FAVORITE SUBJECT MAKES THE GRADE

Congratulations to Nelson Place 4th grade student Andrew Tully for having his recent writing published in the Worcester Telegram's 'Happy Times' pages!

Andrew Tully, Grade 5

My favorite subject is math because it has a lot of fun stuff like geometry, fractions, graphing, math games, division, addition, multiplication and subtraction. Geometry is a fun subject because you use shapes, 3-D figures, and a compass. Fractions are shapes that help you divide shapes. Graphing is something that you use to organize data like favorite colors and foods. The math games like Top-It and Multiplication Baseball are really fun. Division is hard sometimes when you use huge numbers. Addition is very easy for some people and you use a lot of big numbers. Multiplication is fun because you can play multiplication baseball. The last math subject is subtraction and it is like adding but decreasing. That is why I like math.

BOOK DONATION BENEFITS WHOLE SCHOOL!

Recently, a woman named Maureen Zaharie donated over $1,000 worth of books to Nelson Place School.  The books are being used in the classrooms, in the music and art curriculums, and as prizes for the Books and Beyond and TRIPP reading programs.  In view of her generosity, please consider stopping in at her store-Mo Books-N-Art in Watch Hill, Rhode Island if you are ever in that area or viewing her line of artwork on her website-www.mobooksnart.com. 

COLUMBUS INSPIRES YOUNG WRITERS

Colin Shea, Grade 4

When Columbus was a little boy
He did not play with books or toys
He would watch the ships go out to sea
But they did not go out quickly
When Columbus was a grown man
He wanted to find new land
He sailed and sailed but thought he failed
But he found the new World

Avery Andros, Grade 5

Columbus Day is a national holiday in the United States. It is a national holiday in Canada, South America, and Central America. Exactly 300 years after Columbus made his discovery, people in New York decided to honor him with a holiday. The first person to declare Columbus Day an official holiday said it would be on October 12. Later someone said Columbus Day should be on the second Monday in October. Now, we celebrate Columbus Day with many activities. There is always a parade. This year there will be a bocce tournament and a family feast. Children in school study about Columbus and read books about him. Columbus Day was created so we could honor Christopher Columbus. We honor him because he found the New World.

POET'S PUBLISHED

Miss Quitadamo has just received notification from the Creative Communication Organization that 18 of her former fourth grade students have submitted poems that were judged to be worthy of publication in their next anthology “A Celebration of Poets”. Those students are Rachel Amankwah, Angelina Carpenter, Elena Cormier, Drew Economou, Victoria Endow, Matthew Kozlowski, Lauren Lavallee, Luke Lavelle, Matt Martella, Molly McGrail, Ryan Noel, Callista Pacheco, Melissa Powell, Anthony Pupillo, James Rothera, Michaela Smith, Savanna Smith and Gabrielle Szydlik. In addition, Nelson Place School will also be recognized in the anthology as having received a Poetic Achievement Award, which is given to the top 10% of the schools who entered the contest. It is given to schools whose students’ entries were of exceptionally high merit!

CREATIVE DRAWING AND WRITING IN T&G

Sandra Zhoa, who is currently in Miss Quitadamo’s class, had both a line-o-graph and a poem printed in the Happy Times pages during the summer. Congratulations Sandra!

TORNADOES NIGHT PICTURES!!

The following link was sent from Erika Sidor who happened to be photographing for Worcester State College that night!! Lots of great shots!

http://www.pbase.com/erikajake/tornados052908

PARKING REMINDER

This year has brought record levels of congestion in front of the school. Just a reminder to parents that there is no parking along the front sidewalk of the school. Alternatives include parking on Nelson Place Parkway (across from the flagpole) or dropping students off in the bus turnaround under the watchful eye of a school staff member after 8:45a.m. The parking regulations are state laws intended to keep our children safe, and to ensure the safety of the neighbors living near the school.