This week’s highlights

The most important news and events for the week of January 22, 2018:

Parent Workshops Tomorrow

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Tuesday, Jan 23, 2018 from 8:30 to 9:30 AM

-“Internet Safety” in Room 219 with Ms. Smith
-“Understanding the PSSA” (English) in the Library with Ms. Asto
-“Understanding the PSSA” (Chinese) in Room 327B with Ms. Cliggett

Stay tuned for more information about our Parent Workshop Evening Session, to be held on Tuesday, February 13th from 5 to 7 PM.

Dress Down Days – February

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We will have a bonus, free Dress Down Day on Friday, February 2nd! Wear Eagles clothing (or green) in support of the Eagles in the Super Bowl!!!!!

Our regularly scheduled monthly Dress Down Day (wear red/pink) will be moved to Friday, February 9th. If participating, please send $1 in and the homeroom teacher will collect the money in the morning.

Participating students earn points toward Blue & Gold Day, McCall‘s annual field day in the spring.

Tech Lab Donations 技术实验室捐赠

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Our phenomenal McCall Elementary School Technology teacher Ms. Katherine Smith hosted McCall’s first-ever McCall Code-A-Thon on Friday, December 7, 2018. We are so proud of all of the students who participated!

Per Ms. Smith, “During the Code-A-Thon, students are presented with coding challenges which they will have the opportunity to research, plan and create a finished product. The projects are then judged on their adherence to the required components and the creative execution of the idea. Please be assured that not all judges are computer programmers. One of the goals of the competition is to include people of different professions as coding is quickly becoming an integral part of education and occupational preparedness.”

Congratulations to all the students who participated and to the 2018 winners:

Grades 6-8 Division:
1st Place:        Abby Li
2nd Place:      Stanley Gao
3rd Place:       Nina Feinberg
Grades 4 and 5 Division:
1st Place:        Ellis Fast
2nd Place:      Abayomi Ogundana
3rd Place:       Daniel Thomas

 

Please check out the hashtags #PhillyCodes and #CSedWeek on Instagram and Twitter for photos and inspirational messages from the School District of Philadelphia Office of Educational Technology and participating schools!

If you would like to see this coding education expanded, please consider purchasing mini robots from Ms. Smith’s Amazon Wishlist: CLICK HERE.

The purpose of this technology is to teach the students coding, computational thinking, communication and design thinking skills.

McCall小学技术Katherine Smith老师于2018年12月7日星期五主持了McCall的首次McCall Code-A-Thon。我们为所有参加的学生感到骄傲！

根据Smith女士的说法：“在Code-A-Thon期间，学生们面临编码挑战，他们将有机会研究，计划和创建成品。然后根据他们对所需组件的遵守情况以及创意执行的想法判断项目请放心，并非所有评委都是计算机程序员。竞赛的目标之一是包括不同职业的人，因为编码正在迅速成为教育和职业准备的一个组成部分。

祝贺所有参与和2018年获奖者的学生：

6 – 8年级分部：

第一名：Abby Li
第二名：Stanley Gao
第三名：Nina Feinberg

4年级和5年级：

第一名：埃利斯快
第二名：Abayomi Ogundana
第三名：Daniel Thomas

请查看来自费城教育技术学区和参与学校的照片和鼓舞人心的消息，在Instagram和Twitter上查看#PhillyCodes和#CSedWeek主题标签！

如果您希望扩大此编码教育，请考虑购买史密斯女士的亚马逊愿望清单中的迷你机器人：点击此处。

该技术的目的是教授学生编码，计算思维，沟通和设计思维技能。

 

All City Middle School Orchestra

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Congratulations to McCall students Elva Liu, Ryan Anderson-Fitzgerald, Jean-Pierre Charpentier, and Andre Charpentier!

They have been accepted into the All City Middle School Orchestra.

Concert is March 27th at 7PM at Central High School.

Philacycle

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McCall School is again participating in the Philacycle Green Schools Program (formerly known as Recyclebank)!

Here’s the link to donate your points starting today and you can earn more points by doing educational activities on Philacycle‘s site.

We have until March 16th to reach our goal of $2459.

So far, we have had 123 donors give $1144.07 and that’s 46% of our goal!

Spread the word!

Girls on the Run/Heart & Sole Registration

Girls on the Run

Girls on the Run (Grades 3-5)/ Heart & Sole (Grades 6-8) is a national, not-for-profit, after-school program for girls from 3rd-5th and 6th- 8th grade which combines training for a 5K with an interactive curriculum to develop self-respect and healthy lifestyles.

The program will begin on March 5th and will run for 10 weeks every Monday and Wednesday afternoon from 3 to 4: 30 PM.The season will conclude with a 5K race on June 9, 2018.

Each team will consist of 15- 20 girls MAXIMUM. There will not be four coaches this season for one team, so participants will be limited to this number. Attendance policies will be strictly enforced and girls with more than 3 unexcused absences from practice may be asked to leave the team. Register early! Registration can be completed online at http://www.gotrphiladelphia.org/

Paper applications are available by request to Ms. Asto. Online registration is strongly encouraged.

Registration Fee: The registration fee to participate in GOTR/ H&S is $10 – $150 depending on annual household income. This self reported information is due at the time of registration. Financial Assistance is available to those who qualify. This fee provides each participant with a t-shirt, race registration, medal, healthy snacks, and an end of season celebration. The fee also covers behind the scenes necessities such as liability insurance, trained coaches with CPR/first aid certification, background checks on all volunteers, curriculum, and lesson materials. Finances should never prevent a girl from participating. Financial assistance is available based on annual household income and upon completion of a scholarship application. NO CHILD WILL BE DENIED DUE TO COST.

For other questions about the GOTR/ H&S program at McCall, please contact Ms. Asto at eawalls@philasd.org.

For information about Girls on the Run Philadelphia, please visit www.girlsontherun.org