Georgia School & Community News

February 17, 2010 

---

Celebration of the Arts Night
Eighteenth Anniversary – Friday April 16th
Art Show 6:30 Performance 7:00

(performers free; other attendees $2.00/each w/maximum $5.00/family)

Every year the art department displays artwork from students in K-8 grades. Over 600 pieces of artwork are displayed. Any assistance in hanging and taking down the artwork would be greatly appreciated! Students or adults interested in displaying artwork done outside of school please call Dorsey Hogg at school to make arrangements for you or your student to set up the work prior to April 9th.

Auditions required: March 18th Small Gym K – 8th grades 2:30 – 4:45

Adults speak with Mrs. Sink individually

Dress rehearsal: Large Gym, Thursday, April 15th 2:30 – 4:45

Bake sale this year will be run by and benefit the 8th grade class trip.

---

Give Mom a night off !!! AND

(Small appliances , electronics, etc )

Please join us on any Thursday from 5:30 to 7:30 at the Milton Family Community Center at 23 Villemaire Lane. We will provide dinner and childcare, if needed, for ages birth through six (but we are flexible).

---

Georgia Little League Registration and Try-Out Dates Set

 

Georgia Little League will be accepting registrations for baseball and softball for the 2010 season on Thursday February 18 from 6-8pm in the GEMS Library.  Representatives from the league will be on hand to register girls and boys interested in playing baseball or softball and to answer any questions that you may have.  To be eligible, a player must turn 5 by April 30, 2010 and not have turned 13 by the same date for baseball (for softball it is must not have turned 13 by December 31, 2010).  Registration fees are as follows:

 

T-Ball......... $35
Farm, Minor and Major Leagues (including softball)
(1) Child....... $50
(2) Children....$75
(3) or more Children.....$95

Any player that is age 7 or above MUST try out and be evaluated on fielding, hitting, running speed and throwing.  Try-outs for baseball (age 7 by 4/30/2010) are Saturday, March 6th from 9am thru noon and for softball (age 7 by 12/31/2010) they start at noon.  Both events are in the Big Gym at GEMS.  Please come prepared to play baseball/softball.   

The Traveling Storyteller will be at the Georgia Public Library on Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at 4:00 p.m. They will be presenting "The Princess and the Pea".

---

Coming Events:

Date & Time	Event	Where
February 18th 6:30 p.m.	Beginner’s Band Concert	Big gym at GEMS
February 18th 6-8 p.m.	Baseball & softball registration	GEMS Library
February 19 all day	Haiti Day-wear jeans & slippers, pay a quarter to benefit Haiti relief	GEMS
February 20-March 2	Winter vacation – no school
February 23 4:00 p.m.	Traveling Storyteller	Georgia Public Library
March 2nd 10 a.m.	Georgia Town Meeting	Big gym
March 6th 9 a.m – 2 p.m.	Little League tryouts	Big gym
March 11th 10 a.m.-5 p.m.	Smuggler’s Notch Ski Day (grades 5-8)	Smuggler’s Notch
March 12th 6:30 p.m.	PTA Movie Night - “Old Dogs”	Big gym
March 13th 10:00 a.m.	Winter Carnival	Big gym
March 18th 2:30 p.m.	Celebration of the Arts auditions	Small gym at GEMS
March 26th	Half day of school	Dismissal @ 11:15
April 15 2:30-4:45	Dress Rehearsal for Celebration of the Arts	Big gym
April 16th 6:30 p.m.	Celebration of the Arts Art Show	Big gym
April 16th 7:00 p.m.	Celebration of the Arts Performance	Big gym

---

Family Movie Night!! Friday, March 12, 2010, 6:30 p.m. in the Big Gym

Feature Presentation: Old Dogs

Two best friends -- one unlucky-in-love divorcee (Robin Williams) and the other a fun-loving bachelor (John Travolta) -- have their lives turned upside down when they're unexpectedly charged with the care of seven-year-old twins while on the verge of the biggest business deal of their lives.  The not-so-kid-savvy bachelors stumble in their efforts to take care of the twins, leading to one debacle after another, and perhaps to a new-found understanding of what's really important in life.

ALL STUDENTS MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT!!

Admission is Free. Concessions will be available for purchase.

Come in your PJ’s if you’d like and bring a pillow/blanket/chair to sit on.

Contact Jennifer Uttecht with any questions 527-3741 or harvas@earthlink.net

Every effort is being made to use ingredients that are nut safe however the risk of cross contamination is always present. Attendees with food allergies need to be aware of this risk. If you have a dietary restriction or food allergy you are welcome to bring a snack.

---

GEMS CLASS OF 2010 QUILT RAFFLE! The Raffle is to be held 3/2/10, during Town Meeting. Winners do not need to be present to win. Tickets are $1 each or 6 for $5 and can be purchased at the school office. The quilt is displayed at the Georgia Public Library until 2/1/10, and will then be displayed in the main office or the school library. The prize is a Wizard of Oz quilt created and donated by Mrs. Carol Bessette, a former GEMS teacher.

This raffle will benefit the eighth grade’s class trip to Boston.