THIRD GRADE FUNDRAISER TO HELP HURRICANE KATRINA VICTIMS

SHIPLEY SHARES in many ways! The Third Grade is sponsoring Shipley Senior Jamie Goldstein as she travels to lend a hand in the Habitat for Humanity Hurricane Katrina recovery. Help your child show their support in purchasing a SHIPLEY SHARES green rubber wristband on sale during lunches on Tuesday, May 13^th and Wednesday, May 14^th. Wristbands are $2.00. Thank you!

LOST
A student’s small nebulizer machine may have been mistakenly picked up by a student at Later Gator.  It was in a brown Bloomingdales bag.  If you have seen it please call the Lower School at 610-527-6851. Thank you.

MS BOOK FAIRMS Resource Room, West Middle School
The MS Summer Reading for grades 6, 7 and 8 (2008-2009) will be sent home with students the end of April, 2007.  Also the MS Summer Reading is available online. 

HOURS:

Tuesday, May 13           7:45am to 4:00pm          Coffee and Muffins in the morning.

Wednesday, May 14      7:45am to 4:00pm

Thursday, May 15          7:45am to 6:45pm

REUSABLE BAGS
For the first time ever, Shipley is offering reusable shopping bags with the Shipley logo. They are available at the MS Book Fair. Support the effort to help the environment. GO GATORS. GO GREEN!!

RIPPED KNEES
Has your child ruined a pair of pants with a tear at the knee? We are considering a special project with such pants, so before you toss them please consider sending them in to Mrs. Granados’ attention. Many thanks!

GO SPRING SHOPPING AND SUPPORT YOUR SCHOOL 
SPECIAL SHOPPING OPPORTUNITY AT SMITH & HAWKEN
If you haven't already done so, it's not too late to purchase tickets for the Wednesday, May 14th, Shipley Secret Gardens Tour.  It's sure to be an enjoyable day of touring nearby beautiful gardens.  Also, please join us for a special shopping day on Friday, May 23rd.  Our local Smith & Hawken store (located in Bryn Mawr at 1225 Montrose Avenue) has kindly agreed to offer Shipley families a 10% discount on all purchases made that evening between the hours of 3:00 - 8:00 p.m.  Simply mention that you are part of the Shipley community to receive this discount. In addition, 10% of all sales that evening will be donated to The Shipley School. 
(Any questions about this sale, please contact Renee Johnson at (610) 645-0844.  The Shipley Secret Gardens Tour Committee wishes to extend a thank you to the Bryn Mawr Smith & Hawken store for its generosity and support.)

FRIENDSHIP CLASS
WEEK 30
Pre-K We can never get too much practice sharing in pre-k and that is what we did this week. First we read The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins then we spent time role playing various sharing scenarios.  Kindergarten Our topic this week was fairness. We read The Goodbye Book by Judith Viorst and discussed the children's ideas about what is fair and unfair. The students had a chance to role play as well.
First grade We have spent several weeks thinking about feelings, this week we read My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss. This wonderful book helps the children to express their feelings through color and art.
Second Grade We are continuing with our unit on making choices and thinking about consequences. We watched a video from our safari Montage collection "Decisions and Conflicts".
Third Grade  We began reading Owen and Mzee an incredible tale of friendship, trust and resiliency.
Fourth Grade Using a feelings vocabulary list the students created feelings flash cards by cutting pictures from magazines and assessing which feeling the picture portrayed.
Fifth Grade This week's character trait is citizenship. We read a selection from What Do You Stand For.  Additionally, the students were given the opportunity to role play.
Betsy Leschinsky

CHARACTER EDUCATION

Character Education-- BOOK DISCUSSION for PARENTS:
NO—Why Kids of ALL Ages Need to Hear It and Ways Parents Can Say It
By David Walsh
Revised BOOK DISCUSSION dates:
Wednesday May 7^th:  Susan McConnell joined us to talk about her Columbia University research on RESILIENCE.
At the end of the session, she asked each parent to choose a strategy to work on with his/her child for a week. 
  (look for a brief  summary of Susan’s presentation in next week’s green sheet)

Wednesday May 14^th: Discussion with Susan McConnell about the effectiveness of various strategies.
Also discussion of chapters 11: Practical questions about NO
                                         12: Taming the gimmes

Wednesday May 21^st : Last meeting of the year
Discussion:       Chapter 13: Raising Media Wise Kids
                         Chapter 14: NO is not a destination; it is a road to YES
All meetings are in the Lower School Library at 8:30 am. ALL PARENTS ARE WELCOME. Do join us --even if it is your first time.