Dobson Loves Donorschoose.org!!!

This week, Dobson School has been very fortunate to have several projects fulfilled through www.donorschoose.org.

"DonorsChoose.org is an online charity that makes it easy for anyone to help students in need. Public school teachers from every corner of America post classroom project requests on our site, and you can give any amount to the project that most inspires you.

When a project reaches its funding goal, we ship the materials to the school. You'll get photos of the project taking place, a letter from the teacher, and insight into how every dollar was spent. Give over $50 and you'll also receive hand-written thank-yous from the students."

Several of our teachers have pages on this site.  Please look through the links below to see if there is a project you would be interested in!  You can also share any teacher's projects on Facebook, Twitter with your family and friends.  These materials are shipped directly to your child's classroom when the projects are funded, so

Now for the best part!!   If you enter the code INSPIRE within the first week of the project being created, Donors Choose will match your donation!

From now until Friday, March 25th, ANY PROJECT CAN RECEIVE A MATCHED DONATION, DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR, IF YOU ENTER THE CODE INSPIRE!!!

With your help, we can get the word out to get these projects fulfilled.  No donation is too small.  Every penny counts!

• Ms. Tierney       http://www.donorschoose.org/lisa.tierney 
• Ms. Moultrie:http://www.donorschoose.org/ms.moultriek
• Ms. Antrim   http://www.donorschoose.org/antrim  
• Ms. Boyle     http://www.donorschoose.org/we-teach/1540847?active=true
• Ms. Meier     http://www.donorschoose.org/melissameier

 

 

 

Coming This Week: March 18th-22nd

Last week for Music Trivia!!  

Questions will be on the announcements each morning!!

 

Monday, March 18th

• Franklin Institute Field Trip (Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd Grade)

• Philly Ad Group Trip to PHL17 Studios (Returning at 11:30am)
•  Music In Our Schools Month Poster Contest Entries will be taken today as well due to a typo on the rule sheet!
• Visit the 3rd Floor Hallway this week to see the entries!
• 2-$25 iTunes Gift cards are up for grabs for both the Upper School and the Lower School!!

Tuesday, March 19th

• Franklin Institute Field Trip (Upper School)

Wednesday, March 20th

• First Day of Spring!
• Drop Everything And Read
• Cherrydale Party

Friday, March 22nd

• District Technology Fair
• Good Luck to Julia O, Emma B., Ashton R., Isabela S., Emma S., and Destiny J!
• Fun Friday (35 tickets to attend with 10 additional needed to dress down)
• Kindergarten Bake Sale

 

Mark Your Calendars:

• School will be closed the week of March 25^th for Spring Break.
• Outward Bound Fundraiser will be held on Sunday, March 24 at Applebee’s (8601 Henry Avenue ~ Andorra Shopping Center).
  
  • Outward Bound is a five day excursion along the Appalachian Trail. This program is an outdoor experience that challenges each student to be a leader, an individual, and an innovator.  It will enhance each student's endurance as an individual and enrich their ability to work as a member of a team.  Students from grades 7 and 8 submit  essays on what they would get out of the program along with teacher recommendations. Ten students will be chosen to attend.  In order for these ten students to attend they must fundraise $1,500. We’ve set up an Applebee's Fundraiser on March 24th from 8am-10am. Tickets are $7 each. 
   
  Fundraising Opportunities:
  
  
  Sign up your "shopper card" at Campbell’s labels. Here's how to do it:  Go to:  http://www.elabelsforeducation.com/Sites/Campbells_eLabels/Page/HomePage
  
  
  Create your profile, choose your participating retailer (they are listed), enter your shopper card number and then select JAMES DOBSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL to support.  It only takes one minute to register your card. After you register, you do nothing but shop for participating products. Points will be added electronically to Dobson's account. As an added bonus, continue to clip the labels and send them into school. We will earn more points.
  
  
  Also, continue to send in Box Tops. We collect these all year round. Visit Boxtops4education.comfor more ways to earn for Dobson.
  
   
    
  

Achieve3000 STATE TOP SCORERS

Congratulations to Jordan K. in room 308 and Alexis K. in room 203 who were top scorers in the state for today on Achieve3000!!!  Keep up the good work!

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Read 2 Succeed Contest Update!!

Currently, Mrs. J's class is in the lead with 79.4 points, Mrs. Claxon's class is in 2nd place with 12.2 points and Ms. D's class is in third with 11points!  The contest ends on March 22nd, so log on and complete those articles!!!  

Every student that completes 8 activities or more at 75% or higher earns points for their class.

In order to be eligible to win, the class must have 75% of their students complete 8 activities.

Coming This Week: March 11th-15th

5th & 8th Grade Writing PSSA Tuesday through Friday

Music Trivia will be on the announcements each morning!! 

You don't want to miss it!!

Wednesday, March 13th

• Drop Everything And Read!

Friday, March 15th

• Music In Our Schools Month Poster Contest Entries DUE TODAY!


• If you have any questions, please see Ms. Tierney this week!!  2-$25 iTunes Gift cards are up for grabs for both the Upper School and the Lower School!!

 

Mark Your Calendars:

• Cherrydale Party will be held on Wednesday, March 20. 
• Kindergarten will host their bake sale on Friday, March 22. 
• Outward Bound Fundraiser will be held on Sunday, March 24 at Applebee’s (8601 Henry Avenue ~ Andorra Shopping Center).
  
  • Outward Bound is a five day excursion along the Appalachian Trail. This program is an outdoor experience that challenges each student to be a leader, an individual, and an innovator.  It will enhance each student's endurance as an individual and enrich their ability to work as a member of a team.  Students from grades 7 and 8 submit  essays on what they would get out of the program along with teacher recommendations. Ten students will be chosen to attend.  In order for these ten students to attend they must fundraise $1,500. We’ve set up an Applebee's Fundraiser on March 24th from 8am-10am. Tickets are $7 each.
     
• School will be closed the week of March 25^th for Spring Break.

Music Trivia for March 4th

Music In Our Schools Month:

Each morning during March, we will celebrate Music In Our Schools Month with a trivia question.  The question will be read each morning over the announcements and students can give their answer to Ms. Tierney before lunch.  The answers will be posted here each afternoon, and announced the following morning.

The Question for March 4th:
Where did The Beatles record 191 songs?


The Answer: Abbey Road Studios


The Fab Four
Signed to EMI's Parlophone label by producer George Martin in 1962, the Beatles (with Pete Best instead of Ringo on drums) made their first recording at Abbey Road in June of that year, beginning an artistic collaboration that would last until the group's demise in 1970. Ninety percent of the group's recordings were made at Abbey Road, where in 1964, they reviewed the script for A Hard Day's Night, above.

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Coming This Week: March 4th

Coming This Week: March 4th-March 8th

 

 

March is Music in Our School's Month

We will be celebrating with daily Music Trivia, a school wide poster contest and bulletin board! Check with your students for more information this week.

Even if you don't always notice it, music is all around us-- from the stereo in the car to the music piped in at the supermarket.  Studies show that music has a wide array of benefits to your health.  Whether you're listening or, better yet, playing, music can have a great impact on your mind!

Why is this important?  Did you know that studying while listening to Baroque compositions at 60 beats per minute helps most students to study longer and to retain more information?  Listening to Mozart can increase your IQ 9 points for 15 minutes!!  Click Here to watch a short video to further explain why music is so important to your child's education!

Don't forget to log on to KidBiz3000 and First In Math everyday!! 

PSSA's are only a few weeks away!!!

GOT CAUGHT READING

Celebrate a love for literacy! Staff will be on the lookout for moments to capture our students’ love for reading. We look forward to our bulletin board (outside of room 104) being filled with Dr. Seuss hats with the names of all our children!

 

 

 

Monday, March 4th

• Music In Our School's Month (MIOSM) Trivia

Tuesday, March 5th

• Music In Our School's Month (MIOSM) Trivia
• Kindergarten Open House 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
• Trip to see Peking Ducks Chinese Acrobats at the Keswick Theatre (Rooms 101, 103, 107, and 108)

Wednesday, March 6th

• Music In Our School's Month (MIOSM) Trivia
• Drop Everything and Read
• SWEBS Lunchroom Re-Teaching

Thursday, March 7th

• Music In Our School's Month (MIOSM) Trivia
• READ ACROSS AMERICA DAY
• Students will celebrate the birthday of Dr. Seuss and read The Lorax
• 12:10 Dismissal for Students

Friday, March 8th

• Music In Our School's Month (MIOSM) Trivia
• Fun Friday

Mark Your Calendars:

•  March 11 – March 15:  5^th and 8^th Grade Writing PSSA