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UPCOMING EVENTS
Feb 3: 9:30-11:30 am
Murch open house
Feb 5: 6:30 pm
Murch talent show
Feb 8: 5:30 pm
LSRT Meeting
Feb 9: 7:00 pm
HSA Meeting
Feb 12:
Professional Development Day
NO SCHOOL
Feb 15: President's Day
NO SCHOOL
Feb 18-19:
Lip Sync Tryouts
Feb 28:
Pre-k and Out of boundary enrollment ends for 2010-2011
March 5: 12 - 7 pm
Parent teacher Conferences
NO SCHOOL
March 6:
Murch auction (More)
March 11, 12: 6-8 pm
Lip Sync concert (More)
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Lip Sync Tryouts
Feb. 18 & 19
The Student Council invites all Pre-K through fifth-grade students to become a part of our second annual Lip Sync Show on March 11 and 12 from 6 to 8 p.m. No singing talent required! Each act - an individual or group of students - simply mouths the words (lip sync) to a song, choreographs dance moves, and dresses up in appropriate costumes. This is a fun activity open to all students.
Tryouts will be February 18 and 19, starting at 3:30 in the gym. A dress rehearsal will be held on March 2 and 4 at 3:30 p.m. Groups need to attend only one tryout, but must be present for BOTH rehearsals. Detailed information, rules, and permission forms are available here.
Student Council will sell tickets the week before the show. Tickets are $2 in advance and $3 at the door.
Please contact Ms. Miller or Ms. Finberg with any questions and come support our teachers and students participating in this fun event.
-- Lauren Miller, school counselor
Murch Raises Money for
Haiti Earthquake Victims
 The Student Council and Peer Mediators kicked off a fundraising campaign this week for Haiti's earthquake victims. All monies raised will benefit the nonprofit organization Save the Children, which has a proven track record in the Caribbean country and currently has about 250 staff on the ground.
Peer Mediators visited classrooms on Monday to ask students to bring in pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, dollars, and checks to "Help Murch Help Haiti." After school, Student Council members made posters to raise awareness of the drive. By Thursday, the school had raised more than $1,600.
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Third Graders Chase Vermeer at National Gallery
Ms. Friedman's third-grade class went to the National Gallery of Art on Jan. 20. We saw four paintings by 17th-century Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer: "A Lady Writing"; "Girl With A Red Hat"; "Woman Holding A Balance"; and "Girl With A Flute."
We split up into two groups, each with a curator. A curator is someone who guides you through the museum. The curators talked about how Vermeer painted scenes from everyday life.
We got the idea to go to the museum after we read a mystery by Blue Balliett called "Chasing Vermeer." It's about a girl named Petra, a boy named Calder, and a Vermeer painting - "A Lady Writing" - that gets stolen. You'll have to read the book to find out what happens! It's very exciting. Whenever our teacher said it was time to stop reading, the whole class would moan, "Nooo!"
We also looked at a painting by another Dutch master, Jan Steen, called "The Dancing Couple." Guess what - the artist painted himself in the scene, tickling the chin of a lady in an elegant gown!
-- Adelaide Kaiser, third grade |
Come Visit Murch!
Murch Open House: 9:30 am
February 3
Meet our fabulous principal and assistant principal; learn about our curriculum, culture, staff and activities; and visit our classrooms and facilities first-hand on a tour.
Please contact Alison Howard or Wendy Gualtieri with any questions.
Pre-k Lottery and Out of Bound Lottery
On January 28, 2010, the Pre-k and out of bound lottery applications will become available on dcps.dc.gov. The lottery application must be completed online; no paper applications will be accepted. Requirements and information (pdf):
If you do not have internet access, please call or visit the nearest DCPS school for assistance in submitting your application.
Principal's Corner
Interview with Principal Dawn Ellis
Newsletter
H1N1 virus NEWS
Interview with Assistant Principal Norah Rabiah
Application form to use the Murch soccer field |
