Category Archives: fundraising
McGuffey Spirit Wear!
McGuffey Spirit Wear is now available for purchase! Elizabeth and Matt have been working on setting up an online shop through Zazzle, which you can check out here, or by clicking “Shop” under the Fundraising menu above. We’re currently offering t-shirts, sweatshirts, water bottles, … Continue reading
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Click for McGuffey When You Shop Amazon
As you do your holiday shopping, please remember to use the McGuffey Amazon.com link. Simply start your session by clicking the Amazon logo in the upper right-hand corner of any page on the McGuffey website. This will take you straight … Continue reading
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SOAR Has Begun!
Students school-wide are currently participating in SOAR (Students Outside and Running) every day during recess! SOAR is a McGuffey program that many students look forward to every year. A course is laid out around the playgrounds for students to run or walk … Continue reading
Posted in fundraising, McGuffey, outside, physical education
Guest Speaker Victor Dandridge Kicks Off Read-a-Thon 2015
Yesterday began McGuffey’s annual Read-a-Thon, during which students are encouraged to find sponsors who pledge to donate a certain amount per page or per book that their student reads over the next two weeks. Once raised, these funds are used … Continue reading
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Read-a-thon Shopping Spree
Armed with Read-a-thon donations, several teachers went to the Scholastic Book Warehouse Sale last week to make purchases for our hungry readers. If you have never been to this semi-annual sale, it is a pretty amazing experience. Using $1000 of the funds … Continue reading
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Ben
Today was Ben’s last day with us. Tomorrow he will board a plane to New York City with a few suitcases to start an internship at Global Health Corps. Global Health Corps works on issues of healthy equity, an area … Continue reading
Posted in alumni, announcements, extended day, field trip, foreign language, fundraising, McGuffey
Read-a-Thon 2014 = Huge Success
Students reading. And reading. And reading. The 2014 Read-a-thon has been deemed a complete success. The students read a whopping total of over 48,000 minutes and earned $2,938.27 for the school library and writing activities. The students showed us we need to … Continue reading
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Our Read-A-Thon goal was met!
On Monday, the students were treated to a gift from the entire staff! Because they met (and exceeded!) the school-wide read-a-thon goal of 20,000 minutes, each and every staff member dressed as a favorite book character. The kids loved seeing … Continue reading
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Primary Pajama Read-a-thon Day!
Today in the Primary unit we had pajama day, a special day where children are invited to wear their pajamas to school instead of their regular clothes. Even the teachers wore pajamas. It’s completely silly! We took a little time … Continue reading
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The Read-a-thon Begins!
We had a terrific kick-off at school. A Gnome came to visit. He told everyone how the Read-a-thon works and passed out log books and bookmarks. He promised to come back frequently to check on everyone’s progress. The Read-a-thon gnome statues … Continue reading
