The Dolphin’s Tale The bi-weekly principal’s newsletter of Travilah Elementary School

The Dolphin’s
Tale
The bi-weekly principal’s newsletter of Travilah Elementary School
Susan J. Shenk, Principal
November 13, 2015
Issue #6
November
Native American Month
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16
19
20
24
25
26-27
1:20pm
Book Fair closes at noon
PEP to Firehouse #31 Rockville
Grade 2 Mad Science “Earthworks”
Grade 2 to Strathmore
Grade 4 to St. Mary’s City
Vision and Hearing Screen – Kdg. and Grade 1 and Rescreens
Early Release – Thanksgiving
Holiday – Thanksgiving No School
December
1
4
9
7:00 – 8:00pm
17
23
PTA – Media Center
Grades 1 and 2 to Imagination Stage “Frog and Toad”
Interims sent
World Culture Night – rehearsal
World Culture Night
Flu Mist clinic, call to register
Rescreening Vision and Hearing
Winter Concert – 4th and 5th chorus and Adv. Band
2:30pm - students
7:00pm - parents
Kindergarten to Imagination Stage “Frog and Toad”
Grade 2 Mad Science “Matter of Fact”
Last day prior to Winter Break – Full day of school!
11
14
15
16
7:00 – 9:00pm
4
School Resumes!
January 2016
Visit our website! http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/travilahes/
School Phone: 301-840-7153
School Attendance Line: 301-670-8223
School Fax: 301-670-8230
Visit the PTA website! http://www.travilahpta.org
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PRINCIPAL’S WRITING WALL – Each week students’ writing is displayed on the Principal’s Writing Wall. All
students will be featured at least once during the year. The following students’ work was highlighted during the week
of November 3, 2015.
Grade 3: Ms. Emr’s class – Alisha Tomashevsky, Alara Erkan, Nathan Yap, Aanya Tiwari, A.J. Shiflett,
Giselle Tompkins, Max Lizondo, Jaden Hou
Mrs. Knight’s class – Ashvari Stanislaus, Tejusvi Vijay, Derek Hsu, Keon Faroughi, Alex Doan, Paige Euler,
Paul Weiner
Mrs. Perel’s class – Dhyan Sesha, Mikaela Ngo, Diya Khetan, Jack Kerns, Darren Chen, Jason Yin, Sylvia Yu,
Anna Lizondo, Dhruva Arun
Grade 1: Mrs. Koval’s class – Marelle Vaz, Hallie Morris, Ethan Kwon, Isabelle Weiner, Evan Halpern, Andrew Dai
Mrs. Rivera’s class – Katie Graham, Kai Anderson Rick Venema, Linda Chen, Ava Rostami, Lizzie Blonder
Mrs. Fishman’s class – Shayna Fleischer, Gleb Godynskiy, Diane Liu, Maya Saini
THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY – With the Thanksgiving holiday around the corner, I wanted to take this time to say
how thankful and appreciative I am for this wonderful school community. I continue to be impressed with your
commitment to our school and our children. The first few months of school have flown by with many exciting events.
The teachers were thrilled with the attendance, positive responses and support during parent conferences. The PTA
has done an amazing job with fund raisers and family activities. The Book Fair was a huge success and we are all
anxiously waiting to find out the grand totals. We are continuing to collect Dollars for Turkeys and our Winter Coat,
Hat, and Gloves Drive to help support our sister school, Summit Hall Elementary. Your generosity is incredible.
The number of parents volunteering in the school continues to grow. Your help contributes to the success of our
school! I hope you enjoy Thanksgiving and are able to celebrate with friends and families. Thank you again for all
you do.
HALLOWEEN AND VETERAN’S DAY CEREMONY – Thank you to the many, many parents who attended our
Halloween parade and also to those parents who helped with the fabulous Halloween parties. What an exciting
afternoon! It was a terrific way for us to all come together as a community with such a fun activity. Also, thank you
for the many veterans and active military who came to our moving and meaningful Veteran’s Day ceremony. We
sang songs, had meaningful readings, and heard about our brave soldiers who fight for our freedoms. Thank you to
Mr. Euler, Mr. Frankford, Mr. Kim, Mr. Monroe, Mr. Wagner, Mr. Rotberg, Mr. Dittmeir, Mr. Vande Krol,
Dr. Min, Mr. Solis, Mr. Katz, Mr. Ruggieri, and Mr. Auth for attending. Your presence made our ceremony even
more meaningful!
PTA FUNDRAISER - Travilah Elementary School is inviting you to participate in a unique fundraiser to “Pave the
Way” for our students. Leave a lasting legacy by purchasing a paver to be permanently displayed and remembered
forever. Each paver that you sponsor may honor you, your student, a teacher or staff member, former student, a family
member, friend, local business or anyone! The pavers will be etched with your custom inscription and placed within
the landscaping around the circle, in front of our school.
All of the proceeds from this fundraiser will go to our PTA.
Please submit orders before Friday, April 15, 2016 for spring 2016 installation.
For more information please visit the PTA website or contact:
Erinn Foster at 301-370-4502 or mail to: [email protected]
WINTER CLOTHES DRIVE – We will be collecting new or gently used winter coats, sweaters, hats, gloves and
scarves to be delivered to Summit Hall Elementary school for use by families in need. Please drop off donations into
the bins placed in the main lobby beginning November. We will collect items until November 20th.
DOLLARS FOR TURKEYS – Each year the PTA partners with our kids to collect money to help families at
Summit Hall ES enjoy a meal for Thanksgiving. If each child donates just $1, we can provide almost 25 families with
funds for a turkey. We will collect dollars each Thursday for the first 3 weeks of November. Thank you in advance for
all your generosity!
PLAYGROUND SUPERSTARS – Weeks of October 25 – November 2, 2015 are:
Grade 5: Charles Makobongo, Lunah Schleret, Pratyusha Mandal, Akshara Raju, Naba Syed, Ishani Tyagi,
Mills Littlefield, Chrisitian Vande Krol, Hope Safai, Chris Castelli, Tommy Arata, Evan Lewis, Andy Doan,
Michelle Hsiung, Grace Liu
Grade 4: Gareth Bennett, Jonathan Zhou, Coby Pinto, Natasha Thamungruxsat, Omid Motamedi, Grady Sellman
Grade 3: Bethany Vande Krol, Paige Euler, Isaac Pipes, Darren Chen, Alex Foster, Paul Weiner, David Wang,
Naomi Negussie, Kent Zhang, Jack Edell
Grade 2: Christine Jeon, Mackie Noble, Lily Congdon, Blake Briskman, N’Tony Kalala
Grade 1: Lucas Kim, Riya Gupta, Miles Bender, Isabelle Weiner, Katie Graham, Quinn Lam-Vu
Kindergarten: None
P.E. CLASS OF THE WEEK – Week of, November 2, 2015 Congratulations to Mrs. Hart’s class!
P.E. STUDENT OF THE WEEK – Week of November 2, 2015 Congratulations to Alex Bergen in Mrs.Hart’s
class!
P.E. CLASS OF THE WEEK – Week of, November 9, 2015 Congratulations to Ms. Rivera’s class and half of
Mrs. Fishman’s class!
P.E. STUDENT OF THE WEEK – Week of November 9, 2015 Congratulations to Sophia Greenwald in
Mrs. Fishman’s class!
SPECIAL DOLPHIN TALES THANK YOU TO:
 All the room parents for the amazing Halloween parties!
 Amy Bryan, Carolyn Briskman, Sue Potts, Lynn Grainger, Kris Sellman, Callie Pinto, Yoonie Min,
Kerry Bowman, Jessica Somwaru, Venus Fallah, Kate Shiflett, Jennifer Pak, Debbie Rothbard,
Jen Meyer, Lauri Noble, Janine Hackett, Becky Zief, Norma Jeffers, Janice Frankford, Mao-Fen Yu,
Steve Fernandes, Zhen Yuan, Crystal Kwon, Marygold Cuerpo, Meera Subramanian, Zhen Yuan,
Nabeela Yaqub, Hyo Jeon, Nicole Lockhart, Mark Caulder, Doris Auth, Lisa Fox, Julianne Greene,
Gail Orendorff-Weiner, Eunkyung Han for all their help with the Book Fair!
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