January 12, 2017



IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES
Thursday, January 12
RCS Basketball vs. Kent School
4:00 p.m.

Friday, January 13
7th and 8th Grade Winter Dance
6:00-9:00 p.m.
See below for more information

Monday, January 16
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
RCS K-8 and Little Creek Closed

Friday, January 20
End of Second Term
12:45 p.m. Dismissal - NO HOMEWORK CLUB (K-8 Only)
PROGRAM SPOTLIGHT - ART!
Each week, we will be highlighting one of our programs or offering resources for parents to illustrate The Radcliffe Way!

Art on Display at the Kent County Public Library
For the month of January, Radcliffe Creek School students have artwork on display at the Kent County Public Library. Collages, paintings, and drawings make up the diverse collection of work. The following students have their work on exhibit: Jack Rhodes, Brayden Batchelor, Ben Anthony, Will Bankhead, Tom Selley, Brooks Wilson, Kelsey Higgs, Zoe Bramble, Chase Pochron, Elle Wick, Brady Boyle, Kelly Ryon, Hunter Morrison, Noah Friel, Luke Blackiston, Aden Hutchinson, Ben Gale, Mariner Schut, Aisling Bonass, Virgil Randolph, Marley Bonass, Reagan Hinderliter, Lexi Boyle, Lorenzo Lictao, Matthew Sawyer, Charlie Morlock, Daniel McDowell, Thomas Callahan, Anthony Smith, and Kyleigh Batchelor. Please stop by the KCPL to view their awesome work!!!

Lexi Boyle, Lorenzo Lictao, and Daniel McDowell's artwork

Radcliffe Creek School Ceramics Program
The ceramics program at Radcliffe Creek School has just expanded to include two pottery wheels! The School purchased, with funds from a grant, a used pottery wheel from Doug Sassi, a local potter who resides and works in Still Pond. The second pottery wheel was donated by Griffin and Hunter Reed. Their mother, Joan Reed, was integral in getting Radcliffe's' ceramics program started. Sadly, Joan passed away last year. To honor her love or ceramics, Joan's family wanted the School to have one of her pottery wheels. In addition, the Reed family donated ceramic books and tools. Their generosity will help Radcliffe's ceramics program thrive.

Making pottery is a favorite Art Room activity. Students are actively engaged in shaping, molding, pinching, and rolling clay into sculptures and functional items. Clay also helps develop hand strength, important for writing tasks and sensory awareness. Working with clay can also build a student's self-esteem and focus as well as help them feel calm. How students interact with clay and feel about their pottery make their school experiences even more positive!


Bennett centers clay on the pottery wheel
GEOGRAPHY BEE
Radcliffe's National Geographic Bee will be held on Wednesday, January 25 at 8:30 a.m. Students in 4th-8th grade are eligible to participate! The winner will then take a test to determine if they qualify for the next round. For study materials, go to NatGeoBee.org and you can download the Geo Bee Challenge app. It's going to be great fun!
SAVE THE DATE FOR SUMMER 2017!

It might be winter, but we are beginning to gear up for Summer 2017 on the Creek! Again this year we will feature programs for children ages two through rising second graders. We will have our full summer program (June 12 - August 18) as well as three week-long adventures for children ages 2-5 in August.

The themes for our full summer program (ages two through rising second graders) are:
June 12-30
Space is the Place

July 3 - July 28
Super Safari

July 31 - August 18
Shipwrecked on the Chesapeake Bay

The themes for the week-long adventures are:
July 31 - August 4
Fairy Tale Adventures (ages 2-5)

August 7-11
Pirate Adventures (ages 3-6)

August 14-18
Animal Kingdom (ages 2-5)

Stay-tuned for more information!
WINTER DANCE!

AROUND THE CREEK
Little Creek's Four's Class observed "Steve" the maple tree this week to see how he's changed from fall to winter. Students then drew what they observed in their science journals. The children only needed the color brown since he is now without leaves!


Brock and Charlie working on balance and visual motor skills in the OT Room while playing Kerplunk on balance boards!

Nest students participated in a kindness activity at Closing on Wednesday. Each student decorated a name tag for their Marsh Buddy. Nest students discussed how doing kind things for one another makes them feel good, happy, excited, and loving!

In Little Creek's Toddler room this week, students mixed yellow and red paint together in a baggie on paper to make orange. They cut a carrot shape from the orange to add to a collaborative snowman they are building on their door.


Students in Mrs. Johnson's Social Thinking class made bird feeders this week while talking about being kind to nature and loving the Earth!
Radcliffe Creek School
201 Talbot Boulevard
Chestertown, MD 21620
410-778-8150

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