Entries Tagged as 'Georgetown Blog'

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

School Funding

Dear Parents,
Time is running out to let your voices be heard in Lansing. Our Superintendent, Nicholas Ceglarek, is inviting parents to email, call and/or attend an event in Lansing on November 10. To find out more, please visit the school blog.

Monday, September 7th, 2009

Georgetown Gives

If you would like to contribute school supplies for children who are less fortunate, please visit the school post about our most recent service project, GEORGETOWN GIVES

Monday, September 7th, 2009

Join the Pink Panthers

One of our students has organized a school team to walk in the Race for the Cure on September 26.  To find out more about this, check the Georgetown Blog post!

Sunday, March 8th, 2009

Georgetown Family Service Project

The following information was copied from the Georgetown Blog:
We are a Georgetown family who feels incredibly blessed during this time of economic stress in West Michigan. For this reason, we have decided to share our resources in an area where there is a great need in our school. We are asking, most humbly, and as [...]

Sunday, March 8th, 2009

Meet our Friends in Pingtung, Taiwan!

This information was also copied from the Georgetown blog:
I would like to invite you to visit our school blog that brings together two schools, thousands of miles apart: BLOGPALS. You will find an entry from our sister school, Raey Guang.  A Year Six teacher, Chia Pin Chen, created a blog post on our site.  In [...]

Monday, February 2nd, 2009

How Well Do You Know a Word?

Early this fall, we implemented a common instructional strategy (K-5) for the teaching of vocabulary. When teachers provide direct instruction in the deep understanding of words (vocabulary), students are better prepared to understand the information they hear and read in their studies.  Much of this work was based on the research of Bob Marzano, international [...]