November 29 - December 23

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Monday, November 29 The Almost Forgotten "Students of the Month" October 2004   Students from third, fourth and fifth grade classrooms were honored at the B.E.S.T. assembly held earlier this month as "Students of the Month" for their efforts during Feelings/Conflict Resolution Month. Kindergarten, first and second grade classes recognized students in their classrooms.

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Tuesday, November 30 Turkey Trot Champion Our own Anna, a fourth grader in Mr. Dzikas's classroom, was the champion in her age division at the annual Thanksgiving "Turkey Trot" in Troy. Congratulations go to all of the area grade school participants of the event!

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Wednesday, December 1 First Grade Art Marbles + Pringles® cans + Paint + First Graders = Art

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Thursday, December 2 A Visit by Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven, in the person of Dennis Kobry of "Meet the Musicians", discussed his music and his very troubled life. The positive theme to students, "Don't give up!" was emphasised throughout Mr. Kobry's program.

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Friday, December 3 Pajama & Stuffed Animal Day The Student Council sponsored a special "Pajama and stuffed animals" school spirit day.

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Thursday, December 9 Citizenship Education Award Multiage teacher Sandra Debus was honored at this month's B.E.S.T. assembly when officers of our local post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars awarded her their "National Citizenship Education Teacher Award", recognizing her many years service in promoting citizenship in her classroom and school.

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Friday, December 10 "Students of the Month" November 2004   Students from third, fourth and fifth grade classrooms were honored at the B.E.S.T. assembly held earlier this month as "Students of the Month" for their efforts during Responsibility Month. Kindergarten, first and second grade classes recognized students in their classrooms.

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Monday, December 13 Adopting a Soldier Mrs. Hickok's third graders have "adopted" Miss Wendy Tetreault, and promise to send letters and pictures (and maybe cookies!) when she begins her service with the United States Navy in the near future.

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Wednesday, December 15 Caring and Sharing Tesago's "Caring and Sharing" program, sponsored by the student council and Tesago PTA, encourages students and families to donate items for families in need. Student council representatives sorted contributions from canned and dry food, socks and mittens to toiletries.

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Thursday, December 16 ¡Viva Mexico! Ms. Morse's multiage students have been learning about Mexico and its culture, customs and food.

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Friday, December 17 Dressing for the Theater When Tesago students attend theater productions, they learn about the entire experience. Dressing for the theater and practicing good theater behavior are important! These third graders saw a production of "The Secret Garden" by the New York State Theater Institute at Russell Sage College.

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Tuesday, December 21 Lego® League Competition These Tesago students, with teammates from our middle schools and high school, participated in RoboNautica IV at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Massachusetts. The competition required building a robot using Lego® Mindstorms to solve ten problems and presenting a research project on ways to help people with different levels of physical abilities.

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Wednesday, December 22 Reindeer Story Miss DeMarco's first graders answered the question, "What would you do if you had a reindeer?"

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Thursday, December 23 Annual Holiday Singalong Mr. Bird and Miss Jones led the school in their annual holiday singalong!

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