Miss Towne's 3rd Grade

Schoolwide Information

Spring Fling is Friday, April 26^th and wristbands are now on sale! Deadline for wristband pre-orders is April 19th!  

Buy your wristbands in advance for only $10.00 per person. There will be many fun inflatables, carnival games and several Pickett’s Mill staff members in the dunk tank. Cost of wristbands on the day of the event will be $12.

Forms were sent home but if you need an extra one you can pick one up in the front office or request one from your child’s teacher.

We still need volunteers, donations of prizes, Sprite, cakes for cake walk, cupcakes and individually baked items. We are still welcoming volunteers to join the committee, and need both adult and student volunteers. Please watch for this week’s Pirate Compass to sign up to donate or volunteer using the Sign Up Genius.

Thank you for your generous support of our Relay for Life team’s latest event, Eggstravaganza. We raised $2600 during this fundraiser which brings our year’s total to $9, 183. Thank you!

Individual and class picture day is Thursday, April 4^th. Flyers have been sent home. Individual pictures will only be taken for students who prepay but all students will be included in the class picture.

Please join us at Lori Bell’s on Tuesday, April 2^nd for Pickett’s Mill Spirit night.

CRCT for 3^rd, 4^th and 5^th grade students is April 22 through 26^th. There will not be an instructional CRCT for 1^st and 2^nd grade students this year.

Fun in the Snow

More fun

Spring???

Is it really springtime with all this snow?

Eggstravaganza

Come one, come all! Join the fun and participate in Pickett’s Mill
4^th Annual Eggstravaganza!

Don’t miss it! Plan to buy some eggs before they’re gone!
WHAT:  Goodie filled Eggs in search of The GOLDEN or PRIZE Ticket!
              *Purchase 1 goodie filled egg for $1.00
              *Purchase 6 goodie filled eggs for $5.00
              *Purchase 1 dozen eggs for $10.00
If your egg has a golden ticket, your name goes into a drawing for one of the Goodie Baskets! The Golden Ticket Winner will be drawn on Friday.
When:   Tuesday, March 26^th
                Wednesday, March 27^th
                 Thursday,  March 28^th
Where: Front Hallway 7:05–7:45
For: All money goes to support our school’s American
Cancer Society Relay for Life Team.
Your purchases may be cash or check. Checks need to be payable to The American Cancer Society. This is tax deductable donation. Please consider supporting our effort in raising money for a worthy cause!

Cobb Schools Night at the Hawks Friday, March 22

Come and support the Atlanta Hawks and Cobb County Schools as our Atlanta Hawks take on the Portland Trailblazers March 22!  First 20 kids (ages 6-14) to get a ticket can high five the players during player introductions.  First 150 people to buy a ticket get to enter early to watch the players shoot-around during pregame from 5-6 pm.

Tickets start at just $21!   All ticket orders through this special Cobb Schools offer receive unlimited popcorn and drinks! 

We are excited to be able to showcase the East Cobb Middle School Dance Team at the game!  Come out and cheer them on!

Order your tickets online through this link:

https://www.formstack.com/forms/?1045110-6EbGUICZrw

$5 from each ticket sold benefits the Cobb Schools Foundation!

First in Math Challenge

We challenged our class to average 1,000 stickers per student!

Mar 11, 2013

St.Patrick's Day math word problem scavenger hunt!  I learned about an app for Typepad today!  I am excited that I can take pictures and upload them to the blog from my iphone.  If only our class had iPads...the things I can dream of doing with even just one iPad!  You will soon see more pictures of our class in action!

Mary Bethune Resourses for Performance Task

We will be doing a performance task in school.  The students can use these sites to access information about Bethune.

Mary Bethune

Mary Bethune #2

March 1

We will be celebrating Read Across America Day on Friday, March 1^st.  We will be having a guest speaker, Dr. Annette Laing  come to speak to all of our students here at the Mill.  We will also be wearing pajamas (appropriate for school). 

                Dr. Laing has written a historical fiction series about three children who are from Georgia who travel back in time.  She will be talking to our students about what all goes into writing a book.  She is very entertaining and has a lot of information to share.

                Students have the opportunity to purchase Dr. Laing’s book which she will then autograph on March 1^st when she is here.  A book order form was sent home on Friday, March 1^st.  The completed order form should be dropped off in the Media Center.   If you would like to preview the books, they are on display in the media center.

                If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Mrs. Fletcher:  julie1.fletcher@cobbk12.org.

Book Fair

Dear Parents and Families:

We invite you to visit our Scholastic Book Fair!  Our Scholastic Book Fair theme – Story Laboratory: Reading Gives You Super Power! – is part of an incredible energy source for reading that brings to school a wonderful selection of fun, engaging, and affordable books kids want to read. Giving kids access to good books and the opportunity to choose their own books will motivate them to read more. And like most acquired skills, the more kids practice reading, the better they’ll get.

Book Fair Dates: Feb 25 & 26   7am-3pm, Feb 27 & 28  7am-3pm, March 1  7am-noon

If you’re all booked up during Book Fair week (or just want to keep shopping), be sure to visit the Book Fair online at http://bookfairs.scholastic.com/homepage/pickettsmillelementarysch. The online Book Fair is available for an extended time from Feb 22- March 8.

• Find an expanded selection of books for the whole family—preschool to adults
• Share your Book Fair with family and friends by sending wish lists or eCards
• All orders ship to school for FREE and each purchase benefits our school

Sincerely,

Julie Fletcher

Media Specialist