Don’t be left out! We have extended the yearbook order deadline until March 19th. If you need any additional information please contact Janet Bieber at preciousjwb@verizon.net. Fill out the order form and send it into school.
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February 28th, 2010BINGO IS BACK ON
February 22nd, 2010After receiving requests from the community to reschedule this popular event, we have decided to hold Bingo Night on Friday, March 19 from 7 – 9 PM at Briggs Chaney Middle School, in place of the originally scheduled Family Dance. If you are unable to attend this rescheduled Bingo Night on March 19th and would like to be reimbursed for your previously purchased bingo tickets, please fill out the form and return it to school by Friday, March 5th.Rescheduled Bingo Night
Bingo Canceled
February 15th, 2010If you would like to be reimbursed for the cost of your purchased bingo tickets (due to the cancellation of this years bingo due to inclement weather), please fill out the attached form and return to school by Friday, febuary 26, 2010. Any ticket money that is not requested for reimbursement will be donated to the Cloverly SGA “Have a Heart for Haiti” donation fund.
VARIETY SHOW POSTPONED
February 8th, 2010Due to this weekend’s blizzard and the snow predicted for the rest of the week, The Variety Show has been postponed. The dress rehearsal will be held at the Olney Theater on the evening of Wednesday, February 24th, and the show will be held at 6:30pm at the Olney Theater on Friday, February 26th. Please consult your original dress rehearsal notice for the time your act should arrive–either at 5:30pm or 7pm.
Thank you for your cooperation and also to the Olney Theater for their flexibility! If you have any questions concerning the rescheduling, please contact Colleen Sullivan at colleensuv@comcast.net or Kim Billok at kbillok@yahoo.com
PTA MEETING CANCELLED
February 2nd, 2010Due to impending inclement weather tonights PTA meeting and Board of Directors meeting has been cancelled.
Cloverly Elementary PTA Golf Tournament 2010
February 2nd, 2010WHERE:
Hampshire Greens Golf Course
616 Firestone Drive
Silver Spring, Maryland
http://www.montgomerycountygolf.com/HG_home.html
WHEN:
Monday, May 3, 2010
1pm Shotgun Start/Scramble/Best Ball
PRIZES:
- 1st, 2nd, & 3rd Place Teams
- Closest to the Pin
- Longest Drive
- Hole in One
A foursome registration for $500.00 includes:
Registration/Payment Deadline: April 14, 2010
Limited space is available!
Click the Paypal button below to make your payment of $500.00 per foursome, then submit the form below to complete your registration.
Names and Addresses for Favorite Writers from Family Reading Night
January 25th, 2010Authors and Addresses
Cloverly Elementary
Family Reading Night 2010
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The Picture Book Biography series P.O. Box 66, Hewlett, NY 11557
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Draw 50 Artist series c/o Random House-Children’s Publicity 1540 Broadway Ave. New York, NY 11036
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The Everworld series c/o Scholastic, Inc. 555 Broadway New York, NY 10012-3999
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The Poppy series, Midnight Magic, etc. 859 S. York St. Denver, CO 80209-4646 303-777-1055 |
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Ivy and Bean series c/o Chronicle Books |
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Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, Superfudge, etc. Box 2542 244 Fifth Ave. 2nd Floor New York, NY 10001-7604
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The Hat, The Mitten, etc. Post Office Box 366 Norwell, Ma. 02061
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Through My Eyes Ruby Bridges |
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The Arthur Series c/o Little, Brown & Company Three Center Plaza Boston, MA 02108
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Herculeah Jones Mysteries, etc. 401 Rudder Ridge |
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The Stepping Stone series Panajachel, Solola, Guatemala That’s all that’s needed- except for extra postage
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The Hungry Caterpillar, etc. P.O. Box 485 Northampton, MA 01060 |
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The Kid Who Only Hit Homers and other sports-themed books (died in 1997, but his Fan club will answer) c/o Little, Brown & Co. Three Center Plaza Boston, MA 02108-2084
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The Ramona and Beezus Series, Ralph the Mouse, etc. Letters to Author |
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Friddle, etc. 23 Old Nourse St. Westborough, MA 01581
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The Magic School Bus series c/o Scholastic, Inc. 555 Broadway New York, NY 10012-3999
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The Little Bill Series P.O. Box 4049 Santa Monica, CA 90411 |
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The Unicorn Chronicles. etc. Bruce Coville |
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The Unfinished Angel, etc. Sharon Creech |
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The Akiko series Mark Crilley |
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The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids series 5403 Highcastle Dr. Fort Collins, CO 80525-6748 |
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The Magic School Bus series c/o Scholastic, Inc. 555 Broadway New York, NY 10012-3999
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The Magician’s Elephant, etc. c/o Candlewick Press 2067 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge, MA 02140 |
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Beyond the Spiderwick series P. O. Box 442 |
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A Resurrection of Magic series PO Box 1665 |
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Time to Sleep, The Everything Book, etc. 6035 Pickard Toledo, OH 43613 |
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My Side of the Mountain series 20 William St. Chappaqua, NY 10514
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Planet Earth Inside/Out, etc. 1 Goose Green St. |
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The Kids of Polk Street School series, Wild Girl, etc. 159 Plymouth Ave. Trumbull, CT 06611 |
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Chet Gecko series, Underwhere series Bruce Hale |
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Chrysanthamum, Owen, the Lilly Series c/o Greenwillow Books 1350 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10019 |
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City I Love, America at War, various poetry anthologies c/o Greenwillow Books l350 Ave. of the Americas NY, NY 100l9 |
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Bunnicula, etc. 18 Belmont Terrace Yonkers, NY 10703 |
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Class Clown, Russell Sprouts 10 Spruce Place Great Neck, NY 11021
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Rosie’s Walk, The Wind Blew, etc. c/o Greenwillow Books 1350 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10019
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The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids series Scholastic, Inc. |
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The Horrible Harry series 43 Liska Street Willington, CT 06279
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Wrinkle in Time Madeleine L’Engle |
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The Princess Tales series 349 Tonetta Lake Rd. Brewster, NY 10509 |
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Babysitters Club series c/o Scholastic, Inc. 555 Broadway New York, NY 10012-3999 |
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The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks P.O. Box 296 Berea OH 44017 |
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Shiloh, the Girl/Boy Battle series 9910 Holmhurst Road Bethesda, Maryland 20817 |
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If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, etc. c/o HarperCollins Children’s Books |
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The Magic Treehouse series c/o Children’s Publicity |
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The Junie B. Jones series c/o Random House-Children’s Publicity 1540 Broadway Ave. New York, NY 11036 |
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Bridge to Terebithia % Clarion Books 215 Park Ave. South New York, NY 10003 |
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The Hatchet series 126 Bookout NE Tularosa, NM 88352
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The Ghost Belonged to Me, etc. Richard Peck |
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Captain Underpants series c/o Scholastic, Inc. 555 Broadway New York, NY 10012-3999
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In Our Mother’s House, The Lemonade Club, etc. 118 Berry St Union City, Mi 49094
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My Dog May be a Genius, various poetry anthologies PMB 366 7683 SE 27th St. Mercer Island, WA 98040 |
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Deltora Shadowlands series, Roddo series c/o Scholastic, Inc 555 Broadway New York, NY 10012 |
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Tar Beach, etc. c/o Simon Schuster Bks for Young Readers 1230 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10020 |
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The Harry Potter Series c/o Scholastic, Inc 555 Broadway New York, NY 10012
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A to Z Mysteries, Calendar Mysteries c/o Random House Children’s Books 1540 Broadway, 19th floor New York, NY 10036 |
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Snow, Dog Heaven, etc. c/o Harcourt Children’s Books 525 B Street San Diego, CA 92101 |
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The Wayside School series c/o Scholastic Inc. 555 Broadway New York, NY 10012 |
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The True Story of the Three Little Pigs, The Stinky Cheese Man, etc. c/o Penguin Books USA 375 Hudson St. New York, NY 10014 |
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Olivia Sharp: Agent for Secrets series c/o Delacorte Press 1540 Broadway Ave. New York, NY 10036 |
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Our Solar System, Storms 4 Sheffield Road
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The Time Warp, etc. c/o Penguin Books USA 375 Hudson St. New York, NY 10014 |
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A Series of Unfortunate Events Lemony Snicket |
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The Encyclopedia Brown series c/o Children’s Publicity |
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Fourth Grade Rats, School Daze series, etc. 319 Shaker Lane West Chester, PA 19380 |
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Tops and Bottoms, Tumbleweed Stew Janet Stevens Boulder, CO 80304 |
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The Goosebumps series c/o Scholastic, Inc. 555 Broadway New York, NY 10012-3999 |
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many selections from the American Girl series c/o Pleasant Company Publications 8400 Fairway Place Middleton, WI 53562 |
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Zanthura, Jumanji, etc. c/o Scholastic, Inc. 555 Broadway New York, NY 10012 |
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Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!, etc. c/o Hyperion Books for Children 114 5th Ave.14th floor New York, NY 10011 |
Variety Show
January 3rd, 2010Cloverly PTA concerns over grading system
December 21st, 2009The following is a summary of the written feedback provided by parents at the December PTA meeting concerning the new grading and reporting system. This information was then shared with the ORS team in charge of the new system at a meeting with Ms. Brunson following the forum the PTA held. If you would like to become more involved with this issue, please contact the PTA Advocacy coordinator, Jenn Gruber at jenngruber@msn.com.
CLOVERLY PTA CONCERNS OVER GRADING SYSTEM
FEEDBACK FOR ORS TEAM
December 9, 2009
1. Technical Concerns
Grade Calculations –
- The system is based on a possible high-score of “4.” The computer does not recognize that some assignments have a maximum score of “3.” Thus, assignments with only 3 possible points can negatively impact grades.
- The grade book accepts scores ending in .5, which are then rounded up for the report card. The overall grade for the subject is based on the average of the actual, non-rounded scores. The result may be an overall grade which appears lower than it should, leading to confusion.
Trending – There is an overall lack of clarity concerning how grades are tabulated, in particular with trending, and how this type of system truly benefits all students. Concerns also exist in regards to trending vs. averaging within the new system.
Challenges for teachers – Teachers were given a system but were not provided with the tools needed to implement the system effectively. This leads to inconsistency in grading and frustration on the part of the teachers, who are trying to maintain continuity and appropriately represent students’ progress within the system.
Presentation of information – Any grading system that requires a full-page explanation for reading/interpreting the report card is problematic. This system is not making grading/reporting any easier for parents.
2. Impact of Grading System Outside of Our School
Magnet and Highly Gifted programs – Will scores earned within the new system be interpreted accurately? How will students’ admission into magnet programs be impacted?
Middle school placement – How will scores be interpreted as students articulate to middle school? How will class placement be impacted?
Interpretation outside of MCPS – How will students moving outside of MCPS or applying to private schools be evaluated? How will MCPS ensure that students’ performance is communicated effectively to outside organizations?
3. Impact on Students
Decreased Motivation – Students’ desire to do their best is lessened because they don’t see the need to try for the “4.”
Unclear expectations – Changes in grading system cause anxiety for students, especially 5th graders who will be moving back to letter grades next year.
Frustration with differing rubrics – Standards are not clear to students, especially whether maximum score might be a “3” or a “4.”
Conflicting messages – Students are asked to consolidate their thoughts for a BCR, but they are also told to extend their thoughts and make connections. How will these two conflicting instructions impact students in the future, especially on standardized tests where brevity is necessary?
4. Parent Involvement
Interpretation of data – Complicated written format of report card does not accurately portray students’ progress. Parents do not know whether to interpret a score of “3” as the best score possible, or whether opportunities for a “4” were given and not met.
Interpretation as a Pass/Fail System – Based on the wording of the general rubric, if a score of “3” is considered proficient and a “2” is not proficient, there is no room for flexibility. The scores, therefore, are interpreted as “pass/fail,” a concept which appears to be in direct conflict with the goal of the system.
Time and effort required – Overall frustration results from the time-consuming nature of understanding student progress.
Feedback – How was parent feedback utilized in developing this system, and why isn’t MCPS meeting with parents directly to answer questions and respond to concerns?
News Channel 7 Visit to Cloverly ES
November 25th, 2009Video Clip of Adam Caskey’s Visit to Cloverly ES- Aired on Channel 7
Cloverly ES on abc7 – Nov18,2009 7_23AM
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