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Text Box: Principal’s Penguin Post   Just a reminder: The Maryland School Assessment (MSA) testing has started in MCPS and at Page ES!! Grades 3 and 4 just completed the reading portion today and grade 5 will be testing tomorrow and Thursday.  Please ensure that your child gets a good night’s sleep, eats a good breakfast and leaves the house with your full support.  Also remember to schedule any appointments after lunch; this will allow your child to participate fully in the assessments and help prevent a lot of make-up sessions. Lastly, PLEASE make sure that your child is here EVERY DAY throughout the testing window! Thank you for your help in this!  As we continue in the celebration of Woman’s History Month, here are some fast facts about women’s achievements: All women were able to vote in the United States in 1920. Although Paul Revere’s horse ride is a part of history, a 16 year-old girl, Sybil Ludington, made a similar ride in 1777 warning people in the town of Danbury, Connecticut that the British were invading. Sakajawea was a Native American woman who befriended the explorers, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, 150 years ago as they crossed the great Northwest. She helped Lewis and Clark's expedition complete the first successful overland transcontinental journey. Lucretia Mott courageously wrote and spoke against slavery and the lack of equal rights for women, helping America recognize the inherent wrong in the institutional subjugation of others and the need to strive for equality, freedom, and justice for all.  Elizabeth Blackwell was the first woman in America awarded a medical degree, and she dedicated her pioneering efforts as a physician to helping others. Helen Keller overcame debilitating physical disabilities, showing us the power of a determined human spirit. Clara Barton developed a vision for helping others through her service to the wounded during the Civil War; and she realized that vision by founding the American Red Cross after the war, an organization that has since become renowned for its effectiveness in helping those who suffer or are in need. Finally, parents, please continue to discuss our 4 school rules with your child.  As the weather begins to get warmer, we will be going outside every day.  Unstructured times are when our students often forget their manners or the school rules.  We want our students thinking and acting on a stressful situation with their minds, not their hands.  Thank you for helping keep our students safe and in making good choices throughout the day!  Have a great week—see everyone through our doors by 8:45 am!    Quote of the Week:  212° Determination: “I used to want the words, ‘She tried’ on my tombstone. Now I want, ‘She did it’ ”……..Katherine Dunham   PTA Needs

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Text Box:  ESOL testing April 1  30— Grades PreK--5th   This testing is also on the general testing calendar and is mandated state testing. Maggie Jehn and the ELL Team

 

Text Box: Spring Break Sports Camp  is Back!!   James H. Blake HS April 6th-9th Contact: Kevin 240.602.1692   Text Box: EDITOR’S NOTE The Ice Page is distributed every Tuesday. Deadline: Thursday at 3:00 PM   Anyone can submit items: teachers, staff, parents, students, etc.  To have an item included: Leave typewritten info in The Ice Page mailbox in the school office OR send by e-mail to: Robert.Paulsen@verizon.net And acmcghee@verizon.net    Editors: Rob Paulsen, (301) 351-7139 Amelia Mcghee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Text Box: 2009 TESTING SCHEDULE  March 16th and 17th:      Reading MSA for 3rd and 4th Grade March 18th and 19th:      Reading MSA for 5th Grade March 20th and 23rd:      Math MSA for 3rd and 4th Grade March 24th and 25th:      Math MSA for 5th Grade April 27th – May 1st:      TN/2 for 2nd Grade May 4th – 8th:                Science MSA for 5th Grade (specific date to be determined) 

 

 

Text Box: Important Dates March 18 – 25:           Testing – See Schedule Below   Monday, March 30:   No School – Teacher Professional Day April 6 - 13:          NO SCHOOL – Spring Break   Text Box: NOTICE FOR VOLUNTEERS Please be sure to record your volunteer hours every time you volunteer.  Schools are required by MCPS to log a certain number of volunteer hours per month.  Due to low reporting, W.T. Page is falling short of that standard.  For your convenience, electronic submission is now available at:   http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/pagees/Volunteer%20Reporting%20Form.pdf   Thanks for your time and cooperation, Amelia McGhee, Volunteer Coordinator   Text Box: Need Help for Gifted & Talented   &  Learning Disabled  Students? See link above Text Box: COUNSELOR’S CORNER – By Mrs. I FRIENDSHIP VALUE FOR MARCH – our value this month has been RESPECT.  Several students have “been caught” and recognized for showing respect.  REMEMBER TO HAVE YOUR CHILDREN WEAR GREEN ON FRIDAY, MARCH 27 to represent RESPECT.  Congratulations to our FEBRUARY OUTSTANDING CITIZENS, honored last week during lunchtime.  We are proud of them!!  Aaron Nolasco       Larry Hackey      Leah Anteneh        Ralen Redmond        Ethan Kodan  Anmol Mudhar        Vanessa Gomes        Safia Shah       Samir Majid       Nakaiya McLean Mamadou Kouyate              Flavio Rivera                         Alina Majid              Janayah Brown    ART, MUSIC, and PE  Adam Nganwa      Quenia Davis        Brandon Vanlear       Samantha Chheang         Alina Majid  ========================== Congratulations to our GRADE 5 CELESTINE AWARD WINNERS – Deidra Clermont (Hart) Simone Skerritt (Finley) & Aaron Kyei- Asare (Selvin).  The students were honored last week during lunchtime.  Way to go kids!! Congratulations to our FEBRUARY ESOL STUDENT OF THE MONTH, Chloe Chung, 2nd grader from Mrs. Watkin’s class.  Mrs. Jehn shares that she has shown improvement in her writing skills and has been very cooperative and studious in ESOL class. Great job Chloe!!!

Text Box: A Time for Change Time for you to get involved – SPRING forward and do more for the PTA – MORE for WT. Page.   There are  any number of positions available! Contact:  Dee Ann Klingner,  DeBora King, or The Ice Page for more information or if you have questions. see the PTA link above & to the left for details