Monday, December 19, 2011

Kennedy School Wins New Playground

BrocktonPost
BROCKTON--Miracle Playground Equipment Company has announced the Kennedy School is the winner of its first-ever Miracle Playground Giveaway Contest and because of an overwhelming show of support, the Kennedy Elementary School will receive a brand-new $25,000 play structure that boasts monkey bars, three slides and a rock-climbing wall.
The Kennedy PTA is still raising funds to install a rubber surface to go underneath the play structure.
The school’s current playground consists of rusted swings and other equipment installed when the building opened in 1965 – equipment that is so unsafe and out-of-date that the children are not allowed to use it.
The Kennedy and more than 150 schools nationwide entered the Miracle Playground Equipment Company’s online contest. Playground Committee Chairs Jennifer Giannaros and Joanna Silverman submitted a picture of the current playground and a narrative of why the Kennedy is deserving of a new playground.
From November 1st to 21st, Kennedy parents and supporters encouraged all of their friends, family and coworkers to vote for the school as part of Miracle’s online voting process on Facebook.
Kennedy came in first in the online voting.
The second phase of the contest required the top 10 vote getters to submit a 3-10 minute video detailing their need and desire for a new playground. That’s when Kennedy 4th Grade Teacher Lauren Roche teamed up with Noube Rateau, Brockton Community Access’s Coordinator of Educational Access Programming, and set to work on the video, which featured the Kennedy Chorus, interviews with Rogan, teachers and parents, and vignettes from students explaining why they wanted a playground.
On December 1st, the school was notified it had won.
To watch the video that helped win the playground, please click on the link below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmYVEDGU2Zg

Monday, December 12, 2011

THIS WEEK IN BROCKTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

MONDAY, DECEMBER 12
Superintendents’ PAC Meeting, West Middle School, 6:30 p.m.
Brookfield: Holiday Shop, During School
Gilmore: P.T.A. Meeting Café 6:00 p.m.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13
Parents’ Academy, NotMyKid Presentation, Arnone School 6:30 to 8 p.m.
B.H.S. Holiday Concert, B.H.S. Auditorium, 7:30 p.m. $4.00 per ticket
Angelo: R.I.F. Book Distribution, During School
Angelo: P.T.A. Meeting, Café 6:15 p.m.
Baker: Title One ~ Bingo for Books, Café 6:15 p.m.
Brookfield: Holiday Shop, During School
Downey: Title One ~ Family Book Bag – Gr. 1, 1:15 p.m.
Huntington: Holiday Workshop for K – Grade 1, Library 1–2:30 pm.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14
Community Schools Advisory Board Meeting B.H.S., Green IRC 7 p.m.
B.H.S. Holiday Concert, B.H.S. Auditorium ~ 7:30 p.m. $4.00 per ticket
Parents’ Academy,Moms & Daughters Yoga Night, George School 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, continued
Angelo: R.I.F. Book Distribution During School
Angelo: Holiday Craft Night Café 5:30 p.m.
Baker: Holiday Shop for Kindergarten and Grade 1 During School
Downey: Title One ~ Family Book Bag – Gr. 1 1:15 p.m.
Huntington: Holiday Workshop for Grades 2 & 4 Library, 1:00 – 2:30 pm.
Raymond: Title One ~ Bingo for Books, Café, 6:15 p.m.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15
SNOWDATE: B.H.S. Holiday Concert, B.H.S. Auditorium ~ 7:30 p.m. $4.00 per ticket
Angelo: R.I.F. Book Distribution, During School
Angelo: Title One ~ Book Talk – Gr. 3, 1:30 p.m.
Baker: Holiday Shop for Grades 2 & 3, During School
Baker: Title One ~ Family Book Bag – Gr. 3 – Mrs. Crossman, 8:50 a.m.
Downey: School Store, Small Gym, During School
Huntington: Holiday Workshop for Grades 5 & 6, Library 1–-2:30 pm.
Kennedy: Chorus & Band Holiday Performance, Café, During School

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16
Parents’ Academy--Parent and Child Literacy Activity Workshop, Gilmore Early Childhood Center 9 to 10:30 a.m.
Baker: Holiday Shop for Grades 4 & 5, During School
Baker: Title One ~ Family Book Bag – Gr. 1, 1:30 p.m.
Huntington: Grade 5 Field Trip, Peabody Museum, During School
Huntington: School Improvement Council Meeting, Principal’s Office, 1 p.m.
North: Student vs. Faculty Volleyball Game, Gym, 2:30 p.m.
Raymond: Student of the Month Assemblies, During School

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17
Raymond: Pancake Breakfast 10 to 11:30 a.m.