Highlighted Events This Week in Wicomico Schools (Updated 3:30 p.m. 11/16/09)
Monday, Nov. 16
Family Portal Goes Live
Wicomico County Public Schools

As American Education Week begins, Wicomico has launched its new Family Portal for parents/guardians who have signed up and received a password. The Family Portal will provide a window into grades, assignments, attendance and other information for students in grades 3-12. For more information, please check with your student’s school.

Sunday, Nov. 15-Saturday, Nov. 21
American Education Week
All Wicomico County Public Schools

Schools will welcome hundreds of parents, grandparents and other guests during this year's celebration of American Education Week. This annual spotlight on public education has as its theme "Great Public Schools: A Basic Right and Our Responsibility." For more information, please check with your student's school. Information about activities in many Wicomico schools is listed below.

Beaver Run Elementary:

16th- Kids On the Block Assembly 1:15- 2:15
17th Retired Educator's Breakfast 9:30
17th- I Can Choose Assembly 10:00/2:00
18th- Multi Cultural Show 10;00/2:00.
20th- Kids on the Block 1:15
School Spirit Day Blue/Gold

Charles H. Chipman Elementary:

Donuts for Dads Nov. 17 8:30

Delmar Elementary:

Honor Day Assemblies 11-17-11/18
National Elementary Honor Society Induction - 11/19 (Dr. Fredericksen is guest speaker)

East Salisbury Elementary:

Tuesday, Nov. 17: East Salisbury will begin the morning by completing the visit from Mobil Dentist Lab. This activity will provide on-site dental services to students who have parental consent. On that evening, the school will host a School wide Title I Night . A light meal will be provided to our families at 5 p.m. At 6 p.m. there will be Family Portal training, followed by the First Term Quarterly Awards assembly at 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Nov. 18: Monthly school wide DEAR (Drop Everything and Read) @ 3 p.m. Popcorn will be served.

Fruitland Intermediate

Nov. 13th - 20th - Book Fair every day during Media class
Nov. 17th - Family Reading and Math Night, session 2, 4-5
Nov. 20th - Family Fun and Fitness Night 6-8 p.m. at Fruitland Primary for both schools

Fruitland Primary

16-20 - American Education Week & Book Fair
20 - PTA Family Fun & Fitness Night (6:00 -8:00 p.m.)

Glen Avenue Elementary

At Glen Avenue Elementary, our school, in particular the Media Specialist, will be running the Book Fair. The theme is "Destination Book Fair...Read Around the World." It will take place during American Education Week, November 16th-20th. Each morning we will be providing treats for the honored group. On Monday, we will be hosting Muffins for Moms from 8:30-9:30a.m.. On Tuesday, Donuts for Dads 8:30-9:30a.m.. Wednesday is Grandparents Day 8:30-9:30a.m.. Thursday is Extended Family Day 8:30-9:30a.m.. Friday is Family Food Day where the child will be able to join their family in the cafeteria for a hot meal that the faculty members will be providing. That will occur from 8:30-9:30a.m.

On Tuesday, Nov. 17, the Book Fair will be open for evening hours from 4:30-7:30 p.m. This is also our PTA awards ceremony to honor students who had academic success during Term 1. Dinner will be provided and there will be a Fall skit performed by the students from the Looping Team.

During the week of Nov. 16th-20th, is our Maryland Canned Food Drive, run by our student council. Students will be bringing in canned food or non-perishable food. Homeroom teachers will keep track of the students who bring in cans, throughout the week, and those students' names will be placed in a drawing to receive a free book from the Book Fair, with the book purchased by the school.


To wrap up American Education Week, our Lady Steppers step team will be performing at Salisbury Middle School Nov. 21 along with other schools step teams from the county as part of a fundraiser to benefit the American Cancer Society.

Friday, Nov. 20 8:30 - 9:30 a.m.: Our staff will prepare breakfast for parents during American Education Week.

North Salisbury Elementary:

North Salisbury is scheduled to have the Agriculture Mobile Lab at school throughout American Education Week. The lab will be on site to provide hands-on lessons and activities for third grade students directly related to Maryland's rich background in agriculture.

Monday, Nov. 16 at 5:30, North Salisbury will provide a second opportunity for parents to come out for the Family Portal Training. This meeting will be held in the school's Conference Room.

Friday, Nov. 20, our third-grade magnet students will host their Annul Economics Expo. Each third-grade student, as a result of the unit of study on Economics, has developed an original product or service, created advertisements, and will offer their product or service for sale at the Expo. At the Expo, which showcases the students’ original and unique goods and services, guests will be given school-generated play money (Kinnamon Kash) to purchase the items offered by the students, so that students can evaluate the success of their product or service in the marketplace.

Pemberton Elementary

Nov. 16 - 20 - Grade 5 Student Leaders Greet Visitors during American Education Week
Nov. 19 - Grade 4 Students Visit Discovery Center on Pocomoke River
Nov. 20 - PTA Harvest Party and Skate Night (6:30 pm to 8:30 pm)

Pinehurst Elementary

16-20 – American Education Week
Donuts for Dads & Muffins for Moms

Prince Street Elementary

Nov. 17. - Family Portal training (9 and 10 a.m. and 1 p.m - Media Center)
Nov. 18 - Title I Reading and Math night/ PTA book fair
Nov. 19 - PTA book Fair
Nov. 20 - CAPs assembly (celebrating Achievement Program) to recognize academic success from reports cards sent home on the 12th

Westside Primary School

From Nov. 16-20, during American Education Week, Westside Primary will have some special events. Book Fair during American Education Week Monday - Friday, November 16-20.

From Monday-Thursday, workshops will be held from 2-3 p.m. in the guidance room:

Monday: Raising Money Smart Kids (Monday), with a representative from PNC Bank presenting strategies parents can use to help their kids become wise savers and spenders
Tuesday: Math Professional Development Coach Deb Panicucci will share parenting tips on helping students become more successful mathematicians
Wednesday: Reading strategies with Reading Coach Ellen Burton, with parenting tips on helping children become independent readers
Thursday: Internet Savvy Parents, with Tech Professional Development Coach Karen Apolenis sharing pointers on how to help children navigate the Internet, with tips and popular educational web sites for parents/guardians to use with their children

On Friday, Nov. 20, kindergarten will present an assembly in the cafeteria at 2 p.m. for parents and community. They will sing songs and perform skits related to their current Family Units in the areas of Social Studies and reading.

Westside Intermediate School

Grandparents day, Nov. 20, with Fat Boys catering lunch for all adults beginning at 11:00am and ending at 1:30pm.
Grade 2 will be sharing how the arts can be integrated in all curriculum areas. Friday, Nov. 20th a rap up activity with a short song presentation for parents and a Thanksgiving Feast.
Grade 3 will be reading "Trickster Tales", beginning multiplication strategies, and in science and social studies studying Economics. Nov. 19th presentation on the economics of Perdue by Mr. Bonenberger.
The Fourth Grade Team has planned a fun-filled week of lessons that will focus on our theme of Native Americans. Lessons will include a variety of engaging activities leading to our Native America Pow Wow on Friday, Nov. 20.
Grade 5 will work all week on rockets. Tuesday, Nov. 17 will visit the Smithsonian in Washington to visit the rocket museum. Friday morning the students will be designing and building paper rockets. The afternoon around 2:00 pm is the big launch. Mr. Rick Varner from NASA educational facility in Greenbelt, MD and our local VA. engineers will all be present to help with the activities. The fifth grade theme for the week, "Launch into American Education Week".
Safety Patrols will be collecting canned goods and shelf items for our local shelters and we will have our angel tree for our less fortunate families.
November 17 and 18 are Westside Intermediate nights at CoCo's fun house in Salisbury for our PTA family activity.

Willards Elementary

Nov. 17, 7 p.m. – Willards Elementary hosts the quarterly Board of Education Awards & Recognitions Night .
Nov. 19 - Grandparents' Day - Grandparents visit and take part in classroom activities and then have lunch in the gym with their grandchildren
Nov. 20 - PTA's Turkey Trot - Parents/friends/relatives pledge money and the students walk, jog, or run for 15 or 30 minutes, depending on the grade level. Coincides with the Team Nutrition Grant.

Bennett Middle School

Bennett Middle will have its first quarter PBIS incentive, Team Challenge, on Nov. 20. Team Challenge is a series of events and activities in which students compete against their grade-level peers. In order to attend and/or participate, students have to earn 40 stamps in their agenda. Students may earn stamps from any staff member when they demonstrate respect, responsibility or achievement.

Salisbury Middle

On Nov. 16, Salisbury Middle will have a PTA Visitation and Family CSI Night. PTA classroom visitation will occur from 4:30-5:30 p.m., with dinner being served by our PTA from 5:30-6 p.m. Our CSI activities will run from 6-7:30 p.m.

From 10-11:15 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 17, Keith Koehler from NASA Space Flight Facility will speak to students in Chad Pavlekovich's 8th grade STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Academy science class at Salisbury Middle School. He will speak on space exploration, rockets, space imagery and careers in the field.

The "CSI After Party" will be a night of mysterious fun and will serve as a follow up event for the SMS Family CSI Night, which will be held at Salisbury Middle on the evening of Monday, Nov. 16. The CSI After Part on Nov. 19 at Barnes & Noble will give students and families a time to relive the mystery with mystery books, games, scavenger hunts and more. Anyone presenting an SMS voucher (distributed through SMS) will help the school; a percentage of the net sale will be donated to the school.

Friday, Nov. 20, from 9 pm-10:30 pm, "New Moon Party" at Barnes & Noble for Salisbury Middle. The "New Moon Party," which will take place on opening night of the movie, Twilight Saga: New Moon, will be a celebration of all things related to the Twilight Saga. From discussion groups to games and memorabilia it promises to be a party to die for! At Barnes & Noble. Anyone presenting an SMS voucher (distributed through SMS) will help the school; a percentage of the net sale will be donated to the school.

Wicomico Middle School

The school encourages classroom visits throughout the day, each day of the week, from 8:30 - 2:00. Entrance is through the front door where parents will be greeted by one of our teachers and guided to the scheduled classroom.

Our grade level award assemblies will be held on Monday, November 16, throughout the day.

Our Family Portal open computer lab will be on Tuesday, November 17, from 3:15 - 5:15 p.m.. We will guide parents who will be able to access students' grades and averages through the Parent Portal application of our student information management system.

Our Drama Club plays will be Wednesday, Nov. 18, and Friday, November 20, from 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.

Mardela Middle and High School

Talent Show and Spaghetti Dinner November 20th. Mardela's students and staff will display their talents for the community in this "Return to the 80's Talent Show." There will also be a silent auction. Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for children 10 and under. No tickets will be sold at the door. The Edgeucators will perform during intermission. Contact information: Mardela Middle and High 410-677-5142. Sharon Harcum, talent show director, sharcum@bwave.com. Lesia Pruitt, dinner coordinator, pruitt25@comcast.net. Dawn Carey, silent auction coordinator, acarey889@comcast.net.

BingoMania 51: Nov. 21, Wicomico Youth & Civic Center. Doors open at 5pm, Early Bird Play at 6pm, Regular Play at 7:30p. Sponsored by the Mardela Middle and High School Band Parents. Proceeds support Mardela Bands and Bandfront with the purchase of music, instruments, equipment, uniforms, transportation, scholarships, and other means that provide for the student. 410-677-5142.

James M. Bennett High School

The James M. Bennett High World Language Department and the Class of 2011 are sponsoring an International Dessert Theater Cabaret on Friday, Nov. 20 from 7-9:30 p.m. Entertainment by staff and students in many languages will be showcased: singing, dancing, poetry recitation, instrumentals and short vignettes in English, Spanish, French, German, Korean, and Hungarian. Tickets are $5 per person and may be purchased in advance from performers or at lunch shifts; they will also be available at the door for $6. 410-677-5141

Parkside High School

Parkside will open its doors on Nov. 16-20 for American Education Week. We are asking all parents to sign in on the computer in the main office. On Tuesday, November 17th we will have the Fall Sports Award Assembly at 1:00 in the auditorium. Make up pictures will be taken on Monday, November 16 during student’s English classes. Please check with your students for any special activities going on in their classes.

Wicomico High School

Cadets from the JROTC program will assist disabled veterans, help serve meals and present the colors at the Golden Corral Veterans Dinner, 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 16.

Tuesday, Nov. 17
Board of Education Awards & Recognitions Night
Willards Elementary School

The first Wicomico County Board of Education Awards & Recognitions Night of the 2009-10 school year will be held at 7 p.m. Nov. 17 at Willards Elementary School to honor outstanding students, teachers, administrators, schools, programs and community partners.

Wednesday, 4-6 p.m.
Superintendent's Open Door Session

The next Superintendent's Open Door Session is scheduled for 4-6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18, in the Administrative Conference Room at the Board of Education Office. Open Door Sessions provide the opportunity for people to meet one-on-one with the superintendent. People may express concerns, offer comment, or ask questions on any issue involving Wicomico schools. No appointment is needed. Open Door Sessions will also be held from 4-6 p.m. on these additional dates: Dec. 16, Jan. 20, Feb. 24, March 24, April 21 and May 26. All Open Door Sessions will take place in the Administrative Conference Room of the Board of Education at Mt. Hermon Road and Long Avenue, Salisbury. For information, please call 410-677-4495
October 6, 2009