Friday, October 4th- Dress Down Day and Spirit Day
Dress Down Day: Students wear their favorite
sunglasses! Spirit activity(seasons tug of war) will take place during Enrichment!
Saturday, October 5th- HP Wizarding Weekend
Radcliffe will host potions classes from 11:00-12:00 and 1:00-2:00 outside of the Garfield Center.
Thursday, October 10th- PTC Meeting 7:00 p.m.
The PTC will hold the first meeting of the year in the RCS board room. All are invited to join!
Monday, October 14th- NO SCHOOL for Indigenous Peoples Day
Wednesday, October 16th-
Phyllis Fagell, author of Middle School Matters, Presentations
See below for more details about this event!
1:30 Field Trip for 6th-8th grade students to Kent School; 6:00 Presentation for Parents and Community at The Garfield Center
Friday, October 25th- Fall Soiree 6:00-8:00 p.m.
SAVE THE DATE! The Fall Soiree is an adult event. More details to come!
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UPCOMING EVENTS IN THE COMMUNITY
Radcliffe student's work will be highlighted in the following events in the community:
November 1st (5:00-6:30)- African American Revolutionary War Art Exhibit
November 1st (5:00-8:00)- Chester River Arts Student Exhibit
November 2nd-Chestertown Halloween Parade
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PROGRAM SPOTLIGHT - LANGUAGE ARTS
Each week, we will be highlighting one of our programs or offering resources for the Radcliffe community to illustrate The Radcliffe Way!
The Language Arts program is designed to provide multi-sensory instruction in the areas of writing, grammar, comprehension, and vocabulary. Students gain specific skills by following the systematically designed curriculum, which includes review of previously taught skills before acquisition and mastery of new skills. Students are taught strategies designed to make them successful, independent learners.
In order to implement the goals and objectives, which are derived from Maryland State Standards and current research findings, a variety of programs are utilized to meet the individual learning styles of the students. Such programs include
Step Up To Writing
,
Language!
,
Framing Your Thoughts
, the
Write Source
series, and Houghton Mifflin's
English
. Interactive Whiteboards in the classroom also give students access to internet resources and activities. In addition, students in grades 5-8 are issued Chromebooks to use for writing across the curriculum.
For Orton-Gillingham students, a variety of literature selections are used in the classroom to support vocabulary, comprehension, and fluency.
For students placed in Literature classes, the focus in Language Arts is writing and higher-level grammar.
In the pictures below, Wyatt and Blake are using a variety of Language Arts resources to write personal narrative's in Mrs. Bushby's class!
Below, Ms. Greenwood's class is working on making types of sentences spiders!
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AN EVENING WITH PHYLLIS L. FAGELL
Radcliffe Creek School has partnered with Kent School to bring Phyllis L. Fagell, the inspiring author of
Middle School Matters
to The Garfield Center for the Arts in Chestertown, MD on Wednesday, October 16th. Middle school students will travel to Kent School during the school day on October 16th for a presentation. All are welcomed to attend this exciting event from 6:00-7:30 pm. This event is free of charge. Please invite your friends and family.
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REMINDERS FROM THE FRONT DESK
- Due to your amazing donations, our Uniform Swap is at capacity and we will no longer be accepting donations; thank you for all your generosity!
- Please return Student Handbook signatures to Mrs. Kim as soon as possible
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8TH GRADE TRANSITION
Please contact
Debbie Cohee-Wright if you would like to meet to discuss your child's high school options for next year. In the meantime, please complete the
8th grade questionnaire that will help us assist you in this process.
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HARRIS TEETER TOGETHER IN EDUCATION
Radcliffe is now taking part in Harris Teeter's Together in Education program! If you shop at Harris Teeter, it is now easy to connect your VIC card with Radcliffe's account. With your VIC card connected to Radcliffe's account, 5% of Harris Teeter brand purchases will be donated by Harris Teeter to the school!
Getting set up is simple: follow the steps below to register online OR just tell the cashier next time you are shopping to link your VIC card with Radcliffe's account number-
6674!
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LISS GRANTS
Parents!
Grants can be a great way to obtain money for any special services, such as speech and language, occupational therapy, specialized tutoring, or summer camp. The MD Department of Health has a program called Low Intensity Support Services (LISS) that can provide funds (up to $2000) for eligible students. Check out this
link to see if your child qualifies for this program.
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CHESTERTOWN HP FESTIVAL
Radcliffe Creek School will again host the "Potions Class" during Chestertown's HP Festival. Please come out and visit the Radcliffe tent (outside of the Garfield Center) on Saturday, October 5th, 2019.
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BUFFALO BUCKS STORE
T
he Buffalo Bucks store is in need of donations! Please send in new or lightly used toys, book
s, and games. If you have any questions, please contact Gretchen Coppage!
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AROUND THE CREEK
Chase practices blending sounds by whispering them into his phone in Mrs. Moorman's class..
Douglas is reading every chance he gets...even recess!!
Ben is working on a poster comparing the North and South during the Civil War while demonstrating great use of his resources- the assignment sheet and his textbook!
Ms. Paris' class is working on place value posters!
A few of the 8th grade students work with Mattox on her free throws.
Ms. Aly works with the K/1's on crossing the midline for hand dominance, wrist extension for handwriting, visual skills, and upper body strength using the lazy 8 drawings. Gardner made his a dragon!
Mary Jane and AJ are working on a mural of a Medieval Manor in Discovery class with Ms. Connor.
Students in Social Skills work on classifying emotions with a sort and scoot game.
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