Mrs. Hepler's Shadow Puppet Play

Feed a Friend contest Winners! Mr. Goff's 4th grade class

The Blue Ridge School District participated in the Feed -a-Friend program sponsored by Tre- hab. In the elementary school each grade was asked to collect specific food items to donate the annual feed-a-friend program. The class the collected the most items received a healthy snack reward prepared by Mrs. Hinkley and the students from her basic food class.

Mr. Goff's 4th grade class was the winner in the elementary school.

I would like to thank everyone involved in this activity and we should be proud of Blue Ridge students and faculty for supporting families in need.

Kindergarten "Thanksgiving Feast"

The Blue Ridge Elementary Kindergarten students invited their parents/guardians into school to share some Thanksgiving songs and a variety of breads they baked with the help of their teachers. It was great to see students and their families be together and enjoy the treats they prepared for them.

I would like to recognize the kindergarten teachers and classroom aides for their efforts in preparing this program. I would also like to thank Mrs. Rose Berger for the pictures she took.

Mrs. Kristy Bleck’s fifth grade students

This past October, Mrs. Kristy Bleck’s fifth grade students used pumpkins to show their creativity. They painted faces, glued on hair and added hats to bring out the personality of their pumpkin. When the project was complete, the students worked hard as they wrote stories using the pumpkins as the main character. Using figurative language, the pumpkins came alive in their stories. The student’s art work and writing was placed on hay bales and put on display in the hallway to decorate for Halloween. Mrs. Bleck’s fifth graders would like to extend a special thank you to Jim Barbour, owner of Barbour Farms in Montrose, PA for donating the pumpkins used for the writing assignment.

Community Read Aloud / Parent Visitation Day

To recognize American Education Week the Blue Ridge Elementary School had two programs on November 17:

• Community Read Aloud: I would like to thank all 30 of our community readers who took time out of their day to visit our school and share a story with our students.
  
• Parent Visitation Day: Our students parents/guardians had the opportunity to come visit, observe, and see what activities their students are engaged in each day at school.

Encourage your child to be HONEST in difficult situations

Research shows that by the time kids reach elementary school, most know the difference between honesty and lying. But that doesn't make truth-telling easy!

To encourage honesty in your child:
1. Be a role model. Children are good "lie detectors." They notice when parents tell the truth-- and when they don't.

2. Reward trustworthiness. If your child is truthful in a difficult situation, compliment him!

3. React calmly. When your child lies, don't label him a "liar." Express confidence that he will make better choices in the future.

4, Discuss honesty. Why is it important to be honest? Note examples of honesty and dishonesty--and their effects.

5. Create opportunities for telling the truth. Say, "You broke my vase," instead of, "Did you do this?" It's better to say what happened rather than to ask unnecessary questions.

Reprinted with permission from the December 2009 issue of Parents make the difference!® (Elementary School Edition) newsletter. Copyright © 2009 The Parent Institute®, a division of NIS, Inc. Source: Karen Stephens, "Lying, Fibs, and Tall-Tales: Teaching Children To Be Truthful," mysmallwonders, www.mysmallwonders.com/resources/pdf/LYING01PELibrary.pdf.

Veteran's Day Assembly

I would like to thank the American Legion, VFW, PA National Guard, 5th grade select choir, and MS Leo club for the participation in our annual Veteran's Day Assembly. The program started off with a breakfast by the MS Leo club and then went into a program honoring vets with all elementary students.

Character Education Week

The week of November 2 - 6 was Character Education Week in the BR Elementary school. In the photos above you can see Mrs. Jessica Boyko and Mrs. Wendy Reimel. Mrs. Boyko and Mrs. Reimel are judging writing activities created by 5th grade students on what character education means to them. 5th grade teachers read a picture book to their students about a character trait and then the students used the literacy strategy of "text to self or text to world" to make a connection of good character to the message they learned from the story read to them by their classroom teacher.

Annual Feed-A-Friend Food Drive

YOUR HELP IS NEEDED!


TREHAB AND WNEP/CHANNEL 16
ANNUAL FEED-A-FRIEND
Food Drive
SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY

Please bring to class by Friday, November 13th the following item:

Wish List Item
Kindergarten Jello Mix
First Graders Pudding Mix
Second Graders Fruit Cocktail
Third Graders Canned Peaches
Fourth Graders Canned Pears
Fifth Graders Apple Sauce
Sixth Graders Cranberry Sauce

IF EACH STUDENT COULD BRING IN 1 OR MORE of the item needed above to school to be added to the food drive, it would be greatly appreciated. This item WILL be included in a dinner basket for a Susquehanna County family to help them celebrate Thanksgiving.

LAST YEAR WITH YOUR SCHOOL’S HELP, Trehab and WNEP Channel 16 distributed over 907 Thanksgiving Dinners Baskets to needy families; (serving 3,174 people) in Susquehanna County.
Please help us with our food drive.

This is Trehab’s 25th Year of Feed A Friend.

Thank you in advance for your generosity!

Mr. Dibble's 3rd Graders!

Mr. Dibble's 3rd graders are sharing their tall tales to their classmates and parents/guardians that were able to attend.