PARCC Assessment
Students in the third, fourth, and fifth grade will take the PARCC assessment beginning on April 25th. PARCC stand for the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers. (PARCC) is a consortium of states and the District of Columbia that created and deployed a standard set of assessments in mathematics and English. For more information about PARCC please see the handout at the end of the newsletter. Students will take the PARCC assessment on the following days:
Third Grade
Reading May 2, 4, 5
Math May 11, 18, 23, 25
Fourth Grade
ReadingApril 25, 27, 28
Math May 4, 5, 8, 16
Fifth Grade
Reading May 8, 11, 16
Math April 25, 27, 28 and May 2
Please make every effort to have your third, fourth, or fifth grader in school on the dates of your child’s testing. There are make-up sessions. However, students feel more comfortable when they take the assessments with their class.
Kindergarten Registration
Perry Hall Elementary will hold Kindergarten Registration for the 2017-2018 school year on Thursday, April 20, 2017. Contact Mrs. Bragg at 410-887-5105 for more information. We will send out registration materials later this month. Please pass this information on to any neighbors who will have children in Kindergarten next school year. It is important to have as many of our new Kindergarten students register as early as possible. This allows our school to plan and prepare for the next school year in a more efficient manner. It also provides families with the assurance that their students are registered to begin school on time.
Special Event!
The Glenn L. Martin Maryland Aviation Museum at Martin State Airport in Middle River is launching its 2017 Open Cockpit Day season on Saturday, April8 from 9am to 1pm. Located at701 Wilson Point Road in Middle River, MD, the Museum offers a day of aviation funproviding visitors the opportunity to sit in the pilot seats of the Museum’s outdoor flightline of airplanes including a Skyhawk, Wild Weasel, Thunder Chief, Phantom and Huey helicopter.Visitors can climb aboard the 1950’s Martin 404 passenger planeand B57A Canberra built on site by the Glenn L. Martin Company.New this year has shuttle busses to the flightline beginning theirtours at 9:15am with thelast tour of theplanes departing at 12:15 pm.In the event of rain, the Open Cockpitwill be cancelled. Admission for this special event is $5 for adults and $1 for children. For additional information call 410-682-6122.
Congrats to the Mesa Club, Destination Imagination, and Sport Stackers!
During the month of March, our students represented us proudly at competitions for the MESA club (Math Engineering, Science, Achievement), Destination Imagination, and Sport Stackers. The MESA Club participated in a competition on March 22nd at UMBC. Congratulations to the following students: Ariane Casas, Veronica Donato, Sam Fatkin, Demyan Golovchak, Paige Headley, Mohamed Kante, Arabella Meneses, Jennifer Okoro, Maiya Decker, Gisele Proter-Waweru, Ethan Powell, Derek Roy, and Ariana Wilson.
On March 25, the Sport Stackers competed at Perry Hall High School. 56 students from Perry Hall competed in the Mid-Atlantic Regional Sport Stacking Championship. Everyone from Perry Hall made us proud by trying their best against fierce competition.
Many competitors from our Gator teams made it to the finals for team relays, doubles, and individual events. The students that made it to the finals for individual events were Annabele Husky, Kachina Lai, Darwin Chica, Kara Neat, Berkeley Cropper, Kerrington Cowan, Madison Barber, Ronelaire Cafirma, Vanessa Healy and Jordy White. All the stackers from Perry Hall Elementary School made us proud!
The following are all of the competitors from the competition:
Ronlaire Cafirma, Jordyn White, Fatima Elmenyari, Jenna Neff, Chloe Elmendorf, Brice Neary, Grace Hill, Berkely Cropper, Vanessa Healy, Krista McCarthy, Kerrington Cowen, Kayla Pulvino, James Matthews, Aubrey Forish, Nathan Roy, Andrew Ho, Ryan Elmendorf, Emily Forish, Kamryn Cowen, Gabriella Reed, Forsight Ogunbe, Molly Faith, Chloe Perzan, Miranda Apple, Chrissy Cafirma, Madison Barber, Tessa Caulfield, Victoria Klipner, Kara Neat, Maddie Faith, Brennen Neary, Colby Schneider, Ryan Ridge, and Grant Huskey.
On March 4th, our Destination Imagination Team participated in a competition at New Town High School. The placed 1st in their division! Then they competed on April 1st at UMBC at the Regional Competition. The students had to show their grit in order to finish their presentation. Out of 241 teams, they finished in 7th place in their division. Perry Hall Elementary is very proud of them! The members of Destination Imagination are: Adrian Montoya, Fiona Jenkins, Erin Murphy, Ariane Casas, and Sierra Sargeant.
Spanish Notes
¡Hola! ¡Saludos de la clase de español! Time has flown by this year – only one quarter left! Students have improved tremendously and are able to have conversations all in Spanish! In fourth grade, students learned the Spanish alphabet with a fun song called “Canta Con Cosmo”. Ask them to show it to you on YouTube – just search for Canta con Cosmo and it’s the first result that comes up. It’s catchy and will have you singing along in no time!
In fifth grade, students are finishing up mission 3 by continuing to design their dream schools. First, they used everything they learned this unit to describe what Perry Hall is actually like, and then they used their imaginations to design the school of their dreams. In the last quarter, students will create a breakfast and lunch menu for their dream school and decide how to spend a $1,000,000 budget to open their schools.
Are you looking to practice some Spanish at home? Ask your child to teach you what they learned in Spanish class each week! Also, here are some Spanish phrases you can practice at home during April.
La frase en español / English sentence¿Qué tiempo hace hoy? / What’s the weather today?
Hace sol. / It’s sunny.
Está nublado. / It’s cloudy.
Llueve. / It’s raining.
¡Me gusta la escuela Perry Hall! / I like Perry Hall!
El Alfabeto
¡Hasta luego!
Señorita Kaiser
PHES PTA Spring Fling 2017 Games Announcement
The PHES PTA Spring Fling 2017 is right around the corner! Please mark your calendars for Saturday, May 6, 2017 to enjoy crafts, food sales, games and more!
This year we are continuing to expand our games selections and will have a dunk booth, balloon blaster race, football toss, spin art, duck pond, bounce obstaclecourse and prizes! Tickets will be sold at the time of the event to participate in the games and will cost only 50¢ per game/try. This cost is necessary to pay for the rental items needed to enhance our event.
Students are allowed in the dunk tank should their parents/guardians allow. If interested, we will need to know in advance for planning purposes. Please complete the bottom portion of this form and send in if your child would like to get dunked. The PTA will contact you before the event with further participating details and requirements. My fourth grader has already confirmed she will be getting dunked again this year!!
Questions or comments? Please contact Christie Pulvino at
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Dunk Booth Participation
Yes, my child will be allowed to be dunked in the dunk tank, and I will supervise my child while they are in the booth.
Name of Child:______Grade:______
Parent/Guardian Name:______Email Address:______
Attention PHES Students and Families!
The PHES PTA is busy organizing goodies and treats for the wonderful staff at PHES for staff appreciation week (May 1, 2017 through May 5, 2017). This year, one special goodie we’d like to give to the staff is the gift of hot beverages! A happy staff is a caffeinated staff!
The staff lounge is equipped with a Keurig beverage machine; however, we’ve been told that the staff provide their own drinks and supplies. Wouldn’t it be nice if the PHES families could contribute to the staff’s beverage needs??
The PTA has set up a collection bin in the lobby for the staff’s beverage needs. So please consider picking up a box of K-cups (coffee, tea, hot cocoa) during your next shopping trip to show the staff how much you appreciate them! Please send in your donations with your child for placement in our bin. We will present the staff with the collected goodies on May 1, 2017. Donations will be accepted between now and April 28, 2017. The following items are encouraged for donation:
- K cups (coffee, tea, hot cocoa)
- Non-perishable creamer (e.g. mini moos)
- Disposable hot beverage cups and lids
- Sugar packets