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December 2012

As the holiday season approaches, I find myself reflecting on our years at M-DCPS PLC. The teachers, staff, students, and parents continue to amaze me. Your support and the support of the community have helped us grow into the school we are today. I am thankful for the wonderful gift I have received, being principal of an outstanding school! I wish you and yours a joyous and relaxing holiday season!

Sincerely,

Alberto M. Carvalho, Principal

Principal’s Message Alberto M. Carva lho , Pr incipa l

Ai l let te A. Diaz, As s is tant Pr incipa l

Calendar of Events

12/3 FAIR Assessment Period 2 Begins 12/4 Parent Newsletter E-mailed and Posted on

PLC Website 12/5 UF Teacher Fellowship Meeting for Teachers EESAC Meeting at 2:00 p.m. 12/6 Holiday Program Rehearsal SBAB Auditorium

12/7 After-Care Students Watch Polar Express at

IPREP 12/10 Field Trip Forms Go Home for Ringling Bros.

and Barnum & Bailey Circus Dragon 1/11/13 12/11 PLC Holiday Program (Grades 1-3) at

9:00 a.m SBAB Auditorium 12/13 Faculty Meeting 2:15 p.m. 12/14 PLC Holiday Program (Grades Pre-K - K) at

9:00 a.m SBAB Auditorium 12/17 Field Trip Money DUE for Ringling Bros. and

Barnum & Bailey Circus Dragon 1/11/13 12/21 Last Day of School Before Winter Recess 12/24-1/4 Winter Recess 1/7 Students Return to School

Inside this Issue

Principal’s Message 1

Thank You! 1

Calendar of Events 1

Parent’s Corner 2-3

Pajama Drive! 4

Terracycle Recycling 5

Holiday Blues 6

School News (K-1) 7

School News (2-3) 8-10

Miami Children’s Museum 11

Upcoming Field Trip 12

PTA Information 13

Thank

You!

Thank you so much for bringing in a huge amount of canned food donations for Project Up-START. Donations were brought to homeless M-DCPS families for Thanksgiving and the

donations were very much appreciated.

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Interventions & Inventions Dr. B is back and she’s assisting

the PLC with Interventions and

Science Inventions! We are so

proud and lucky to have her

instilling the love of learning

through doing, repeating, and

reflecting.

Thanks Dr. B!

Teen Gift Drive The winter holidays are an annual reminder of the

virtue of giving, particularly to those in need. In this

spirit, the Miami-Dade County Public Schools family will

continue our yearly tradition of collecting gifts for

children from homeless families. We are collecting

items for Homeless Teens. We are asking for your

donations on providing teens aged 13 and up with

clothing items, food, accessories/toiletries (brush,

light make-up, hair ties, nail polish, tooth brushes),

body lotions, sporting goods (hats, t-shirts, jerseys),

gift cards, or anything you believe will help fulfill their

Holiday Season. Collection starts: 12/5/2012

FREE After-Care Enhancement Chess Club

for 3rd grade

students begins December 10, 2012 from

3:05 p.m. to 4:05 p.m. Classes will take

place on Mondays and Tuesdays from 3:05

– 4:05 p.m. Register TODAY!

Please see Ms. Corujo for more information.

After-Care and VPK

Payment Due

01/07/2013

Ten Tips for Reading at Home

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1. Choose a quiet place that is free from distractions for your child to read. 2. Have your child read aloud to you every night. 3. As your child reads, point out spelling patterns like cat, hat, pat. 4. Ask your child to tell you in his/her own words what happened in the story. 5. Before getting to the end of the story ask your child what he/she thinks will happen and why. 6. Let your child see you reading for pleasure in your spare time. 7. Take your child to the library regularly and explore the children’s section together. 8. Offer special incentives to encourage your child to read. 9. On gift giving occasions give books that interest your child. 10. Extend your child’s positive reading experience. For example, if he/she likes elephants, take your child to the zoo to see an elephant.

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Box Tops and Labels for Education

Box Tops & Labels for Education ! The next classroom contest continue to run through Friday February 22nd, 2013 so please keep putting them into your classroom boxes. Please remember:

* Only turn in non-expired Box Tops that say "official coupon 10¢." * Include the UPC along with the Labels for Education symbol. * V-8 Drinks, Wolfgang Puck Sauce & Prego Sauce require cap instead of the UPC * Photocopies of Box Tops and Labels for Education cannot be accepted. Also remember as you do your shopping for the holidays or any online shopping (Apple Store, Macys, Lego, ToysRus, Walmart, and more) please buy via Box Tops Marketplace website at http://www.boxtops4education.com/earn/marketplace/Default.aspx and the PLC will receive eBoxTops. Please visit http://www.boxtops4education.com

to find out more.

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Dear Parents and Students of PLC,

We are proud to announce that our school is currently participating in an exciting recycling

Collection Program with TerraCycle®. We will be collecting non-recyclable waste packaging materials which it is typically disposed of and/or sent to local landfills. The TerraCycle Brigade® or recycling programs that the school has signed up to are a fun and easy way to teach

our pupils about environmental responsibility and the reuse of waste materials, while helping to raise funds for our school.

Drink Pouch Brigade®

TerraCycle®, Capri Sun®, and Honest Kids® are working together to put an end to the enormous loss of resources. As an eco-friendly innovator, TerraCycle

converts the drink pouch material into innovative products from tote bags and pencil cases to plastic lumber and

pavers!

The Drink Pouch Brigade allows our schools to collect drink pouches from taking up space in landfills. Each TerraCycle point can be redeemed for a variety of charitable gifts or

for a payment of $0.01 per point.

Cheese Packaging Brigade®

Kraft® Cheese has partnered with eco-innovator TerraCycle® to provide a second life for cheese packaging

by converting these waste materials into fun and unique products!

Every time you buy a cheese product with flexible, plastic

packaging (such as string cheese) have your child bring it to school for collection. For each approved item received our

school will be awarded two TerraCycle points, which can be redeemed for a variety of charitable gifts, or for a payment of $0.01 per point.




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If your child has experienced any of the following events, they may be at risk for something called the Holiday Blues. Sadness is the most obvious sign of the holiday blues. But children also show the blues by withdrawing from their family, being irritable, uncooperative, aggressive and also verbally abusive. Helpful suggestions to assist your child with these difficult events are provided.

DEATH IN THE FAMILY The trauma of losing a loved one is softened when children are surrounded by relatives during the holiday season. Family get-togethers with relatives are a wonderful way to help children feel connected and loved. Expect tears and words of missing the family member who has died. When tears surface over the loss, be supportive by expressing similar feelings and cry together. There is relief when members of a family experience their grief together.

Ask the children what they think mom or dad or the grandparent that they have lost would want them to do during this first holiday season without them and then do it.

Consider putting some time aside to visit the cemetery for prayers and flowers.

Put together a special album of photos to celebrate the life of the family member who has died. At an appropriate time look over the photos and recall the fun times of the past and talk of the person who everyone misses.

DIVORCE

Work out a schedule prior to the Holidays for sharing the children with each parent; so children know they will be with both parents and spared the experience of their parents arguing over them.

Refrain from quarreling in front of the children.

Refrain from saying disparaging things to the children about the other parent.

Each parent should plan a fun activity to help the children realize that they are still part of a family and there is now mom's house and dad's house.

LOSS OF INCOME There is an old saying that "the best things in life are free." Parents should remember this saying and look in the newspaper for all sorts of special events for the holiday that the family can enjoy together FREE or at a small cost.

Encourage everyone to make gifts this year.

Encourage relatives who normally give gifts, to give your child the one special gift they are wishing for.

Get together with another family in the same financial situation and make plans for creating fun.

Consider finding a way to give to a family or a charity that is less fortunate than your family.

Involve the family in making cookies, decorations and preparing the Holiday meals. PARENTS IN THE MILITARY Children whose parents are part of the armed services are especially affected during the holiday season.

Parents in the military can rely on relatives who are caring for the children to buy a special gift for their child so she/he will know it came from mom or dad.

E-mails and video clips can help children to know that their mom or dad is safe and okay and that next Christmas the family will be together.

Tape recorded messages or tape recorded bedtime stories are a good way for children to feel connected to their mom or dad.

The holiday blues can be very real for children, but with a little bit of thought and preparation, the holiday season can still be special for children who have recently experienced a sad event.

Holiday Blues in Students



Kindergarten

First Grade

Congratulations to all of our high achievers!

Kindergarten students and teachers are excited to start off a month filled with so many fun Holiday celebrations! Throughout December, we will continue on a multicultural track of learning. Students will be participating in

activities focusing on Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, Christmas, and New Year's. We are looking forward to our Holiday show on December 14th.

This past month, kindergarten students enjoyed lots of fun activities throughout the curriculum. Below, you will see our students participating in a scavenger hunt for street signs.

During the First Grade Honor Roll Assembly, our students were

rewarded for all of their achievements.


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Second Grade

Second and third graders have been enjoying the fine arts of Miami this month! We traveled to the Adrienne Arsht center to enjoy a classical music concert by the Cleveland Orchestra. We

also enjoyed front row seats at the Arsht center a couple of weeks later to watch the sneak preview of their holiday

show, "The Nutcracker A Magical New Play."



Reminders

Scholastic online orders have resumed! Ordering online is fast and easy:

REGISTER at https://orders.scholastic.com/HXN6Q

CHOOSE from thousands of print titles, value packs, and Storia(TM) eBooks

SUBMIT the order

Students should be reading their Accelerated Reader books daily

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December 7th

: Urban Arts Field Trip

December 10th

: Students will be performing in the Superintendent’s Holiday Show

December 11th

: PLC Holiday Performance for grades 1-3

December 24th

-January 4th

: Winter Break

November Updates

Our Fractured Fairy Tale is complete and a copy of our story will be sent home prior to winter break.

The following photo albums have been uploaded to our Snapfish account documenting the November

events: Miami International Book Fair Field Trip, Thanksgiving Pumpkin Experiment, Nutcracker Play

Field Trip and the 1st Nine Weeks award Ceremony

December Projects

During the month of December, we will be exploring cultures from around the world. Various projects

will be integrated throughout our subject areas. We are excited to explore the cultures from around the

world!


Third Grade

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Third Grade Continued

December Birthdays

Romina Levin-Duran, December 9th

Here Ye, Here Ye!

Congratulations to the Following Students: Perfect Attendance for the Month of

November

Arnedo, Federico Lazaro, Caleb

Bertot, Carla Leon-Molina, Leonardo

Clayton, Talijah Nasai-Stewart, Aliyah

Dueñas, Hector Padilla, Andrea

Fleurelus, Jaz'Mine Hughes, Kymani

Girala, Lucas

Congratulations to the Following Students: Zero Tardies for the Month of November

Arnedo, Federico Hughes, Kymani

Bertot, Carla Laing, Yahnae

Clayton, Talijah Leon-Molina, Leonardo

Girala, Lucas Padilla, Andrea


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Upcoming Field

Trip!

For: ALL PLC Students, Teachers, and Chaperones When: 01/11/2013 Time: 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Cost: FREE! Students will only pay for the cost of transporation -

$3.00 Money is due by December 17, 2012.




Thank you PLC families for a fabulous time at the PLC PTA 3rd annual Historic Virginia Key Picnic! Fun was had by all.

And, thanks to all of you!! The PTA raised $4,000.00 from this very fun event. These funds will directly benefit our children at the PLC.

Additional thanks to:

The Raval Family for the rental of the picnic pavilion

Luz Ponce, who brought and organized many fabulous games for our kids

The teachers and administrators who took the time to spend their Saturday afternoon with us

All parent volunteers who brought food, helped us with set-up, clean-up, and anything else that was needed. Remember, this all counts towards your volunteer hours. Don’t

forget to log them at www.plcpta.org

The picnic was truly a PLC community-wide event!

Monday, December 3 - After Care Enhancement Winter Classes began.

Next PTA Meeting will be held on Thursday January 31st at 4:30pm. Our Principal & Superintendent of Schools, Mr. Alberto M. Carvalho will be in attendance. Please note the CHANGE of DATE. The PTA changed the date to accommodate Mr. Carvalho's schedule. We hope you can attend.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS – The PTA’s First Annual Book Fair will be held the Week of February 11-15, 2013. Books, books and more books…get ready to grow your child’s library at this family friendly book fair that will be held conveniently at the Primary Learning Center. Watch your e-mail for more information.

PTA Volunteer Opportunities – Please visit our website www.plcpta.org regularly for updated information on PTA volunteer opportunities.


PTA INFORMATION

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