This Week @ Gates
April 29, 2018
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Upcoming Events
- Tuesday, 05/01/18: Parent Information Night for Nature’s Classroom
- Friday, 05/11/18: Ice Cream Social and 6th Grade Social (new date)
- Monday-Friday, 05/07/18-05/11/18: Staff Appreciation Week
- Wednesday, 05/09/18: Students Show Their Appreciation Day
- Monday, 05/14/18: PTO Meeting in the Gates Library
- Thursday, 05/17/18: Celebrate the Arts Night
- Tuesday, 05/22/18: Storytime at the Silver Unicorn Bookstore
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Staff Appreciation Week:
Students Show Their Appreciation Day
When we asked the staff what they liked most they answered the pictures and notes from students. On Wednesday, May 9th please have your child bring in a picture or note telling a member of the staff how much they appreciate them.
Your child doesn’t want to write a note – that’s OK. Have them wear their teacher’s favorite color. It can be their classroom teacher, assistant teacher, favorite office staff, favorite special teacher, etc. Click
HERE
to see what their favorite color is.
Also Wednesday we will be raffling off the prizes that have been donated. Want to donate something but have no ideas? Click
HERE
to see the sign up for the raffle gifts. Please contact
Jennifer Smith
about pick up of raffle items.
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New Gates Event:
Storytime at the Silver Unicorn Bookstore
On Tuesday, May 22nd
The Silver Unicorn Bookstore
is hosting a Gates storytime. The event will be held from 6:00-8:00 pm and Silver Unicorn Bookstore is donating 15% of the evening proceeds to the Gates PTO to support and enrich the educational experiences of our students. More information about the evening and special readers is coming, so stay tuned. In the meantime, please email
Sheila Magovern
for more details.
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Spring Is In the Air and Its ALMOST Ice Cream Social Time
On Friday, May 11th from 7:00 - 9:00 pm bring your whole family and build an ice cream sundae, bring home a cake from the cakewalk, play carnival games, and stock your library for some summer reading! Keep in mind this is NOT A DROP OFF EVENT parent supervision is required.
Ice Cream is $3.00
Wristbands for Unlimited Games are $10.00
Individual Game Tickets are $.50 each
Pre-Buy Wristbands
A form was sent home to order wristbands. If you didn’t receive a form email
Molly Wald
and she will send one with instructions on how to get your wristbands.
Calling All Volunteers
It takes many volunteers to make this Gates tradition a success. To get involved click on one of the links below. If you are interested in volunteering the night of the social, please sign up for a time slot
HERE
. 5th graders are invited to help with games. To donate a cake (homemade/store bought), please sign-up
HERE
. To donate toppings, please sign-up
HERE
. A drop off box is located in the Gates lobby for book donations.
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Book Donations Needed for the Ice Cream Social
Parents, please consider donating books for the annual used book sale that will be taking place during this year’s ice cream social on Friday, May 11th. You can send them in with your child. We take both children and adult literature, fiction and non-fiction. There are two square plastic boxes clearly labeled “book donations” placed on the right of the cafeteria doors in the Gates School lobby. We will accept board games & puzzles if all pieces are accounted for. Do you have too many to carry to school? No problem, just contact
Sian McGurk
to arrange a pick up. Thank you for donating the gift of a good read for a great cause.
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6th Grade Social Information
All Gates 6th Grade students are invited to attend the 6th Grade Social on Friday, May 11th from 7:00-9:00 pm. The event takes place during the Ice Cream Social. Please join us for games, prizes, snacks, yearbook photo opportunities, and a cupcake walk.
Event Admission is $5 payable the night of the event.
Admission fee will cover snacks, games, and prizes
Please note: The $5 fee covers the 6th Grade event only. Sixth graders are permitted to buy individual game tickets at the Ice Cream Social (.50 each). Ice Cream is $3.00
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Nature’s Classroom Update
As you may be aware, the sixth grade has been attending a four-day, three-night camping trip through Nature’s Classroom for the past several years. Next year’s sixth grade trip to Nature’s Classroom will take place in the fall. Attending this program early in the school year will allow students and teachers to gain rewarding team building and hands-on learning opportunities, which can then be applied in the classroom setting throughout the rest of the school year. Nature’s Classroom is a residential education program. Dedicated to motivational learning, Nature’s Classroom stimulates children toward learning more about various academic subjects by exploring and doing exciting activities. Through living and learning together, Nature’s Classroom develops community awareness.
If you are a 5th grade parent, please plan on attending the Parent Information Night on Tuesday, May 1st at 6:30 pm in the Gates Cafetorium.
Listed below is information pertinent to the trip:
- Tentative Dates of the trip: October 23-26, 2018 (Tuesday - Friday)
- Location of the trip: Groton, MA
- Approximate cost of the trip: $300.00
- First installment: $125 check made out to Gates PTO due: Tuesday 5/15
- Student Registration and Questionnaires due: Tuesday 5/15
- 2 more installments will be spread out in the June and October.
- Parent information night: Tuesday May 1st, 6:30 pm in the Gates Cafetorium
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A Message From Food Services
Breakfast is now served daily at the High School, RJ Grey Junior High School, Conant, Gates, McCarthy-Towne, and Merriam schools. Blanchard and Douglas schools will serve breakfast beginning in the fall!
Please note, that any balance on your student’s account at the end of the school year automatically carries over to the next school year and is available for use during Summer Session and the start of school.
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Hello From the Health Office
May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month. With good weather and outdoor activities, it's time to start thinking about tick checks and bite prevention. Tick checks consist of checking your body for ticks after being outdoors. The CDC notes that common locations for ticks include:
- Under the arms
- In and around the ears
- Inside belly button
- Back of the knees
- In and around the hair
- Around the waist
- Between the toes
Use of insect repellent that contains DEET is an important way to prevent tick and mosquito bites. Please keep in mind that these should be applied before school as we can not apply insect repellent at school. For more information, please go to the
CDC website
.
Enjoy the good weather!
Diane Spring and Victoria Reierson
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Donelan's Receipts for Education
Donelan's Supermarkets proudly sponsors the Register Tapes for Education Program to make a difference in local communities. Simply collect Donelan's receipts and deposited them in the collection center outside the Gates school office. These receipts are then converted into points and redeemed for equipment and supplies for Gates School.
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AmazonSmile
Shopping on AmazonSmile is a simple and automatic way for you to support Gates school. Just sign up at AmazonSmile and register Paul P. Gates School PTO as your designated charity. Then every time you shop, AmazonSmile donates 0.5% of your purchase price to the Gates PTO. Don't forget to bookmark the website.
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Box Tops for Education
The Box Tops for Education program is an easy way to earn cash for Gates school. Simply clip Box Tops on hundreds of products at your local grocery store and place them in the collection box outside of the Gates school office. For each one, Gates receives 10 cents and it really adds up.
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"This Week at Gates" is distributed at the beginning of each week. If you have a submission you'd like to have included in the weekly email, please be sure to email it to the
Senior Co-chair Naomi Phaneuf
by noon on Wednesday.
This newsletter was created solely for the purpose of communicating school related events to parents and students.
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