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Approximately 25 families participated in the Parents as Teachers-sponsored “Hornet Fever” event held this (Friday) morning at Garrison School. During the event, several CHS football players and cheerleaders visited and made crafts with children. The kids were also invited to participate in the CHS Homecoming Parade which was to be held this afternoon.
C-T Photo/Megan Neis PAT to host meeting at Papa Charlie's Pumpkin Patch Parents as Teachers is hosting their Halloween Group Meeting at Papa Charlie's Pumpkin Patch on Monday, Oct. 15. Parents and their children are invited to visit the pumpkin patch anytime from 2 to 7 p.m. Admission is free of charge and everyone will take home a free pumpkin. During the visit to Papa Charlie's Pumpkin Patch, children will enjoy a hayride, straw castle, train rides, a 70-foot slide, petting zoo bouncing pumpkin, pedal tractors, a merry-go-round and a fish pond. Rain date for the event will be from 2 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 18. Call 646-4840 after noon on Oct. 15 if the weather is questionable. |
Kindergarten
Roundup March 29, 2007 C-T Payton Sturguess exhibits his motor skills to Tammy Prewitt during Kindergarten Roundup Thursday morning at Garrison School. Children who will turn 5-years-old before Aug. 1, 2007, are encouraged to attend the roundup event which will continue at Garrison School tomorrow (Friday), beginning at 10 a.m. Call Garrison School at 646-1653 for an appointment. Parents of students that cannot attend Kindergarten Roundup should contact the Chillicothe R-2 district office to enroll as soon as possible. C-T Photo/Megan Neis |
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Teachers October 18, 2006 C-T
C-T Photo/Laura Schuler
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R-2 Expands
At-Risk Program to Middle School A unanimous vote from the R-2 School Board to expand the district's behavior/at-risk program to grades six through eight was made Tuesday, April 25, 2006. "We're really excited about this and we are extremely grateful to the board for recognizing the need to address the problems these students have and help improve the environment for the rest of the school," CMS Principal Bryan Prewitt stated. The board also voted to relocate the kindergarten through 5th grade program and add a teacher to its staff. The 6-8 grade program will be staffed by two teachers: Ellen Gott and Nancy Elliott and only one of those positions would be replaced in the middle school. Between 20-24 students are expected to be included in that program, which will be held in the middle school's west wing and includes two classrooms, two workrooms, a bathroom, and an outside door. The cost of adding the middle school grades to the district's behavioral/at-risk program is $60,000. Those funds will come from the district's general revenue fund. In the same vote, the board voted to move the district's behavioral/at-risk program from the trailers east of Dewey School to Garrison School and add a second teacher to that program. The stage at Garrison School is used by the district's GED program. That program will then move next year to the second floor of district headquarters which should work well with the high school alternative school setting if the district qualifies for the $250,000 Safe Schools Grant. The district's Title I services, which take up two classrooms at Garrison School, will then move to the school's stage, freeing up two classrooms for the K-5 alternative school setting. The cost of adding another teacher to the K-5 program will be absorbed easily because a 4th grade teaching position will not be replaced next year simply due to a smaller incoming 4th grade class. |
 Kindergarten
Roundup BeginsC-T Photo 03 29 05, Laura Schuler A youngster catches a ball during Kindergarten Roundup at Garrison School. Children must be five years old by July 31, 2005, to qualify for Kindergarten. Parents are required to provide their child's birth certificate, social security number, and immunization records when entering their children in Kindergarten.
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 Family
Fun Night
Bill Maupin, demonstrates how to play the bassoon during "Family Fun Night: A Night of Music" held on Tuesday evening at Garrison School. During Family Fun Night, children learned about different musical genres including instrumental, singing and dancing. Volunteers who gave demonstrations for the evening were Maupin, instruments; Janice Shaffer, bells; CHS dance team captains Emily McCoy and Madison Gladfelder, dance; and Marsha Riead, singing. C-T Photo/Megan Neis 03 03 05
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"Circus of Fun" C-T Photo / Laura Schuler, C-T caption 11 21 03
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Costume Party C-T Photo / Megan Neis, C-T caption 10 15 03
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A large crowd of kids and parents enjoyed The Parents as Teachers Halloween group meeting at the Chillicothe Middle School last (Tuesday) night. The event featured a parade of costumes and a treasure hunt as well as other fun activities and treats.
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Approximately 14 children attended the Parents As Teachers "Circus of
Fun" playgroup at Garrison School recently. During the event, the
children made clown hats, had their faces painted, rode around on
tricycles and bicycles, played inside a large tent, played with Play-Dough
and enjoyed other games.
Christine Jones, Chillicothe Middle School
Stream Team sponsor, teaches
Mother Goose, known to many as Pat Meek,
visited Garrison School as part of the school's family literacy night. Mother Goose read
nursery rhymes to children. There were three other rooms with reading going on. Judith
Shoot, children's librarian at the Livingston County Library, read in another room as did
Pam Fetter, R-2 special education administrator, and Jan Logan, a Dewey School
kindergarten teacher. Fetter read early childhood books; Logan read books kids can expect
to read in kindergarten. Garrison Principal Karen Dixon hosted another family literacy
night earlier this school year. They are funded by a "Read from the Start" grant
that Dixon applied for in the spring 2002.