March 15-17
Science Fair at MMS
Monday, March 22
National French and Spanish Tests
Wednesday, March 24
End of Third Quarter
Third-Quarter Conferences
Noon - 8 p.m.
Friday, March 26
End of Third Quarter
Conferences / 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
No classes / Childcare available
Monday, March 29
Young Authors Conference
Kindergarten and Elementary
April 2-11
Spring Break
No School / No Childcare
April 12-14
Annual Book Fair
Commercial Free!
Tuesday, April 13
Mothers' Night
6-7 p.m. / Toddler
6:30-7:30 p.m. / Preschool
7-8 p.m. / Elementary
Community Summer Reading 2009
Sharing common literature builds community and sparks discussion long after the books are tucked away. This year’s theme takes a close look at differences in everything from the way people live (and have lived) to the ways in which our brains work.
One special recommendation for parents, Beyond Time Out: From Chaos to Calm, takes a close look at relationships within a family and what happens when the balance between parent and child is tipped. The author of this book, Beth Grosshans, will be in Michigan in November, so we’ll have a chance to meet and talk directly with her.
Students in each age group must read the two assigned books and be prepared to discuss them in September. Classroom teachers will have additional suggestions for reading. We want children (and adults) to continue to read all summer long.
The books are available here at school, as well as the Book Nook and the Monroe County Library. In addition, many of these (including the adult selections) are available in audio format (audible.com).
Happy Reading!
Early Childhood Fiction Miss Rumphius Barbara Cooney Non-Fiction A Cool Drink of Water Barbara Kerly Loving Ann Morris Junior Elementary Fiction Granny Torrelli Makes Soup Sharon Creech Non-Fiction The Boy on Fairfield Street Kathleen Krull Intermediate Elementary Fiction The Family Under the Bridge Natalie Savage Carlson Non-Fiction Woody Guthrie: Poet of the People Bonnie Christensen Middle School Fiction Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck Non-Fiction First Crossings: Stories About Teen Immigrants Donald R. Gallo High School Fiction The Grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck Non-Fiction Me to We Craig and Marc Kielburger Adult Fiction The Grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck Non-Fiction My Stroke of Insight Jill Bolte Taylor Beyond Time Out: From Chaos to Calm Beth A. Grosshans
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