.m., OMPR;
Winter/Spring Semester of After School Clubs begins
2/8 5th Grade Parent
Coffee with Mr. Wilson,
Topic: Middle School 101, 9-10 a.m., room TBA
2/10 4th Grade Orchestra Practice,
8 a.m.
2/13 Band and 5th Grade
Orchestra Practice, 8 a.m.;
Classical Cafe for 2nd Grade Audience, 12 p.m., NMPR
2/15 Parent Coffee with Mr.
McKenna and Ms. Schorr,
Topic: Cyber Safety, 9-10 a.m., room TBA;
C.H.I.L.D. Meeting, 7:30 p.m., NMPR
2/20-2/24 SCHOOL CLOSED (Winter Recess)
2/27 School Reopens;
4th Grade Orchestra Practice, 8 a.m.
2/28 Band and 5th Grade Orchestra
Practice, 8 a.m.
Looking ahead:
3/2 Lice Check
3/5 Kindergarten
Registration Week
3/6 4th Grade Orchestra
Practice, 8 a.m.
3/7 Band and 5th Grade
Orchestra Practice, 8 a.m.
3/8 SCHOOL CLOSES AT
NOON FOR K-2 ONLY
(K-2 Conferences);
No after
school clubs (ALL grades)
3/10 Sports Swap, 10 a.m.-12
p.m., Heathcote School Gym
3/12 Classical Cafe for 3rd
Grade Audience, 12 p.m., NMPR
3/13 SCHOOL CLOSES AT NOON
FOR K-2 ONLY
(K-2 Conferences);
No after school clubs (ALL grades)
3/14 4th Grade Orchestra
Practice, 8 a.m.;
Book Swap, 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., OMPR;
SCHOOL CLOSES AT NOON FOR K-2 ONLY
(K-2 Conferences);
No after school clubs (ALL grades)
3/15 Band and 5th Grade
Orchestra Practice, 8 a.m.
3/21 PTA Meeting/Heritage
Luncheon/Book Discussion,
11:30 a.m., OMPR
3/22 4th Grade Orchestra
Practice, 8 a.m.;
4th and 5th Grade Chorus Concert, 7:30 p.m., Gym
3/23 Band and 5th Grade
Orchestra Practice, 8 a.m.;
SCHOOL CLOSES AT NOON
(Superintendent Conference
Day)
3/24 Young Writers' Workshop,
9 a.m.-1 p.m., SMS
3/27 C.H.I.L.D.
Meeting, 7:30 p.m., NMPR
3/30 4th Grade
Orchestra Practice, 8 a.m.;
K-2 Author Visit, Laurie Keller
Lunch Programs: (no lunches on 1/2 days)
Monday - Pizza
Tuesday - Pasta
Wednesday - Obento
Thursday - Chicken Tenders
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PTA President's
Message
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Dear Fox Meadow Families,
With temperatures near 50 degrees,
it is hard to believe that Winter Break is almost upon us! But
before we take our holiday, we have the 2nd annual school play, Willy Wonka, Jr. to look forward to- this
Saturday. The committee Chairs (Erika Radin, Melissa Roth and
Stacey Greenberg), the production company and Principal Wilson are
doing everything that they can to
make sure that the kids and the stage are ready! Andee Rupe,
besides handling tickets will also be offering Wonka Bars with special GOLDEN TICKETS ($3) at the door!
Don't miss out!
There is so much going on at Fox Meadow to be excited about- both in
each classroom and outside of the class. The Scarsdale
Inquirer has captured just a few of the notable happenings!
We will continue to post the articles on the front bulletin board in
case you miss them. The latest article featured a huge picture of our
Hula Dancers (with Mr. Wilson looking very much like a Hawaiian
tourist) at the Multi-Cultural Fair as well as the Israel booth
"passport" stamping. The Chinese Face Changer was also
truly exceptional. Thank you to our Multicultural chairs, Aileen
Burke, Jing Lu, Hoosna Haque and Mei Morin for bringing this
experience to our kids. During the day, the Chinese New Year was
celebrated at Fox Meadow as well. The Kindergarten classes
were treated to a special Chinese New Year Lion Dance by Master Kwan
through a PTA grant while the 2nd grade created and performed
their own lion dance throughout the school!
Our 2nd of 3 author visits was extremely well received. Thank you
to Jan Schorr for bringing Meghan McCarthy to Fox Meadow and to
our parent coordinators, Judy Lee and Amy Rompala.
Thank you also to Anita Mann and Suzanne Vleck for
working with Mr. Missett and Mrs. Schultz all year and
with the Band/Orchestra concert celebration for our kids. Thank
you also to Alisa Kohn, Diane Baylor and Seema Jaggi for
another successful After School Program sign-up.
Thank you to Abilities Awareness Chairs ( Dayla Kahn, Julie Waxman,
Stutu Schoetz and Svati Shashank) for their coordination of
an invaluable program which brings an awareness -and hopefuly respect
and empathy -for those with physical and cognitive challenges.
A huge thank you to all the parent volunteers who have been serving
lunches, helping with Abilities Awareness, Learning to Look, 5th Grade
Activities, Class Parents as well as behind the scenes with database
management (Renee Koevary), publicity and the monthly (Diane
Baylor), Safety (Kerry Walker and Susan Arovas), Website (Ora
Solomon and Ronit Weinberg), ESL and welcoming new Japanese
families (Motoko Umehara, Mieko Yamamoto, Hiroko Ota, Junko Abe,
Satomi Kawase). However, there is still a need for
volunteers. Please consider helping with the Fox Meadow Fair (meeting at 9:30am in the
OMPR- see below) and we are always in need of volunteers for school
lunches! Thanks for doing your part!
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2012/2013
School Calendar is out!
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 Start
Planning Your Holidays
Vacation Dates for 2012-2013:
Holiday Recess: Dec 21 (half day)-
Jan 2
Spring Recess: March 25-29
Last Day of School: June 21
Look in the
calendar section of the next weekly for the link to the 2012-2013
calendar.
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Willy Wonka School
Play
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 Buy Your Play
Tickets Online and
Save
Online
Tickets: $7
At the Door: $10
Two Performances: Saturday February 4th
11am and 2pm
Link
to
BUY TICKETS
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Performers - Rehearsals This Week:
1st and 2nd Grade: Mon & Tuesday- 3:15-4:15;
Wed - Friday - 3:10-5:54
3rd-5th Grades: Mon-Fri: 3:15-5:45
Everyone needs to come to the OMPR directly from
dismissal. Snack: Please send your child
with a snack (no tree nuts or peanuts) and water (no other drinks) each
day. Pickup: Parents must pick up promptly from the
OMPR at the conclusion of each rehearsal.
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School Fair Meeting
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Calling all volunteers!!
Please join us at the upcoming Fair
Meeting on Monday, February 6, 2012, from 9:30-10:15 a.m. in the
OMPR. Volunteers are the key to the Fair's success.
PLEASE come and find out what you can do- no job is too small!
Fair Committee Co-Chairs
Jenn Love, Dalya Khan,
and Peggy Sanchez
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Thank You to
Multicultural Fair 2012 Volunteers
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This year's Multicultural Fair
which occurred on Thursday, January 18, 2012, was a huge success.
This year, the format was revised to include performances as well as
activities and snacks. Countries represented included Brazil,
China, India, Iran, Israel, Japan, Mexico, Pakistan, the Philippines
and Turkey.
The Co-Chairs of the Multicultural Committee would like to thank FM
staff, friends, and families for helping us make the event a great
success. Special recognition goes to the following individuals who
volunteered their time:
Junko Abe
Rafia
Ahmed
Noriko
Akita
Mariana
Albuquerque
Rachael Arenstein
Nivedita
Bajaj
Deborah
Cherki
Annia
De Mello
Ryoko
Fujii
Narindra
Gosine
Junko
Hirose
Yoko
Katoh
Satomi Kawase
Hiroko
Kondo
Jie Lin
Jennifer
Liu
Peter
McKenna
Haruyo
Morikuni
Hiroko
Ohta
Tali Orad
Masako
Nakamae
Sushma Shadaksharappa
Jill
Schultz
Svati
Shashank
Megumi
Schuler
Sakiko
Takamatsu
Mariko
Takeda
Julie Tang
Yonghong
Tang
Motoko
Umehara
Duncan
Wilson
Arezo Yazdi
Emily
Zhang
We would also like to thank the following families for funding the
performance of the Chinese face-changing magician, who was
probably one of the biggest hits of the festivities:
Chou, Annette/Andrew
Du, Janet Tang/Yunsong
Guo, Jing Lu/Dajiang
Han, Lisa/Sang
Hansen, Lorraine/Mark
Jiang, Emily Zhang/Ricky
Jiang, Simone/Tom
Li, Jie Lin/Weiqing
Liu, Jennifer/Li
Liu, Minnan Zhao/Ninghui
Morin, Mei/Chris
Nishiwaki, Mei/Mitsuyasu
Wang, Judy Yang/Limin
Wong, Julie Tang/Clifford
Yang, Cathy Lai/Albert
Zou, Doris Huang/Joe
Thank you from the Multicultural
Committee Co-Chairs
Aileen Burke, Hoosna Haque, Jing
Lu, and Mei Morin
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After School Clubs
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Registration for
Winter/Spring 2012 Is Officially Closed
All
rosters are final and everyone who successfully registered should have
received a formal confirmation of enrollment at the e-mail addressed
used during the PayPal checkout process. Those who registered
this past week were forwarded an enrollment confirmation on Saturday
listing their children as additions to the roster.
For those owed refunds due to lottery or other circumstances, please
expect to receive an e-mail directly from PayPal within the next
week. All refunds are being processed electronically directly to
your account.
Clubs begin the week of February 6, 2012, the Monday after the
school play performance.
Friday Lunchtime Clubs Continue Until Winter Break
Please remind your children to report to their Friday lunchtime clubs
at 12 noon. Lunchtime clubs will continue to meet each Friday
until the winter break. The full schedule will remain posted on the Lunchtime Clubs page throughout the
winter session.
Contact
us with any questions.
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Save the Date:
Staff Appreciation Luncheon
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Save
the Date: FM's Annual Staff Appreciation Luncheon
This
Year's Theme: Life's a Beach!
Tuesday,
April 17, 2012, 11:45 a.m., Gym
Please save the date and join us
for a lunch of fun-filled celebrations dedicated to our fantastic Fox
Meadow staff!
To make this day a success, we need
many volunteers. Please contact any of the following Co-Chairs
who are organizing this special event:
Sara Baigent (914)
713-3559
Natalia Duque (646)
429-2783
Sidney Witter (914)
874-5134
You will be guaranteed a great
experience whether you are a volunteer or a guest or both!
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Book
Swap is Coming in March
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Start
Gathering Your Books!
What better way to share your favorite books, then to swap it with
someone else!
When: March 14th, 8:30 am- 3:30 pm in the OMPR
What: Gently used books - from picture books to Adult
PLEASE no text
books, business books, phone books (you get
the idea)
Look for more details in March. All books remaining after the
swap will be donated to the PTC Young Writers Workshop Book Drive.
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Safety
First: Children at Risk
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 Rain seems to
bring out the worst in drop-off/pick-up behavior. It is certainly
the minority which do not follow the safety rules, but those people
affect all of us. From driving too fast down Chesterfield where
kids are crossing, to pulling into the Teachers Lot, stopping in
Lollipop circle illegally or parking at the edge of the front circle-
this may save you a few minutes but it delays the rest of the parents
and puts kids at risk.
Please have all drivers review thePick-up and
Drop-off Procedures.There are pamphlets available by the
access doors as well as online.
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Nutrition & Food
Safety Committee's Tip of the Month: Winter Warming Soups
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Warm up those little bones with a
bowl of soup. Soups are a great way to get a ton of vitamins,
minerals, fiber, and even protein. Choose broth-base soups
instead of creamy ones to keep fat in check. For the broth, make
your own stock or use low sodium canned or boxed broth. Add
nutritional value and flavor by tossing in grains, pasta, beans,
lentils, veggies, or leftover chicken or meat. Leftover soup can
be sent into school as a snack or lunch in a thermos. Here are
some delicious soups you can make at home.
Triple French Onion Soup
Butternut Squash Soup
A-Plus Alphabet Soup
Last Minute Black Bean Soup
Speedy Soup
Classic Chicken Vegetable Soup
Tomato Basil Soup
Please send questions, comments,
suggestions, or recipes to the Nutrition and Food Safety Committee
Co-Chairs:
Kira Almeida MS, RD/CDN, CDE (kiraalmeida@gmail.com)
Toby Amidor MS, RD/CDN (toby@namsko.com)
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Registration Is Open
for Young Writers' Workshop
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The
Scarsdale PT Council is excited to announce the 17th Annual Young
Writers' Workshop for 3rd through 5th Graders
View
the course descriptions and register online at
YoungWritersWorkshop.eventbrite.com
The morning will begin with a
keynote address by Lauren Tarshis, the award-winning author of Emma-Jean
Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree, Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell in Love,
and the 10-book historical fiction series I Survived, which has
sold more than 2 million copies to date.
More than 40 top creative
professionals from the New York area will be on hand to share their
craft at this event, including authors, editors, journalists from the New
York Times, Emmy and Grammy nominees, and some of Scarsdale's most
illustrious citizens.
Registration will run through February
17, 2012. Any registrations received after that date will be
charged a $10 late fee and is subject to workshop availability.
Late registrations will not be accepted after March 2, 2012.
All students will also have the
opportunity to give back to the community by donating gently used books
on the day of the event. The goal is to collect 2012 books, which will
be donated to The Childcare Council of Westchester Inc.
Event Co-Chairs
Amy Song and Leesa Suzman
Interested
in being a parent volunteer?
We
need your assistance! Whether on the day of the conference, the
week before, or now, please let us know if you are interested in
helping out! If you have a special skill such as computers,
publicity, art, or more, we have a job for you.
To
volunteer, please contact the Parent Volunteer Co-Chairs:
Felisa
Koock-DiSanto or Julie Sheppe
Questions? E-mail writers10583@gmail.com.
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Sports Swap
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PT
Council's Annual Sports Swap, Saturday, March 10, 2012,
10
a.m.-12 p.m., Heathcote School Gym
Winter sports will be ending before
you know it and baseball, lacrosse, soccer, and more spring sports
seasons are about to start. That means that it is time to take
stock of what you need and what you have to give away. Start
cleaning out your garages, getting rid of the old, and making room for
the new. The Sports Swap is a great chance to empty out your
closets while helping support our schools. We'll be accepting
donations of your gently used sports equipment, formal wear, video
games, and more. Donations are tax-deductible and can be dropped
off at the Heathcote School Gym (enter through the back parking lot) on
Friday, March 9, 2012 from 5-7 p.m. and on Saturday, March 10, 2012
from 8-9 a.m. on the morning before the swap begins.
The following items will be accepted for the sale:
Sports Equipment (no skis or ski equipment)
Bicycles
Musical Instruments
Formal Wear
Computer and Video Games
Little League Uniforms
Each school is responsible for sending at least 10 volunteers to the
event. Sign up using the GoogleDoc spreadsheet via the following
link: Sports Swap Volunteer Sign-Up Sheet
If you have questions or are interested in volunteering, please contact
the FM Sports Swap coordinator, Rachael Arenstein, at rachaelarenstein@hotmail.com.
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Scarsdale C.H.I.L.D.
Meetings
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Book Club for
Adults:
Born on a Blue Day by Daniel Tammet
Tuesday, January 31, 2012, 12 to 1:45 p.m., Place TBD
Therapies Series: Yoga
Sunday, February 5, 2012, 12:30 p.m., Scarsdale Public Library
Meeting on a Topic TBA
Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 7:30 p.m., NMPR
Don't miss out on C.H.I.L.D. updates and meeting announcements!
Join our mailing list to receive event notices, website updates, and
C.H.I.L.D. newletters. For more information about C.H.I.L.D.,
please visit the Scarsdale C.H.I.L.D. website or e-mail
us at scarsdalechild@gmail.com.
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Scarsdale Teen Center
Events
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Scarsdale Teen Center is running a
new session of arts & crafts classes for 5th through 8th grade
students from 3:30-5 p.m. beginning on February 8, 2012. Classes
are run by an SHS Junior and STC staff. E-mail info@ScarsdaleTeenCenter.com
or call (914) 722-8358 for more information or to
register.
Scarsdale Teen Center
862 Scarsdale Ave.
Scarsdale, NY 10583
(914) 722-8358 (phone)
(914) 722-8357 (fax)
www.ScarsdaleTeenCenter.com
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Scarsdale Adult
School Registration is Open
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Scarsdale
Adult School Registration for the Spring/Summer Semester Is Now OPEN
 Printed catalogs
have just been mailed and are also available at both the Scarsdale
Public Library and Scarsdale Village Hall. Sign up now for day or
evening courses at more than ten convenient local venues. Satisfy
your intellectual curiosity, learn new languages or crafts, improve
your cooking or computer skills, exercise or meditate, or just have fun
with other members of the community. To enroll for classes and
peruse all of the new and exciting SAS offerings, please visit www.ScarsdaleAdultSchool.org. Call
(914)
723-2325 with any questions.
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School Board
Nominating Committee Seeks Board of Education Candidates
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The School Board Nominating
Committee is seeking candidates for nomination to the Scarsdale Board
of Education. In 2012, the SBNC will nominate two candidates to the
board to fill the seats of Mary Beth Gose and Lewis Leone, Jr., both of
whom will be completing their first terms and are eligible for
re-nomination.
The SBNC invites all residents to
propose candidates for the school board. A candidate must be at least
18 years old, a U.S. citizen, a Scarsdale resident and a qualified
voter in the Scarsdale school district for at least one year prior to
May 15, 2012, the date of the school board elections.
Candidates should complete a
biographical information form and submit it via e-mail to sbncchair@gmail.com as
soon as possible, but no later than 5:00 PM on February 27, 2012. Forms
are available at www.scarsdalesbnc.com,
the Scarsdale Library and the main offices of the seven schools.
For
more information on the SBNC, including the governing Resolution, the
non-partisan system, and current members, please visit the SBNC website.
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Monthly Updates and
Weekly E-Blasts
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The Fox Meadow PTA welcomes your
input! Please help us publicize upcoming events by sending your
news to Diane Baylor at foxmeadowupdate@gmail.com for the
monthly Update or to President Elect Stephanie Glaser at sglaser@optonline.net
for the weekly e-blast (or to both of us if you're not sure). See
the Update and Weekly Deadlines on the PTA
homepage for additional information.
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