Posts by Elizabeth Mettler
Reminder: Murch Renovation Community Meeting Wednesday at 7pm
DCPS needs to hear from you! What: Come find out more about the renovation and ask DCPS your questions! When: 7pm, Wednesday, February 24, 2016 Where: Murch Gym (babysitting will not be provided, but kids welcome) Why: Construction on our long-awaited construction project is supposed to start in June. But suddenly DCPS says the project…
Read More"Paws and Claws" Donation Request—Extended to March 18
The 4th grade Community Service Club is partnering with the Humane Society on a project called “Paws and Claws.” This is an effort to collect many items for pets that are in shelters. They need items such as: new and used towels, pet food, new pet toys, paper towels, powder laundry detergent, dawn ultra dish…
Read MoreSOS – Final Plea
With winter break upon us – we are still short of our goals! Please contribute to SOS today so that we don’t have to cut funding for next year including: teacher aides extra teacher supplies and aides like laptops iPads teacher grants And its in perfect time to help out your your taxes WHY CONTRIBUTE?…
Read MoreNovember 30, 2015 LSAT Minutes
Leslie Scott announced that Richard Nugent, a former Murch parent with previous LSAT experience has agreed to be our community representative on the LSAT. PARCC Chris discussed initial readings of PARCC scores that have been released to principals. PARCC is rated on a 1 (lowest possible score) to a 5 (highest possible score) scale. He…
Read MoreMurch Wins GeoPlunge Tournament
Under the tutelage of Ms. Bell, a group of Murch students has become rather obsessed with the geography of the United States. They learned all kinds of details about the 50 states -population, size, capitol and more. They took this knowledge with them to the GeoPlunge Tournament on Tuesday, November 18th at the National Portrait…
Read MoreSOS Time is Here!
Do you love your child’s classroom instructional aide? Did you know that the HSA funds the enrichment coordinator to ensure your kids get extra academic challenges? That your child has access to iPads and other technology at school? Do you like being able to provide extras for our teachers? Then show your appreciation by donating…
Read MoreSeptember 26, 2015 LSAT Minutes
Attendees: Emily Kallaur, Bethany Little, Manolis Priniotakis, Leslie Scott, Chris Cebrzynski, Tashima Hawkins, Jackie Hines, Lauren Miller and Vicki Otten. LSAT meeting dates will be the last Monday of the month. Meeting notes and “conversations” will be available on Basecamp. Mr. Cebrzynski reported on: Accumulation and use of testing and assessment data: already staff has…
Read MoreSeptember 8, 2015 Minutes
Co-President Martha McIntosh called the meeting to order at 7:07 pm on September 8, 2015 in the library at Murch Elementary School. 1. Executive Board Members present: Maggie Gumbinner (co-President), Martha McIntosh (co-President), Brendan Holland (Secretary), Manolis Priniotakis (VP), Chris Cebrzynski (Principal), Karissa Kovner (past HSA president), Alicia Garfinkel (teacher representative), and Ron Eckstein (VP).…
Read MoreMurch has a New Website Design!
Over the weekend – you might have noticed that the look for the Murch website changed. In case, you are wondering -why? Here are some of the reasons it happened: Speed: the old site was rather slow – we’re hoping this new design will run faster and allow all of you to find the information…
Read MoreJoin the Murch Team
Looking for a Few Good Substitute Teachers Are you looking for a flexible, part-time job where you can still drop and pick the kids up from school? Consider becoming a substitute teacher for Murch. Murch is always interested in building the pool of quality substitute teachers. You can work any days that you like and even…
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