October 28, 2016

From Your Head of School, Mr. Chris Lincoln

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McDowell Magazine
Monday October 31st 2016
Volume 2 Issue 7

The whole school listens to our preschool as they sing...

Big Brother...

(And big sisters too!) The vast majority of our McDowell students take their "job" of being a student very seriously. It is wonderful to witness their positive attitude to school.

As our elementary students take part in their first parent/student/teacher conference of the year they will be involved in identifying their positive attributes as well as selecting one particular attribute they want to improve upon.

There are so many excellent qualities being manifested daily, I wanted to comment on one in particular.

It is heartwarming to witness the interplay between siblings. I know that what I see might not reflect what you see at home, but I am constantly (pleasantly) surprised at how many truly great brothers and sisters we have here. It sets a tone for caring that models for everyone, so even solo children get in on the act with the McDowell "brothers and sisters" around them.

It is a credit to you as parents and a keystone of our community.

Mr. Lincoln (a.k.a. Dumbledore)

In This Week's Issue;

1. Big Brother
2. Red Ribbon Week
Costumes
3. Red Ribbon Week
Doors
4. Preschool Sing Along
5. Responsibility Assembly
6. Character Recognition
7. Volleyball
8. Accelerated Readers
9. Class Parties
10. Trunk or Treat

Red Ribbon Week

Our focus at McDowell for Red Ribbon week is on making healthy choices. We have fun dressing up and decorating doors, but the important lessons we hope will last a lifetime. On Monday we wore team jerseys to support the theme of "Team Up" against drugs. Above, some of the teachers supporting Ms. Wilson as she sells the ever popular Boo Grams.

Tuesday was Western Day as we "Gave Drugs The Boot"
(above) our Elementary and (below) Kindergarten Cowpokes...

Wednesday was Mismatch Day as we made sure that we "Don't Get Mixed Up in Drugs"
Kendrick (shown here with Nico) had the most mismatched pieces; socks, shoes, gloves, hat, shirts, pants, dressing gown and tie.

Thursday was Superhero Day as "Real Super-Heroes Say No To Drugs"

Friday was Hawaiian Day as we pledged to "Lei off Drugs"

Each class used it's door to further the message of Healthy Choices (Winners in each category are in red)
Below
Ms. Lorie and Ms. Zohre's Class
Ms. Anita's Class Ms. Valerie's Class
Ms. Jen's Class Ms. Yvette's Class

Below
Kindergarten Class Grade 1, Mrs. Dickerson's Class
Grade 1, Mrs. Pufahl's Class Grade 2, Mrs. Campbell's Class

Below
Grade 3, Mrs. Sudek's Class Grade 4, Mrs. Schoenhoefer's Class
Grade 4, Mrs. Peotter's Class Grade 5, Mr. Myers's Class

Flag Ceremony and Character Trait Assembly

We opened our assembly with a Preschool sing-along.

The Character Assembly for October was Responsibility which Mrs. Schoenhoefer's fourth grade class sang about.

Below are the recipients of this month's awards

Responsibility

Alice

Kindergarten
Mrs. Ellis

Responsibility

Luke

Kindergarten
Mrs. Ellis

Responsibility

Carter

First Grade
Mrs. Dickerson

Responsibility

Keagan

First Grade
Mrs. Pufahl

Responsibility

Aldo

First Grade
Mrs. Pufahl

Responsibility

Ali

Second Grade
Mrs. Campbell

Responsibility

Milla

Third Grade
Mrs. Sudek

Responsibility

Nico

Third Grade
Mrs. Sudek

Responsibility

Laura

Fourth Grade
Mrs. Schoenhoefer

Responsibility

Carly

Fourth Grade
Mrs. Peotter

The Assembly photo's were the work of Ethan in Grade 5, his first assignment for the McDowell Magazine.

Sea Lions Volleyball

On Thursday the girls traveled to Calvary School where they lost the first set, fought back and won the second, but sadly lost out in the third set.Coach Myers reports that he was incredibly proud of the girls who played an excellent game against some tough competition.

Next Tuesday is the final game of the season, it is at home so the team would love your support at 3:15. Go Sea Lions!

Accelerated Reader

This week it was fourth grader Evan who drew the lucky ticket out of the 51 100% AR Test entries.

He chose the book - "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen.

Accelerated Reader

The second drawing from our younger readers drew Molly from first grade out of the Jar.

She chose the book - "Biscuit Finds a Friend" by Alyssa Satin Capucilli and Pat Schories.

Class Parties

We ended the day with our Trunk or Treat event - Thank you to the families who decorated their cars and for the well over 100 people in costume!

If you wish to add emails of family members or friends to the magazine distribution list, simply email me at Clincoln@McDowellSchool.org and I will be very happy to do that.

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