Noah Webster News

Please join us on Wednesday, June 5th at 1:30 PM in the school auditorium. The 5th grade students will be presenting their version of the opera Hansel and Gretel.

Friday, June 7th will be our last Town Meeting. Grades 4th – 8th will be at 8:30 a.m. in the auditorium and Grades K – 3rd will be at 9:30 a.m. in the auditorium. Join us for our celebration!

Please be sure to check with your child about end of the year celebrations, field days and send appropriate clothing into school for these activities. You can find this information on our website on the Google calendar.

Please remember to drive slowly when you are approaching the school, in the am and during dismissal. We have many people and students entering and leaving the campus and we want all of you to be safe.

Lastly, please don’t forget that Friday, June 14th is the last day of school. Dismissal will be at 12 noon and there will not be YMCA care on that day.

Noah Webster Concert Band, Percussion Ensemble and Recorder Ensemble concerts – Thursday, May 23rd – 10:00 and 1:30 in the school auditorium.

Noah Webster String Orchestra concerts – Friday, May 24th – 10:00 and 1:30 in the school auditorium.

Please remember that there will be no school on Monday, May 27th in observance of Memorial Day.

Our PTA and SGC election for parent members will be on Thursday, May 30th at 6 p.m. in the library.

The Community Service Micro Task Force is collecting gently used clothing including uniforms. Donations may be sent to school with your child.

We will have an early release on Friday, May 31st at 12noon for all students.

On Saturday, June 1st from 10am – 4pm all families are invited to join the West End Civic Association in their Gardens Around the West End. Tour maps will be available at Central Supermarket (500 Farmington Avenue) starting at 9 am on Saturday. Heavy rain date will be Sunday, June 2nd.

Please join us on Sunday, June 2nd at the New Britain Stadium for Noah Webster Family Day at the Rock Cats. Tickets are available in the main office and are 10 dollars per person. Children 4 and under are free if they sit on a parent’s lap. Please make checks payable to Noah Webster PTA. Tickets are available until May 24th. Please call the office with any questions.

To parents of all 7th grade students: The Diversity Academy is excited to participate in an Engineering Raft-building Competition at Winding Trails in Farmington, CT next Wednesday May, 29th. Students were given information today in school along with a special permission slip that will need to be signed and returned to the school as soon as possible. Please be sure to review the information—you may keep the half-sheet flyer with detailed information—and return the full size permission slip with your child. If you have any questions please contact Jason Fredlund at 860.484.9220.”

Please join us on Sunday, June 2nd at the New Britain Stadium for Noah Webster Family Day at the Rock Cats. Tickets are available in the main office and are 10 dollars per person. Children 4 and under are free if they sit on a parent’s lap. Please make checks payable to Noah Webster PTA. Tickets are available until May 24th. Please call the office with any questions.

CHANGE OF DATE- Our PTA and SGC election for parent members of the SGC that was scheduled for this Thursday, May 16th at 6 p.m in the library is being RESCHEDULED. More information to come on this.

Also on Thursday, May 16th all families are invited to join us and The Interfaith Education Task Force Partnership Project for their annual Fundraiser for Education at the Pond House in Elizabeth Park from 5-8 pm. Tickets are available at the door. Please help us to make this event a success.

On Friday, May 17th at 1:30 in the auditorium please join us for the Jazz Assembly.

This is Donna Caldeira, Interim Portfolio Director for the Hartford Public School. I am going to share some very exciting news with you.

As you know, the SGC has been involved in the interview process for a principal. Following that process, Dr. Christina Kishimoto is recommending Mr. Jay Mihalko, the present acting principal, as the principal of the Noah Webster School.

The Hartford Board of Education will meet on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at the Noah Webster School to approve the Superintendent’s recommendation to appoint Mr. Jay Mihalko, as principal of the Noah Webster School.

Congratulations to Mr. Mihalko. Please join me in thanking the SGC members for their time, dedication, and commitment in this process.

Please be sure to mark your calendars for the next early release, Wednesday, May 8th at 12 noon.

The last day of school is June 14th; this will also be half day with dismissal at 12 noon.

Please join us for “Take Your Parent to Work Day” Tuesday, April 30th (if your child is a red or yellow explorer) or Thursday, May 2nd (if your child is a green or blue explorer). Come and see your child at work in his/her MicroSociety venture and go out with your child to other ventures on this very special “Discovery Day”.

Information is available below and in the main office about School Governance Council and PTA nominations and elections of parents please take a moment to stop by and learn about how you can be involved!

It’s time to elect the officers for the PTA for school year 2013-2014. Nominations are now being accepted for the following positions:

President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
Membership Chair

All nominees must be current (paid) members of the PTA and be willing to serve. All nominations should include contact information for the person(s) being nominated. Please send nominations via email to ctraylab@yahoo.com. (Computer access is available in the Family Resource Room.)

All nominations should be in by Monday, May13th. Elections will be held at our next PTA meeting and in conjunction with SGC elections on Thursday, May 16th at 6:00pm in the library.

GET INVOLVED AT NOAH WEBSTER MICROSOCIETY SCHOOL
NOMINATIONS FOR PARENT MEMBERSHIP IN THE 2013-2015
NOAH WEBSTER MICROSOCIETY MAGNET
SCHOOL GOVERNANCE COUNCIL
are GOING ON NOW
and will close at 5:00 PM ON APRIL 26th.
NOMINATE YOURSELF AND/OR ANOTHER PARENT
WHO YOU FEEL HAS THE WILL TO HELP CREATE A PLACE
WHERE ALL CHILDREN SUCCEED.
BE PART OF A TEAM OF PARENTS, TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS WORKING HARD TO KEEP NOAH WEBSTER SCHOOL GREAT.
NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY. TRAINING IS PROVIDED.
SEND ALL NOMINATIONS AND QUESTIONS TO:
NOAHWEBSTERSGC@GMAIL.COM

Please be sure to mark your calendars for the next early release, Wednesday, May 8th at 12 noon.

The last day of school is June 14th this will also be half day with dismissal at 12 noon.

Join your child for Take your Parent to work day on either April 30th for those students with red or yellow passports and May 2nd for those with a blue or green passport.

Attention parents of all 7th grade students, your child will be attending a Diversity Academy program this Wednesday, April 24th, at The Hartford Public Library. Students will board the bus at 9am, but should report to school at the usual time—in uniform. We will return before the school day is over. The cafeteria will provide bagged lunches for all students who usually receive school lunch. Please contact Jason Fredlund, Coordinator of the Diversity Academy, should you have any questions; he can be reached at 860-484-9220.”

Information is available in the main office about School Governance Council and PTA nominations and elections of parents please take a moment to stop by and learn about how you can be involved!

Friday, April 19th we will hold our Town Meeting in the auditorium. Grades K – 3rd will be at 1:30 p.m. and Grades 4th – 8th
at 2:15 p.m.
On Wednesday, April 24th we will have a special assembly from 10-1 pm with the
CT Coalition for Recycling in celebration of Earth Day which is Monday, April 22nd.

Our next early release will by Wednesday, May 8th at 12 noon.

Please mark your calendars for the last day of school as June 14th this will also be half day.

Please be sure to keep up to date with our programs and assemblies for the next couple of months on our website.

Hartford Symphony Orchestra’s LIFE: A Journey Through Time Student Art Contest:

Five NWMMS students placed in the Elementary and Intermediate Grades Division of the Hartford Symphony Orchestra’s LIFE: A Journey Through Time Student Art Contest.
Elementary
Amanda D’Oleo – First Place
Madison Pauuska – Second Place
Ava DiPietro – Third Place
Intermediate
Ileana Sullivan- Second Place
Ayana Bell Encarnacion- Third Place

Please join us at our first Annual Family Restaurant Night, Thursday, March 28th from 4:30 – 8 pm at Taco Bell. The address is 485 Flatbush Ave in Hartford. We look forward to seeing you all there!

For this March vacation, your child has been given a book and a short assignment to complete. Please return both the book and the assignment to school by April 10th.
Remember- MyOn Reading is also available on-line with LOTS of book choices for all students! Time spent on MyOn will count toward a reading competition.

Our spring break will begin on Friday, March 29th and we will come back to school on Monday, April 8th. We hope you enjoy a much needed rest and time with families.

Please mark your calendars for an Early Release on Wednesday, April 10th. All students will be dismissed at 12 noon.

We are excited to announce that we will be having a MyOn reading contest across the grades. The winners of the contest will be based on which class reads for the most amount of time in April using MyOn. Time spent reading on MyOn over vacation will count towards these times. Each grade level will have a winning class that will have their photo displayed on the big screens in Ritter Square and all students in the class will receive a voucher for visiting a Venture. The class that reads for the most time across the whole school will be able to pick a classroom book that the PTA will purchase.

We would like to invite you to our 1st Family Restaurant Night. This will take place at Taco Bell – Long John Silver’s at 485 Flatbush Ave in Hartford. Join us on Thursday, March 28th from 4:30 p.m. – 8 p.m. Taco Bell will donate 15% of all the proceeds from that night to Noah Webster MicroSociety Magnet School’s student account fund.