Dear Parents and Friends of SES:

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SUDLERSVILLE ELEMENTARY
A Title 1 School MAY 2012 Where Eagles
SOAR! www.qacps.k12.md.us/ses/WELCOME.HTM
Upcoming Events
Principals News
MAY 5/2 Volunteer Orientation 730 am
Cafeteria 5/2 Field Trips Grades 3 5 5/2 4th
Grade Presentations on MD - 910 am 5/4
Kindergarten Field Trip to Wintersteins
5/4 Movie Night 5/8 Assembly 9 10 am
Ball in the House 5/9  PFY Family Showcase 5/10
Kindergarten Trip to Library 5/11 PFY Last
Day 5/11 PreK Trip to Godfreys 5/12 SES
Community Cares Day 5/18 Kindergarten Trip to
Godfreys 5/18 3rd Grade Authors Day 5/23
Spring Concert 630pm 1st Grade, 4/5 Grade
Chorus, 5th Grade Beginning Band, The Eagle Squad
and Las Ninas Mariposas 5/24 Career Day 5/25
2nd Grade Trip-Turners Creek 5/25 PreK Field
Day 5/28 NO SCHOOL 5/29 SMS Orientation Tour
Grades 4 5 JUNE 6/1 Field Day 6/5
End of Year Award Ceremony 6/5 Pre-K End of Year
Party 6/6 2nd Grade Year End Picnic 6/6 Grade 3
Field Trip to Zoo 6/7 4th Grade Promotion 6/7 5th
Grade End of Year Party 6/7 1st Grade Trip to
Tuckahoe 6/8 5th Grade Promotion 830am 6/8 LAST
DAY FOR STUDENTS ½ DAY
Dear Parents and Friends of SES The months
of May and June promise to be busy ones at
Sudlersville Elementary School. Students will be
involved in a number of activities including
promotion ceremonies for both fourth and fifth
grade students. Please be sure to review the
monthly calendars found elsewhere in this
newsletter and you will see that SES will be a
very busy place. However, with this said it
should be remembered that the most important
job for all SES students each day in the
scholastic year is to work hard in school in all
academic subjects. We believe that our pupils
need to be actively involved in their studies
right through the last day of school and ask that
you assist us by reinforcing with your child the
importance of putting forth his or her best
effort right through Friday, June 8th. As we are
fond of saying We have much academic ground to
cover and only a short time to cover it.
Speaking of June 8h, please remember that this is
now the last day of school and that our promotion
ceremonies have been scheduled for June 7th
(fourth grade) and June 8th (fifth grade).
Finally, we have begun planning for our annual
summer school program. Mr. Christopher will
again be in charge and will be sending out
invitations shortly. Children who attend will
reap academic dividends so if your child is asked
to attend summer school, please consider
accepting. Have a great spring and, as
always, thanks for your support.
Sincerely, Lloyd W. Taylor,
Ed.D. Principal
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PreK News
Grade 2 News
Kindergarten News
Where did the school year go? We have been very
busy in Pre-K learning about dinosaurs and how
things grow and change. Students have explored
how living things and the environment grow and
change over time. They have been reviewing
ABAB patterns, measurement, and identification
of letters of the alphabet and their sounds. We
will be bringing closure to the unit Growing and
Changing by taking a class trip to Godfreys Farm
to pick strawberries on Friday, May 11th. The
children are very excited about going to the
farm. Our final unit in Pre-K is Ready for
Kindergarten. The children will continue to work
on identification of all 26 letters (capital and
lowercase) by name and in random order. They
will also work to understand that letters form
words. In math, they will explore the use and
meaning of currency and coins. In science, they
will identify and describe the sun, moon, and
stars. The Pre-K field day will be on Friday,
May 25th on the blacktop behind the school. In
addition, our Pre-K end of the year party will be
at the Sudlersville Park on Tuesday, June 5th.
All parents are welcome. Please be on the look
out for more information which will be sent home
at a later date. A huge thanks to all the
parents in the A.M. and the P.M. classes for all
of your help this year!
May will be a busy month for all of us!  Please
check your childs communication folder for
upcoming events such as Field Day, Field trip
information, end of year activities, etc. There
will be forms that need to be signed and
returned.   A field trip has been planned for May
25, 2012. Second grade will be going to Turners
Creek to learn about the environment. More
information will follow soon. (We were unable to
plan for the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in
St. Michaels because of the cost factor.) We
have also planned our end of year picnic for
Wednesday, June 6, 2012, so save the date. You
know we are continuing with a rigorous academic
routine from now until the end of the year. Our
Reading Literacy Block is going well. Our
students continue making steady gains.  Math
units include Units 10, 11, and 12 that
incorporate money, multiplication, and division.
In Science, we will be completing a unit on the
Environment and beginning Life Science.  In
Social Studies, we will be learning about Japan.
Please continue helping your child with his or
her homework.
Kindergarten is looking forward to a busy May!
We will visit Winterstein's Dairy Farm on May
4th. This will help us see many things we learned
about in our recent farm unit. We will learn
about how to visit the local library, so we can
do summer reading, when we visit the Sudlersville
Memorial Library on May 10th. Eating local
produce and learning how food is grown and sold
will be the focus of our trip to Godfrey's Farm
on May 18th!   These trips will provide memorable
experiences for all of us.  Have your child talk
to you about what he/she liked about each of the
trips.  Have a great summer and remember to
READ!! The Kindergarten Team It has been a
great year! Thank you for all of your help and
support. We have enjoyed teaching your
children. We will be ending the year studying the
following things. Language Arts- We will
continue to write with our focus on adding
details to our writing. We are also focusing on
correct punctuation, capital letters and
spacing. Social Studies- Our next unit of study
is on economics and jobs. Science- We will study
technology and simple machines. Math- Our final
units are on graphing and fractions.   We will be
sending home information on our Tuckahoe Field
Trip soon. It will be held on June 7th.  Your
First Grade Team
Grade 1 News
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Grade 3 News
Grade 4 News
Grade 5 News
Students will be reading selections from their
anthologies as well as accompanying books for
literature circle discussions as we continue to
emphasize helpful comprehension strategies.  We
will review important reading and writing skills
to prepare for upcoming sixth-grade assignments. 
In math we will study fractions and ratios,
coordinates, area, volume. capacity, algebra
concepts, probability, and rates.   In science we
will complete our life science unit with lessons
about student health.  We will finish our study
of the American colonies and the Revolutionary
War before we learn about the constitution in
social studies.       To extend our study of
history and science, we will visit the John
Dickinson Plantation and the St. Jones Estuarine
Research Reserve in Dover on May 2.  We will send
a letter home soon about our sixth-grade
orientation visit at Sudlersville Middle School
on May 29.  Our fifth graders will soon be middle
schoolers and we will work hard in May to be
prepared for next year.  Thank you, as always,
for all that you do to support learning and for
making this school year so successful. The fifth
grade will have their end-of-year celebration at
the Sudlersville Park on June 7.  We will leave
S.E.S. at 1245 and return by 220.  Also, the
fifth-grade advancement ceremony will be at 830
A.M. on June 8. 
Marvelous May   The third graders are anxiously
awaiting their field trip to the Herrs potato
chip factory which will take place on May 2nd.
They have already been discussing the
opportunities they will have to see how potato
chips are made. They will be seeing first hand
how the potato chip factory reuses items, reduces
trash, and how they recycle their products.
Students will also have an opportunity to
participate in some mathematical activities as
well.   We will be visiting the Baltimore Zoo on
June 6. Please remember that students will be
returning later than the buses (330) so they
will need to be picked up on that day.   The
author celebration is scheduled for May 18. We
look forward to recognizing the fine authors of
Sudlersville Elementary.   Field day is
happening here at SES on June 1. Feel free to
come and help out or be a spectator and cheer for
the students. Lets hope for sunny weather on
that day.   As always, we would like to thank the
parents for your continued support at SES. You
have helped make this year a success.   Mrs.
Bildstein, Mrs. Leventhal and Mrs. Thren/ Mrs.
Graves
The end of the year is fast approaching.  We
still have a lot of new and interesting material
to learn to prepare us for fifth grade.  Speaking
of fifth grade, we are excited for our students
to start their new journey at Sudlersville Middle
School. This class will have the special honor of
representing Sudlersville as the very first fifth
grade class in the new school.      REMINDER
Students are presenting their Maryland projects
on Wednesday May 2 at 910 in the cafeteria.
Please be there to support your child.     Our
final book report papers went home on Monday,
April 30th.  The students are expected to read
ANY grade level appropriate book and then create
a dish to share that will tell about a part of
the text.  Be creative!  These reports and treats
will be due Thursday, June 7, 2012.    We are
having a 4th grade promotion ceremony on Thursday
June 7th.  The ceremony will begin in the gym at
830 am and then continue into the pavilion where
the students will share their book report treats
and enjoy the company of their peers and
parents. We would love to see each of you there.
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doctor's office, or on a stroll through the
neighborhood, learning never ends. Your children
can explore some fascinating mathematical
possibilities in the world around them every day.
For instance, math can be found outdoors in
nature look for symmetry in leaves count the
number, sizes, and kinds of trees on your street
and look at the various shapes and patterns of
blooming flowers. Children will be learning math
and enjoying it too! Spring
Concert  On Wednesday, May 23rd, the 4th/5th
Grade Chorus, 1st Grade, and 5th Grade Beginning
Band will be performing in our annual Spring
Concert.  The concert will feature our 1st Grade
classes, as well as our 4th/5th Grade Chorus
which was newly formed this year.  The 5th Grade
Beginning Band will also be featured. Special
appearances by The Eagle Squad and Las Ninas
Mariposas. The concert will begin at
630pm.  Performers need to be in their
designated classrooms by 600pm.
Math Matters
week's worth of groceries? How would that money
be counted out? What could be purchased with
those savings? A book? A movie ticket? What
percentage of the original price is the coupon
worth? Count the ways. How many ways can you make
10 cents, 25 cents, 30 cents, 40 cents, or 50
cents? You can help your child add the coins in
various ways to get different answers. Tracking
Time with TV While watching television, make a
chart showing how much time in every hour is used
for commercials compared to how much time is used
for the actual show. Do this for every half-hour
of television you watch. Then make a bar or pie
chart showing the two amounts. Time the minutes
carefully. Tracking Time in your Day Together
with your child, keep track of how he or she
spends time in one 24-hour period time spent
sleeping, eating, playing, reading, and going to
school. Measure a strip of paper that is 24
inches long. Let each inch represent 1 hour.
Color in the number of hours for each activity,
using a different color for each activity. When
finished, make the strip into a circle and place
it on a blank piece of paper. Trace around the
circle. Then make lines from the center of the
circle to the end of each color. Your child has
just made a circle (pie) chart of how he or she
spends 24 hours. Compare this with how other
people in your family spend their time.  During
summer vacations, on rainy days, while waiting at
the
For The Home Your home is full of opportunities
to explore math with your child and, at the same
time, build his or her self-confidence and
understanding of mathematical ideas. This is a
chance for you and your child to "talk math" that
is, to communicate about math while discovering
relationships between numbers. Being able to
describe mathematical patterns and relationships,
such as those between "addition and subtraction"
or "odd and even numbers," is important to later
success in math.   Students need practice in
order to maintain their math skills during the
summer break. Be sure to talk about numbers and
math in your daily activities. Children can
count coins, tell time, add up costs and
calculate change. They can practice their facts
using math card games like Top It. Coin
clues. Ask your child to gather some change in
his or her hand without showing what it is. Start
with amounts of 25 cents or less (for
first-graders, you can start with pennies and
nickels). Ask your child to tell you how much
money and how many coins there are. Guess which
coins are being held. For example, "I have 17
cents and 5 coins. What coins do I have?" (3
nickels and 2 pennies). Clip and save. Cut out
grocery store coupons and tell how much money is
saved with coins. For example, if you save 20
cents on detergent, say 2 dimes. Ask your child
what could be purchased using the savings from
the coupon. A pack of gum? A pencil? How much
money could be saved with 3, 4, or 5 coupons? How
could that money be counted out in coins and
bills? What could be purchased with those
savings? A pack of notebook paper? A magazine?
How much money could be saved with coupons for a
Music
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Health Room
Earth Day

• Welcome warmer temperatures are fast approaching
  our area. Soon to arrive also are those pesky
  flies, mosquitoes, fleas, and ticks.
• If those pesky mosquitoes bother you, you will
  find some helpful information to follow that just
  may help you from saying OUCH!
•  
• You can repel mosquitoes by using an insect
  repellent with DEET.
• Do not use repellents on children that contain
  more than 10 DEET.
• Higher concentrations repel longer but may cause
  health problems.
• Use a sunscreen with DEET in it so you will get
  the maximum effectiveness of each product. Using
  these products separately can reduce the
  effectiveness of your sunscreen.
• Be aware, DEET can damage plastic (glasses, watch
  crystals), fibers, and painted surfaces.
•  
• Some natural products you may want to try
  include
• Soybean oil usually lasts 3 4 hours.
• Citronella oil usually lasts 1-2 hours.
•  
• When using repellents
• Dont saturate the area.
• Dont apply near your eyes or mouth.
• Dont apply over cuts or irritations.
• Dont reapply frequently.
• Once inside wash hands.

  More than 400 students and parent volunteers
joined forces with local environmental experts to
celebrate Earth Day. After a spirited assembly
about environmental stewardship, led by Sultana
Projects leader Chris Cerino, students
participated in a variety of environmental
activities and workshops.   SES students
benefited from 42 environmental workshops
designed to enrich each grade levels science
program. Student journals were used to record
students responses to their hands-on activities.
A very special recycled art exhibit showcased
student work representing wildlife and
environmental problems of the Chesapeake Bay.  
Third and fourth graders loved dissecting squid
with DNR leader Martha Shaum. Second graders
investigated the trash timeline with Tuckahoe DNR
rangers. Fifth graders analyzed energy
conservation with Choptank Electrics Energy
Program Coordinator, Tom Tyndall. First graders
learned all about beekeeping from Jay Falstad of
the Queen Annes Conservation Association.
Kindergartners explored recycling with Midshore
Regional Recycling Coordinator James Wood.
Students were also excited to learn about bird
traits with biologist Laura Mitchell, river
buffers with Chester Riverkeeper David Foster,
butterfly life cycle with Andi Pupke of the
Chesapeake Wildlife Heritage, the Circle of Life
with DNRs Nick Carter, Chesapeake waterways with
NRP Reserve Officer Den Leventhal, conservation
with Wayne Gilchrest, Maryland crabs with Paige
Martin and Katy Ulrich, and deer and bears with
Kelly Embert and Gerri Grimes.
This 2012 SES Earth Day celebration was led by
Mary Leventhal, Elaine Butler, Kate Hayman, and
Kim Adams. Special thanks to those who
coordinated efforts for Earth Day. Thank you to
Beverly Greaves, Mindy Bacchus, Lucia Calloway,
Terri Gloyd, Chris Harrison, Isabel Gomez, Margot
Massie, Amy Cope, John Yaich, Chuck Buellis, Lou
Guarnera, Levi Bacchus, Robert Hall, Fallon
Simpler, and Phyllis Davis.
Box Tops/ Labels
Box Top for March3rd - Mrs. Munson2nd - Mrs.
Darling1st - Mrs. Settelmaier Campbell Label
for March3rd - Mrs. Nuse2nd - Mrs. Darling1st
- Mr. Christopher Please help us out by
separating the Box Tops and Campbell Labels when
sending them back to school.  They are counted
and mailed to different companies. Thank You!If
you have Box Tops, please do not hold them now
through the summer months.   I am receiving quite
a few with a June 2012 expiration date on them. 
Remember to turn them in May. Box Tops will not
give us credit for ANY that have a date that has
Expired.Congratulations to SES parents,
grandparents, neighbors, teachers, and who ever
else may have helped out in collecting this
year.  We just received our check from Box Tops
for the period November 2011 through February
2012 in the amount over 1,100.00   Back in
December our check was over 1,500.00 for the
time period March 2011 through October 2011. 
Thank you for a Great Collection Year we have
had!  Over 2,600.00Remember to keep collecting
this summer!! Box Tops, Campbell Labels and My
Coke Rewards......Thank you, Lollie
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Reading
Guidance
Thank you to all that helped with the bookfair
and all of those that attended.  We sold over
4000 in books for the week.  A special thank you
to Ann Boyles - Chairperson and Kelly Embert who
both worked tirelessly to make this bookfair such
a success. Saturday, May 12, 2012 NEW
Sudlersville Middle School, 600 Charles Street,
Sudlersville, MD   May 12th  will be the 2nd
Annual Sudlersville Elementary School Community
Cares Day. (new location) A 5k run/walk will be
held with 1/2 race proceeds to benefit the
Backpack Friday program. Registration begins at 8
am and race starts at 9 am.  Other activities
include a Car Show, Chicken BBQ, Community Group
stands and Childrens Activities. For questions
or inquiries please contact Annette DiMaggio
410-253-1371 or sespta_at_hotmail.com.    To
pre-register, log on to www.trisportsevents.com
READING IS FUN!   The children have worked hard
this year improving their reading skills. 
Approximately 200 students have met their reading
goal for each of the first three quarters of this
year.  We're looking forward to more students
meeting their reading goal for Quarter 4.   It
is so important for students to continue to read
over the summer.  Take advantage of your local
library to check out books over the summer.  Have
your student read about where you are going on
vacation.  Have them write about their
vacation.   Set aside a family time to read each
day.  Take turns reading to one another.   Summer
reading lists will be sent home for each grade
level.  Mrs. Embert will be giving  the lists to
students during their Media time near the end of
the year.   Have a great summer! Have fun
reading! Mrs. Thurber Reading Specialist.

• Save the date! 
• May 24th, Career Day
• I'm looking for parents who may be willing to
  give a half or whole day to talk to kids about
  their careers. 
• Summer Activities
• There are a variety of educational, free or low
  cost activities planned in the community during
  the summer.  While you should plan rewarding,
  educational and fun activities for your children,
  don't plan too much. Over planning your child's
  summer can be stressful.   Some of the best
  summer activities are spontaneous.  If you need
  some information about summer activities/camps/pro
  grams, please don't hesitate to give me a call.
•  
• I have enjoyed working with the fourth and fifth
  grade classes this year and wish them continued
  success at the middle school!
•  
• If you are planning a move, please contact the
  school to arrange for records transfer. 
• Have a safe and happy summer! 
• End of year awards ceremonies
• June 5th
• Pre-K end of year activity
• AM 815
• PM 1215
• June 7th

YEARBOOKS Yearbooks will arrive in late May for
those that ordered them. NO EXTRAs were ordered.
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Parent Involvement
Hospitality
Judy Center Partnership News! The Judy Center
wishes to thank everyone who helped to make the
PNC Grow Up Great Mobile Learning Adventure a
HUGE success! 167 parents, child care providers
and children took advantage of this exciting
opportunity! Thank-you PNC! Pictures coming
soon The Queen Annes County Judy Center
Partnership was awarded a First Book grant
which allowed the center to receive 424 free
books for Judy Center children. The Judy Center
Partnership provides children with books during
family involvement events, which helps to build
home libraries and promotes school readiness for
children in the Sudlersville area. Reading is
the key to school success and by providing books
for children in their early years, they will have
a better chance of entering school ready to
learn. The Judy Center Partnership is hosting
an end of the year picnic for pre-k and
Kindergarten and partnering programs on June 7th,
2012 from 530 p.m. 700 p.m. at the
Sudlersville Park. Blue Sky Puppets will present
Pig Tales, a puppet show about the importance
of sharing. Dinner will be provided. Invitations
coming soon! The support staff at the Judy
Center would like to thank all of Sudlersville
Elementary School for supporting the Judy
Centers goal of school readiness. We look
forward to another fantastic year! Events at
Family Support all summer! Call about playgroups,
field trips and much more! Open to everyone with
a child 3 years old or younger. 410-438-3182
Please remember that May 7 - 11 is Staff
Teacher Appreciation Week. Towards the end of the
week, look in your child's book bag for a letter
that can be used to send a special thank you
message to a staff member or teacher. On
Wednesday, May 9 a luncheon will be provided for
the teachers and on Friday, May 11 the staff will
be served breakfast. If you wish to help or send
in a dish, please contact Andrea Forstell at
410-758-4069 or aforstell_at_gmail.com. Let's show
the faculty and staff how much we appreciate all
their hard work! The next cultural Arts
event will be May 8, 2012.  9 am 10 am Ball IN
THE HOUSE Presents Totally Vocally BitH is
five guys, five voices, thats it. Taking a
cappella to the next stage, with vocal drums/
beatbox and vocal bass under lush harmonies, they
create a sound thats hard to believe. BitH has
performed in schools all around the country, as
well as opened for major acts and recorded music
for the Cool Whip commercials. BitH bridges the
gap between music taught in school and popular
music students hear on the radio, integrating the
harmony of a cappella music into a contemporary
popular format. Their first radio single,
Something I Dont Know, charted for six
consecutive weeks in the Top 100 on the national
AC Charts, peaking at 17.
 Thank you! to all the parents/grandparents who
helped make the 2nd annual Earth Day Celebration
at Sudlersville Elementary a great event! They
include Beverly Greaves, Robert Hall, Mindy and
Levi Bacchus, John Yaich, Amy Cope, Chuck
Buellis, Lou Guarnera, Margo Massie (presenter),
Laura Mitchell (presenter) and Jay Falstad
(presenter). Their leadership and
resourcefulness was incomparable. We are very
lucky to have them as parents at SES!   With all
of the upcoming field trips planned, I will be
conducting another Volunteer Orientation the
morning of Wednesday, May 2, 2012 at 730 a.m. in
the cafeteria. If you plan to volunteer or
chaperone a field trip, you must complete the
required paperwork (volunteer application and
information form) in addition to attending a
Volunteer Orientation if you havent already done
so this school year. This is required by the
county Board of Education and needs to be done
each school year.   The Volunteer Appreciation
Reception will be held Wednesday, May
30.   Elaine Butler, Parent Coordinator x267
Cultural Arts
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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE MARCH STUDENTS OF THE
MONTH!
Student Name Grade Level Teachers Name
Kaitlyn Shirey AM Pre-K Dean
Ariana List PM Pre-K Dean
Seth Blackell Kindergarten Beres
Romin Bowers Kindergarten Nuse
Ethan Leager Kindergarten Munson
Caden Minter 1st Bennett
Kylie Emore 1st Darling
Kylee King 1st Davis
Shannon Gomoljak 2nd Eber
Logan Williams 2nd Kane
Brendan Bichell 2nd Troyer
Kayleigh Lam 3rd Bildstein
Marissa Hyland 3rd Leventhal
Kara Jones 3rd Thren
Jacob Elborn 4th Comegys
Norman Lee Dixon 4th Rosendale
Jordan Maule 4th Settelmaier
Makenzy Hudock 5th Christopher
Carson Strawbridge 5th Hayman
April Perez 5th Holden