| Lower School Edition | Date: Friday February 5, 2010 |
| Lower School Information | ||
| Thursday 11, Feb | LS Open House, 6:30-8:30pm LS Foyer | |
| Friday 12, Feb | Last day of Winter Sports | |
| Monday 15, Feb | Presidents' Day - NO SCHOOL | |
| Tuesday 16, Feb | Inservice Day - NO SCHOOL | |
| Grade Level Information |
| Fourth Grade: Our Valentine's celebrations will be on Feb. 12 in the morning. Please have your child bring in a valentine for every child in his or her class and a box/container to collect their notes. Rebecca, Erika, and Michelle's rooms have 16 students, and Carolyn's has 15. Thank you for remembering the no nuts/chocolate policy! PE Dept: JUMP FOR HEART-February is Heart Healthy Month P.E. students have been learning to jump rope and about the health benefits for our hearts. We are now selling jump ropes in the field house during lunch recess and PE class time. Ropes are $3.00 each with proceeds going to the American Heart Association. |
| General Information |
| Home & School: Is it ever too soon to be thinking of college preparedness? Please
join H&S and Bruce Hunter, Director of College Counseling, Tuesday
Feb. 9 in the Lower School Parlor at 8:45am. Community Service: Emily Sundquist, Monet Nielsen, and Emily Fouche are doing a book drive for The Road Home, a homeless shelter. This will help them earn their Silver Award in Girl Scouts. So please, help and bring in your gently used books for all ages. We will be collecting books February 8-26, 2010. There will be a box in the front foyer of the Lower School. Be green and let others reuse your old books! Please help us! Thanks! Book Group Discussion: Members of the Rowland Hall community are invited to join Headmaster Alan Sparrow and Parent Richard Badenhausen for a book-group discussion of Carl Honoré's best-selling examination of parenting in our high-stakes culture, Under Pressure: Rescuing Our Children from the Culture of Hyper-Parenting (2008). The book challenges its readers to reflect on what it means to be a parent and asks us to imagine the implications of "treating children as people rather than projects." Honoré takes up many topics along the way, including the necessity of giving children "down time"; the way in which our consumerist culture drives parenting decisions; the "pressure to follow" when it comes to securing the "best" for children; the value (or lack thereof) of homework; the effects of competitive youth sports; the struggle of trying to strike a balance between selecting the absolutely "best" college and the institution where a student might have the best chance to thrive; and the potentially destructive impact of technology on children's development. Ultimately, Honoré raises the "deeper question of what childhood [and school] is for." This program addresses two goals of Rowland Hall's wide-ranging strategic plan: enhancing the way in which parents are connected to the school and helping families reflect on how to achieve work/school/life balance. The discussion will take place on Tuesday evening, April 12, 7:00-9:00 PM in the Parlor of the McCarthey campus. Participants should bring a copy of the book, which is widely available in paperback, and be ready to volunteer at least one passage from Under Pressure that they found interesting or compelling. |