Fairbanks Museum Schedule

This post applies ONLY to the 5th/6th grade students who start the day in my homeroom.  We will be going to the Fairbanks Museum on the following dates:

Jan 5th 8:05 AM ... The Solar System
February 2nd 8:05 AM ... Planetarium Skies - Tonight's Skies
March 2nd 8:05 AM ... The Human Body

Have a great week.

Jim Shea

Cream cheese and oreos!

Dear Students/Parents:

One last thing:  Sarah Boucher will be making some delicious goodies with all the students on Wednesday, Dec 22nd.  Mrs. Boucher has asked that each child bring in one pack of cream cheese and one box of oreo cookies on Tuesday or Wednesday.  These ingredients are apparently necessary for the low fat, low carloie goodies Mrs. Boucher is making with your child. 

Now go for your jog!

Jim

Geo Bee Contestants

I thought I should list the names of the 15 middle school students who won the preliminary rounds and will be in the GeoBee compeition later today:

Grade 5:  Chelsea Carcoba, Hannah Parker, Travis Gross
Grade 6:  Brodie Talbot, Logan Larose, Nick Blow
Grade 7:  Rian Boudreau, Bennett Cochran, Jared Fenby, Christina Cassidy
Grade 8:  Shane DeShone, Kyle Lamphear, Haley Loura, Ethan Sawyer, Keith Tilloton

Congratulations to all 15 contestants!

Thoughts from December 16th

Dear parents/Guardians:

Tomorrow afternoon, Friday the 17th, we will hold the GeoBee.  This is a national competition, sponsored by National Geographic, which tests students in grades 5 - 8 in their knowledge of world geography.  Parents/friends are invited to come and watch.  It will start at 1:05 pm in our auditorium.

We have 5 eighth graders, 4 seventh graders, 3 sixth graders and 3 fifth graders competing.  Of these 15 students, only one will move on to the Vermont State Championship at Middlebury College in April.  The winner of the Vermont State Championship will compete in the National Competition in May and try for a chance at the $25,000 prize. 

I am reluctant to say Danville will only have 1 winner because I believe every student who climbs onto the stage tomorrow is a winner. 

Some of the world's greatest success stories have been people who failed, picked themselves up, and pressed on.  You may want to watch (and show your child) this great youtube video: 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6hz_s2XIAU&feature=email

Jim Shea
371-8068

The holidays are nearing...

but the midddle school students still have lots on their plates.

1.)  The Danvilel GeoBee takes place this Friday afternoon from 12:45 - 2:30 PM.  This geography competition is open to all students in grades 5 - 8.  The winner of the Danville compeition will compete next spring in the State Championship at Middlebury College.  So many middle school students were interested in competing we had to do "qualifying contests" in grades 5 - 7.  The students had to answer a 10 question mini-quiz, and the students who did the best on that quiz won the right to be in Friday's contest.  Parents are welcome to come watch the competition on Friday!

2.)  As you may know, students in grades 7 and 8 will be skiing and boarding at Burke this winter.  The papers for the Burke Mountain ski program have been delivered to Burke.  We are now waiting to hear from the people at Burke what days we can ski. We have a total of 44 students in grades 7 and 8 participating.

3.)  The students in grades 5 and 6 have a spelling test on Monday, December 20th.  They need to study (and learn) the handout I gave them.  The students are learning the past tense of some "irregular" verbs.  If you want to help your child study, here are the words:

1.  not keeped, but kept                                                  21.  not knowed, but knew
2.  not beginned, but began                                            22.  not spended, but spent
3.  not grinded, but ground                                             23.  not lighted, but lit
4.  not freezed, but froze                                                24.  not losed, but lost
5.  not breaked, but broke                                              25.  not maked, but made
6.  not throwed, but threw                                              26.  not readed, but read
7.  not bringed, but brought                                            27.  not rised, but rose
8.  not catched, but caught                                              28.  not selled, but sold
9.  not rided, but rode                                                     29.  not sinked, but sank or sunk
10.  not speaked, but spoke                                            30.  not bleeded, but bled
11.  not choosed, but chose                                            31.  not sleeped, but slept
12.  not drawed, but drew                                              32.  not meaned, but meant
13.  not ringed, but rang                                                  33.  not stealed, but stole
14.  not drinked, but drank                                              34.  not teached, but taught
15.  not feeled, but felt                                                    35.  not thinked, but thought
16.  not shaked, but shook                                               36.  not blowed, but blew
17.  not fighted, but fought                                               37.  not weaved, but wove
18.  not forgotted, but forgot                                            38.  not heared, but heard
19.  not creeped, but crept                                               39.  not writed, but wrote
20.  not hided, but hid                                                      40.  not drived, but drove

Have a great week!

Jim Shea
371-8068