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Honeybee Howler, 1/26/2010

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January 26, 2010

Calendar

February

5  *No Preschool Classes - PS Admissions Day

15 NO SCHOOL - Presidents' Day

18  PFA Meeting, 8:15 - Coffee, 8:30 am Meeting, Gerlinger

19 Re-enrollment Contracts Due

19  Viewfinder Global Film Series

March

4-5  *No BS/LS Classes - Parent - Teacher Conferences

5  Viewfinder Global Film Series

13  GAMBOL

20 - 28  No School - Spring Break

29  Classes Resume

April

16  Viewfinder Global Film Series

30  Spring Parade

*Prearranged childcare available as space permits

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Hello Honeybee Families and Friends,

Our honeybee studies continued last week as we explored flowers, pollen, and the mysteries of a bee’s tongue. The Honeybees examined the inside of a snapdragon and used a Q-tip to collect bright yellow pollen. We also squeezed the flower to feel the juicy nectar that bees love. Our honeybee mural is growing, and some of the kiddos made tissue paper flowers for their paper bees to visit. Be sure to ASK YOUR HONEYBEE: How does a bee carry pollen as it flies from flower to flower? In pollen “baskets” on it’s back legs. What is a bee’s tongue like? A straw! How did you pretend to drink like a bee? We drank berry nectar through a thin red straw.

This Wednesday we will have a special visitor who is a BEEKEEPER. He will be bringing his tools and knowledge to share with us.
 

Our Books are Complete

Last week at Allen’s table the last of the family books went into the book press. They are now all complete and waiting to be explored. If you have the chance, take a look through a family book you have not seen before, and learn something new about a Honeybee, or perhaps even one of us!
 

Trains!!

You may not know this, but here on our very own campus we have a tiny town, full of people and cars and buildings, and a train runs through it all. Ed Sallia, who is our school’s Transportation Manager, has a model train club that meets in the facilities building here at Catlin. He invited our Honeybees to see what the club has created, and they have been delighted to visit. A few Honeybees have been visiting each day, so that they all have plenty of room to see the tiny features. The last group will be visiting next Tuesday. ASK YOUR HONEYBEE if they have been to see the trains, and what their favorite part was.   
 

Big Boss by Anne Rockwell

At the end of the week, Allen shared a story about a frog that calls himself the big boss of the forest. When a tiger comes along and thinks he has found himself an easy snack, the frog makes him a series of wagers to prove that he is faster, stronger, and much sneakier than any other animal in the forest. In the end, he proves to be the most cunning and clever animal the tiger has ever come across. ASK YOUR HONEYBEE: Why does the frog take a tiny nibble of the tiger’s fur? How does he use the fur to trick him?
 

Have a wonderful week!

Allen, Rebecca, and Chenoa

 

Garden Club Meeting Invitation

The Catlin Gabel Community Is Invited to the Next Garden Club Meeting on Wednesday, January 27, 2010, from 3:30 – 5:00 PM.

The next Garden Club meeting is an open meeting for the Catlin Gabel community. This is an invitation to parents, students, and staff to come and collaborate and plan on the next steps for the garden that is growing behind the middle school. The meeting is from 3:30 – 5:00 PM on Wednesday, January 27th, in Narnia in the Middle School building.

Our agenda is simple but ambitious: 1) How to incorporate the garden into school curricula, grades PreK – 12; and 2) the physical design of the garden, as we plan on building seven more raised beds and adding garden art this spring and summer.

If there are questions, please email Carter Latendresse. Thank you.

  

Re-enrollment Contracts Due February 19

Re-enrollment contracts for the 2010-11 school year are being mailed on January 27. Signed contracts must be postmarked or hand delivered to Toad Hall by February 19. This deadline is firm. We cannot guarantee a spot for your child(ren) if we do not receive the contract by February 19.

If your child is not returning, please return the enrollment decline form by February 19.

Please call Traci Jernigan Rossi ’83 in the admission office if you have questions about re-enrollment, 503-297-1894 ext. 346. Questions concerning payment options should be directed to Mary Ann Rogers in the business office at 503-203-5114

 

GAMBOL AUCTION NEWS

 
Registration is open for Gambol 2010!
Tables and single tickets are now available for the Gambol auction being held on Saturday, March 13, 2010. Reserve your seats today before we sell out! A portion of each ticket is tax deductible. Registration is online on our secure site. Click here to register. (https://catlin.ejoinme.org/MyEvents/Gambol2010TheresNoPlaceLikeHome/Registration/tabid/193738/Defaul...)
 
Auction item donations are accepted until February 1.
 
Don't miss out on participating in this important event for our school. Donations are essential for meeting our fundraising goal. Forms are available at www.catlin.edu/giving/gambol.
 
Advertising and Sponsorships are a great way to expose your business to the Catlin Gabel community.
 
The Catlin Gabel community is a desirable demographic for any advertiser. Reaching them through such a focused and receptive forum as the Gambol auction catalog is a distinctive advantage for your sales efforts. In addition to being featured in the auction catalog for over 450 guests to view at the event, your ad will be made available to the entire Catlin Gabel community through an online catalog on the Gambol website prior to the event. For specific paid advertising and sponsor information, please go to www.catlin.edu/giving/gambol or contact the auction office at gambol@catlin.edu. For free class advertisements in honor of teachers and students please contact Gambol Co-chair, Gina Wand, at gwand@comcast.net.
 
Thank you!
 
Lauren Dully Hubbard ’91
Alumni and Community Relations Program Director
Catlin Gabel School | www.catlin.edu
503 297 1894 x 363 | dullyhubbardl@catlin.edu

Parent of Peyton ’19 and Parker ’22