Week at a Glance
This is a RED week. (Grade 3-5) / October 10 – October 14
Monday
10/10/16 / National Angel Food Cake Day
WHS Marching Band Performance for Students
Tuesday
10/11/16 / It’s My Party Day! (Please Party at Home J)
Cultural Arts Assembly for Students
Wednesday
10/12/16 / No School – Yom Kippur
Thursday
10/13/16 / Welcome Back to School! Fluoride will be given today.
Friday
10/14/16 / National Dessert Day! Yum!
News from the Health Room
Important: Parents of students in the primary grades. Please read below:
Mechanicsville Elementary School will have second dose clinics in December for students who are age eight and under who have not received at least two doses of the influenza vaccine before July 1, 2016.
We will administer fluoride on Thursday, October 13.
Book Fair Volunteers Needed
The Scholastic Book Fair will be here on October 28-November 4 and we need your help! We have a lot of volunteer needs in October and November. Please take a minute to look over the sign-up and help whenever you can. Thanks so much, we can't do it without you! Please follow the link below to Sign-Up Genius where you can view the dates and times.
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090548a9ad2baa8-book1
If you have any questions, please contact Carolyn Boggs at .
Media Center News
Ebooks
All MES students can access our ebooks at home! Ebooks can be read on any computer or device with internet access at the following website https://destiny.carrollk12.org/ Begin by selecting our school from the list of elementary schools. Then, depending on your devise, either click the see all button in the ebooks box or do a search for ebooks and select see all in the digital resources box. Most books do not require students to log in to read them (a few of the novels do). If you are prompted for a log in after selecting the book, students can use the username and password found in the front of their agenda.
Happy Reading- Mrs. Goldsmith
School Food Drive
In cooperation with the Maryland Food Bank, Mechanicsville Elementary School is holding a food drive from October 4 – October 28. A shopping cart appears in the front lobby and near the first grade classrooms. The most needed items include peanut butter, rice, macaroni and cheese, tuna fish, canned vegetables, and cereal. Please only donate non-perishable items. Students will place donations in the shopping cart on the way into the building. We will weigh our donations each day. The state of will award monetary prizes for the schools with the most donations by weight. Also, students will receive a CARE Ticket for each donation! All donated food will go to a food pantry in our area. In Maryland, one of the wealthiest states in the nation, 1 in 5 children struggle with food insecurity. Thank you in advance for any donations that you can provide. Your generosity is appreciated.
FIRE PREVENTION WEEK POSTER CONTEST
Fire Prevention Week is October 9th through October 15th. The Carroll County Volunteer Emergency Services Association (CCVESA) will be sponsoring their annual Fire Prevention Week poster contest for the young citizens of Carroll County.
The CCVESA Fire Prevention Committee will be selecting the top 3 posters from each grade level at each school. The committee will also be selecting countywide winners from each grade level. Due to the overwhelming popularity of the contest, the CCVESA will only sponsor the contest for 1st, 3rd, and 5th graders this year. The topics this year are as follows:
Grade 1-Dial 9-1-1 in case of Emergency
Grade 3-Smoke Alarms
Grade 5-Exit Drills in the Home (EDITH)
All posters must be completed on paper no larger than 11 x 14. Posters should be completed by children. Each poster that is submitted becomes the property of Carroll County Volunteer Emergency Services Association and may be used for educational purposes throughout the county. Please make sure each entry has a child’s name, school, and grade written on the back of the poster.
All entries are due to Mrs. Koslowski (Health Teacher) by Friday, October 14th.
The CCVESA will not accept posters after October 14th.
If you have any questions about the poster contest, please contact Mrs. Koslowski
For More information about Fire Prevention Week: http://www.nfpa.org/fpw
Middle School NEWS
Westminster West Middle School
Vendor Event Fundraiser
Supported and Hosted by our PTA
When: October 14th, 2016
Where: West Middle School- Cafeteria and Gym
Time: 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
What: Shopping, Raffles, and Snacks
Why: To raise money for Educational Resources
The list of vendors continues to grow…but to name a few…
· LulaRoe
· PartyLite
· Perfectly Posh
· Initials Inc.
· Thirty-One
· Scentsy
· ViVI Jewelry
· Premier Design Jewelry
· Plexus
· Terra Essential Oils
· Rodan and Fields