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May 27, 2010
Margaretta Elementary’s 2010 Right to Read Week kicked of Wednesday May 26th with a visit from Ronald McDonald. The theme this year is Rock, Roll, and Read. Ronald really got the students excited about reading and they all had a great time. A little bit of magic and a lot of fun. The students are also doing a spirit week with games and prizes all week long. The week started off with a 1950’s day where they all wore 1950’s style clothes to school. There were a lot of poodle skirts on the girls and white t-shirts and jeans on the boys. The rest of the week consists of hat day, wear your clothes backwards day, sunglasses day, and it finishes off with tie dye shirt day. All of these activities are sponsored by the Margaretta PTO. Area businesses donated prizes for drawings for any students who read at least 1 book during the week. The importance of reading is the main goal for the week and the students having fun doing it is just the icing on the cake.
 
5th Grade sponsored a Family Science Night (below):
 
Mrs. Day's 5th grade Science class students constructed and decorated lamps (below). A First Energy Grant helped pay for the lamp kits needed, and the other material came from reusing items.
 
May 25, 2010
Below: Margaretta Elementary students participated in one windmill activity which was signing their name on one of the blades. Pictured below are first graders Elizabeth Patrick and Dylan Asceto from Mrs. Wobser’s and Mrs. Steager-Burkett’s classes. Also, Mrs. Hurd was present with the first graders to sign too.
6th Grade Independent Study Fair: Around the World with Learning (Below)
On Thursday, May 13th the sixth grade students held their Independent Study Fair featuring their research on countries around the world. Each child chose a different country and researched the areas of geography, government, culture and the economy. From their general research, they chose a specific topic from their country to write a research paper. A new twist to the project was a suitcase that was packed with articles they would take to that country for a visit. The students presented their projects to their classmates which was a culminating activity for social studies and language arts skills learned. The sharing will continue with food from the different countries the last week of school. Makes for delicious learning!
Aleah Baily displaying her Independent Study board on Costa Rica
Meredith Troxel displaying her Independent Study board on Djibouti
Several sixth grade students in Mrs. Border and Mrs. Kuns' class traveled to the Hayes Presidential Center to compete in the National History Day Contest sponsored by the Ohio Historical Society. Five of these students were chosen to go to the state level at the Ohio State University. Congratulations to the following students (below): Brent Lander, Jake Guerrero, Meredith Troxel, Victoria Jensen, and Aleah Bailey.
May 21, 2010
Margaretta Elementary Book Fair 2010
Margaretta Elementary Book Fair was a huge success!! With a 50’s theme including a diner, students had the opportunity to purchase books during the school day. Parents also had the opportunity to come two evenings with their child and purchase books. Thanks to all those parents who contributed to the teachers’ wish list. Many many thanks to our spectacular PTO for all of their dedicated time and organization of this event!!
Margaretta Elementary Loves General Mills!
By simply collecting Box Tops off of General Mills foods and other products, Margaretta Elementary School made $2,890 for our school. Thanks also to Mrs. Bordner's 6th grade homeroom for their collecting and record keeping for this event. Keep collecting over the summer for a great start next year for our school!
May 11, 2010
Jump Rope for Heart Campaign
The Margaretta Elementary in partnership with the American Heart Association concluded their Jump Rope for Heart Campaign on April 30th. We wish to congratulate all the students that participated. They not only helped raised funds for healthy hearts but exercised to keep their own heart healthy. We wish to extend a “heartfelt” thank you to each participant and contributor for their assistance in setting a new school record by raising $ 2028.00 for the American Heart Association.
This activity was under the direction of John Zang, elementary physical education instructor. It took place as part of the students’ physical education classes.
May 3, 2010
Congratulations to the following students with perfect attendance during April 2010!
April 28, 2010
Mrs. Lianne Genzman brought her 9 Put-in-Bay first graders to the mainland for a visit to Margaretta Elementary on Monday, April 19. First grade teacher, Mrs. Ann Ball and her students hosted the 9 students, teacher, chaperones, and Mrs. Jean Smith for the day. The cafeteria and recess were a unique new experience since Put in Bay students go home for lunch each day! After recess, students discussed and compared their daily lives and then became emersed in Mrs. Ball's Math and Science lessons. Students collaborated on various activities and had a wonderful educational experience! Mrs. Ball's students will continue to communicate and collaborate with the Put in Bay students
through the utilization of Skype.
April 20, 2010
Third Quarter Polar Pride Assemblies took place at Margaretta Elementary the week of April 12. The awards included all A’s, Polar Cubs, B.U G. and perfect attendance. Also, the winners of the “Count Me In” attendance program were recognized.
1st grade “Count Me In” winners include Skylar Ingraham, Emerson Young, Reese Johnson, and Elizabeth Patrick.
April 15, 2010
Mrs. Ball's 1st grade science students participated in 3 educational programs sponsored by the Erie County Soil and Water Department. The presentations were aligned with Ohio's Academic Content Standards. The primary focus was on natural resource conservation. Tim White's presentation complimented the Life Science unit on animals. The students got to feel and examine ever wild animal pelt from Ohio's region. The deer pelt was larger than any student!Celine Hemminger's presentation linked our Earth and Space Science unit with soil, worms, and composting! Students painted with soil and the red wiggly worms were closely examined before putting them in our class composting container. Hopefully our compost will be ready to use to plant flowers for Mother's Day! Mrs. Hemminger's return visit demonstrated how to conserve resources by reusing, reducing, and recycling! The 1st grade students had a great time reusing paper to make origami containers, and note pads!
 
 
 
 
April 14, 2010
Congratulations to "Count Me In" Third Quarter Winners.
Kindergarten students are constructing 3 dimensional shapes using marshmellows and toothpicks:
 
 
April 8, 2010
Congratulations to the following POLAR "CUBS" (Children Understanding Basic Skills) for the third grading period of the 2009-2010 school year. They received a grade of A, B, E or S in all subjects.
Polar Pride Assemblies have been scheduled for the third quarter at Margaretta Elementary.
Monday, April 12
9:30 2nd Grade
2:00 Kindergarten
Wednesday, April 14
8:30 4th Grade
9:30 1st Grade
1:45 6th Grade
Thursday, April 15
9:15 3rd Grade
1:45 5th Grade
Parents are always welcome to attend.
March 20, 2010
Academic Challenge Team Winners
The fifth and sixth grade Academic Challenge teams both placed third at the Academic Challenge sponsored by the North Point Education Center. The competition was held on March 8 and 9 at Adams Junior High.
The fifth grade team included: Morgan Yun, Josh Stanley, Lydia Bias, Lydia Harris, Ben Rudolph, Julia Orshoski, Kaitlyn Cantu and Alexis Gabel.
The sixth grade team included: Alec Badenhop, Jacob Caponi, Briana Casanova, Haylee Darr, Gordy Keegan, Rebecca Denman, Meredith Troxel and Kristen Yost.
Independent Study Fair for Fifth Grade
The fifth grade language arts class of Mrs. Cheek and Mrs. Kuns will be participating in the Independent Study Fair on April 24th at Townsend School. The students have studied a topic of their choice and created projects and a display to show what they have learned. This event is sponsored by the North Point Educational Service Center.
National History Day
The sixth grade language arts students of Mrs. Bordner and Mrs. Kuns will be participating in the National History Day contest on March 27th at the Hayes Presidential Center in Fremont, Ohio. This contest is a national contest sponsored by the Ohio Historical Society. The theme this year was Innovation in History: Impact and Change. The students had to research a topic and prove the changes it made in history. To demonstrate their knowledge, the students created a board display or wrote a performance that they will present live to the judges. This is the school's first year to attend this event. Winning projects from the regional competition will advance to the state competition in Columbus. Good luck students!
March 1, 2010
Fifth Grade Olympics Challenge
March 1, 2010 was the first Olympic challenge as part of the preparation of the Ohio Achievement Assessments. The Olympic colors of the rings depict each team’s color. Every two weeks, the team members who have the most points gathered from their OAA practice get to participate in the Olympic challenge. The simulated Olympic activity this time was ice skating. Each student had two paper plates on their feet and had to “skate” around cones without losing them. Mrs. Grahl’s team (black) won the bronze; Mrs. Day’s team (red) won the silver, and Mrs. Cheek’s team (yellow) won the gold. All the students cheered them all on!
February 19, 2010
Fifth Grade Olympics are taking place at Margaretta Elementary in preparation for the Ohio Achievement Assessment (OAA). Students are practicing in the content areas of Reading, Math and Science. Five Olympic Teams were formed from the students. After two weeks of practice they have an Olympic Physical Challenge. The winner of the physical challenge gets to keep the torch until the next challenge. The torch is passed from the past winning Olympic Team to the new Olympic winner every two weeks. Our students are in high spirits and motivated to practice for their upcoming Ohio Assessment Challenge in April in the spirit of Olympic Excellence!
Rock Farlow’s leadership class along with Margaretta Elementary third and fourth graders had a wonderful Valentine Day celebration! Some of the activities included making Valentine Day cards; face painting, and decorating cupcakes. A great time was had by all!! This activity was sponsored by our fabulous PTO!
Second Quarter Polar Pride Assemblies recognized students for their outstanding achievement and attendance. Also recognized at the assemblies were the winners of the “Count Me In” program which promotes perfect attendance. B.U.G. awards were included this quarter for students who have brought up a grade at least 5% or a letter grade.
February 12, 2010
Sixth grade students enjoyed a snowy week at the Mohican Outdoor School. Click here for the Mohican journal (updated Friday p.m.) sent daily by 6th grade teacher, Mrs. Smith.
Congratulations to "Count Me In" Second Quarter Winners.
January 26, 2010
Handbook change with electronic devices and cell phones:
Revised : January 25, 2010.
Students at Margaretta Elementary are to leave cell phones and electronic devices (devices that contain batteries.) at home. In the event that a student chooses to bring an electronic device or cell phone to school and it is lost or stolen; the school WILL NOT be responsible. Any student caught with an electronic device or cell phone during school hours (7:30 am -3:00 pm) and any after school functions/activities at Margaretta Elementary, including field trips, will receive the following consequence.
First and Second Offence:
The cell phone or electronic device will be confiscated and the parent will be asked to pick it up at the end of the day. The student will serve an after school detention.
After the Second Offence:
Failure to follow reasonable direction of administration will result in the electronic device being confiscated, and the parent will be asked to pick it up at the end of the day. The students will serve an out of school suspension.
January 25, 2010
Congratulations to the following students with perfect attendance during December 2009 and the 2nd Quarter!
January 7, 2010
Holiday Celebration!! Mr. Rock Farlow’s leadership class provided many fun and exciting activities for our 3rd and 4th graders. Some of the activities included decorating cookies, making Christmas cards, and face painting. It was a good time had by ALL!! Many thanks to Margaretta PTO for sponsoring this event!!
December 1, 2009
Congratulations to the following students with perfect attendance in November!
November 30, 2009
Students in Mrs. Coffman's 5th grade math class play "Polygon Capture." The object of the game
is to capture polygons given various angle and side properties. Students are learning about
Geometry and different types of polygons.
November 24, 2009
Congratulations to the following POLAR "CUBS" (Children Understanding Basic Skills) for the first grading period of the 2009-2010 school year. They received a grade of A, B, E or S in all subjects. In addition, these students received all A's!
Congratulations to the "Count Me In" winners for 1st quarter!
November 6, 2009
Congratulations to the following students with perfect attendance during October and the 1st quarter!
November 2, 2009
Rock Farlow’s Leadership Class from Margaretta High School organized a Fall Festival for Margaretta Elementary 5th and 6th grades. These activities included bobbing for apples, mummy race, face painting, along with plenty of food and fun. The event was sponsored by the PTO. Many many thanks!
On Monday morning, November 2, 2009, the second and third graders presented a very special performance for our local veterans. American Legion Post 83 color Guard presented the colors along with the Pledge of Allegiance. The students’ performance was absolutely beautiful. There were very few dry eyes in the audience at the conclusion of our veterans being honored.
October 22, 2009
 
Deputy Klepper and Officer Stephen Ritterbach of the Sandusky Canine Unit brought Justice (the dog's name) to visit the 6th graders during D.A.R.E.
6th graders collecting donations for the food drive
October 16, 2009
Margaretta Elementary celebrated National Lunch Week by inviting Kindergarten parents to join their child for lunch. We had a fantastic turnout of parents, grandparents, and a few aunts and uncles!
Big Brothers/ Sisters started today at Margaretta Elementary. Elementary students are paired with students from Rock Farlow’s Margaretta High School leadership class. Our students look forward to spending time with their big brother or sister each week.
Mrs. Kathleen Danevich’s second grade has been working on their fluency and creativity with the creation of hand rhymes.
October 6, 2009
Congratuations to the following students who made the SEPTEMBER “COUNT ME IN” PERFECT ATTENDANCE LIST!
September 29, 2009
Sixth Graders Help Senior Citizens
On Tuesday, September 29 Brandy Bennett and the American Red Cross will be doing two 1 hour Kids Care Club activities with Margaretta Elementary sixth grade students. “Preparing For Emergencies: Let’s Build a First Aid Kit”: The American Red Cross will provide a lesson on preparing for emergencies, what should be in a first aid kit and an emergency kit, different kinds of first aid kits: family, work, car, pet, etc. Then we will put together a First Aid Kit designed especially for senior citizens. Brandy will deliver these kits to Serving Our Seniors and the Senior Center. Our sixth graders will assist our seniors in the community by providing them with these emergency kits.
September 25, 2009
We are concerned with safety. This is the reason we’d like to reinforce the curb-side pick-up and drop-off only procedure immediately. Parents and guardians are to stay in their cars and drive through the pick-up and drop-off area with the ID card in the window.
Cars are driving through the area where students are being dropped off and picked up on their way to the exit. This is a major concern as we see children running across the drive to and from their parents’ cars after they are dismissed to their parents or when their parents let then out on the driver’s side in the morning.
Please do not drop off before 7:30 am in the morning. Staff are not on duty prior to this time. The children are to come directly in the lobby and wait until the morning monitor takes them to the gym. In the afternoon we will monitor your child or children to your car. This will help eliminate the confusion at the main entrance, help better insure the safety of our children, and keep the traffic flowing smoothly.
Just a reminder as we did last year we’d like parents to come in the driveway off of Maple Avenue in TWO lanes. This is an entrance only access road and it is large enough for two lanes. When you get to the parking area the right lane continues down to the first row of parked cars near the old building and drive behind them and up to the drop off lane. The left lane turns at the first and shortest route to the drop off lane. When you get to where the two lanes meet PLEASE GO EVERY OTHER CAR TO THE DROP OFF POINT. (Lane from the left lets lane from the right in and vice versa). Thank you.
Please show your IDENTIFICATION CARD; this really speeds up the process. If you need a new ID card contact the office. Parents and guardians are to stay in their cars and drive through the pick-up area with the ID card in the window.
Thank you again for all your help and cooperation. If you have any questions please call 419-684-5357 and we’ll be happy to discuss your questions with you.
September 4, 2009
Janis Cheek’s fifth grade class is working on a first day activity
Mrs. Danevich’s class was using 4 of their senses with a Gobs writing activity.
Miss Snyder, technology teacher, engages third graders on the first day of school in computer technology class.
September 1, 2009
Dear Parents,
Welcome Back to Margaretta Elementary School's. Exciting is the first word that comes to my mind when walking through the halls of Margaretta Elementary School.
Our school is proud to teach approximately 615 kindergarten through sixth grade students. The long tradition of our caring, compassionate staff and overwhelming parental and community involvement continue to contribute to our overall academic success. It is this link that has become a hallmark of our successful learning community, helping our students grow academically and socially.
We enjoy working with each and every child and family throughout our school environment. Our goal is to provide a well-rounded education for all. Each and every child in our school will not only learn the much important Ohio academic standards, but also be taught to be responsible, to be respectful and to build relationships in all that they do.
Working together, we will be able to continue to shape our future one child at a time. Should you have any questions, concerns or compliments please contact our school office at 419-684-5357 and let the educational journey begin!
Your partner in education,
Mrs. Lynn Hurd, Principal
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