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SPECIAL PULL-OUT SECTION - DECEMBER 2011
T HE M ARBLE T IMES A L O O K AT L I F E AT T H E M A R B L E C H A R T E R S C H O O L
MCS Read-A-Thon By Bella Marble Charter School students recently had an amazing Read-a-Thon! It took place starting October 1st and ended October 29th. Each student made a reasonable goal of pages to read. Students asked friends and family to give them pledges for every page they read. Each day of the month students logged their pages on a chart and worked towards their goal. Eventually every kid reached their goal and in celebration the teachers and parents arranged a 24-hour read-in where at least one person was reading at school from 9 am one day to 9 am the next. (Most the time, everyone was reading, except for the middle of the night when people took turns getting up and reading for a couple of hours.) As a reward for all the hard work put into reading during the month of October, it was arranged that all MCS students got to go to the Glenwood Hot Springs pool! We also got a presentation about the libraries in our valley at the Glenwood Springs library. The kids got to learn how to use the Dewey Decimal System, how to find a book and what the labels on the spines of the books mean. The students had so much fun reading and meeting their goals! A huge thank you to everyone who participated. Thanks to the students for doing so much reading, thank you to all of the people who made pledges, we raised $1,446 to go towards books for our school. And, a special thanks to all of our readers who helped throughout the month: Jill Ulrych, MaryAnn Wofford, DezaRae O’Flannery, Alyssa Ohnmacht, Karen Good, Alicia Benesh, Beth and Matt Maun, Randy Tuggle, Becky Trembley, Jorndan Maguran, Peggoty Stovall, Larry Good, Kristin Wahlbrink and of course our fantastic teachers and staff.
Please save your Box Tops for Education What we need you to do to help us raise money for the school, you can do several things like: 1. Save your box tops 2. Give them to your favorite Marble Charter School student 3. Save Box Tops and drop off at the MCS office or The Redstone General Store 4. Shop online at www.boxtops4education.com The class that gets the most Box Tops by December 12th get congratulated with a s’mores and hot chocolate party!
Thanks for your support!
IMPORTANT DECEMBER DATES: Dec. 2 : 6 p.m.MCS Talaent Show Dec. 9: 6 p.m. Holiday Dinner Dec. 16: Holiday Bazaar 9-11
Many Thanks
Holiday Dinner! Please join us for a FEAST!
TO THE SPONSORS OF THE MARBLE TIMES!
DAVID PARKS & LAURIE FARBER & FAMILY Become a Sponsor of The Marble Times! Sponsorships help off-set the cost of producing this school paper thus allowing it to remain ad-free, so the students’ work can be the focus. If you would like to sponsor The Marble Times, please contact Alyssa - echo@crystalvalleyecho.com or 963-2373
Friday, December 9th, 2011 6 pm at Marble Charter School $10 Adults, $5 Kids A Delicious Turkey Dinner and Fundraiser for the 7th & 8th grade!