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April PTA Council Report

April Report RECESS BEFORE LUNCH: Samantha O’Neil, a representative from Healthy Howard, presented a report that indicated that elementary schools that convert to a “Recess Before Lunch” (RBL) format have experienced fewer behavioral disruptions in class due to recess activity, fewer trips to the nurse, and less food waste in the cafeteria. The downside to moving to an RBL schedule primarily centered around logistics. For more information on this concept, contact Ms. O’Neil by email at soneil@h… Continue

Added by Ricardo L. Whitaker on April 1, 2009 at 8:36pm — No Comments

PTA Council February Minutes

PTA Council of Howard County General Membership Meeting Draft Minutes of Feb 2, 2009 Meeting was called to order by President, John Hannay at 7:38 PM. Quorum was met and the purpose of PTA was read by delegates. The minutes from the 1/05/09 meeting were discussed, voted and approved as-is. John introduced guests Frank Aquino and Allen Dyer from BOE, Patti Caplan from Office of School Superintendent, Ken Roey & Terry Alban from HCPSS Office of Operations, and Joe Gillihue from HCPSS Schoo… Continue

Added by Ricardo L. Whitaker on March 5, 2009 at 9:42pm — No Comments

Night Of Magic

Cradlerock PTA in cooperation with Steven's Forest PTA is hosting Adrenaline Magician Brian Rudo for a night of magic. The "laugh and gasp" show features the Mouth Chain, 100 ft rope challenge, and fire eating. Tix, can be purchased in advance through PayPal, using any major credit or debit card. Advanced tickets are $6 but they are $8 at the door. Continue

Added by Ilana Bittner on February 27, 2009 at 12:41pm — 1 Comment

Cradlerock Students Featured in Baltimore Sun

Congrats to the Kalivretenos, Warren, and Valentine families and all of Cradlerock school for their great ink in this weekend's Baltimore Sun. Its wonderful that activities at our school are featured for the whole community to see. Continue

Added by Ilana Bittner on February 15, 2009 at 8:30am — No Comments

Discovery's Search for the Greenest School in America

Discovery Education embarks on the search for the Greenest Schools in America.

The grand prize: a FREE hybrid school bus to the winning school and a $5,000 scholarship to the student who submits the winning essay. Sponsoring teachers may receive $3,000 to use toward educational materials. Enter by visiting www.AmericasGreenestSchool.com… Continue

Added by Ilana Bittner on February 11, 2009 at 8:14am — No Comments

Fundraisers

Hey gang! I just posted a little something about a few of your fundraisers at http://owenbrownnews.blogspot.com Continue

Added by John G. Boyle on February 5, 2009 at 9:55pm — No Comments

Word Up! Poetry Contest

Howard County students are invited to submit original poetry January 21 through March 18. Winners receive a cash award and read their poems at a special spring event. Details and entry form available here: http://www.hclibrary.org/index.php?page=337 Continue

Added by Ilana Bittner on February 3, 2009 at 1:47pm — No Comments

America Library Association 2009 Awards

Neil Gaiman has won the 2009 Newbery Medal for The Graveyard Book (HarperCollins). Beth Krommes has won the 2009 Randolph Caldecott Medal for The House in the Night (Houghton Mifflin), written by Susan Marie Swanson. The awards were announced this morning at the American Library Association’s midwinter conference in Denver. Four Newbery Honor Books were named: The Underneath by Kathi Appelt (S&S/Atheneum); The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom by Margarita Engle (Henry Ho… Continue

Added by Ilana Bittner on January 28, 2009 at 7:00pm — No Comments

SCIENCE FAIR POSTPONED

Due to predicted inclement weather, the science fair has been postponed. The fair will now occur on Thursday, January 29th. Judging will occur between 3:00 and 5:00 pm. The fair will remain open until 7:30 pm. Students entered in the fair should drop off their display boards, a copy of their written report and any other fair materials to their science teacher at the beginning of the day on Thursday. Continue

Added by Ilana Bittner on January 27, 2009 at 12:29pm — No Comments

Geography Bee

Congratulations to runner-up Freddie Walls and to our 2008-2009 National Geographic Geography Bee lower school champion Emily Hobby, and a special shout-out to all the participants: Charlotte Bickhart Elijah Adelegan Emily Hobby Freddie Walls Marisa Flanigan Sadie Dickson Troy Chambers Thanks to Ms. Eubanks for all of her hard work with all of the contestants. Continue

Added by Ilana Bittner on January 23, 2009 at 11:00pm — No Comments

Ben Carson Scholarship

Congratulations to Zach Canter, grade 4, and Courtney Rapp, grade 6, for their nominations for The Ben Carson Scholarship! Courtney and Zach both have excellent grades and community service records which qualify them for this honor. Continue

Added by Ilana Bittner on January 23, 2009 at 11:00pm — No Comments

Giant Antibiotic offer

As part of their health and wellness initiative Giant Food is offering free antibiotics. Starting January 2, 2009, and continuing through March 21, 2009, Giant pharmacy is offering up to a 14-day supply of the most commonly prescribed generic antibiotics for free. Simply bring in your valid prescription from your doctor. For more info and a list of included antibiotics, check out… Continue

Added by Ilana Bittner on January 2, 2009 at 10:30pm — No Comments

Turnaround Artist

Michelle Rhee, the new and controversial Chancellor of DC public schools, is the cover story on the week's Time magazine. Its a great look into one persons plan to turnaround children's lives by provide quality education with a decidedly no-nonsense approach. My favorite (and most disturbing) quote ". If two average… Continue

Added by Ilana Bittner on December 4, 2008 at 9:00am — No Comments

Once Upon A School

Dave Eggers, the bestselling, Pulizer Prize nominated author of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, won the 2008 TED Prize with the wish that "you - you personally and every creative individual and organi… Continue

Added by Ilana Bittner on November 24, 2008 at 10:30am — No Comments

Young Philanthropist

Our very own fourth grader, Scott Bittner, was featured in this months' Giving Matters, the newsletter of the Columbia Foundation. Scott tells the story about his charity giving through the Foundation, and advises other kids how to get inv… Continue

Added by Ilana Bittner on November 20, 2008 at 2:55pm — No Comments

Virtual Schools

The state of Florida has enacted legislation requiring every school district to set up virtual classrooms for all grade levels, K through 12. Its a different approach to home-schooling that seems to be catching on, nation-wide. I like the idea at face value,… Continue

Added by Ilana Bittner on November 12, 2008 at 11:23am — No Comments

November County PTA Council Report

Howard County PTA Council Report November 2008 Prepared for Cradlerock School Prepared by Ricardo L. Whitaker · Coat Drive – Cradlerock School participated in this year’s county-wide coat drive effort. We collected four bags of used coats and new hats and gloves of various sizes. The goods will be distributed throughout the county, wherever there are needs. Congratulations, Cradlerock, for a job well done! Also, a hearty thanks to Angela Woolverton for organizing the effort. · Proposed 2009… Continue

Added by Ricardo L. Whitaker on November 10, 2008 at 11:30pm — No Comments

Giant A+ BonusBucks

Remember to register your Giant Bonus Bucks card to support Cradlerock school. Even if you've registered before, you must re-register every new school year in order for the school to get credit. Thanks for your support. Continue

Added by Ilana Bittner on November 6, 2008 at 11:30pm — No Comments

“What Counts in Education” Forum

The Board of Education of Howard County invites you to participate in the “What Counts in Education” Community Forum. The purpose of the forum is to discuss and recommend future priorities for the Howard County Public School System’s Operating Budget. During the forum, participants will have the opportunity to: Discuss elements of the school system’s operating budget Identify budget recommendations for the next 1 - 5 years Divide into table discussions to recommend seven budget priorities Recon… Continue

Added by Ilana Bittner on November 4, 2008 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Murray Educational Services

~ Hello everyone ~ I just wanted to share a really great experience we had with Murray Educational Services on Halloween. (You know the Spooky Science Halloween flier that came out?) We went to the Spooky Science Halloween party instead of trick or treating this year. It was a BLAST! and my kindergartener LOVED it! We learned how to make glurch, which I must say was amazing and easy (cornstarch and water), ooze, some crafts, played with baking soda and vinegar, and a haunted hous… Continue

Added by Terena Ahlers on November 1, 2008 at 10:20am — 2 Comments

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