"Upon our children - how they are taught - rests the fate - or fortune - of tomorrow's world". - B.C. Forbes
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Dear Parents,
I have added some great web-sites to keep your children reading and academically engaged during the summer months. Also don't to visit your neighborhood library for fun and exciting programs being offered free of charge.
Mrs. Ulloa
SMART tutoring
The Miami-Dade Public Library System offers free tutoring through the SMART program. This program is for children from Kindergarten-12th grade and consists of one hour of free tutoring. At Kendale Lakes Library for the 2009-2010 school year, the tutoring will be provided every Saturday from 10am- 1pm. Tutoring is done by contracted Miami-Dade County Public School teachers in a group study format. To register, parents can stop by one of our libraries and fill out a registration card starting June 9th until all slots are full. A guaranteed spot in the program is on a first come- first serve basis.
SUMMER READING PROGRAM FACT SHEET
The Miami-Dade Public Library System will run it’s annual Summer Reading Program this year from June 13th- July 25th. This year’s themes are Be Creative (for children) and Express Yourself (for teens). This is an incentive program for youth from birth through 18 years old promoting the importance of reading.
How it works:
1. Youth sign up at their local branch and pick up their first reading log (just for signing they get a prize!)
Once the youth has completed 4 hours of reading or has been read to for 4 hours, they complete a grand prize entry ticket and return it to their local branch. When a youth has turned in their first grand prize entry ticket, they receive a pass to the Miami Metro Zoo. Since we’re Going Green, each reading log has 6 grand prize entry tickets, each ticket represents 4 hours of reading or being read to.
Each library will have a weekly raffle. All grand prize entry tickets turned in before the first raffle go into the first week’s raffle drawing. All the grand prize entry tickets turned in after the first drawing, go into the second week’s raffle drawing and so on. However all grand prize entry tickets turned in during the entire six weeks of the program go into the grand prize drawing @ the end of the summer reading program. Remember to encourage youth that the more they read, the better chance they have at winning a grand prize.
4. New to this year's program is the opportunity for youth to receive one extra grand prize entry ticket for each youth program that that they attend at the library.
Weekly Raffle Distribution
Jun 13-Jun 20 Jungle Island
Jun 20-Jun 27 Vizcaya; Playground Theatre
Jun 27-Jul 4 Splitsville; Children’s Museum
Jul 4-Jul 11 Miami Seaquarium; Gold Coast Railroad Museum
Jul 11-Jul 18 Fairchild Tropical Botanical Gardens; Museum of Science
Jul 18-Jul 25 Everglades Airboat Safari; 2010 Miami-Dade County (Youth) Fair and Exposition
Grand Prizes
Guitar, DS Lites, Windows-based Laptop, iPod Shuffles, Baby Einstein Activity Set (for babies), Miami Dolphins memorabilia, Miami Dolphins VIP training camp experiences, a bike, Heelys, an Beginner’s Art set… etc!
Nora Dominguez, Assistant Branch Manager
Miami-Dade Public Library System
Kendale Lakes Branch Library
Please remember to stay informed about the H1N1 (Swine Flu) which has affected our school district (not our school). Officials have warned that you should keep your child at home if the following symptoms appear:
• Fever
• Cough
• Sore throat
• Body aches
• Headache
• Chills and fatigue
• Occasionally, vomiting and diarrhea
For further information related to the H1N1 (Swine Flu) please visit the following web-site:
http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/general_info.htm
______________________________________________________________________ UPCOMING EVENTS
Our new attendance incentive for the fourth nine weeks began April 1st and will run until Friday May 29th, 2009. Remember students must have no absences and only one tardy during that time period. The special event will take place Monday June 1, 2009.
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Changes to your child’s homework may be made at anytime, therefore checking their homework assignment sheet will ensure you have the correct information. You are welcomed to either write any concerns and attach it to their homework sheet or e-mail me through this web page.
Fact Monster A fun and helpful site for students that has facts on just about anything ranging from world geography to fashion. An abundance of information right at your fingertips!
Family Education Learn what your first grader is expected to know.
Soft School SoftSchools.com provides free math worksheets, free math games, grammar quizzes and free phonics worksheets and games. Worksheets and games are organized by grades and topics. These printable math and phonics worksheets are auto generated.
North Pole Northpole.com is a commercial banner-free, child-safe Web site designed to provide a family-oriented Christmas site for children and families to share together
PBS Kids Games, videos, coloring pages, and music along with free preK-12 resources to support learning at home and at school.
Reading is Fundamental Check out tips and activity ideas to help you motivate your kids to read.
Reading Rockets Reading Rockets is a national multimedia project offering information and resources on how young kids learn to read, why so many struggle, and how caring adults can help.
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