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off the press: april edition of the wildcub chronicle -
Students have been busy preparing this issue of the Chronicle. Check it out!
Compact
for Learning Team needs your input
The Pine Island Compact for Learning
Team is asking parents to fill out a questionnaire, allowing
an opportunity to comment
on areas involved in the education of the whole child. The
team would also like your thoughts about enrichment programs
you would like to see brought to Pine Island Elementary
School.
Click here to download and print the survey. (pdf)
Parents
As Reading Partners (PARP)
Research shows that the activity that consistently proves increased student achievement is for parents (or grandparents, aunts, uncles, etc.) to read with, to, and in front of their children.
With the upcoming PTA-sponsored 3 week
PARP program, you will have a motivating reason to do just
that.
Toward the end of March, you will see the PARP committee transform our hallways into visuals of this year’s theme, Reading Can Energize You! These artistic parents are award-winning in their displays, but even more importantly, in presenting a challenging and motivating way to have a quality reading experience with your child. They will clearly lay out how everyone can participate.
Watch for their weekly guides and incentives. It’s another area where the challenge will be for 100 percent participation of this family-school connection.
Pine
Island Elementary School: bully-free zone
We are turning a spotlight on Pine Island as a bully-free environment. Students are creating posters to show what that means. The Student Government will turn them into a giant collage on stage, where we will turn our spotlights’ focus for all to brightly see.
Some of us slip now and then, but we are each trying to understand the benefits of treating each other with respect—of our bodies and our feelings.
On Leap Day, February 29, we will have a pleasant celebration of the ways we treat each other.

black
dirt dragon surfaces for the chinese new year
Our kindergarten classes always welcome
the Chinese New Year with lots of music, eating with
chopsticks, Chinese writing, and a welcoming Gung Hay Fat
Choy. This year, they welcomed the Year of the Rat by
marching under the Black Dirt Dragon throughout the hallways
of Pine Island School. We also appreciated that Josie
Genetti shared her culture with them through a traditional
song.
Past
Articles
• Tips for success on NYS assessments
• Information about the Partners in Education (PIE) Program
• Scientific Weather Station Promotes Student Meteorologists