May is "Get Caught Reading Month", which is nationwide campaign to remind people of all ages how much fun it is to read!

May is "Get Caught Reading Month", which is nationwide campaign to remind people of all ages how much fun it is to read!

All you have to do to participate is to snap a picture of your child "getting caught" reading and send them in. Be as creative as you would like with reading spots.  Some kids last year were caught reading in a tree or with a sibling.  The pictures will be shared in a slideshow during library class. Also, some of these pictures will be shared on Mr. Button’s blog and used to promote the Summer Reading Program. 

Please send pictures to Mrs. Tench at tenchj@brsd.org as an attachment, with your child’s name as the picture name.

Let’s see where we can “Get Caught Reading” during the month of May! 

 Mrs. Wolfe’s 5^th grade students come up with new and creative ways to share the books they have read with the class.  Each month, students read a chapter book of choice.  While reading, they record predictions, characters, setting, and a summary of the book.  At the end of the month, they each present their book to the class in any way they want.  For example, a book letter, a power point, a paper Mache model, a play, a commercial, a triorama, etc. This month, Tori Auckland had the idea to recreate a scene from Double Fudge where one of the characters paints her feet and her father has her walk on a canvas.   Each student had one foot painted by another student and then stepped on a rolled out paper.  The class did not leave out their teacher, Mrs. Wolfe or Mr. Button, their principal.

BRES Supports Children's Advocacy Center

Blue Ridge Elementary School recently participated in the Blue Ribbon Campaign Dress Down Day to support child abuse/neglect prevention.  It was sponsored by our elementary SAP team.  Our students and staff raised $216.00 for the Children’s Advocacy Center.   

Mrs. Wolfe's 5th Grade Class Dressed in Blue!!

Blue Ridge Students Exhibit Art at Seasons Restaurant

Fourth Graders, Brandon Gentile and Holly Geyer will be exhibiting art work at Seasons Restaurant on 53 East Tioga Street in Tunkhannock, April 26 from 5-9 pm.  This exhibit will be a part of Tunkhannock's Fourth Friday event. Brandon and Holly will be showing their creative talents through art work created in Sarrah Dibble's elementary art classes and also pieces that they made on their own.  Please come to Seasons to support our young artists and enjoy great food, atmosphere, and live music.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 23, 2013

Contact: Vincent LoRusso VinceLoRusso@gmail.com

 

The Blue Ridge School District Presents Its Annual “Concert In the Park”

New Milford, PA — The Blue Ridge School District Fine Arts Department will be hosting its second annual Spring Concert in the Park on May 22^nd, 2013 at Mid-Town Park on Main Street in New Milford.  Festivities begin at 6:30pm and will feature performances by all four Blue Ridge concert bands.  Performances will include regionally and nationally recognized soloists, performing with the Blue Ridge High School Concert Band.  During the performances, members of the Blue Ridge Art Department will have art displays and interactive art activities for children of all ages.  The concert and arts festival are free and open to the public. 

Kindergarten (Ms. Swartwood's class) and Fifth Grade (Mrs. Wolfe's class) Cleaning up around our campus for Earth Day

Test over-dancing Shoes On!

New Milford, PA—April 19, 2013

            Blue Ridge Elementary students and their families laced up their dancing shoes as a way to celebrate the end of Pennsylvania’s System of School Assessment (PSSA) testing.  Friday, April 19, the young and not so young gathered at the school for a “Family Dance Night.”  The evening capped off a week of intense test taking.

            The event was filled with line dancing favorites from “The Chicken Dance” to “The Cupid Shuffle.”  Families rotated through various dance stations learning all kinds of moves including Zumba.  The evening provided a fun way to get a great workout. 

            The free program was made possible through the work of the Blue Ridge PTO, Blue Ridge Teachers and Staff and volunteers from the Blue Ridge National Honor Society.  For more information about the work of the Blue Ridge PTO, check us out on facebook.

Contact:  Stephnie Thornton

Blue Ridge Elementary School PTO Community Liaison

                        stcares@nep.net

(570) 465-4035

Loyalty Day Contest Winners

Pictured (L-R): Mr. Button, Madison Carpenter, Loretta Sollar (VFW Women's Auxiliary-Great Bend), Jacob Canute, Auston Harvey, Jean Dunn (VFW Women's Auxiliary-Montrose)

Loyalty Day is May 1^st. Loyalty Day is a special day for people to reaffirm their loyalty to the United States of America and to recognize the heritage of American freedom. Loyalty Day originally began as “Americanization Day” in 1921. Through a resolution adopted in 1949, May 1^st evolved into Loyalty Day. In 1958, Congress enacted a public law proclaiming Loyalty Day a permanent fixture on the nation’s calendar.

Blue Ridge Students participated in a coloring contest and had three local winners...........

Madison Carpenter, Grade 2

Auston Harvey, Grade 3

Jacob Canute, Grade 5 

Student Standouts -- April 2013

Front row – Aiden Cisek, Alanna Thornton, Michael Ellen, Brylie Perkins

2^nd row – Alivia Gerba, Caila George, Griffin Whitehead, Duncan Geyer, Nicholas Laude, Cheyenne Kohlhepp, Corey Laude

3^rd row – Carissa Zawiski, Dawson Stone, Auston Harvey, William Posaski

Last row – Mikayla Starbuck, Jay Grover, Savannah Glover, Kayleen Conklin, Garrett Peters, Mr. Button

Absent from photo – Alex Rudock, Hope Treadway, Gregory Page, Craig Arcuri

Grade 5 Working on Multiplication

Mr. Jones and Mrs. Decker's class are using sidewalk chalk to draw out product maps to solve 2 and 3 digit multiplication math problems. 

PA One Book Author Visits Blue Ridge

On Wednesday April 10^th, Blue Ridge Elementary had the pleasure of meeting Suzanne Bloom, talented author and illustrator.  Her beautiful picture book, The Bus for Us, is Pennsylvania's One Book, Every Young Child 2013 selection. Pennsylvania’s One Book, Every Young Child is a reading initiative that stresses the importance of reading early and often to our children as well as engaging them in conversation and activities around good literature. This is not the first time a book of Bloom’s was chosen as the PA One Book.  In 2007, A Splendid Friend, Indeed had been selected, and she was able to visit Blue Ridge at that time as well. 

Mrs. Bloom visited our primary students in the morning and encouraged them to follow their dreams. Students were thrilled to hear Mrs. Bloom had a dream of becoming an author and artist at a young age, and they were able to discuss some of their own goals with her personally. Mrs. Bloom led a shared reading of A Bus for Us, and when students saw her beautiful illustrations, their eyes lit up with excitement. Thanks to Blue Ridge’s generous PTO, all Pre-K students received a copy of this year’s PA One Book, A Bus for Us. We would also like to thank the Commonwealth Library System of Pennsylvania for organizing this educational and beneficial author presentation.

Author/Illustrator, Suzanne Bloom, sharing A Bus for Us

Meet & Greet with Suzanne Bloom:  Madison Gaylord, Alanna Thornton, & Emma Button

Mrs. Rhone’s Kindergarten class with Suzanne Bloom

More pics of Suzanne Bloom visiting BRES (PreK and K)