Bedtime Stories Program at BRES!

New Milford, PA—February 17, 2011

Dressed in pajamas featuring everything from spider-man to pigs, and carrying everything from blankets to teddy bears, children gathered at Blue Ridge Elementary School February 16 for a special fun-filled event. “Bedtime Stories at Blue Ridge” provided the opportunity for families to spend an evening dining together, making a craft and enjoying a special story.

Students from the National Honor Society at Blue Ridge helped make the evening possible by receiving food donations and coordinating events based on the book “If you Give a Moose a Muffin” by Laura Numeroff. Young children and adults enjoyed making moose sock puppets, wearing pretend moose antlers to walk through a make-shift forest, and listening to the moose antics in the story.

“Bedtime Stories at Blue Ridge” was made possible through a joint effort with National Honor Society at Blue Ridge, the Blue Ridge School District and Susquehanna County CARES (Childcare, Agencies, Resources and Educational Services.) CARES is a non-profit group dedicated to enhancing quality early care and education in the county, and supports Pennsylvania’s Promise for Children, because every child is Pennsylvania’s future.

Stephnie Thornton
Program Manager
Susquehanna County CARES
stcares@epix.net
(570) 465-5040

Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah for Blue Ridge Kindergarten!

On Friday, January 28th, Kindergarteners at Blue Ridge Elementary School in New Milford, PA performed a variety of Disney songs and dances through NEIU 19’s Artist in Residence program under the instruction of Mr. Theo Lencicki. Mr. Lencicki’s most recent credit was in the Broadway National Tour of the musical “Hairspray.” He is a proud faculty member of the Arts Alive Institute, in addition to teaching several workshops and working with the Artist in Residence program. “Mr. Theo”, as the kindergarteners referred to him, instructed the students how to sing, dance and create stage scenery as well as props for their stage performance entitled, “Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah.” The students performed a dress rehearsal for their elementary school in an afternoon show. April Berger, April Rhone, Dominica Skal, Jamie Swartwood, and Tonya Wood, Blue Ridge Kindergarten teachers, volunteered to accompany and assist their students for Friday’s evening performance for families and community to view. Peg Glezen, Reading Specialist volunteered to operate the auditorium equipment and also accompanied Blue Ridge 5th Grade reading students who assisted the kindergarteners in the performance. Special thanks to Mr. Ron Parsons of Northeast Exposure located in Hallstead, PA for volunteering his time and materials with video and photography of the performance and retired Blue Ridge teacher, Mrs. Rose Berger for also videotaping the performance. Everyone applauded “Mr. Theo” for his wonderful efforts with the children.

Character Education ~ February 9

Today's Character Education Message is written by Amanda Swan and Micah Mullen:

Trustworthiness is:

• Having the ability to trust someone
• To be kind to one another
• Tell the truth
• Don't bully
• To be helpful to everyone

Congratulations to the following people for being awarded Character Counts Coupons:

Kyra Powell

Kayla Whitney

Ben Gudykunst

Character Education ~ February 3

Today's Character Education Message is:

Trust yourself to do the best you can each day.

Congratulations to the following people for being awarded Character Counts Coupons:

Hayley Kohlhep
Emily Formosa
Miranda Woosman
Samantha Price