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Coaches Night

Build Your Child’s Vocabulary!

Having a strong vocabulary is crucial to becoming a solid reader and writer. So much of what we do in school centers on reading and writing and by helping your child develop a strong vocabulary you can help them succeed in school! Try these ides to help strengthen your child’s vocabulary.

Look for new words – When you are out and about, shopping, at the doctor, point out new words. You will be surprised how many new words you can introduce to your child when you are on the look out for them!

Encourage verbs and adjectives- Help your child add descriptive and action words to their vocabulary. Try to find new words to describe things such as something that happened in a sporting event, a play or a movie. Talk about how the ball soared, the player had real determination or the runner who sprints!

These things may not seem like much but they really can make a big difference! Sometimes supporting your child’s education is easier than it seems!

Pretending it's Spring!

Thank you to Ms. Wheeler for painting the spring scene on the main office windows reminding everyone to Bee Happy! While it might still be snowing outside we are anxious to bring on Spring so she is painting a nice Spring Scene to remind us all that Spring is not too far away!

Where are you headed poster contest

All posters can be submitted to the HBB main office!

A Message From BOKS!

The Old Colony Y is collaborating with the Middleboro Public Schools to offer the BOKS (Building Our Kids Success) Program once again to the students. The program is for children at the HBB and MKG in grades 1- 5. BOKS prepares children for a day of learning and is an important step in helping children gain an appreciation of the benefits of exercise and healthy choices that will last a lifetime. BOKS was inspired by Dr. John Ratey, of Harvard Medical School, he states that “exercise is the single most powerful tool that we have to optimize the function of our brains.” Classes are filled with team oriented games, relays, strength movements and provide plenty of opportunity for play, since the program focuses on FUN ! Check out the www.bokskids.org website for more information.

The BOKS session will start Tuesday, March 24th and end on Thursday, June 4th. The session is 45 minutes long and will run Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 7:50-8:35am. The cost of the Spring Session is $25.00. Parents are responsible for transporting their children to the school on those days and making sure they have breakfast before they arrive. Parent Drop off is between 7:40-7:50am on the side door by the gymnasium at the Burkland school. Financial Assistance is available to qualifying families.

BOKS is designed to involve the whole community and family. We would love to have parent volunteers to help run the program. Volunteers cheer for the kids, participate in the activities, help with attendance, set up stations and help monitor the kids. If interested please contact me know, as we will need to do a CORI and SORI check on all volunteers.

I hope that you will share our enthusiasm for this program and you will, in turn, see a positive impact on your children. If you have any additional questions please contact our office. 508-947-1390.

The registration must be filled out and returned to your child’s teacher before March 13, 2015. Space is limited so register early to guarantee your spot. BOKS rocks and kids and parents love the program!

Once we receive the registration there will be additional paperwork. Communication is through *email so make sure we have yours. Register early as space is limited.

Character Word of the Week Winners

Congratulations to the winners of the Character Word of the Week!