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May in Lower School |
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Thursday, May 17th First and second graders have a recital. Students should be in the Lower School Music Room at 6:15, the show begins at 6:30, and everything will be wrapped up by 7:15. Saturday, May 19th Monday, May 21st Fourth graders are invited to perform at the New Family Gathering. This is not a long performance; students would perform at 5:10 and parents should be ready to whisk them away by 5:30. Wednesday, May 30th and Thursday, May 31st After school music students can perform in a recital May 30th or 31st. Communicate directly with your student's teacher about if, when and what your child will perform - contact information is at www.gordonschool.org/musiclessons |
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Family gathering cancelled |
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 The GCA Lower School family gathering, scheduled for tomorrow, Wednesday the 9th, has been cancelled due to the forecasted rain.
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GRANDFRIENDS DAY Friday, May 4th
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Grandfriends' Day starts at 9am and ends at noon with dismissal for all students.Gators will be available until regular time for students not leaving at noon. Please let Gators know if your child will be staying. Please remember with early dismissal there are no afternoon buses! |
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Friday, April 20th
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A Lower School Class Parent meeting will be held in the Field House Entry, starting at 8:30AM. |
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Teacher Residents in the Lower School
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The Teacher Residency Program is having a great impact on five of Gordon’s Lower School classes. In the weeks leading up to the winter break, the excitement was building as students expressed their hopes of having a resident teacher in their classrooms for the upcoming term. As the winter term started, the student enthusiasm for and excitement about having a resident in their classroom could be felt throughout the Lower School. The teacher residents bring an added relationship into the classroom that ignites student interest and investment in the learning process. The combination of eager residents and passionate long-time faculty members makes for a classroom atmosphere of dynamic learning for Gordon students. Students look forward to the rich lessons and units jointly developed by Gordon faculty and teacher residents. The synergy of the residents’ desire to learn about teaching and our faculty’s eagerness to mentor new teachers creates an environment in which students, faculty, and residents all reap the benefits of best practices and ongoing development in multicultural education and pedagogy. The students perhaps wouldn’t explain it this way, instead they might just say, “I hope I get the one they had in Ms. Jennings’ class last term.” |
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Noon Dismissal Friday, February 3rd
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Friday, February 3rd students will be released at noon. We will have Gators and all enrichments will meet as scheduled.
WE WILL NOT HAVE ANY AFTERNOON BUSES ON FRIDAY, so please be prepared to pick up your child from school. |
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Lower School Ages and Stages Schedule
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Welcome Back and Happy New Year Our Ages and Stages Series will begin on Wednesday, January 11th at 8:30 AM in the Field House Entryway. Please join Maryanne Pieri and Judith Gnys for this series of meetings on children's growth and development for each grade level. The schedule is: 4th Grade 1/11/12 3rd Grade 1/18/12 2nd Grade 1/25/12 1st Grade 2/1/12 We look for to seeing you at these important meetings. |
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The Phantom Tollbooth, Jr. |
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There will be a rehearsal on Monday, December 12th from 3:30 to 5:00 PM for The Phantom Tollbooth, Jr. We will discuss the production process, listen to the cd, and hand out scripts. Full rehearsals will begin in January. |
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Third and fourth grade musical |
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Parent & student information session
Monday, December 5th, 3:30-4:30pm
Parents and students should all come hear about the audition and production process, discuss the play itself, and learn a few lines from two musical selections that children will sing in the auditions. Auditions
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday December 6th, 7th and 8th from 3:30-5:30pm in the Activity Room.
Students should attend one of these three sessions. Rehearsals begin January 4th. Performances finish March 1st Questions can be directed to Milly Romanzi (mromanzi@gordonschool.org) or Frances Martindale (fmartindale@gordonschool.org). |
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Upcoming Parent Meetings
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The Lower School Class Parent meeting will be held on Friday, December 2nd, at 8:30 AM in Mr. Karpf's office. The 3rd and 4th grade parent meeting for the LS Musical will be held on Monday, December 3rd at 3:30 PM the location is to be announced.
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Second Grade Author's Breakfast
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Date: 11/29/2011Start Time: 8:00 AMEnd Time: 8:30 AMLocation: Second grade classrooms Families are invited to hear the results of second grader's research into water and marine habitats. |
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Visiting Author and Book and Gift Fair
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Our visiting author April Pulley Sayre arrives on campus on Monday, November 28th. She will be working with students through Thursday, December 1st. Our Book Fair starts on Tuesday, November 29th, in the Field House and ends on Thursday, December 1st.. Please join us for the exciting events this week and meet our visiting author at 7PM on Wednesday the 30th . |
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Parent Reminder
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Just a reminder that on Friday, November 11, there is no school and no gators due to the holiday. |
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Open House
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Open House for Gordon School is on Saturday, November 5th, starting at 10:00AM. Please let your friends know about us and tell them to attend!! We would love to show them around. |
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