NOVEMBER 2018

Thursday, November 8

• MES Book Fair

Friday, November 9

• MES Honors Our Veterans Event
  • All students and staff wear red, white, and blue
  • See below for additional information

Monday, November 12

• TAG Presentation Week

Tuesday, November 13

• TAG Presentation Week

Wednesday, November 14

• TAG Presentation Week

Thursday, November 15

• TAG Presentation Week
• Children's Grief Awareness Day
  • Blue - Out: Students and staff wear blue to show support for children who experienced the loss of a loved one
    • For more information, please read below in the "Counselor's Corner"

Friday, November 16

• TAG Presentation Week
• Tiger Pride Friday
  • All students and staff wear Black & Gold

Diversity Expression Contest

On behalf of the Marcia Martin Unity Diversity Committee, the North Allegheny School District is pleased to announce the kick-off of the 18^th annual Diversity Expression Contest, which will run from November 12^th through December 7^th. The image above contains a link to the contest rules and entry forms – please note that the submission form for writing has been changed to an online format where students will upload their submissions, while the entry form for Fine Arts submissions can be downloaded, printed and attached to their projects.

Information about the contest are also available on every school’s website in addition to the District’s social media platforms for the duration of the contest.

As outlined in the flyer, submissions are to be returned to the school offices by December 7^th. Winners will be announced in February and recognized at Diversity Contest Winners’ Reception on March 27, 2019.

As in the sentiment shared by Malcolm Forbes, students will reflect on “Diversity: the art of thinking independently TOGETHER”.

Thank you for your support of the 2018 Diversity Expression Contest.

MES Health & Physical Education Teachers Need Your Help

The Health and Physical Education teachers have applied for a $2,500 grant to put towards the School Biking Program at MES. The grant is the Farmers Insurance Thank a Teacher grant, and sixty grants are awarded based on the number of votes each proposal receives. In order to try to get this grant, we need your votes!

The proposal can be voted on one time/day per email address. If you have multiple email addresses, you can use each of them. You can vote every single day until the voting closes on November 3rd. To vote, click on the following link:

https://www.farmers.com/thank-americas-teachers/vote-for-a-teacher/vote-for-a-proposal-form/

Once you are at this page, type in “Crawford” under Teacher’s Last Name and click Search. Click on the proposal, and then enter your email address, check the box, and click Submit. To confirm your vote, you will receive an email at the address you listed. You will need to click on the link that is emailed to you to finalize your vote.

Please spread the word to anyone and everyone that you can! We appreciate your help, and hopefully we can get enough votes to be awarded this grant!

Marshall Elementary has a Contest Winner!

MES 3rd Grader, Antara Misra, was selected as a runner up in the 2018 "My Holiday Wish" coloring contest.

This is the contest that is described below, and Antara is the recipient of a monetary award. In addition, our art department will be awarded funds to support the art program at Marshall Elementary.

Congratulations, Antara!

Help fund the framed artwork for MES TAG (Traveling Art Gallery) through the NA Foundation.

Please click here to learn more about these fundraising efforts.

School Counseling News

What is Children’s Grief Awareness Day?

This is a day focused on bringing to mind the children all around us who have experienced the death of a loved one.

This day provides an opportunity to let grieving children know that they are not forgotten in the midst of their grief.

How can we raise awareness for grieving children?

Join Marshall Elementary in a BLUE-OUT! Wear BLUE on Thursday, November 15, 2018 to show your support.

Decorate the butterfly in honor, memory, or support. Return the completed butterfly to your child’s homeroom by Tuesday, November 13, 2018. The butterflies will be hung at Marshall Elementary to help raise awareness of children’s grief.

Save the date for our annual Night on the Town – Movie Night. All proceeds will benefit the Caring Place. Movie night will be held on Friday, December 14, 2018.

Click on the image below to read November's Home & School Connection.

Yearbook Early Bird Pricing Ends Soon!

Just a friendly reminder to order your yearbook before November 30^th to take advantage of the Early Bird Discount. Regular pricing begins December 1^st and continues through February 28^th.

To order: follow these 3 easy steps:

Go to my.lifetouch.com

On the Lifetouch homepage, scroll down to find “Order Your Yearbook” and click “Order”

Enter 11334519 in the Yearbook ID Code box

Enter your child’s name, the type of yearbook you’d like, your billing information and YOU’RE DONE! New this year - you can order yearbooks for more than one child on the same order.

Not sure if you’ve ordered? Follow steps 1 and 2 above and then click on “Get Details of Your Previous Orders by Email.” Enter your email address and you will receive an email from Lifetouch YBPay listing any orders placed during the 2018-19 school year.

Please contact Wendy Rychel at wrychel@comcast.net if you have questions.

Save Your Box Tops

WELL DONE, MES!!

Thanks to your efforts, we earned over $615.00 from the Box Tops program during our Fall classroom contest! This money will go directly to the PFA to use toward many wonderful programs for our kiddos.

The winner of the Fall contest was 5E – Mrs. Groves’ homeroom. They sent in 378 Box Tops and received $30 to spend at the Book Fair, an extra recess, and a trophy to keep for two weeks. Awesome job!

In 2^nd place was 4A – Mrs. McLaughlin’s homeroom with 352 and in 3^rd place was 3G – Ms. Jaskolski’s homeroom with 310. We would also like to recognize all the kindergarten classes for collecting a total of 600 Box Tops. This is the highest total sent in by our kindergarten families in several years. Way to go!

If your child’s homeroom didn’t win, don’t worry. We will have another contest in February, so please KEEP CLIPPING! For a list of all the Box Tops products, go to btfe.com.

Thank you so much for your support of this program!

Wendy Rychel

Bethe Rykaczewski

Remember to check the MES website frequently for Thursday E-Blasts, school activities, and general information.

Click here to visit the Marshall Elementary School website.

Click here to access the Marshall Elementary School Parent Faculty Association (PFA) website.