Friday, November 9, 2012

October 29 - November 9, 2012

Freeman-Kennedy Students Go To The Voting Polls
Students in grades 3-6 had the opportunity to vote for the next president and senator in Congress on Monday, November 5, 2012.  Voting polls opened at 9:00 a.m. and wrapped up around 2:30 p.m.  As students entered the voting site, they checked in and took their ballot to a voting carrel.  After voting, students checked out and then placed their ballot into the ballot box and anxiously waited to hear the results. At the Freeman-Kennedy School, Mitt Romeny and Paul Ryan won the presidential election with a total of 286 votes.  Barak Obama and Joe Biden came in second with a total of 206 votes.   Senator Brown won by a landslide with a total of 414 votes and Elizabeth Warren came in second with a total of 90 votes.  This was a great experience for everyone!  A HUGE thank-you to Mrs. Whitmore for organizing the presidential election at Freeman-Kennedy School.







 Grade 5 Students Explore Technology and Engineering
The fifth grade students are exploring the engineering process by making paper airplanes.  The children had to form a hypothesis about what design would make for a smooth flying plane and test it.    If it did not fly well, they had to determine why it didn't, and then try a new design.




Grade 5 Teachers 
Attend a Professional Development Workshop on 
Technology and Engineering 
The fifth grade teachers attended a science and technology workshop on the engineering design process at the Christa McAuliffe Center on the Framingham State University campus. Mrs. Grout, Mrs. Horton, and Mrs. O'Toole worked on designs using the steps of the engineering process.  They will be using what they learned in their classrooms as they teach their hands-on science lessons.  



BUCKET FILLERS OF THE WEEK

Tori C. (Mr. Brogan's class) for helping a classmate pick up her pencils that had fallen.
Sam B. (Mr. Brogan's class) for helping a classmate pick up an entire box of colored pencils that fell out of his desk and scattered all over the floor without even being asked. 

Ryan C. (Mrs. McFadden's class) for helping another student get after he had fallen and hurt himself.
Michael M. (Mrs. Trombert's class) for including another student in the football game at recess and letting him be quarterback. 
Zachary N. (Mrs. Trombert's class) for helping another student pick up his papers when he dropped them.
Molly P. (Mrs. Trombert's class) for encouraging another student to try and the wiggle bars on the playground. 
Markus P. (Mrs. Trombert's class) for helping another student with her word search.
Caroline L. (Mrs. Klassman's class) for making another student feel welcome in class after being out for a while. 

Patrick H. (Mrs. Teague's class) waited for another student to walk back to class with from band, Tyler C. (Mr. Brogan's class) closed another student's locker door for him when he had his hands full, Lorenzo M. (Mrs. Klassman's class) showed an act of kindness by helping a fellow classmate pick up a container of pencils, Patrick B. (Mrs. Klassman's class) also helped pick up a container of colored pencils that another student knocked over without even being asked, Emma M. (Mrs. Moore's class) played with another student at recess who had no one else to play with and Annabelle T. (Mrs. Moore's class) said "yes" when another student in class asked her to play with her because she didn't have anyone else to play with that day.


GRADE 3 STUDENTS VISIT PLYMOUTH PLANTATION
NOVEMBER 2, 2012







Have a wonderful weekend with family and friends!
Sincerely,
Mrs. Altham-Hickey
Principal

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