Thank You All Nature Walk Volunteers!!!

Throughout the month of October, parent volunteers led groups of children from 13 classrooms (K - 3) on nature walks through the Sprague schoolyard.  A great big thank you to all the parents who contributed their time to scientific exploration with our children.  This program could not take place without you!  See you in the spring.

Upcoming Week at Sprague

Monday, September 30
3:05p Sprague Excellent Adventure Club K-5
7:00p Stan Davis - Presentation for Parents (Sprague Library)

Tuesday, October 1
Picture Day!

Friday October 4
Kindergarten Parent Social (The Kapoor's Home)
5th Grade Parent Social (The Lyne's Home)

Grade Level Socials Start This Week!

The grade level socials start this week! The socials are a great way to connect with other parents at your student's level.

On Friday, parents with students in Kindergarten will have a social at the Kapoor family home. Also on Friday, fifth grade parents will have their social at the Lyne family home.

Please look for a paper invitation in your student's folder. On the invitation will be the information about bringing an appetizer or dessert as well as BYOB. You should RSVP to your room parent, whose email will be on the paper invitation.

Kindergarten Social - 7pm Friday
The Kapoor Family Home
9 Greenwood Road

Fifth Grade Social - 7pm Friday
The Lyne Family Home
89 Crest Road

Socials for parents with students in grades 1 and 4 will occur on October 25, and socials for grades 2 and 3 parents will occur on October 18. Additional information will be posted before these events.

Still Looking for a Few Good Nature Walk Volunteers

Thank you to all the volunteers who have signed up to lead nature walks!

There are still a few classrooms who need additional volunteers.  Please consider volunteering to lead a small group of students in a 30 - 45 minute exploration of their schoolyard. The only required training is online and can be completed at your leisure prior to the nature walk.  

To sign up, please click here:  October Nature Walk Sign Ups

Contact Melissa Martin at rootmartin@yahoo.com with any questions.

Volunteer for the Fall Nature Walks

It's that time of year!  The fall nature walks for grades K - 3 will take place during the month of October. 

Please consider volunteering to lead a small group of students in a 30 - 45 minute exploration of their schoolyard. The only required training is online and can be completed at your leisure prior to the nature walk.  

To sign up, please click here:  October Nature Walk Sign Ups

If you signed up on Back to School Night, please check the online sign up to make sure that we captured your information.  Thanks for volunteering!

Contact Melissa Martin at rootmartin@yahoo.com with any questions.

Upcoming Week at Sprague

Monday, September 16
Kindergarten begins two Full Days per Week
11:30a Fifth Grade Leadership Retreat

Thursday, September 19
6:00p Ice Cream Family Social (Sprague Playground)

Friday September 20
Walk to School Day

Creative Arts and Sciences News at Sprague

On February 4th, a science educator from Bugworks visited third grade classrooms to lead a hands-on, interactive program featuring live insects and other arthropods.

Also on Feb. 4th, teacher naturalist and Sprague school parent Alli Fronzaglia from the Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary visited kindergarten classrooms to lead kindergarten scientists in an experiment to learn how pollution affects water in nature. Students attempted to clean various types of pollution from water using a variety of tools. Kindergarten scientists determined that cleaning up pollution was very difficult and that preventing it might be the best course of action. They then discussed ways to keep our waterways clean and healthy. (Thank you Alli!)

On February 5th, second grade students Explored the Ocean World with marine biologist Ellen Goethel. Ellen's marine science program includes artifacts from the sea and features a water table filled with live creatures borrowed from the sea.

These program support the science curriculum. They are sponsored by the Sprague PTO/

Creative Arts and Sciences. 

Creative Arts and Sciences News

Ask your third grader about...Moscow Nights and Golden Gates. This week the talented musicians, singers and dancers of Moscow Nights/Golden Gates performed for third graders studying Russia. This lively performance introduced students to Russian music, folklore and tradition. The group of singers and dancers that joined the Moscow Nights musicians this year were on their first U.S. tour!  

Ask your kindergartener about the MWRA water program. This week a science educator from the MWRA visited kindergarten classrooms and led a program pertaining to the water delivery system and water use. This program supports the kindergarten science curriculum.

These programs are supported by the PTO/Creative Arts and Sciences

Creative Arts and Sciences News

Creative Arts and Sciences 

Ask your fourth grader about…Origamido. On Monday, Dec. 17th origami master Michael LaFosse conducted origami workshops in the fourth grade classrooms.

Origami dragonfly and frog designed and folded by Michael LaFosse.

Photo by Richard L. Alexander, copyright 1994.

Ask your kindergartener about...Tanglewood Marionettes. On Monday, Dec. 17^th kindergarten students learned about puppetry and enjoyed a performance of Cinderella.

Photo courtesy of Tanglewood Marionettes

These programs are sponsored by the PTO/Creative Arts and Sciences.

Thank you Sprague - from Environmental Sciences and Remember Me Books

Fall Nature Walks - Thank you!

A great big thank you to all of the parents who led groups of students on the fall nature walks.  Without your help, this program would not be able to take place!

And a special thank you to the grade level coordinators for K - 2 who did a great job organizing the walks:  Annalisa Weigel, Heather Kirkpatrick, and Todd Lehmann.

Come join us for the nature program in the spring!
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Remember Me! Books

Thank you to the following Sprague familes for their amazing support and generosity this fall - Green, Gordon, Aufranc, Foley, Dehn, Cahaly, Leone, McKay, Rosenbaum, Tong, O'Neill, Charney.

We already have 112 books donated so far this year. We're well on our way towards the goal of 180 books!

For information on how to support the Sprague library through the Remember Me! program, click here.

Idea #1 - Helpful tips for your child's artwork

Original Works - order by Fri., Nov 2nd
     Your child's artwork reproduced on a variety of products

Order packets came home and your child is questioning what they should draw?  We have a few ideas discussed in our student meetings.

• Outline your child's name with big letters and then they can decorate the inside of the letters with different shapes or colors. Talk about personalizing!
• Draw your favorite shape and repeat all over the paper.  Different colors or patterns can be colored in each one.  OR just make the shape big and put little shapes inside.
• Draw your favorite object (or person or animal or place...) and make it large on the paper.  That's really showing everyone what your favorite things are!
• Recreate a project they've done and enjoyed in Art Class!

   

Click on the following Pinterest Page for ideas and inspiration:
Original Works, Ms. Stabnick's page

Don't forget to put the child's name somewhere in the art if they like.  Artists do sign their work.  Contact Yolanda Tong bytong@verizon.net for more info.

New Pre-K and Kindergarten Soccer Programs this fall

Wellesley United Soccer Announces NEW Pre-K and Kindergarten Soccer Programs for the fall. 

The Pre-K program will be offered on 6 Tuesday or Thursday afternoons 12:30-1:15pm or 1:30-2:15pm and will be run by Director of Coaching Tom Goodman.

The Kindergarten program will be offered on Saturday mornings from 9:15-10 a.m. and will be run by Director of Coaching Tom Goodman with parent coach volunteers. Sign up to coach when you register your player.

Go to www.wellesleysoccer.org under Programs to view all registration information.  Grade 1-3 programs may still be accepting registrations as well.