SALISBURY ELEM SCHOOL SPRING 2018 BOOK FAIR
Elementary Book Fair 05/30/18 – 06/06/18
Volunteers are still needed for June 8 from 5:30-8:30 during the Ice Cream Social Time.
UPDATE – 2/10/2018
Salisbury Elementary School
100 Lafayette Road Salisbury, MA 01952
Rubik’s Cube Challenge March 1, 2018 4-6:30 pm
Registration will begin at 4:00 PM, Solo Event 4 -5 PM, Team Event 5-6 PM. The Competition will be followed by an Awards Ceremony at 6:30 PM. All competitors will receive a Certificate. The 1st place team and each team members will receive trophies. Second and Third place team members receive a medal. In the Solo competition, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Place will receive a trophy.
The Tournament will consist of a team (8 students and a teacher/coach) and solo events. Solo competitors will compete to solve one cube in the fastest time. The teams will be competing for the fastest time to collectively solve 25 Rubik’s Cubes.
Join the fun at the 3rd Annual SES Rubik’s Cube Challenge! Last year we had 12 elementary through high school teams from MA and NH competing as teams and soloists!
UPDATE – March 24th, 2017
A special thanks to Kathy Comins for organizing and hosting another incredible Rubik’s Cube Competition! Two High School, Two Middle School and Three Elementary School teams participated.
SES won 2nd place in the Elementary Division!
SES Rubik’s Cube Challenge
Join the fun at the 2nd Annual SES Rubik’s Cube Challenge! Last year we had 12 elementary through high school teams from MA and NH competing as teams and soloists!
The Tournament will consist of a team (8 students and a teacher/coach) and solo events. Solo competitors will compete to solve one cube in the fastest time. The teams will be competing for the fastest time to collectively solve 25 Rubik’s Cubes.
The Competition will be held on March 23, 2017, at Salisbury Elementary School, 100 Lafayette Road, Salisbury, MA 01952. Registration will begin at 4:00 PM, Solo Event 4 -5 PM, Team Event 5-6 PM. The Competition will be followed by an Awards Ceremony at 6:30 PM. All competitors will receive a Certificate. The 1st place team and each team members will receive trophies. Second and Third place team members receive a medal. In the Solo competition, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Place will receive a trophy.
UPDATE 2/5/2018
On Monday 2/5/2018, Ms. Pema Chodin Bhutia returned to SES and made a dynamic presentation to 250 SES students about Sikkim, which is the Himalayan state of India. Wearing her traditional clothing, Ms. Bhutia met with all the 4th, 5th and 6th graders according to their grade levels. Students had an opportunity to watch her Powerpoint, ask her questions about her life in Sikkim and to see handmade items from that region. Ms. Bhutia is an administrator at Taktse International School near Gangtok, Sikkim, India. She is in the USA to study US teaching techniques and strategies . She spent a week at SES in January 2017 and was eager to return to see the staff and students again! This is the 6th consecutive years that educators have visited SES from the Taktse International School in Sikkim, India. We hope the educators from Sikkim will return in 2019. They are hosted by Barbara Oswald and her family in Newburyport, MA.
SES hosted two teachers from Taktse International School in Sikkim, India this week.The two visitors stayed with Mrs. Oswald for five nights while they visited SES. Ms. Kunzang is a preschool teacher in India and focused on observing and working in Kindergarten and Preschool. Ms. Pema is an administrator in India and focused on learning about the organization and administration of SES. They were so touched by the warm welcome they received from the SES community and had an opportunity to learn about so many things going on at our school: Visits with Mr. Montanari and Mrs. White, Collaboration, Lively Letters!, PBIS, PTA, Wilson Reading, Fundations, Responsive Classroom, Nursing services, Social Thinking, WIN , Lunch Bunch, Lunch Group, Kids Inc, Mentoring, Visiting Authors, Unified Arts, Breakfast and Lunch Program to name a few! They gave a presentation to the entire SES sixth grade on Friday, 1/20, about their school and Sikkim , which is one of the Himalayan states. The sixth grade is studying the Himalayan region at this time.
Kindergarten through sixth grade students are eagerly awaiting, the famous walk through of the Triton Regional High School Senior class members who attended Salisbury Elementary School. Seniors will process through the building greeting students and then to the gymnasium for a talk with students about reaching for their future goals.
SES PTA is thrilled to announce that we have been awarded a grant from the Salisbury Cultural Council to fully fund the wonderful performances of Odds Bodkin. “A published children’s author and award-winning recording artist, Odds has toured Great Britain, performed twice at The White House, been called “a consummate storyteller” by The New York Times for his Off-Broadway shows at Lincoln Center and been a Featured Teller at the National Storytelling Festival. Museums like the Art Institute of Chicago and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston hire him to tell stories about works in their collections, while companies and organizations like IBM and Target commission original performances and voice-overs for outreach and educational media. His recordings and books have won Parents’ Choice, Indie, Golden Headset, Storytelling World, Pick of the Lists, Editors’ Choice and Dove awards.”
SES PTA gives a warm thank you to the Salisbury Cultural Council, our LCC, for the continuous support offered to the children in Salisbury and furthermore to our town to make such experiences engaging folks in art, humanities, and science accessible to all.
“The Local Cultural Council (LCC) Program is the largest grassroots cultural funding network in the nation supporting thousands of community-based projects in the arts, humanities, and sciences annually.
The program promotes the availability of rich cultural experiences for every Massachusetts citizen.
Administered by 2,400 municipally appointed volunteers, the LCC network consists of 329 councils serving all 351 Massachusetts cities and towns. Each year, local councils award more than $3 million in grants to more than 5,000 cultural programs statewide. These include school field trips, afterschool programs, concerts, festivals, lectures, theater, dance, music, and film. LCC projects take place in schools, community centers, libraries, elder care facilities, town halls, parks, and wherever communities come together.” Massachusetts Cultural Council
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rISdBiNhzb0
2016 SES Performance
We were included in the Boston Magazine http://www.bostonmagazine.com/arts-entertainment/blog/2017/05/05/fairy-gnome-discovery-walk/
We are gearing up for our 3rd Annual Fairy Gnome Discovery Walk. Anyone interested in checking out all the photos can pop on: http://www.myjlpphotography.com/Fairy-Gnome-Discovery-Walk/ Photo credit: Jennifer Pearson, My JLP Photography.
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This past Saturday, the Blue Ocean Event Center saw an amazing showing of families, businesses, community centers, town officials, and school staff from the Salisbury Area and beyond to come together for one common purpose: the future of Salisbury: our children. If anyone has ever doubted how wonderful the community in which they live in truly is, I urge you to give your time to one of the many organizations around town. You will quickly fall in love with this little town and the wonderful support we bring each other. These businesses, community members, volunteers, and families “show up,” donate, and support time after time. This event was yet another example of the many wonderful folks in the area pulling together to make where we call home that much better. Casino Night by the Ocean raised over $7,000 and drew together 150 folks from the community for a night of games, raffles, and prizes. A million “thank yous” to our event sponsor, @Wayne Capolupo / SPS. Mr. Capolupo provided the most beautiful seaside venue, delicious food, and spent many hours with us assisting in the planning for this fabulous event. We thank Kathy Aiello, Blue Ocean, for seeing our vision and making it happen in the way that she always does. We extend our gratitude towards our table sponsors: Tesoro Boston, Elizabeth Calsey House, Interlocks Salon + Spa, Arthur S. Page Insurance Agency, Newman Chiropractic / ProForm Physical Therapy, Salisbury Beach Betterment Association, and R&L Liquor. MY JLP PHOTOGRAPHY, Jennifer Pearson & Donald Pearson, Stephanie Maynard and @Rob Maynard donated not only incredible raffle items, but hours of their time. Our many raffle donors: Disney, Blue Ocean Event Center , Interlocks Salon + Spa , Ould Newbury Golf Club , New England Aquarium , Keurig , Tuscany @ Mohegan Sun , Eighteen Friend Street , Sam Adams Brewery Boston Massachusetts , Swan Boats of Boston , Fleur de Lis Camp , Legoland Discovery Center Boston , Santa’s Village Jefferson NH , The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston , The Children’s Museum of New Hampshire , Story Land , Interlocks Salon + Spa , Boston Red Sox , Wachusett Mountain , North Shore Music Theatre , The DECK , Lenas Seafood , Nick’s Place Salisbury , Park Lunch , Harpoon Brewery , and Scentsy. We thank all our volunteers that came out to deal games, spin wheels, take tickets and more : D enise W ebster , Philip Crosscup, Laurie Buckley , Ronalee Ray-Parrott , Chuck Takesian , Jen Dastoli Farmer , Cathy Cassidy , Diane Appolloni , Kara Balkus , Jim Montanari , Joanne Levesque , Cheryl Smith , Tracie Lombardo Falzarano , Melissa Cook LeBlanc , Dave Donoforio , Kevin Buckley , Ben Tang , Sean Timmons , Erin Berger , Lisa Porter , Kara Purdie , & BC Casino. This event was a great showing of community engagement and such generosity. I am always so proud to be part of this little town and those that surround us. Thank you to all and let’s keep pulling together for what matters! -J. Roketenetz
Third grader, Nate S., teaches his class about the dreidel game and Hanukkah. As vacation nears, students have been sharing various traditions throughout the last few weeks.
Third grade students compare their lives, with children from the 1600s. Mrs. Marshall’s class tried their hand at candle-making, as just one chore people long ago had to complete so that they had light for cooking, reading and cleaning. Though the students enjoyed the outcome, they did say their “arms were tired.” They talked about having to do a long list of chores each day with minimal school….they concluded that the 21st century was a bit more their style!
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