BOO to Cancer

Wear PINK today for the last day of Breast Cancer Awareness Month!  Another reminder to MAKE HEALTHY CHOICES so you can be in the PINK OF GOOD HEALTH, today and EVERYDAY!

VOTE!

We conducted voting today at PHES!  Children showed their id to vote and actually voted on iPads.  It was a GGGRRReat simulation, complete with voting booths.  Cougars, encourage your moms and dads to vote on Tuesday, November 6!

Here are the results after our school’s mock election today:

Other schools and students will continue to vote until Monday.  If you would like to follow the results with your class please feel free.

Here is the link - http://www.studiesweekly.com/vote/

Here is our school login code - X4YYWHMR

Once you have logged in click on the Results button in the upper right hand corner of the window.

A big thanks to all of you and your students for making this a great learning experience!!

Thanks,

Mr. G.

John Geanangel

Technology Integration Specialist

Pleasant Hill Elementary School

803 821-2816

BATTY for PHES

Tomorrow I have my bat wings and bat ears ready to go!  I'm BATTY for PHES!  What's your passion?  Whatever makes you SMILE, make it WORTH the WHILE .  .  .

TEAM UP for HEALTHY CHOICES

Wear your TEAM colors today and celebrate HEALTHY CHOICES!

Wear RED

Thursday is "Wear RED for RED RIBBON WEEK!"  It's also Dining Out Night at UNO's Pizzeria for PHES Cougars.

Wear Your CRAZY Socks!

SOCK-it to UNHEALTHY Choices today!

Wear Your Favorite Tee

"Wear my Favorite Tee to celebrate a HEALTHY ME!"  I'm wearing a "Life is Good" shirt tomorrow.  These are my favorites!  They are soft and comfortable, and I love the little pictures and sayings.  Tomorrow I'm wearing the one with Frankenstein on the front with the phrase "Be Frank."  I love honesty and getting right to the point.  I look forward to seeing YOU in YOUR favorite t-shirt to remember Healthy Choices during our Red Ribbon Week celebration!

Wear SPOTS on Monday, 10/22!

Get SPOTTED making HEALTHY CHOICES!  What are some healthy choices you know?

• get to bed on time--is before 8:00 a good time for you? You want to be rested to learn all you can in a day at school.
• read a book--learn how to solve problems through the characters you get to know, talk with your family about what you read--share time together
• eat healthy foods, small portions of the not-so-healthy ones you like (Halloween Candy)!
• move your body--at least 1 hour a day--ride your bike, kick a soccer ball, dance, cartwheel, run, walk--"you've got to move it, move it!"

PHES Fall Festival

Check us out at PHES tonight!  From 6:00-8:00, we'll be sharing "Fall Fun" together.  Baked goods will be on sale!  50 cents will buy a hayride, s'more, balloon animal, cakewalk participation, or face painting. One dollar will cover "pumpkin painting!"  Stories and songs with Mrs. Broam from 6:30-7:30 are FREE!  Bring a blanket or chair to enjoy the fun.  PTA will be also be selling pumpkins, mums, hot dogs, popcorn, caramel apple dippers, apple cider and other concessions. 

Today I'm "OPTIMISTIC!"

Today I received the highest praise EVER!  A fantabulous third grader ABSOLUTELY made my day, year, CAREER by dressing up as ME for his "definition of OPTIMISTIC!"  I felt like a CELEBRITY! His words .  .  . "OPTIMISTIC -- someone who thinks on the bright side of things."  The quotes on his outfit were comments I've shared from time to time .  .  . LEARN LIKE YOUR HAIR IS ON FIRE.  JUST KEEP SWIMMING, JUST KEEP SWIMMING.  Today I learned I do make a difference.  It made my heart sing!!  Thank you, thank you!

FALL into the season!

Each day has a little cooler beginning and ending!  Happy FALL!

Make HEALTHY CHOICES and get ready to celebrate RED RIBBON WEEK next week:

Monday, October 22 – Wear Spots!  Get “Spotted” Making Healthy Choices

Tuesday, October 23 – Wear your Favorite Tee-Shirt—“A Drug Free Me in my Favorite Tee” Day

Wednesday, October 24 – Wear Crazy Socks!  “Sock it to Drugs” Day

Thursday, October 25 – “Wear Red Day” – Enjoy a RED snack provided by HR parents!

Friday, October 26 – Wear your SCHOOL SPIRIT colors!  “TEAM UP  for Healthy Choices”

Be Kind to Others

Today I wore a hat a couple PHES Cougars gave me this week!  It is a black and white "Cat in the Hat" style hat!  BE KIND TO OTHERS.  Tune in to what they need, what makes them happy.  How can you share a little love?  Look for ways to make the world a better place. Small acts of kindness make a BIG DIFFERENCE.

NEW BOOK!

Drive-Drive-Drivey-Drive-Drive!

art by Hannah

The shortest giraffe my husband's ever seen . . .

As I was walking out the door this morning, my husband said I was the shortest giraffe he'd ever seen .   .   .  Read Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon by Patty Lovell and see why I "didn't mind!"

art by Noah

Stand TALL on Tuesday

Trying out my new "giraffe ears and tail" today!  It's been awhile since we were in school .  .  .  STAND TALL today and let's give it our best shot!

Wanna Write a Children's Book?

Feel like you have a book inside you just waiting to get out??!!  I went to the Oregon Coast Children's Book Writers Workshop during the summer of 2005.  This is a great opportunity to learn about the book publishing process!  You also share your work and receive feedback to sharpen your skills and make you more marketable/"publish-able!"  Looks like now you don't have to travel to Oregon .  .  . not sure if that's good or bad .  .  . :-?!

 

THE OREGON COAST CHILDREN’S BOOK WRITERS WORKSHOP PROUDLY PRESENTS:
PUBLISH A PICTURE BOOK!  INTENSIVE ONLINE COURSE

(available for graduate level credit)
www.publishapicturebook.com  "The quality of the six lessons was amazing." Betty Sherouse
“The Publish a Picture Book course has completely exceeded my expectations."  Dana OwensWe at the Oregon Coast Children’s Book Writers Workshop (www.occbww.com ) have developed what we believe is the best online picture book course available in the world (and we’ve carefully looked at about all of them out there). 

Many students have taken the course in the last year and it has been tightened, strengthened, polished.  Please read, at the bottom of this message, what a number of students have to say about it.
It consists of six intensive writing lessons developed by professional, practicing children’s book authors and a senior children’s book editor at a major publishing house.  Each lesson, focusing on an aspect of a successful picture book, requires the student to write in response.

You are assigned a practicing children’s book author as your personal instructor.  This instructor, via email, will give you up to an hour of feedback per lesson. 

The final lesson consists of writing your own picture book manuscript, incorporating the information and wisdom from the earlier lessons.  Your author-instructor will work on it with you to bring forth its fullest potential.

Then, we will forward your manuscript to a working children’s book editor at a major publishing house. The editors with whom we work typically do not review unsolicited manuscripts.  In other words, without us, it would be almost impossible for you to put your manuscript before her for review. 

If she likes your manuscript, she’ll advocate to her colleagues to purchase it.   To be frank, this isn’t too likely right off the bat.  Children’s book writing, alas, is a tough biz (we who write are doomed to take our share of rejections!).  However, she will write a thoughtful, substantial critique of your writing.  This will allow you to revise your writing a final time incorporating primary editor feedback. 

Please go to our website to find out all the details of the course:  
www.publishapicturebook.com
(Also, check out our summer course at www.occbww.com)

COMMENTS FROM THOSE WHO HAVE TAKEN THIS CLASS:         “In late fall of 2011 I enrolled in the Publish A Picture Book course.  The quality of the six lessons was amazing. I could hardly wait to finish each lesson, submit the exercise and receive feedback. My instructor provided timely feedback with constructive evaluation of my writing.  His analysis and feedback propelled me to a new level of writing children’s books.  I encourage any children’s book writer to indulge in this inspiring course.” 
Betty Powell Sherouse
       
        “The Publish a Picture Book course has completely exceeded my expectations. I am a novice writer, and was looking for a course that I could do at my own pace, that might give me some helpful insight into writing a children’s book. It has been so much more than that! The lessons are so meaningful, cohesive, and well-planned. The accompanying exercises are very creative, and have all been challenging enough to push me, but not so challenging that I’m overwhelmed or frustrated. The feedback I received from my mentor was consistently filled with little gems of knowledge that I never would’ve thought up on my own. Plus, the feedback always struck a great balance between being encouraging and pushing me to do a little bit more than I thought I could. I wish I could go back and start this course all over again. I am finishing up the course with an amazing toolbox that will help me in my future writing. It has given me a deep appreciation for the true art of writing for kids.”
Dana Owens
           
        “I found David’s help with my writing to be extraordinary.  First he took the time to understand what I wanted to write about.  He was able to look carefully at what I wrote, analyze it for the potential picture book audience and make suggestions that were really brilliant and helpful.  His comments were most supportive and accurate and he took the time to review every revision.  David’s thoughts about my writing opened my eyes and let my mind and fingers flow.  His suggestions definitely challenged my brain to make subtle but important changes.  I felt it was the best collaboration on writing that I have ever had and for that reason I want to take the course over and over again.   The opportunity to have an editor review the finished product is extraordinary and it was very helpful and a unique opportunity that I have not seen in any other course. 
        For anyone interested in writing picture books, the direct route to the best help out there leads to this course and directly to David.  I think the one thing I wished for when this collaboration was over, and it truly was a thoughtful and helpful collaboration, was to be in an ongoing writing group with David. His subtle, effective challenges truly led me to a better level with my writing.  It was great and I miss it!”
Marijanet Doonan

       "Taking this course with David Greenberg has encouraged me to write at a consistent rate while obtaining highly valuable feedback. The course is worth every penny and more!"
Mary Kay Herzenach

        “Last spring I received an email containing information about an “on line children’s writing class www.publishapicturebook.com.  Being suspicious I contacted the sender and found it was legitimate.  Without hesitation and with great expectation I registered for the class and was not disappointed.  The class is exceptional in that you can work at your own pace.  There are writing exercises all along the way and you receive almost instant feedback.  The instructors and essay writers are experts in their field and are more than willing to offer their expertise to the students. When you and the instructor feel you are ready your manuscript will be sent to a publisher, if it is not accepted for publishing you will receive expert feedback. I enjoyed this class for another reason: you can work when you want to and from anywhere as you are not confined to a class room.  The instructor is there to help you as much as you need.
        I would recommend this online writing class to anyone who works better at their own pace or who just doesn’t have time for the classroom. I am sure you will not be disappointed.”
Judith Nelson-Curtis

authilus@teleport.com

7327 SW BARNES RD., PMB 623, PORTLAND, OR 97225

Learn like your HAIR IS ON FIRE!

Yes, it's time for a Collaborative Day!  Dismissal today is at 11:40.

The Old Octopus

I also located my purple "octopus hat!"  How about today we think about lending a helping hand?  How can you be helpful at school?  How can you be helpful at home?  Can you combine your leadership skills with helpful habits?

APPLAUD! It's MONDAY!

APPLAUD!  It's MONDAY!  Time to go to WORK!  YEA!!

More applause for Mrs. Broam unearthing her "clapping hands" hat!