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Grade six students explored the salt marsh at Scorton Wellness Fair which was held during our Open House Creek in Sandwich, grade five students made new dis- in September. At this successful event members of coveries at the Green Briar Nature Center, grade four our staff and parents were provided with valuable students went to the Mashpee woodlands, and third healthy lifestyle information from the many vendors. graders visited the National Seashore. In December ourfourth graders were treated to a performance of the Several community service initiatives occurred Nutcracker at Barnstable High School. Many of our during the 2007-2008 school year. Sixth grade students were fortunate to participate in the Missoula teacher, Coleen Blount, led a school-wide collection Theater's week-long theater program which culmi- of Halloween candy that was then shipped to soldiers nated in a presentation of Cinderella. Both our third serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. Fifth grade teachers graders and fifth graders enjoyed separate Zieterion Mary Ann Newman and MaryKate O'Brien organized Theater performances at Cape Cod Community our gingerbread village fundraising activity. Students, College. Our third graders also enjoyed a February classrooms, and families contributed very creative and tnp to the New Bedford Whaling Museum and visits sweet structures. All funds raised were donated to the to the Cape Cod Children's Museum in April to Cape Cod Times Needy Fund. Food drives and col- explore an interactive learning unit on Cape Cod. lections for families in need were also important com- Also in April,our fifth graders enhanced their study of munity service activities at the Quashnet School. Native Americans by visiting the Pequot Museum in Connecticut. All sixth grade classes visited the Year two of our Quashnet K-Kids Club, a Boston Museum of Science. Each sixth grade class Kiwanis sponsored community service club, was very also participated in an interactive learning field trip successful and busy. Forty-five Quashnet School stu- that explored our court system. Our third and fourth dents were members of this club. The club is dedi- graders both visited Plimouth Plantation. In May our cated to performing service in the areas of school, fourth graders were treated to a performance by the community, nation, and environment. One very suc- Cape Cod Symphony Orchestra in Barnstable and cessful fundraising activity for the K-Kids was the were also able to visit Boston. Fifth grade enhanced first annual "Charity Rocks" Rock-a-thon held in their environmental studies with a field trip to Waquoit December. Participants rocked in rocking chairs and Bay. Finally, our fifth graders went on a whale watch, collected donations from sponsors. Because of this aculminating activity to their school year as well as to program over $3,000 was donated to the Cape Cod their study of whales. These enrichment activities Times Needy Fund. Through the efforts of our K- serve to enhance the classroom learning and allow stu- Kids, an important initiative"No Name Calling"week dents to make valuable connections. took place from January 22nd—25th. January 23rd was t recognized as a district-wide "No Dissing Day." Our This year our students were able to enjoy our K-Kids worked with community partners and the fam- newly expanded playground area located just outside ily of Anthony Kooharian to create the Quashnet our gymnasium. The additions to the playground School Forget-Me-Not Memorial Garden which was made it possible for students of all abilities to partici- dedicated on June 191h. Our K-Kids were recognized Pate. Thank you to Carol Mitchell for her hard work nationally through Kiwanis for their efforts! The in securing CPA funding to support this project. We community service year was culminated by a trip on t also thank the PTO for their support. We are also the Cape Cod Railroad. Thank you to club advisors grateful for our new tennis courts and basketball court. Jane Emery, Coleen Blount, and Colleen Terrill. These facilities were used by our students every day during their recess time. We are very proud of our music program. Under the expert guidance of Andrew Troyanos, Kris Hill, Third grade teacher Vinnie Nelson once again Henry Duckham, and long-term substitute teacher served as our school's yearbook editor. Her hard work Karen Ruggeiro our talented Quashnet School musi- and that of her student assistants produced an excel- cians enriched our lives with several concerts. Our lent publication that was enjoyed by all. fourth graders learned how to play their instruments, learned how to play with other musicians, and per- Students at the Quashnet School celebrated our formed well at three concerts. Our fifth and sixth Red Sox winning the World Series, the New England grade musicians and singers also delighted us with Patriots playing in the Superbowl, and our Boston several concerts during the school year. We are fortu- '; Celtics being crowned World Champions. nate to have a fifth grade band, a sixth grade band, a t jazz band, a fifth grade string ensemble, a sixth grade Sixth grade teacher Colleen Terrill together with string ensemble, and a combined fifth and sixth grade other members of our Wellness Committee, planned chorus. Participation in our music program was out- and coordinated our second annual Quashnet School standing: 113 band members, 35 members of the 139