Text Box: VOL. 7    ISSUE #  7                  November 2007     Text Box: Walter E. Ranger School Tel. 624-8467     Fax. 624-8468 Text Box: Clothing Needed  Ranger School is in need of pants or shirts to let children wear if they have an accident at school or get wet playing outside during recess.  Sizes ranging from size 6 to size 10 are needed. Sweat pants and t-shirts are best so a boy or girl can wear them.  If you have any sweat pants, pants, or t-shirts in good condition that you would like to donate to the school, please drop them off in the Nurse’s Office. We are also accepting slightly used mittens or gloves for recess for the children who forgot theirs at home. No hats please. Thank you for your help.    

Text Box: Ranger School  2006-2007 Division III First Place Jump Rope for the Heart School We recently received the wonderful news that our school came in First Place for Division III Schools in Rhode Island last year. We raised Over $6,925.00 to help fund vital research and educational programs for the American Heart Association. Heartfelt thanks go out to all the members of our school community for your generosity. Special thanks to our health and physical education teacher, Mr. Ben DelDeo, for coordinating the annual event. He puts a great deal of time and effort into this event that has become a highlight of our school year.

Text Box: Grange Donates Dictionaries to Grade 3 Students All grade 3 students in the school system received dictionaries from the Nannaquackit Grange. Grange officials, John and Jeannette Kenyon, spearheaded the effort and made the presentations to students. Thanks to all Grange members for their efforts to assist our students.

Text Box: Outdoor Recess We have found that our students perform best on days when they have the opportunity to go out for recess. As such, we go out whenever possible. There are several factors that do prohibit this. One is the temperature. We do not go out when it is below 22 degrees. Wind Chill is also factored as well as the condition of the schoolyard. . Accordingly, parents are urged to continue sending students with gloves, hats, etc. to insure that they are properly dressed. All  students have two 15 minute recess periods each day. On inclement days the recesses are held in classrooms. Note: We can always use extra winter coats for students who occasionally comes with only sweatshirts. Please send in or drop of coats you no longer have a use for.

Text Box: Ranger Holiday  Celebration Saturday, December 15th 9:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M. Notices outlining this special event went home this week. All students, parents, family members, and friends are invited to join the fun.

Text Box: Feinstein Food Drive Goes Well Thanks go out to all who contributed to our recently concluded Feinstein Food Drive. We are pleased to report that over 150 items, shown below with several students, were collected and distributed to Tiverton residents.

Text Box: Can Tabs Collection for Ronald McDonald House to Continue Mrs. Neville, our grade 2 teacher assistant, has informed us that she will continue to collect can tabs to take to the Ronald McDonald House. Please send in tabs anytime. A collection box is located outside the office.