Happy Thanksgiving!

As the Thanksgiving holiday approaches, I would like to thank all of the Pine Glen parents for everything you do on a daily basis that allow our children to make growth and progress.  Thank you for sending your children to school eager to learn and for the time you spend encouraging them, caring for them and supporting them.  Thank you also to all the staff at Pine Glen for providing a safe, kind and creative environment for students to develop a lifelong love of learning.

Please enjoy the football game, holiday run, card-game, parade, skiing or other traditions your family celebrate this Thanksgiving weekend.    I hope everyone in our Pine Glen Community has Happy Thanksgiving and enjoys this time with family and friends.  

Pine Glen Book Fair Is Coming!

Join us for our Scholastic Book Fair, which will be taking place from November 30th-December 4th! Here is some important information to remember as we get ready for the fair.

Our class schedule for the week is attached below. Regular library classes have been cancelled so that our students may come to fair to browse and purchase.

Fliers will be sent home this week so that students may begin to preview the books available at the fair. Please note that all purchases at the fair are subject to the 6.25% Massachusetts sales tax, so please be sure to send your student with enough money to cover the tax in addition to the price of the books they purchase. Wish lists will be available for students to record the books they would like to purchase. They are encouraged make lists and to take these lists home to discuss with their families before they buy their books.

As always, there is no obligation to purchase anything at the book fair. Proceeds from the fair benefit the Pine Glen Library and help us purchase new, exciting, educational materials! Thanks as always for your support. If you have any questions, please contact Miss Carney at (781) 221-7798 or mcarney@bpsk12.org.

The Massachusetts Sales Tax Chart

Pine Glen Spirit Day - Wednesday, November 25th

Kelly Boswell

Author and educational consultant, Kelly Boswell, collaborated and shared great pedagogical practices related to writing with fourth grade teachers as well as first year teachers yesterday. Staff had an opportunity to discuss nonfiction writing and written expression in general with Kelly. In addition, Kelly also modeled a lesson on teaching fourth graders how to do research to be included in their writing. Students, staff and I all greatly enjoyed this professional development.

21st Century Parenting: Closing the Digital Divide

Burlington PAC presents

21st Century Parenting: Closing the Digital Divide

Tuesday, November 17th

7:00 PM at the Marion Tavern
Presented by Jenn Scheffer

Do you feel as though you're struggling to stay ahead of the technology curve?

In this session, designed for parents of k-12 students, you will learn about the latest technology tools your child may be using.

You'll walk away understanding how to guide and support your child in today's digital world.

2015 BEF Fall Raffle

The Ned Show

11/4/2015

Hi Pine Glen Families!

We were lucky enough to have a school-wide assembly today put on by the NED show. The NED show is a character education program that emphasizes the message of N-Never Give up, E-Encourage Others and D-Do your best so we can be champions in school and in life. The show’s message was taught through storytelling and yo-yo tricks. The show was free to the school and is funded through a pay-it-forward program of selling yo-yos after the show. If we are able to sell the yo-yos at Pine Glen, we can pay it forward for the NED show to go to another school for free. If interested, they left me a number of yo-yos to sell: The Ned Yo ($8), Boomerang ($10) and the Cosmic Spin ($15). Please note: It is NOT required for your child to buy a yo-yo. You may buy one if interested!

For the following dates, I will have yo-yos for sale right before dismissal at the end of the day. You can send cash or a check made out to Pine Glen School to pay for the purchase. Please bring in the exact amount for the yo-yo your child may want to purchase.

Thursday 11/5

Friday 11/6

Monday 11/9

Thursday 11/12

Friday 11/13

Any questions? Contact me at lzanotti@bpsk12.org. Thank you!

Lauren Zanotti

Free Skating Pass for Students GrK - 8

BHS Music Boosters Gala Concert & Silent Auction

BHS Music Boosters Gala Concert & Silent Auction 

Fogelberg Performing Arts Center at BHS on Sunday, November 8th.

A lot of items up for bid.  Auction Doors Open at 1:00 pm

Disney Themed Concert starts at 2:00 pm

Children encouraged to dress up as favorite Disney character and join in on the fun!

The Auction continues during the 45 minute intermission with a dessert reception to enjoy!!!

Tickets to the Event ... Call 781-A-FUN-TIC or at the Door

Auction Items Preview:

The NED Show

We had an all school assembly today called the Ned Show. NED is an acronym for Never give up, Encourage others, and Do your best. The program was designed to promote kindness and excellence at school. Students really enjoyed the performance.

Grade 3

Today, Ms. Hayes was showing her third grades how to read nonfiction text by modeling it on an interactive white board. She pointed out text features particular to nonfiction. Her students have the same digital textbook on their iPads.

Burlington Womanade - Pot Luck Ladies Night - November 6th

This post originally appeared on Burlington MA Womanade

Our Next Event- A Potluck Ladies Night on Friday, November 6th at 7pm at 7 Briarwood Lane:

Please join us for a night of food and drinks in support of Robert and Amber Winsor. Robert lost his wife Samantha Winsor suddenly last May when she had a stroke. Robert is now raising his 10 year old daughter (Amber, who attends Pine Glen Elementary School) on his own and could use our support.

For the Pot Luck, if your last name starts with, please bring:

A-F:  Appetizer
G-L: Dessert
M-Z:  Wine or other beverage

We will be collecting cash and checks (made out to Robert Winsor). If you prefer to donate gift cards, some suggestions are gas cards, Visa gift cards, and Toys R Us. Donations can be in any amount ($25 is the suggested amount, but any amount helps).  If you can’t make the event and would still like donate please send gift cards or checks to Womenade, 7 Anna Road, Burlington MA 01803.  Thank you to Tammy and Garry Hall for offering to host!  We look forward to seeing you at this event!

Gala Concert & Silent - Sunday, November 8th

The BHS Music Boosters Gala Auction on Nov 8th has a fabulous item up for grabs ... FULL ORTHO PACKAGE ($5,000-$7,000 value) from Dental Bright of Burlington!!!!  Winner of this item gets the ortho works from start to finish and it is a tax deductible donation!!!  

Stay tuned for a full list of all auction items!!!!

Tickets to the Gala are on sale now (see below) ... don't miss out on this 

​savings ​

opportunity!!!

Veteran's Day Ceremony - Wednesday, November 11th

Spooky

On Friday we had an all school assembly and sang many "spooky" songs. It was a lot of fun!

4th Grade Rocket Day 2015

Fourth grade students learned about gravity, thrust and force during Rocket Day today. Ms. Pavilcek and Mr. Musselman from the Burlington Science Center work with the fourth grade on this project. The fourth grade students and their teachers had a "blast" launching their rockets!

Rocket Launch 2015

Ms. Pavilcek and the Rocket Car!

Students Writing on Desks

Students in Mrs. Fitzpatrick's fifth grade math class today were writing on their desks. These erasable desk markers are a great way to increase the visual field when students are learning division.

Grade 1 Fall Festival

First grade had their Fall Festival today. The students loved creating different expressions of the fall season.

Phonics

Mrs. Hoyt's kindergarten class made a witch's brew this morning using the phonetic sounds of letters for the ingredients.

Bat Hats

Mrs. Parnell's kindergarten class made some fantastic bat hats. We also noticed that Mrs. Parnell, Mrs. Ardizzoni, and Mr. Lyons were all wearing orange for some reason.

Mrs. Agati and Ms. Fallon

We are all wondering were our music teacher Mrs. Agati and art teacher Ms. Fallon could be?

Hoot!

Ms. Zanotti and Mr. Lyons had an assembly yesterday with all the the different grades about being Appropriate, Safe and Kind (ASK) in school. Ms. Pavlicek, from the Burlington Science Center, joined the assembly with an owl named Scout who literally does "hoot." When staff see students displaying behaviors that are Appropriate, Safe and Kind, they will recognize these positive behaviors with a Hoot Card. The area outside the conference room, the "Owl's Nest," will display the number of Hoot cards the different grades received to recognize their positive behaviors. We are very excited to promote and recognize the many positive behaviors at Pine Glen Elementary School.

BHS Music Boosters - Gala Concert & Silent Auction

Tickets are on sale NOW!!

If you would like your $10 ticket cost to go to a certain BHS Marching Band (band, dance, guard) member to reduce the cost of their Disney trip, be sure to mention their name.

List of AWESOME Auction Items to follow soon ... 

10 Frames

Kindergarten students in Mrs. Parnell's room were learning about 10 Frames today in math class.

Note From the Principal

In the movie "Back to the Future Part II," the main character Marty McFly travels to October 21, 2015, to save his children, who are not yet born.  The media has recently featured several pieces comparing and contrasting what that date looked like in the movie and what we see today.  While watching a news story, I was reminded of my favorite part of the movie.  It is a line from the character Doc Brown.  Doc Brown, played by Christopher Lloyd states, "Your future hasn't been written yet.  No one's has.  Your future is whatever you make it, so make it a good one."   

Recently, 1,500 top CEO's were asked what is the number one quality they look for in future employees.  Overwhelming,  all the CEO's responded back that it was creativity.  A lot of the CEO's and scholars have said that there are problems today that we have never had to solve before in history and future problems will present the same or greater challenges.   What will untimely be the deciding factor will be people's level of creativity in arriving at solutions.   

I constantly ask what can I do to help my two daughters and the students at Pine Glen make a good future.  In addition, to being appropriate, safe, and kind a fourth component came to me when I thought about Back to the Future 2 and that is creativity.   The other day when my daughter in second grade took apart her Lego version of Elsa's Castle I was excited.  I thought, "She isn't taking it apart, she was creating something new". I can't wait to see what she makes from it.  Let's all work together to promote creativity in our children and like Doc Brown help them make their their future a good one.

Halloween Dance & Haunted House 2015

Thank you very much to all the volunteers and the PTO for putting on a great Halloween Dance and Haunted House! The students had a great time!

Halloween Dance & Haunted House 2015

Pine Glen School Spirit Day - October 30, 2015

Flu Vaccination Clinics

FLU SHOTS AVAILABLE

Three more "by appointment" flu vaccination clinics have been added for children only (18 and under):

Tues Oct 27  2-4pm

Wed Oct 28   4-6pm

Thurs Oct 29  2-4pm

Clinics will be held at 61 Center Street, Nurse's Office 2nd floor. Call 781-270-1955 to make an appointment.

Music

Students used different instruments in music class today with Mrs. Agati. The students greatly enjoyed the instruments accompanying their singing.

Grade 5 Math

Today I had a blast listening to students in fifth grade during math. In the following pictures, Mrs. Fitzpatrick is showing the differences between and area model and the traditional algorithm when solving a math problem. In the other two pictures, Ms. Lane is having her students share how they used the distributive property to solve problems. The rich math vocabulary used by the students and their reasoning was really great to watch.

Pumpkin Patch

BHS Boosters Fundraiser - Super Bingo!

Join the BHS Athletic Boosters at our Fall fundraising event: 

                              Super Bingo!

               Saturday November 7th, 2015 6:30 pm:

Come play for a chance to win some fabulous prizes:

Keurig 2.0 brewer ($150 value)

Chipotle buffet for 25 people

Kings pizza, bowling

3 yards of mulch delivered in Burlington by Jimmy Martin (value approx $150)

Tavern in the Square $100 gift certificate

Seasons 52 $100 gift certificate

and more!

We're expecting a full house, we encourage you to gather 10 people and reserve a table to be sure you get in!

This new event is the Athletic Boosters Club's fall fundraiser (replacing the annual craft fair).   

Help the BHS Athletic Boosters continue to support all BHS athletic programs.

We hope to see you there!

Guided Reading

Ms. Merlino is in this picture is working with a guided reading group. I love listening in on the discussions and questions that happen during guided reading at all the grade levels.

Pine Glen Bus Schedule Changes

Please note that our Pine Glen bus schedule has had a slight change regarding bus 10 and bus 12. Two stops: Lantern Lane and Lantern & Ledgewood have moved from bus 10 to bus 12.  The current Pine Glen bus schedule can be seen below and at the tab above.

Burlington Fire Department - Open House Saturday, October 10th

The Burlington Fire Department will be hosting an Open House on:

Saturday, October 10th, from 10am-1pm 

at Burlington Fire Headquarters

Scheduled activities will include:

                                         Interactive Hose Stream Demonstrations

                                         Vehicle Extrication

                                         Search and Rescue Exercises

                                         Interactive Demonstrations using our “Hazard House”

                                         Blood Pressure Screenings

                                         Boston Medflight Ambulance and Crew

Stop by with the entire family to meet the firefighters and learn more about your local fire department.

BHS Robotics Club Fundraiser

Elaine Babajtis' Retirement Celebration

Music

Mrs. DeMartinis was teaching her first grade students the song Five Little Pumpkins today. The students enjoyed acting out the different parts of the song.