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Thanksgiving Break - December 3, 2008
Late Start-school begins at 9:53 am
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| | | | Goddard Middle School is the second largest of the four middle schools in the Littleton Public School District, serves nearly 875 students and includes a staff of eighty. Many of our staff members are State Teachers of the Year and have been selected to be included in Who's Who in Among America's Teachers. Our goals are to prepare students for an ever-changing world, to support the development of confident and caring young people and to model life-long learning. The school is composed of three neighborhoods with teams of Core teachers. Core and elective teachers integrate learning within the neighborhood during the student's three years at Goddard Middle School. Students have numerous opportunities for meaningful learning experiences, to develop self-respect and responsibility, to think critically, and to be assessed in multiple ways. | | | | | |
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| | | | To create a high-performing school that supports continuous learning, pride in individual accomplishment, and growth toward independence and social responsibility. | | | | | |
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 | | | 40th Birthday for GMS |  |
| | | Goddard is 40 this year and we need your help to plan a wonderful commemoration and celebration! Please join us for a meeting on Monday afternoon, November 3rd, at 3 p.m. at school. The committee will be facilitated by Curt Christensen, longest-serving teacher at GMS, Karen Alexander, PTO President, and GMS Principal, Dr. Amy Oaks. Everyone is welcome to help and you may forward this e-mail to friends, alums, and community members. Please let Maureen Anderson know if you will be able to attend. You can reach her via e-mail or by phone (303-347-7850). Check in at the main office on that afternoon and she will direct you to our meeting. | | | | | |
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| | | Leadership | |
| | | Goddard Middle School has historically nominated students to attend two different leadership conferences. Participants in these events demonstrate academic excellence, leadership potential, strong character and maturity and can be nominated from a variety of clubs or organizations (scouts, religious institutions, sports clubs, etc). While Goddard will officially no longer be a nominating source, we support participation for any students that are nominated and able to attend. | | | | | |
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| | | | 8th grade important dates | |
| | | Eighth Grade November Dates to Remember Heritage High School Eighth Grade Show Case Tuesday, November 11, 2008 HHS Theatre – 6:30 - 9:00pm Littleton High School IB Information Nights Tuesday, November 11, 2008 LHS Theatre – 7:00pm Littleton High School Eighth Grade Orientation Wednesday, November 19, 2008
LHS Theatre – 6:30 - 8:00pm
Littleton High School and Heritage High School inadvertently scheduled important transition information evenings for incoming 9th grade students and their families on the same day this fall. November 11 is both the International Baccalaureate Information Night at Littleton and Heritage’s Showcase evening. For those families interested in learning about both Heritage and Littleton high schools we suggest that families attend the Showcase Evening at Heritage on November 11 and the Incoming 9th Grade Orientation Night at Littleton on November 19. For more information on these meetings, please go to the high school web sites. | | | | | |
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| | | Calendar of Events | |
| | | November 18, 2008 - GMS Canned Food Drive, 11/17-21/08
- 5th grade parent orientation and tour, 9:00-10:30am
- NJHS Meeting, Cafeteria, 2:45-4:00pm
- 7th & 8th grade Wrestling, GMS @ PMS, 3:00pm
- 8th grade girls BB, Pathways @ GMS, 3:00pm
November 19, 2008 - GMS Canned Food Drive, 11/17-21/08
- 8th grade girls BB, NMS @ GMS, 3:00pm
November 20, 2008 - GMS Canned Food Drive, 11/17-21/08
- Geography Bee, Rm 205, 2:45-4:00pm
- Math Counts, Rm 203, 2:45-4:00pm
- 7th & 8th grade girls BB practice, Gym, 2:45-4:00pm
- Chess match @ GMS, Library, 2:45pm
- NJHS Community Night, Cafeteria, 3:30-8:00pm
- Band Concert, Gym, 7:00pm
November 21, 2008 - GMS Canned Food Drive, 11/17-21/08
November 22, 2008 - Saturday School, 9:00am-12:00pm
November 24, 2008 - Science Olympiad practice, Cafeteria, 2:45-4:00pm
- 7th grade girls BB practice, 2:45-4:00pm
- 8th grade girls BB, GMS @ PMS, 3:00pm
- GAC Meeting, 3:15-5:00pm
November 25, 2008 - Dec/Jan Newsletter mailed
- Knitting Club, Rm 118, 2:45-4:00pm
November 26 - 28, 2008 December 1, 2008 - 8th grade girls BB practice, Gym, 6:40-7:40am
- Science Olympiad practice, Cafeteria, 2:45-4:00pm
- 7th grade girls BB, PMS @ GMS, 3:00pm
December 2, 2008 - PTO Meeting, 12:15pm
- 8th grade girls BB practice, 2:45-4:00pm
December 3, 2008 - Late Start-Schools starts at 9:53am
- 8th grade girls BB practice, 2:45-4:00pm
- 7th & 8th grade Wrestling, GMS @ NMS, 3:00pm
December 4, 2008 - Geography Bee, Rm 205, 2:45-4:00pm
- Math Counts, Rm 203, 2:45-4:00pm
- Chess Club @ Cherry Creek Middle School, 3:00pm
- 8th grade girls BB Quarterfinals, time and place TBA
December 6, 2008 - 8th grade girls BB Finals @ EMS, 8:00am
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| | | Magazine Sales | |
| | | All purchases are delivered to the buyer’s home so there is no delivery by your student. Everyone can renew current subscriptions any time of the year.
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| | | LITERARY AWARD OPPORTUNITIES | |
| | | Colorado Humanities and Center for the Book would like to let you know of literary award opportunities for your students during the 2008-2009 academic year. Colorado had a national winner and a national finalist in River of Words last year! We congratulate all our participants and hope you join us this year.
LITERARY AWARD OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUR STUDENTS
Letters About Literature is a free, annual student writing competition where participants write a letter to an author who has inspired them to change their view of themselves or the world. Deadline is December 6, 2008.
§ This national and statewide contest has three levels: Level I is grades 4-6; Level II is grades 7 & 8; Level III is grades 9-12.
§ Over 56,000 young writers across America entered LAL last year.
§ Six National Winners will each receive: A $ 500 Target Gift Card and a $10,000 LETTERS ABOUT LITERATURE READING PROMOTION GRANT for their community or school library for literacy programming.
§ Twelve National Honorable Mention Winners will each receive: A $100 Target Gift Card and a $1,000 LETTERS ABOUT LITERATURE READING PROMOTION GRANT for their community or school library for literacy programming.
§ Free Teacher’s Guides to Letters About Literature, as well as mailing address and further details, are available at www.coloradohumanities.org <http://www.loc.gov/loc/cfbook/letters.html>
River of Words encourages children to create original poetry or artwork about our natural surroundings. River of Words also accepts poetry written in Spanish or signed in American Sign Language (ASL). Deadline for contest entry is February 15, 2009.
§ The program “strives to give children a sense of place and belonging” through awareness of the natural world, according to co-founder and former US Poet Laureate Robert Hass. This program is open to ages 5 through 19.
§ Last year, over 20,000 students participated in ROW. The national winners read their poetry for an audience of hundreds at the San Francisco Public Library.
§ For further details, visit http://www.riverofwords.org/contest/index.html <http://www.riverofwords.org/contest/index.html>
§ For FREE lesson plans that address Colorado standards for science and literature visit http://www.coloradohumanities.org/ccftb/index.html <http://www.coloradohumanities.org/ccftb/index.html>
The Colorado winners and national finalists in the Letters About Literature and River of Words competitions are publicly acknowledged at the Colorado Center for the Book’s annual Student Literary Awards in the spring. River of Words national and state winners and finalists are published in the Colorado Foundation for Water Education publication, Headwaters.
The ColoradoCenter for the Book is the state affiliate of the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress and is a program department of Colorado Humanities. For more information, please contact me. | | | | | |
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| | | | PTO | |
| | | 2008-2009 PTO MEETING DATES Did you know that just by being a GMS parent, you are automatically a member of our PTO? You are always welcome to attend a meeting -- just to learn more about what is going on, or to get more involved by signing up for a committee. You do not need to attend every meeting of the year to participate -- you are welcome as often as you can attend. We would LOVE to have you. December 2
January 6
February 3
March 3
April 7
May 5
PTO meets on the first Tuesday of the month, with the exception of November, when we will meet on the second Tuesday. All meetings will be held from 12:15-2:00 p.m. | | | | | |
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| | | | Office Hours
7:30am-4:00pm
All new students to Littleton Public Schools must register at the Educational Service Center located at 5776 South Crocker, Littleton, CO 80120. Click here for more information.
Building Hours during school year:
All doors to the school will closed until 7:45 a.m. No students will be permitted into the lobby until 7:45 a.m. After 2:43 p.m.students must be supervised by a teacher or in attendance at an activity or intramural event.Only students eating breakfast are allowed into the cafeteria at 7:30 a.m. Students should enter through the cafeteria doors. | | | | | |
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| | | |  Goddard Middle School recently launched its 2007-08 "Box Tops for Education" fundraising campaign. This year, GMS set the goal of earning money through Box Tops to purchase more playground equipment.
Clip, the original Box Tops for Education program, allows schools to earn cash by clipping Box Tops from participating Box Tops products. Schools get 10 cents for each Box Top they redeem from General Mills. For a complete list of the hundreds of participating products,visit www.boxtops4education.com.Collection boxes are located in the lobby near the main office.
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| | | | On December 5, 2007, the Colorado Department of Education, released its School Accountability Reports (SAR). Goddard ranked HIGH with STABLE improvement. View SAR here. All Littleton Public Schools secondary schools are ranked either Excellent or High. | | | | | |
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