December 7, 2017



IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES
Friday, December 8
Humane Society Dress Down Day!
See below for more information

Tuesday, December 12
Basketball vs. The Country School
4:15 p.m.

Wednesday, December 13
Create Night!
See below for more information

Wednesday, December 13 - Tuesday, December 19
Scholastic Book Fair

Wednesday, December 13
Picture Makeup Day!
Please contact Kim Nistler for more information

Thursday, December 14
90-Minute Delay (K-8 ONLY)

Santa visits Little Creek (Shhh...it's a surprise!)

Basketball vs. Cambridge
4:15 p.m.

Monday, December 18
LC Holiday Parties

Tuesday, December 19
Friends of Radcliffe Day!
9:00 - 10:00 a.m. - Parent Speaker,  Dr. Duane Isava

10:00 - 11:00 a.m. - Full School Holiday Program 

11:00 - 12:45 p.m. - Friends of Radcliffe Day Activities

12:45 p.m. - K-8 Dismissal

LC - Regular Dismissal

Wednesday, December 20 - Monday, January 1
Winter Break, School Closed

LC Holiday Care Available December 21, 22, 27, 28, 29 
Contact Meg McClary to register
Parents must give 48 hours notice if they do not plan to attend Holiday Care or they will be charged

Tuesday, January 2
School Resumes
PROGRAM SPOTLIGHT - DISCOVERY!
Each week, we will be highlighting one of our programs or offering resources for parents to illustrate The Radcliffe Way!

Vocabulary is one of the biggest challenges for students in  Discovery class. Many new terms are learned through the topics in Science and Social Studies.  Discovery classes for all ages at Radcliffe utilize many strategies to help students learn and reinforce the meanings of these new terms. Not only are students memorizing the definitions - they are learning the origins and using them correctly when speaking and writing!

In this photo, Virgil is sorting vocabulary terms he wrote on index cards. Even when students copy the terms and definitions onto index cards by hand, they are engaging multiple senses to help reinforce the terms. Then, they have the cards to use in a variety of ways to help continue learning and reinforce the meaning! 



HUMANE SOCIETY DRESS DOWN DAY!
 
Animal Club Enrichment will be visiting the Kent County Humane Society to volunteer and deliver donations collected by the school. Students may dress down on Friday, December 8, 2017 if they bring one item from the donation list below.

The Humane Society wish list is:
  • Canned dog or cat food
  • Durable cat or dog toys
  • Dog or cat treats
  • Cat litter
  • Paper towels
  • Sanitizing wipes
  • 13 gallon trash bags
  • Old towels and blankets
CREATE NIGHT!
Please join us as we continue to celebrate The Radcliffe Way! The Radcliffe Way embodies our uniqueness as a school, where Discover.Create.Thrive happens daily. This is an on-going series that started on our Back to School night with DISCOVER. Our upcoming event will highlight how the teachers and the students CREATE together at Radcliffe.

To ring in the holiday season, Radcliffe is offering its families a chance to experience what it is like to create The Radcliffe Way, on December 13 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. PLEASE CLICK HERE TO RSVP!

Please bring the whole family to Radcliffe to enjoy a night of creativity, kindness, and celebration. Radcliffe's Design Lab, Art Room, and several classrooms will be open for creating several craft activities that have been planned for you by Radcliffe teachers, featuring winter decorations from around the world.

Additionally, that night, Radcliffe's Scholastic Book Fair will be open for business! A pizza dinner will be provided for all who attend and we hope that the whole family will come and enjoy a Radcliffe Creek style Create Night.
A Special Note: Radcliffe Creek School's K-8 program will open with a 90-minute delay on Thursday, December 14; doors will open at 9:30 a.m.

TOY DRIVE!
THERE'S STILL TIME TO SEND IN YOUR TOY DONATIONS! The Miles Homeroom is collecting toys for the Kent County 4H Toy Drive.  Toys are for children ages 0 to 18, and will go to needy families in Kent County. Toys should be new, unwrapped, and should not contain any weapons or depict violence. There is a collection box in the RCS lobby. The last day to contribute a toy to this worthy cause is Friday, December 15. Thank you from the Miles Homeroom!
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AROUND THE CREEK
Theo uncovered and read hidden messages to practice decoding words with the -igh in Ms. Singer's Reading class.

Ryan played Sight Word Hunt while working on fine motor skills and strength in Mrs. Moorman's Reading class. Each student has their own target word list, allowing differentiation in the classroom.



Thanks to everyone who donated, the York Homeroom was able to deliver 504 pounds of food to the Kent County Food Pantry today! Students also had a tour and learned more about how the Food Pantry operates.


Fun in the Little Creek Four's! Oliver and his friends guessed how tall they were using blocks and then measured themselves. 


Luke and Brayden race to find and sort open and closed syllables in Ms. Singer's Reading class.


Ms. Armstrong and Mrs. McClary's Literature class traveled to Delaware State University earlier this week to see the Chamber Theatre's performance of five short stories the students read this fall. The stories were: The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County; The Monkeys Paw; The Legend of Sleepy Hollow; The Tell Tale Heart; and The Raven. A great experience for our students to see their reading come to life!
Radcliffe Creek School
201 Talbot Boulevard
Chestertown, MD 21620
410-778-8150

Discover. Create. Thrive.