Gribbin School Site Committee

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Gribbin School Site Committee Presentation to the
Board of Education May 5th 2008 Committee
Members Irena Kamola- Kindergarten Teacher John
Segreti- Grade One Teacher Coleen Verity- Grade
Two Teacher Robin Schapira- Librarian Christina
DeAngelis- Parent Patricia Unger- Parent Francine
Santoro- Administrator
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Goals Vocabulary Bulletin Board Change the
World Recycling Character Education Mentoring
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Vocabulary Bulletin Board

• To strengthen students academic vocabulary,
  each week a new word is displayed on the bulletin
  board outside of the office.
• Each week a different teacher chooses a word for
  his/her class to exhibit. The word is depicted
  through creative expressions such as writing,
  drawing, photographs etc.
• The words are reinforced during morning
  announcements and teachers encourage students to
  visit the bulletin board throughout the week.
• Teachers incorporate the vocabulary word into
  daily lessons and activities in order to
  emphasize comprehension and understanding.
• The staff at Gribbin feels that students who
  possess a rich vocabulary develop a stronger
  academic base for building both comprehension and
  critical thinking skills.

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Vocabulary Bulletin Board Words

• performance investigate
• onomatopoeia organize
  
• enormous conference
• dialogue opposite
• nutrient persevere
• veteran indigenous
• illustration habitat
• ecology

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Sample Vocabulary Bulletin Boards
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Change the World

• To foster empathy by understanding that a
  charitable deed can change the lives of others
• The children were encouraged to donate their
  spare change.
• The entire school voted on their favorite three
  animals to sponsor goat, water buffalo, bees
• Fortunately, we raised enough money to support
  all of the following
• We raised money to purchase a goat
  which provides Haitian children with milk and
  served as extra income for their families.
• A share of a water buffalo to help
  Cambodian families increase rice production.
• Beehives to enable Armenian families to
  earn money through the sale of honey and beeswax.

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Our Favorite animal to sponsor is
Goat
Bees
Water Buffalo
Goats to help Haitian families provide milk for
their children and earn extra income.
Beehives to help families in Armenia earn money
through the sale of honey and beeswax.
Water buffalo to help Cambodian families
increase rice production through animal draft
power.
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Recycling

• To educate students on how they can
  contribute to respecting their school and home
  environment through recycling.
• Recycling helps teach children responsibility.
• Recycling supports our character education
  program at Gribbin School.
• It is a tangible activity that everyone can
  contribute to and it connects to our Change the
  World project.

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Recycling Pictures
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Character Education

• To instill positive character traits in
  students
• Each month there is a character trait assembly
  for the students.
• Staff reinforces the trait throughout the month.
• We have a hallway bulletin board highlighting the
  traits.
• Our Multi Purpose Room displays colorful banners
  to reinforce our character education themes.

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Character Education banners
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Mentoring

• To foster positive relationships between
  students and adult role models
• This was our 4th year of our Mentoring program.
• We continued and expanded the program to include
  more students and mentors.
• The mentors include teachers, non-professional
  staff, a community based organization as well as
  individual community members.