MODE Vision and Mission Statement Our Vision is our PRIDE:

Positivity Responsibility Independence Determination Empowerment

Our Mission: Meadows of Dan Elementary School believes in meeting the individual needs of each stu-dent by: Building Positive Relation-

ships Creating a Culture of High

Expectations Presenting Innovative Learn-

ing Opportunities Working with Families and

Community Preparing Students to be pro-

ductive in our Ever-Changing World.

Principal: Jason Wood jason.wood@patrick.k12.va.us Secretary: Angela Keith angela.keith@patrick.k12.va.us Daily Schedule 7:45 Buses Unload - Breakfast 8:05 Bell for Home Room 8:15 Tardy Bell (Pledge and Announcements) 2:55 (Pre-K-1 Bus dismissal) 3:00 (2-7 Bus dismissal) 3:05 Car Riders Office hours: 7:00-4:00

MEADOWS OF DAN ELEMENTARY 3003 Jeb Stuart Highway Meadows of Dan VA 24120 Phone: 276-952-2424 | Fax: 276-952-1160 Website: http://mde.patrick.k12.va.us

GO CARDINALS! MARCH 2017

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Save the Date!

Grab Your Hat and Read with the Cat! Celebrate

NEA's Read Across America Day

Those who are six, sixteen, sixty-four, and more have all kinds of great events in store for the Na-tional Education Association's nineteenth annual observance of NEA's Read Across America. NEA is calling America's children, both young and old, to reward their learning by celebrating the joys of read-ing on Dr. Seuss's birthday. Readers of all ages are encouraged to celebrate with this year's book Oh, the Places You'll Go!

Our reading party here at M.O.D.E. will take place on March 2, 2017. So please mark your calendars now. Students need to wear their “Cardinal” red in celebration! For more information about how to generate excitement for reading among America's children and their families and about best practices for motivating and teaching reading, visit www.nea.org/readacross.

Pre-K News February has been such a lovely month! Our PreK children enjoyed shar-ing Valentines and treats with their friends. The weather this month has been great. We were able to go to the playground and enjoy the nice weather for the first time in months. We look so forward to March and Spring time! All of the children did an awe-some job with their basic shapes this morning. They identified, colored, cut and glued each shape on their dis-play. We are so proud of them for doing such a great job with their shapes. During the next week, PreK will work on our PBL (Project Based Learning) shape lesson display for the PTO program. We hope to see you all at the next PTO meeting on March 6th!

Mrs. Frogel & Ms. Betty

Technology Digital Learning Lab Comes to Meadows of Dan Elementary

Being introduced to coding gives students an appreciation of what can be built with technology. We are sur-rounded by devices controlled by computers. Understanding how they work, and imagining new devices and ser-vices, are enhanced by understanding coding. Students and teachers were introduced to coding, robotics, and virtual reality during the Digital Learning Days held on February 20-21. The excitement was shown on all the faces as the students experienced Coding with Osmo, Coding with Swift Playgrounds, Virtual Reality using Google Cardboard, PlayDoh Touch Shape to Life Stu-dio, and the BB-8/Sphero robots.

More Technology News

Cardinals are having a great time learning coding in the Technology Lab. In addition to enhancing reading, math, and

Microsoft office skills, students ranging from Kindergarten to 7th grade are being introduced to coding through pro-

grams such as Learning.com, Code.org, Code Monkey, Code Monster and CodeCombat.com. They can’t seem to get

enough!

Jr. Beta Valentine’s

Dance

What a success our Valentine's

Dance was! Students enjoyed

line dancing and having a good

time, while socializing with

friends. Our Beta club was able

to raise lots of funds, while

having fun!

YAM Youth Art Month

Please come out to support our young artists, and celebrate Youth Art Month the entire month of March at the

Patrick County Public Library Branch in Stuart VA! A light reception / Opening will be held on March 7th from

4:30-6:30 PM. There will be local Musicians performing and light refreshments provided!

Mrs. Helms

Calendar of Events*

March 1-6/7 D.C.Trip Parent Meeting @ 5:15 p.m. March 1-8-Map Testing March 2-Read Across America Day-wear red March 4-2/3 Games at MODE March 6-Project Based Learning Showcase/PTO Meeting March 7-Rising 8th Grader Parent Meeting at PCHS March 8-7th Field Trip to PCHS March 9-Pre-K and Kindergarten Registration March 10-Early Dismissal/End of Third 9 Weeks March 9-11-6th/7th Washington D.C. Trip March 9-22-Benchmark Testing March 11-K-1 Games at MODE March 12-Daylight Savings Time begins March 17-Saint Patrick’s Day March 20-Spring Begins March 24-27-Spring Break/Schools are Closed *Reminders:

Afterschool tutoring (3:00-4:00) and conditioning (4:00-5:00) is held on Tuesday and

Thursday afternoons on days that school is in session.

Enrichment programs for grades 1 through 7 will continue to be held each Wednes-

day that school is in session throughout the school year from 3:00-5:00.

For access to monthly breakfast and lunch menus visit:

http://www.patrick.k12.va.usdivision_information/departments/food_services/

Art News

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