Room 16

Stevenson Rocks classroom baskets

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Families For Stevenson
Stevenson Rocks
Friday May 7th
5:00 pm to 9:00 pm
The Stevenson Rocks Fundraiser is an excellent way to help raise money for our Dance and Art Programs. We are asking our families to donate items to put into our 4th grades baskets which will be auctioned off the night of the Families For Stevenson annual Spring Fundraiser. These baskets are always very popular and your donations will make a real difference.
The money raised from the auction of these bountiful baskets will go directly back into our own wonderful Dance and Art Programs here at Stevenson.
　
The Themes for The 4th Grade Classes
Here are some ideas for your donations to our class baskets:
“SHAKE, RATTLE AND ROLL”
Pickwick, skateboard ,roller skates, inline skates, pads, helmets, ice cream gift certificates, In and Out Burger gift certificates.
“All I HAVE TO DO IS DREAM”
Spa items, candles, bath salts, body mitts, soaps, lotions, body oils, face masks, foot bathes and body brushes. Spa gift certifications. Salon gifts such as hair brushes, hair accessories, hair products. Gift certificates for hair cuts/color. Styling. Movies, Movie tickets. Twilight book series. Relaxing music. Luxurious robes, bath towels and slippers.

If you have any additional ideas for these baskets please feel free to post them here or call me, Diane 818 -522=7218.

Please visit our school’s main website www.stevensonpirates.net/rocks/classroom-baskets for more information and to see latest updates.

Deadline for donations is Friday, April 16.

Happy April,
Diane O'Rourke

End of photos from field trip

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More Pictures from the field trip

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Room 16 field trip to the museum of natural history on 3-25-10

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on the bus
Room 16 kids

Dinosaur encounter
Video of Dino show

Room 16 Science Project pictures

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Room 16 selling decorated recycled water bottles. The proceeds of the sale were used to buy the prize for the winner of the project contest.

Pic from Back to School Night

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Back to School Night
Mrs. Shannon Smith Grant, Room Rep, explains the role of Room Reps to the parents at Back to School Night back in September.

Stevenson Holiday Baskets

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“Helping Our Own”

Stevenson’s PTA has proudly participated in assembling Holiday Baskets for Burbank families in need. This year, Stevenson has specifically asked the Burbank Coordinating Council the families we adopt to receive Holiday Baskets be chosen from Stevenson. We felt it was important to reach out to our own Stevenson families in these trying times of economic hardships. We also felt that knowing the donations we are asking for were going to our very own students and their families would be very fulfilling and rewarding to all of us at Stevenson.

The Holiday Basket Coordinator from the Burbank Coordinating Council made it very clear we would not be given the names of the families we have adopted. No one at Stevenson will know the identities of the adopted families. There will be a preset drop off point and pick up time and place off campus. The Stevenson families chosen won't even know they are the recipients of Holiday Basket created by Stevenson until the day of the pick up.

The goal of the Holiday Basket program is to provide holiday meals for one full day, breakfast, lunch and dinner, and gifts for each member of the adopted families. Through a food drive and Giving Tree we hope to collect all the necessary items to create each family a Stevenson Holiday Basket unique to that family’s needs.

Food Drive: We ask that you start sending in your non-perishable food donations with your children on Monday, November 23rd. Volunteers will collect donations each day from classrooms until Friday, December 4th. Suggestions for food items are soups, tuna, can vegetables and fruits, dry cereals, pancake mix, pastas, crackers and peanut butter. Additional items needed are paper goods, and toiletries.

Giving Tree: There will be a poster of a Giving Tree set up at Stevenson. The tree will have paper leaves with the gender, age, and clothing sizes written on each leaf for the 25 adopted family members. The Giving Tree will also be on display during the Holiday Boutique from November 30 to December 3rd. We ask that you drop by and a pick a leaf of your choice. Please return your Holiday Basket donations by December 11th.

Additional information will be sent home and posted on the classroom blogs. If you would like to get involved with the Holiday Baskets, please contact us at abugnut@aol.com or call 818-522-7218. If you have any connections to clothes, grocery or toy store freebies by all means give us a call.

The Holiday Basket Committee
Diane and Katherine O’Rourke

Boo Bash Pictures

2009-11-06T07:30:00.000-08:00

Hi Room 16! Here are some pictures from the Boo Bash

October Updates

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Upcoming Tests:

Technology Terms Test – Thursday, October 15. Students have been given terms and definitions in three different forms – ask your student about it. For extra practice, go to www.tekmom.com/buzzwords. This is the website we used in the computer lab. There’s an interactive Hangman game, too!

Math, Topic 5 (Variables and Expressions) Test – Friday, October 16. As for all math tests, homework pages should be kept together, as they form a useful study guide. Following this test we will be reviewing material from Topics 1-5 for a benchmark test on Wednesday of next week (October21).

Also next week (date TBD), students will be taking the District Writing Prompt. Our genre for this assessment is narrative. We’ve been working in class on all of the features that a good narrative has. Ask your student to tell you more about it.

The District wide Disaster Drill is scheduled for Thursday, October 15. This information (and more) should be available on our classroom blog. Check it out at www.stevensonpirates.net, click on “Classroom Blogs” and then on “Clarke Room 16.” Or go directly to the blog by using the following address: www.stevensonroom16.blogspot.com

PTA/FFS Meeting

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Join us on : Thursday, October 8.
In the library at 8.30am.
Refreshments and childcare will be provided.

America's Favorite School

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Whether you are a parent, teacher, student or community member, you can help R.L. Stevenson win $20,000 in the “America’s Favorite School” contest sponsored by Care2 and GreatSchools: http://www.AmericasFavoriteSchool.com

Please visit our contest page at http://www.care2.com/schoolcontest/601567 and vote for us – it’s free, it’s easy and every vote helps rally support for our school! The last day to vote is November 8, 2009. Once you vote, please ask your friends and family to vote for us, too. With your help we can help our school win $20,000

3 Pirate Ladies

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Wish Tree

Here is a list of the items our children's classroom would greatly benefit from:

Reams of Copy Paper
Packages of Astro Bright Paper
3M Transparencies for use in a copier
Expo Dry Erase Markers darker colors
Glue Sticks
Ziplock Baggies Snack size
Ziplock Baggies Sandwich size
Pump style bottles of Hand Sanitizer
Clorox Wipes

Pirate Day Friday, September 18, 2009

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Back to School Night revisited

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September 17, 2009

Hello Parents,

Back to School Night looked like it was a success. I made it for the last few minutes of Mrs. Clarke presentation. It was great to see such a great turn out. And so nice to see so many familiar faces. Thanks to all the parents who volunteered for Boo Bash and updated the Parent Contact list before we had to leave the classroom. The following is a recap of the RR presentation:

The "Wish Tree"
Mrs. Clarke's "Wish Tree" is hanging in her room right next to the door and will remain there for parents to select an item to donate to our children's class until Christmas.

The "Boo Bash" Diner
Room 16 is in charge of decorating, setting up and serving coffee and punch in the "Boney Diner". We still need parents to volunteer to up setup/decorate and to serve beverages. This is a fun job because you get to visit with your friends, your kids' friends and meet new friends. A list of available times will be posted later.

"Boo Bash" Food and Drinks
Our class has been asked to donate 12 packs of sodas, Cakes for the cake walk and individually wrap bake goods for the Bob Bash Bake Sale. Several parents have already signed up so I will post what we still need a little later.

Update "Parent Contact List"
Please, if you did not have the time to update your contact information, email us your NAME, EMAIL and PHONE NUMBER to abugnut@aol.com or if you like, you may use the comments under this post to leave the information.

Thanks,
Diane O'Rourke
RR

Pick up a leaf at Back to School Night

2009-09-16T12:41:00.000-07:00

Hello Parents,

Mrs. Clarke has a few items she needs for our students. In her room she has a "Wish Tree" poster with several colored "pickable" leaves. Please stop by and pick a leaf of your choice. Items range from Hand Sanitizer to Astro Bright Copy Paper. The "Wish Tree" poster will remain up until Christmas.

Warmest Regards,
Diane O'Rourke
RR

Wish Tree

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Back To School Night WED. Sept. 16, 2009

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September 15, 2009

Hope everyone is excited about Back to School Night as I am. There will be alot of information to take in so stay posted to Room 16's Blog. There will be updates from Mrs. Clarke as well your Room Reps. So check in often.

DON'T FORGET....our kids will get out of school at 2:05pm tomorrow.

Looking forward to meeting all of you,
Diane O'Rourke
RR

Welcome to Room 16

2009-09-14T14:12:00.000-07:00

This is my first ever blog, but I want to get the welcome message out to all parents. Your room reps are looking forward to meeting you. Please make sure to sign in on back to school night ( Sept 16 @ 6pm) with your email address and phone number so we can keep you abreast of all that's happening in Room 16.