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GARDEN WISH LIST

Hello SREC families,

We have some great fundraisers coming up and I would like to remind everyone to save the dates on your calendar.

Saturday February 11th Daddy - Daughter Dance
Saturday March 10th Annual Fundraising Auction ~  A Night to Remember
Wednesday May 16th Dine & Donate at Sweet River Bar & Grill

 We now need even more library volunteers: 1st Grade Tues 10:15-10:45 (or 11 would be better); Cyd's class Tuesdays 1:40-2:05, Middle school Tuesdays 11:30-12:30, and someone to come in and vacuum on Mondays after 2:30 ot Tuesdays before 10. Please help!

Contact Kate Vander Sluis
SREC School Librarian

Hot lunch for January is up and running! Please check your family folders for Hot Lunch IOU's. Payment can be dropped in the black Hot Lunch box in the office. Thank you!

We had a great fall book fair.  Not only did we reach our goal of selling 300 books (Thanks for being such a good sport, LaDonna) but the school has received $2,000 in credit from Scholastic Books of which the teachers and librarian have already spent $500 shopping at the fair!  Thank you for all your help and see you at the Spring Fair.

Courtenay and Kristine

SOS!
We need to replace some library volunteers!
Dorinda's class (Tues 10:15-10:45) needs a new parent, and also
Cyd's class (alternate Tuesdays 1:40-2:10).
Please email kate4srec@gamil.com to sign up. Our teachers need and
deserve their prep time!

The Participation Committee would like to acknowledge and thank all the family volunteers (moms, dads, big brothers, big sisters, cousins, grandpas , uncles and aunts) who have helped our school by scrubbing, sweeping, phone calling, typing, digging, painting, photocopying, cooking, serving, planning, reading, encouraging, listening, sharing, supervising, coaching, teaching, sorting, driving, planting......and by just being willing to lend a hand.
Have a great Thanksgiving Holiday. We are grateful to be part of this great cooperative community.
 
 
Pamela Van Halsema
Participation Committee Co-Chair

National Study from Common Sense Media Documents Media Use by Children Ages 0 to 8

Did you read to your kids today? Did you hand over your iPhone at the grocery store? If so, you're not alone.
How families use media and what it means for kids' health and well-being is the subject of Zero to Eight: Children's Media Use in America, the first study by Common Sense Media's new Program for the Study of Children and Media. The report is featured in both the New York Times and the San Francisco Chronicle today.
The study shows that everything from iPods to smartphones to tablet computers are now a regular part of kids' lives, with kids under 8 averaging two hours a day with all screen media. Among the key findings:
42% of children under 8 years old have a television in their bedroom.
Half (52%) of all 0- to 8-year-olds have access to a new mobile device, such as a smartphone, video iPod, or iPad/tablet.
More than a third (38%) of children this age have used one of these devices, including 10% of 0-to 1-year-olds, 39% of 2- to 4-year-olds, and more than half (52%) of 5- to 8-year-olds.