Mother-Daughter Movie Night!

All girls were given information to take home regarding the upcoming Mother-Daughter Movie Night scheduled for Friday, March 26th. Reservations are due back to school no later than Wednesday, March 24th.

Mrs. Wittenauer's 3rd grade class will be selling popcorn and water Thursday. All proceeds will go toward their upcoming trip to Pittsburgh. Please consider sending in 75 cents to help them out.

Tomorrow is St. Patrick's Day! Our building is in great shape when it comes to leprechaun traps. If we have any visitors tonight, I am sure they'll be caught. I hope to find a pot of gold myself. I would most certainly share it with all of you.

Thanks,

Mr. Masucci

FYI!

I sent a message out as early as I possibly could about the change in tonight's meeting. I hope everyone who was planning on going to the library heard about the change of location. Sorry for the change and short notice!

Thanks,
Mr. Masucci

Another Busy Day!

The next few weeks are going to be very busy with quite a few special events taking place. A short meeting will take place tonight for Father/Son Night volunteers at the Poland Library. The meeting will begin at 5:30 p.m.

Another wonderful group will be meeting tonight to discuss the school's preliminary plans for this summer's "Relay for Life". Once again, Poland North Elementary School will have a team. Last year's event was an enormous success. Our school had a lot to do with that! Team North pulled together to raise over $14,000.00 for the American Cancer Society. With all that we have done this year, our participation in this year's festivities and fundraising efforts will be limited. I'll be sure to keep you posted.

Thanks,

Mr. Masucci

Be Safe!

I shared a story this morning about one of our students who was involved in a bicycle accident yesterday. Like may others, he headed home from school and proceeded to go outside. He jumped on his bike and started peddling. Before long, something happened and he ended up on the ground. His knee and elbow absorbed some of the blow. He has the bruises and bandages to show for it. However, his head hit the ground, too. Upon entering his house, his family quickly noticed something else was wrong.......He had lost his memory. A frantic trip to the hospital followed. After some time, he regained his memory and was told he could return home. Before leaving, his mother was informed that the bicycle helmet he was wearing absorbed the impact to his head and saved his life. The staff was stunned by the cracks in his helmet. Needless to say, I was thrilled to see him at school today.

After sharing the story, I simply asked all of our students to sit in silence and think about their friend, bikes and helmets. Today's lesson serves as a clear reminder why bicycle helmets should always be worn.

This makes tomorrow's basketball game seem irrelevant, but .......Go DOGS!

Thanks,

Mr. Masucci

Sunshine!

Today was a beautiful day. The snow is melting and signs of spring are all around us. I went into the courtyard this morning a took a few pictures. Within a week or so, our greenhouse will be filled with flowers and vegetables. Our students are going to be very, very busy. Enjoy the pictures.



The Bulldogs will take on the Mooney Cardinals on Saturday. The winner will be declared District Champs and move on to Regional play in Canton next week. We'll have a blue and white day tomorrow. Go DOGS!

Father/Son Night!

Information about the upcoming Father/Son Night is heading home today. It is my fault it didn't come home sooner. I apologize for that. Reservations are due by Friday, March 12th. If you have any questions, please feel free to call Mrs. Orr. Those willing and able to volunteer on that night should be on the lookout for a paper coming home tomorrow. There will be a meeting for volunteers on Monday, March 15th at the Poland Library.

We are just about ready to begin the construction of our shade structure in the courtyard. Let's hope things continue to dry out a bit. Believe or not, the tulips have and crocuses in our courtyard have shown signs of life.

Congratulations to Coach Grisdale, his staff and the basketball team for making to the District Championship. They will play the either Mooney or Struthers Saturday Night at Boardman High School! We'll have a blue and white day on Friday. Go DOGS!

Thanks,

Mr. Masucci

Great Job!

I'd like to congratulate the 27 students who participated in this year's Green Team Placemat Contest. I'm impressed with the quality of the entries. We have some wonderful artists at Poland North Elementary School. Those who entered will receive Chick-fil-A cards and be entered into a drawing to eat dinner at my house. I will randomly pick 1 child from each of the grades that had at least 1 student enter. Unfortunately, there were no entries submitted by our 2nd graders. They and any "official" winners of the contest will join my family for dinner soon.

Mrs. Kaschak and members of her class will be featured tonight on both WKBN and WYTV. A story about the generosity of our school will be shown at 6:00, 10:00 and 11:00. Thanks to Greta Mittereder for taking the time to stop by.

Thanks,

Mr. Masucci