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The summer reading lists are now posted on-line!  Check out the Summer Reading section listed under Activities & Enrichment, or click here!

In addition, the 2010-2011 MCBA list is posted too!

Your children have been working hard to become good readers. Summer is the perfect time to maintain and expand reading skills. It is important that you encourage your child to read during the summer. Not only will it help instill a lifelong love of reading, it will also maintain the reading skills and strategies your child has worked to achieve this year.

Your public library card can be used in all area libraries. Visit your local library to join in summer activities. You may also order books online from any library in the Merrimack Valley Library Consortium and the books can be picked up and delivered to your local library. To learn more, visit www.mvlc.org

5 great ways to encourage your child to read:

• Make the Time - Establish quiet reading time after lunch or in the morning as a part of your child’s summer routine.
• Turn off the TV - Limit the amount of time in front of the television and playing video games.
• Reward Reading - It’s okay to use incentives. Start a sticker chart and/or let your child earn something special.
• Cook and Read - As you prepare a meal together, have your child read the recipe with you.
• Read Magazines - Consider subscribing to children’s magazines (such as Boy’s Life, BMX Plus, Discovery Girls, National Geographic for Kids, Sports Illustrated for Kids, Your Big Back Yard, and Zoobooks

Massachusetts Book Award Program: Students entering grades five and six are encouraged to read some of the nominated books. Click here to read the MCBA book list for 2010-2011!

Students in grades four, five and six have been introduced to the Massachusetts Children’s Awards Program.  This is a voluntary reading adventure.  Students can read as many of the twenty five titles on the reading list as they wish.  They can keep a record of the titles they read. In January there will be optional book discussion groups. In March we will celebrate the end of the program with a pizza party and election of our favorite books. In order to be invited to the culminating event participants must have read at least five of the titles on the MCBA reading list. Their teachers must have “signed off” showing that the student has read each book.  This program is a great way to help our students enjoy reading and sharing their thoughts on a book.

The winning class for Box Tops is…..
Holly Reynolds - 2nd Grade
With 783 Box Tops submitted

Our final Top Ten:

• 783  Reynolds, Holly - Grade 2
• 629  Budd, Aleta - Kindergarten
• 601  Boselli, Morgan - Grade 2
• 433  Lang, Colleen - Grade 1
• 429  Prescott, Marion - Grade 2
• 410  Remley, Anne - Kindergarten
• 388  Gagnon, Melissa - Kindergarten
• 363  Jones, Marion - Grade 3
• 360  Duncan, Robbin - Grade 4
• 355  Freeman, Vanessa - Grade 1

Thank you to EVERYONE in the Pine Grove Community for making our Box Tops Collection for the 2009/2010 school year a HUGE Success. We submitted over 12,000 Box Tops and earned over $1200 for Pine Grove. Thank you to the Pine Grove PTO for all of their support. I look forward to next year -we will have new contests and prizes.

Have a Great Summer and Save your Box Tops for a raffle just after the beginning of school. Every unexpired Box Top submitted equals one ticket for the raffle.  Helping Pine Grove - 1 dime at a time.
It has been a great pleasure serving as your volunteer coordinator.

Remember: You do not need to label each Box Top - just label a baggie with the student name and teacher name. Wait until “Step Up Day” to get your new teacher name and get started collecting for the 2010/2011 school year.

PINE GROVE SCHOOL
REACHING FOR THE STARS
ANNOUNCING…
PGS KID’S CLUB SUMMER FUN

We are pleased to inform you that we will be offering a summer enrichment program on site at Pine Grove School.

Pine Grove School
2010 Summer Kids Club
SUMMERTIME IS A TIME TO HAVE FUN!
Students who will be entering Grade 1– Grade Six

Our Summer Kids Club will offer enrichment themes including; Oceans, Dinosaurs, Space, Backyard, Earth, Sports, Fourth of July, Summer, the Circus, etc.  A detailed program schedule of planned activities will be included with registration confirmations. In-depth interest in each theme will be guided by children’s interest. Sports and physical fitness activities will also be included with enrichment themes on a daily basis.  Parent surveys indicate that the program will be very well attended and if we reach capacity enrollment, we will need to wait list late registrations. If you are interested in having your child participate in our PGS Kid’s Club summer program, please return the registration forms with a $25.00 registration fee. A minimum of two days per week is required and parents will be billed for days missed. Written confirmation or wait list information will follow.

Dates

• June 28th - August 13th
• Monday – Friday Sessions Summer Tuition
• Full day: 8:00 – 4:00 $40.00 per day - $200.00 per week
• Sibling discount $36.00 per day – $180.00 per week for each additional child
• AM ½ day: 8:00-12:00 $20.00 per day- $100.00 per week
• Sibling discount $18.00 per day – $90.00 per week for each additional child
• PM ½ day: 12:00-4:00 $20.00 per day- $100.00 per week
• Sibling discount $18.00 per day - $90.00 per week for each additional child
• If interested in a 5:00 PM pick up, an additional $5.00 hourly charge will be added to the daily rate.

Click here for the registration form.

With the holiday season rapidly approaching, I’d like to draw your attention to a NO COST TO YOU way to earn money for Pine Grove. You can help our school earn money simply by starting your online shopping through the Box Tops for Education website at www.btfe.com.  Here’s how it works:

1. Sign up to support our school:  Sign up at www.btfe.com
2. Shop online:  Start each shopping trip at www.btfe.com/marketplace, click the link to the online store of your choice….and shop as you normally do. By starting at www.btfe.com, Box Tops can track earnings and automatically credit our school’s account.
3. Our school earns cash:  A percentage of every qualifying purchase is automatically donated back to our school!