Message from the PTO President

Dear Grace McWayne Parents,

As we wind down the 2011/2012 year, we have a lot to be thankful for.  We started the school year out in full speed with our highly successful, Walk a thon which allowed us to purchase the beautiful Rock Wall in the school gym.  Others special events followed including the introduction of our new Grace McWayne PTO Website, PTO Cookbook, Winter Wonderland, Fall Book Fair, and Fun Fair.   

PTO Sponsors Two New Online Resource Subscriptions

BooksThe PTO is happy to sponsor two new on line resource subscriptions for our LRC this year.

www.pebblego.com   is a database that features expertly-leveled text and navigation specifically designed for your beginning researchers.  Enriched with spoken-word audio, text highlighting and audio and video clips, PebbleGo builds a foundation of research skills for every learner. 

This year the students will have access to both Pebble-go Animals and Pebble-go Earth and Space Science.

www.tumblebooks.com  is animated, talking picture books which teach kids the joy of reading in a format they'll love. TumbleBooks are created by adding animation, sound, music and narration to existing picture books in order to produce an electronic picture book which you can read, or have read to you.  Tumblebooks even lists the accelerated reading level so that your student can choose stories that are right for their reading level.  Another bonus with this subscription is that the students can read the book at home and take the AR (accelerated reading) quiz in our LRC when they are finished.

Both of these programs are password protected so please ask your child for the information so that you can access the programs from home.  If you are having any problems accessing the sites please feel free to contact Gerry Wyatt in the LRC at Geralyn.Wyatt@bps101.net.