Friday, November 3
Dress Down Day!
End of First Term - 12:45 p.m. K-8 Dismissal -
NO HOMEWORK CLUB!
Tuesday, November 7
PICTURE DAY!
Tuesday, November 14
Little Creek Parent Conferences
Wednesday, November 15
Little Creek Parent Conferences
K-7 Parent Conferences
NO K-8 Homework Club
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PROGRAM SPOTLIGHT - LANGUAGE ARTS!
Each week, we will be highlighting one of our programs or offering resources for parents to illustrate The Radcliffe Way!
Have you ever kept a journal of some sort? While some of us may remember calling it a diary, a journal is much the same thing. At some point in your life you may have kept a health/food journal, travel journal, reading journal, or even a dream journal. And these days journaling is making a big comeback in the adult world. Any walk through a bookstore can prove that. One can find beautifully bound journals, both of the blank and preprinted variety. Most importantly though, journaling offers us so many benefits: mindfulness, goal setting, improving communication abilities, boosting memory, and improving our emotional health, to name just a few.
Here at Radcliffe, journal writing is a staple of the Language Arts Program. While students are provided direct instruction for a variety of writing styles, journaling is one area where students can just write about whatever they want. Many students don't know what that is yet, so both visual and verbal prompts are provided to get them started if that's what they need. Younger students can draw and dictate what's on their minds, while older students get the chance to get something off their minds. Our students know they can express themselves without the pressure of having it presented to their peers or marked up for revising. Journal writing is that safe place where anything goes.
Journaling can also improve writing stamina. It takes practice, but journaling over time increases the ability to produce lengthier writing pieces. If students learn to take risks when writing for themselves, that same ability spills over into other writing forms. With an increase in stamina, they become more confident writers.
So while journal writing may not seem so important, it actually is key in aiding the development of the writing process. Try journaling yourself; you may like it!
Ellie and Marcus write in their journals during Language Arts.
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 The Parent Teacher Committee of Radcliffe Creek School is happy to offer pies & poinsettias for sale to our friends in the local community for the holiday season.
PIES
Pies from Lapp Family Bakery including: apple, apple crumb, cherry, strawberry rhubarb, pecan, sweet potato, and white potato. Gluten-free pies from Figg's Ordinary including: gluten free apple, gluten free pumpkin, and gluten free chocolate. All pies are $18.
POINSETTIAS
Beautiful red and white poinsettias from Tidal Creek Growers in 8-inch and 10-inch pots! 8-inch plants are $20 and 10-inch are $30.
Orders must be placed by Thursday, November 16 at 4:00 p.m.
Pies will be available for pickup on Tuesday, November 21 from 12:30-4:00 p.m. Poinsettias will be available for pickup on Wednesday, November 29 from 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
Deliveries can be made for large orders (please call 410-778-8150 for details).
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
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CHORUS ENRICHMENT!
LAST CALL for Nest students interested in joining CHORUS as a Second Term Enrichment option!
Chorus will fill one Enrichment block (not both!) for the Second Term and will have several fun opportunities to perform during the upcoming holiday season. If you meant to contact Ms. Babylon to make sure that your child is included in the Chorus but forgot, please do so by Friday!
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HALLOWEEN PARADE THANK YOU!
It was a beautiful, sunny,
warm day for the Chestertown Halloween Parade! The kids had a great time wishing our community a Happy Halloween. Mrs. Fish and Mrs. Herron would like to thank the following students and their parents for their participation: Ella and Jim Daining; Zoe and Paul Bramble; Douglas, Ava, Doug and Mariah Goodall; Elias and Theo Khem; Aidan and Anthony Smith; Peter, Emy, and Joe Karlik; Timothy and Eleanor Magee; Ellie Lake and William Brockschmidt; Aiden Dunlap; Aidan McGurl and Alex Caswell; and Henry and James Martinez. A special thanks goes to Darby and Donald Hewes for the use of their truck, trailer and a bounty of candy, to Ms. Serio for coffee and her assistance, and Mr. Joiner for driving the float! Participating in the parade would not have happened without the students, parents, and teachers! Thank you!
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8TH GRADE TRANSITION INFORMATION
Parents of eighth graders,
a few reminders of the next steps in the high school transition process:
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Finish any remaining school visits; attend Open Houses
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Gather any materials necessary to make application to each school of interest to your family
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Send teacher recommendation forms to the front desk; do not send to the teachers
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Complete Transition consent form
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Make sure that you are aware of any and all admissions deadlines that have been established by your chosen schools
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Meet with RCS academic teachers and Eighth Grade Transition Coordinators to check on academic progress, review testing and discuss recommendations for high school. (Contact Debbie Cohee-Wright at
to arrange a time to meet)
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AROUND THE CREEK
Elii and Barron decoding r-control words while playing a game of Twister!
Alida is showing off "old school cut and paste" while Mrs. Hushion's class revised their personal narratives by cutting them apart and reorganizing ideas.
Cannon does the crab walk to select a subject and verb in Mrs. Hushion's Language Arts class. Students then had to write sentences in which the subject and verbs agreed.
Mrs. Kirby's Discovery classes made dyes from natural materials to show how Native Americans used the resources around them to decorate their fabric!
Ethan and Brock played Fall Tic Tac Toe this week! First, they spelled a word given with their target linkage. If they spelled it correctly, they placed their pumpkin on the space.
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