NF Awareness in Grade 4

Dylan Thompson is a new student to the McAuliffe School this year. He is an incredible boy who has something called NF. NF is short for Neurofibromatosis. Dylan is doing very well and he is always willing to share information with anyone who inquires. Dylan and his mom brought his guide dog Ozzy in for a visit before Christmas vacation. Mrs. Thompson (Dylan's mom) also brought T Shirts and bracelets for Mrs. Bedard's class to support the NF foundation. Thank you to Dylan, Ozzy & Mrs. Thompson for making us aware. We took alot away from your visit.

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Save the Date for our Scholastic Book Fair!!!

Coming to the McAuliffe School in February

The week of February 13^th – February 17^th.

Families will have the opportunity to purchase new children’s books at good prices.

More information will be sent home with your child in February.

                      

McAuliffe School PTO News:

The PTO at the McAuliffe School has had a great year thus far and we would like to thank all of you for your support. We have already had two fundraisers, the DiBuono catalog fundraiser and Square 1 Art, which have raised over $7500. With this money, we have been able to sponsor field trips, a BMX green party, and new guitar stands and magazines for Mrs Squeglia’s music class. Our 2^nd annual Halloween “Spooktacular” was a BIG success with a lot of wonderful costumes and spooky fun. Thanks to all of you that donated Thanksgiving dinner food and helped assemble the Thankful Baskets in November. That is always a rewarding event for us. We meet every Thursday at drop off for our “Volunteer Hour,” which has been a great way for parents to connect with each other. Our monthly contests have been exciting for the kids and fun for us. The Terracycle recycling program has been a success. The money we are raising will be used to paint a mural behind the stage in the auditorium, as well as the bathrooms.  Our next PTO meeting is January 17^th at 6:00 pm. We hope you are able to join us at this meeting!

From all of us at the McAuliffe PTO we wish you and your families

a safe and happy holiday season! See you in 2012!

REMINDER: 

HOMEWORK NIGHT FOR PARENTS & STUDENTS WILL BE THURSDAY JANUARY 26th! 

READING SPECIALIST, VICKY GUDELOT WILL BE OUR GUEST SPEAKER. 

CAFETERIA 6:00-7:00 pm

HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL THERE!

FROM THE DESK OF MRS. SULLIVAN...

Here are some simple ways to help prevent the spread of the flu:

1.     Wash your hands frequently.

2.     Keep your hands away from your nose, mouth, and eyes.

3.     Remain home if you have a fever.

4.     Do not return to work or school until you are fever free without medication for 24 hours.

5.     Do not go to work or school if you have vomited or had diarrhea during the night.

Free/Discounted Museum Pass Program:

(for Pollard Memorial Library cardholders)

Museum Passes may be reserved in person, by phone at (978) 970-4120, or online at www.pollardml.org. Outstanding library fines must be paid in advance.

Check out the www.pollardml.org website for a library blog, a children’s blog

and links to many helpful websites for families.

Barry Burbank (WBZ Channel 4 Meteorologist)

The 4th graders at the McAuliffe school had a very special visit from Barry Burbank last week. Mr. Burbank has been a meteorologist for over 30 years. He talked to us about weather and what it is like to be a meteorologist. To be honest, it sounds like a really cool job! His visit tied right into our water and weather unit that we are working on in Science.
Thank you Mr. Burbank for coming to visit the McAuliffe!!

November Green Party

All we can say is that our November Green Party was AWESOME!!!!! Okay well, we can say a lot more than that but we had to say that first. The McAuliffe School REALLY is the BEST school in Lowell. We have such great kids who get to celebrate their greatness at the end of every month with a Green Party. This month was incredible! BMX Bikers Kevin Robinson & Chris Poulos came to the McAuliffe school and showed us so many amazing tricks on their bikes! They also talked to us about bullying, respect and about how if we really want to go far in life we have to remember to never be a BULLY and ALWAYS respect ourselves and others. It was a great Green Party. One we'll remember for a long time! Check out the pics!!

We are so thankful...

Here at the McAuliffe we have so many things to be thankful for. Here we are celebrating our 1/2 day before Thanksgiving with a whole school wide assembly. We had some amazing performances and our annual Thanksgiving Jeopardy game between Mr. Crowley & Mrs. Dixon. Our new champion...

MRS. DIXON!!!!!

Dreams do come true Ashley...

Turkey Feather Contest Winners!

Mrs. Debasitis and a kindergarten friend.

Our new champion of Thanksgiving Jeopardy!!

Mrs. McG and Molly McG

Mr. Crowely (Last year's champ)

Welcome back Mrs. Markey!!

Mrs. Weintraub & Luis

We have no angry birds here...

We Are Thankful For...

We are so thankful for our amazing PTO and our entire McAuliffe School Family for helping out with the Thanksgiving baskets. We are thankful to have such kind, caring and generous staff, students and families.