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kmoody — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0400

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Read-a-thon 2010

kmoody — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 10:17:52 -0500

Our annual Read-a-thon, which is organized by the GEPTA, ended today with our awards assembly. All students who participated received a certificate and pencil. Students reading 1,000 minutes or more received a trophy...and an ice cream party! Then the GEPTA awarded students from each grade level who were the top readers! Each of these students read more than 2,000 minutes on their own. These students are pictured above. Classes that had 100% participation also received a popcorn party. A reminder to all, if your child participated he/she will receive 10 free tickets for the GEPTA's indoor carnival at LER on March 13th from 3:00-5:00. Thank you to all who supported the read-a-thon! In all our students read 97,035 minutes!!!

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Celebrating Dr. Seuss 2010

kmoody — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 15:37:56 -0500

On March 2nd Laura Richards School celebrated Dr. Seuss Day! Guest readers from our school community came in to read Dr. Seuss stories to each class. Many thanks to Mr. Tuttle (Director of Curriculum and Instruction), Becky Fles (School Board Vice Chair), Juan Lavalle-Rivera (Assistant Special Education Director), David Gruber (SFC US Army), Katherine Kollman (GEPTA Co-President), Jim Toman (Gardiner Chief of Police), Al Ghoreyeb (River View Principal), and Carolyn Goggin (Assistant to Superintendent) for taking time out of their busy schedules to make this day a wonderful celebration of reading.

Officer Toman even thought he was "taking care of business" by apprehending a "suspicious character" at LER!! Thank goodness Mrs. Cockrell's class convinced him that she was innocent!! No charges were filed! Whew!

In the afternoon the entire school enjoyed their 3rd annual Strawberry Shortcake desserts! The desserts were made to look like the Cat in the Hat's hat with red strawberries and white whip cream to symbolize the hat's stripes. A great day was enjoyed by all!

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!

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Final Count: Hats for Haiti Day!

kmoody — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 10:58:25 -0500

Laura Richards School community has been participating in a coin drive during the month of February. All the money will be sent to the American Red Cross at the end of the month to help the victims of the earthquake. The jar has filled twice!! Mrs. Brown's class alone collected $153.00! Another student gave all her birthday money, which totalled $30.00!! Yesterday we sent a deposit to the bank for $317.00! Today was Hats for Haiti day at LER. Students, staff, and parents donated a dollar to enjoy wearing a hat at school today. Stay tuned to find out how much we've collected in all! We may have "the little" people here at Laura Richards...but they have HUGE HEARTS!

Mrs. Duquette's 4 year old program was our grand finale for our coin drive for Haiti. As of our final count today (2-25-10), our school community has donated $650.39 to send to the Red Cross to help the victims of the earthquake in Haiti. Thank you, thank you to all who supported this effort. The "Gift of Giving to Others in Need" is a wonderful life lesson for our students to experience here at Laura Richards School!

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February 8, 2010

kmoody — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:23:36 -0500

6:10 pm @ RVCS
Karen Moody, Katherine Kollman, Ellen McGuire, Veronica Babcock, Liz Brodie, Paula Bourque, Kevin Babcock, Kelly Green, Liz Hall, Jill Jamison, Bonnie Nickels, Tony Theberge, Tony Veit
1. President’s Report
a. “Thank you” note from Mrs. Lorbeski
b. Review early purchase of gifts for gift baskets via Oriental Trading
i. Motion to authorize: Liz Brodie
ii. 2d: Liz Hall
iii. Discussion
iv. Motion carries
2. Secretary’s Report
a. Review of January Minutes
b. Motion to accept: Paula
c. 2d: Liz Brodie
d. Discussion
e. Motion carries
3. Treasurer’s Report
a. Review deposits and expenses
b. Balance: +/- $14,500.
c. Recent Expenses: Planetarium, scholarship, book fairs, Readathon
d. Income from Meadowfarms: slightly down.
e. We have not started spending much on field trips. This will likely be a significant amount (c. $5000).
f. Review of amount of overall carryover balance ($9000.00 +/-), cushion v. necessity of restricting supports.
g. Motion to accept: Liz
h. 2d: veronica
i. Discussion
j. Motion carries
4. Principals’ Reports
a. Karen Moody
i. Budget:
ii. Book Fair/fundraiser w/ Barnes and Noble: packet of information available. (Similar to Subway fundraiser).
iii. Haiti Fundraiser at LER. (The jar is almost full). Hats for Haiti 2/12/10. Money will be sent to Red Cross.
iv. Website: GEPTA minutes have been put in a 2009/2010
v. NECAP scores in. Room for improvement. Principals meeting with 2d and 3d grade Teachers. We are at 60% free and reduced lunch (up from 34% over 3 years). Review “career fair:” multiple presenters, get kids talking about “what I want to be…,” exposed to different careers. Alternate schools yearly, bus kids, who to draw in, in order to raise aspirations…Principals would like to get PTA support for this, if possible.
b. Al Ghoreyeb
i. (The kids appreciated Planetarium). Liz Hall
ii. Learning Fair upcoming.
5. Committee Reports
a. Bylaws-Sonya Turner-not present.
b. Family Fun Nights-Katherine Kollman.
i. Book swap: went very well, busy, good attendance.
ii. Closing ceremonies: first week of March (LER: 3/4/10: 9 am). (RVCS 3/5/10: 8:45 am)
iii. Ice Cream Reward: TBD.
iv. 3/14/10 is the next FFN: Indoor Carnival.
v. Pre-K notices go home once a week.
c. Fundraising-Ellen McGuire for Kristy Gould
i. KG not present. Review Yard Sale at LER. Tables may be for rent for other vendors. Accepting donations. NO ITEMS MAY BE LEFT. Set up the night before, check for appropriate items (“Family friendly”). Saturday, May 8th, 8am -2pm, tie in with bookfair, set up Friday, May 7th,.5-6pm
d. Reading incentive-Liz Brodie and Paula Bourque
i. Bookfair: B1G1F: LER 4/29/10 to 5/13/10 (see: Fundraising Yard Sale 5/8/10)
ii. RVCS: 4/8 to 4/15 (concurrent with Parent Teacher conferences). Options will be explored for creating a B1G1F at RVCS.
iii. Checks needed for Scholastic.
iv. Motion to give Paula money for books: Veronica
v. 2d: Liz B.
vi. Discussion
vii. Motion carries
6. Old Business
a. None
7. New Business
a. Vacation reading at Gardiner Public Library: Katherine Kollman: review summer reading program. Option for one time event at Library Wednesday 2/17/10, 11a to 12 Noon, with a gift certificate to Blue Sky Bakery for attendees.
b. Motion to approve Blue Sky Bakery reimbursement: Paula (up to $50).
c. 2d: Veronica
d. Discussion
e. Motion carries.
f. Teacher candy poem:
8. Funding Requests
a. Pre-K, K, 1st Grade: Chewonki: $1366 (based on last years fee), in the first week of May 2010.
b. Gray Zoo: review trip
c. Trip to Library: Bussing all Kids: $25/hr/driver., + $.70/mile @ 10 miles:
i. Motion to approve up to $140.00 for the 4th grade to go to library: Paula
ii. 2d: veronica
iii. discussion
iv. motion carries
d. Swan Island: $480
i. Motion to accept: Paula
ii. 2d: Veronica
e. discussion
f. motion carries
9. Adjournment
a. Motion: Paula
b. 2d Veronica
c. discussion
d. motion carries; 7:22 pm