This video was created for teachers of third grade students receiving dictionaries as part of the Valley Grange Words for Thirds Program. All are certainly welcome to watch and listen! Teachers, not that additional resources are available by clicking on the “About the Dictionary Project” tab in the upper left hand corner of the site!
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Dictionary Day 2020
Posted by Walter Boomsma on December 15, 2020
https://valleygrange.wordpress.com/2020/12/15/dictionary-day-2020/
Parade of Pirates Canceled
Guilford—Valley Grange of Guilford recently announced that in a joint agreement with the administration of SAD 4, the Parade of Pirates scheduled for June 10, 2020 is being canceled. In announcing the cancelation Valley Grange Program Director Walter Boomsma explained, “After reviewing the recent changes to Governor Mills’ Executive order we made the unhappy decision to cancel the event in keeping with the spirit of the order and everyone’s safety.”
Boomsma also reminded everyone that the purpose of the parade is not cancelled. “We just have to celebrate our community treasurers differently and more creatively.” He suggested that “even something as a simple card, email, letter, or email to someone and saying thanks for being part of our schools and communities and the area we live in.”
Valley Grange offers a number of programs to support area communities ranging from providing dictionaries to third graders to making “fabric hugs”—blankets for children in conjunction with Project Linus. The Guilford Grange has a long history of programs to support schools and kids. Boomsma had a special message for the students, parents, and teachers. “In these uncertain times, I promise you this. We’ll be back.”
Posted by Walter Boomsma on June 1, 2020
https://valleygrange.wordpress.com/2020/06/01/parade-of-pirates-canceled/
Parade of Pirates
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Our communities and schools are a great place to live and learn! That’s worth celebrating! We also want to provide our kids with some sense of closure–the last day of school may be bittersweet, it’s also exciting!
Posted by Walter Boomsma on May 26, 2020
https://valleygrange.wordpress.com/2020/05/26/parade-of-pirates/
Bookworm Schedule for October/November 2018
Tuesday, October 16 — Mr. Boomsma will be at school for a program kickoff at 8:00 a.m.
Tuesday, October 23 — Mrs. Kimball will be at school for reading starting at 10:00 a.m.
Thursday, October 25 — Mrs. Lander will be at school for reading starting at 10:00 a.m.
Monday, October 29 — Dictionary Day! Third graders will be visiting Valley Grange for some fun and a dictionary!
Tuesday, October 30 — Ms. Erwin will be at school for reading starting at 10:00 a.m.
Thursday, November 1 — Mr. Boomsma and Mrs. Katz will be at school for reading starting at 10:00 a.m.
Tuesday, November 6 — Mrs. Kimball will be at school for reading starting at 10:00 a.m.
Thursday, November 8 — Mr. Boomsma will be at school for reading starting at 10:00 a.m.
Friday, November 9 — SAD 4 Veteran’s Celebration at PCSS… 8:15 am!
Tuesday, November 13 — Ms. Erwin will be at school for reading starting at 10:00 a.m.
Thursday, November 15 — Mrs. Orton will be at school for reading starting at 10:00 a.m.
Friday, November 16 — Community Night at Valley Grange! Join us for a free supper at 6:00 p.m. and say “Hi” to your neighbors and friends. We’ll be featuring the famous beans and mac ‘n cheese by Bill Bemis of Garland Grange! Stick around for our regular meeting 7:00 p.m. Kids are welcome!
Tuesday, November 20 — Mrs. Boomsma will be at school for reading starting at 10:00 a.m.
Thursday, November 22 — No school — Happy Thanksgiving!
Tuesday, November 27 — Mrs. Orton will be at school for reading starting at 10:00 a.m.
Thursday, November 30 — Mrs. Lander will be at school for reading starting at 10:00 a.m.
Posted by Walter Boomsma on October 10, 2018
https://valleygrange.wordpress.com/2018/10/10/bookworm-schedule-for-october-november-2018/
Bookworm Schedule for May 2018
Tuesday, May 1 — Mr. Boomsma will be at school to read starting at 10:10 a.m.
Thursday, May 3 — Mr. Boomsma will be at school to read starting at 10:10 a.m.
Tuesday, May 8 — Ms. Erwin will be at school to read starting at 10:10 a.m.
Thursday, May 10 — Mrs. Kimball will be at school to read starting at 10:10 a.m. “Canstruction” and Reveal at 5:30 p.m.
Friday, May 11 — Bikes for Books Assembly at 8:00 a.m.
Tuesday, May 15 — Mrs. Orton will be at school to read starting at 10:10 a.m.
Wednesday, May 16 — Spring Art Show/Book Fair (4:00 p.m.) and Spring Concert (6:00 p.m.)
Thursday, May 17 — Mr. Boomsma will be at school to read starting at 10:10 a.m.
Friday, May 18 — Community Night at Valley Grange! Join us for a potluck supper at 6:00 p.m. and program at 7:00 p.m. — Find out who is Community Citizen of the Year!
Tuesday, May 22 — Mrs. Kimball will be at school to read starting at 10:10 a.m.
Thursday, May 24 — Mrs. Orton will be at school to read starting at 10:10 a.m.
Friday, May 25 — No School. Happy Memorial Day weekend!
Tuesday, May 29 — Mrs. Lander will be at school to read starting at 10:10 a.m
Thursday, May 31 — Mrs. Orton will be at school to read starting at 10:10 a.m.
Remember… every Tuesday at 5:30 pm, kids and parents can join Miss Dunton in the PCES Cafeteria for the first “Tuesdays Together” Program — an after-school program featuring cutting edge design thinking and problem-solving.
Posted by Walter Boomsma on April 28, 2018
https://valleygrange.wordpress.com/2018/04/28/bookworm-schedule-for-may-2018/
February 2017 Bookworm Schedule
Will the groundhog see his shadow or be too busy reading!?
Newspapers in Education –ad creation starts this month!
Thursday, February 2— Mr. Boomsma will be at school to read starting at 8:45 a.m.
Tuesday, February 7— Mrs. Lander will be at school to read starting at 8:45 a.m.
Thursday, February 9— Ms. Erwin will be at school to read starting at 8:45 a.m.
Tuesday, February 14— Mrs. Kimball will be at school to read starting at 8:45 a.m. Happy Valentine’s Day!
Thursday, February 16— Mrs. Chadbourne will be at school to read starting at 8:45 a.m.
February 20 through February 24— School Vacation! Lots of extra reading time!
Tuesday, February 28— Ms. Erwin will be at school to read starting at 8:45 a.m.
Posted by Walter Boomsma on February 1, 2017
https://valleygrange.wordpress.com/2017/02/01/february-2017-bookworm-schedule/
January 2017 Bookworm Schedule
Welcome to a new year of reading!
Thursday, January 5— Ms. Erwin will be at school to read starting at 8:45 a.m.
Tuesday, January 10— Mrs. Chadbourne will be at school to read starting at 8:45 a.m.
Thursday, January 12— Mrs. Lander will be at school to read starting at 8:45 a.m.
Monday, January 16— No School!
Tuesday, January 17— Mrs. Kimball will be at school to read starting at 8:45 a.m.
Thursday, January 19— Mrs. Kimball will be at school to read starting at 8:45 a.m.
Tuesday, January 24— Ms. Erwin will be at school to read starting at 8:45 a.m.
Thursday, January 26— Mr. Boomsma will be at school to read starting at 8:45 a.m.
Tuesday, January 31— Mrs. Lander will be at school to read starting at 8:45 a.m.
“The book you don’t read won’t help.”
–Jim Rohn
Posted by Walter Boomsma on January 8, 2017
https://valleygrange.wordpress.com/2017/01/08/january-2017-bookworm-schedule/
Bookworm Schedule — December 2016
A short but busy month it is!
Thursday, December 1 — Ms. Erwin will be at school to read starting at 8:45 a.m.
Friday, December 2 is the Fellowship Breakfast at Valley Grange, starting at 6:00 p.m.
Monday, December 5 is the K-3 Holiday Concert at PCSS, starting at 6:00 p.m.
Tuesday, December 6 — Mrs. Kimball will be at school to read starting at 8:45 a.m.
Wednesday, December 7 is the 4-6 Holiday Concert at PCES, starting at 6:00 p.m.
Thursday, December 8 — Mrs. Chadbourne will be at school to read starting at 8:45 a.m.
Tuesday, December 13 — Mrs. Lander will be at school to read starting at 8:45 a.m.
Thursday, December 15 — Mrs. Erwin will be at school to read starting at 8:45 a.m.
Don’t forget to bring canned goods to PCES for the Giving Tree!
Monday, December 19 — No school–unless you’re a teacher! Christmas vacation for students begins… and the first day back isn’t until January 3, 2017! Enjoy the time off, but keep reading!
“Do give books – religious or otherwise – for Christmas. They’re never fattening, seldom sinful, and permanently personal.”
– Lenore Hershey
“My first copies of Treasure Island and Huckleberry Finn still have some blue-spruce needles scattered in the pages. They smell of Christmas still.”
– Charlton Heston
Posted by Walter Boomsma on November 29, 2016
https://valleygrange.wordpress.com/2016/11/29/bookworm-schedule-december-2016/
Bookworms Start Wiggling!
Friday, October 14 at 8:00 a.m. Bookworm Assembly at PCES in the gym following morning assembly!
Tuesday, October 18 Mr. Boomsma will be at school to read at 8:45 a.m.
Thursday, October 20 Mrs. Lander will be at school to read at 8:45 a.m.
Tuesday, October 25 Mrs. Erwin will be at school to read at 8:45 a.m.
Thursday, October 27 Mr. Boomsma will be at school to read at 8:45 a.m.
Friday, October 28 is PCES Dictionary Day!! Third graders visit Valley Grange at 11 a.m. for a presentation and to receive their dictionaries…
Posted by Walter Boomsma on October 10, 2016
https://valleygrange.wordpress.com/2016/10/10/bookworms-start-wiggling/
WABI TV5 Crew Visits PCES and GrowME
Third graders at PCES were already pretty excited because Valley Grange volunteers and bookworms Mrs. Boomsma and Ms. Erwin were coming to help them make “dirt babies” as part of the GrowME Collaboration. But they became even more pumped when they saw WABI’s Caitlin Burchill and a camera operator headed their way. One teacher asked us to pop in and say “Hi” to the kids… and a third grader came rushing up to Cait with a quickly made card for the “wether woman” that said inside, “I love you!”
The resulting video can be viewed on the WABI TV 5 website.
GrowME is a collaboration between Valley Grange, PCSWCD (Piscataquis Soil and Water Conservation District) and UMaine Piscataquis County Extension to build a truly local program of agriculturally themed, hands on activities for kids led by local volunteers. This year’s volunteers included Grangers, Master Gardeners, 4-H Club Members, and community citizens interested in GrowingME, growing kids, and growing plants!
Posted by Walter Boomsma on March 28, 2015
https://valleygrange.wordpress.com/2015/03/28/wabi-tv5-crew-visits-pces-and-growme/
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