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PROVINCETOWN IB WORLD SCHOOLSDECEMBER 2022 NEWSLETTERStudent art adorns the cafeteria walls

FROM OUR SCHOOL FAMILYTO YOURSHAPPY HOLIDAYSANDPEACE AND JOY IN THENEW YEAR!

Hello Provincetown IB Schools Families and Community!My name is Chelsea Roderick and this is my second year as the MYPgirls' basketball coach. I am also the new Athletic Director here atthe school. In the next few pages, you will see our game schedulesfor girls' basketball, boys' basketball, and cheerleading! I am beyondexcited to see how much they learn as individuals, and as teams. Westarted our practices the week of December 5th and our games willbegin in January. I’m so proud of these kiddos and can’t wait to seethem in action!I want to give a huge shout-out and thank you to Lisa Colley! She isnow my mentor, who dedicated a lot of her time to being ourschool's previous athletic director. We are beyond lucky to have you!I also want to give another thank you to our coaches who haveoffered their time to these kids. We are very thankful to you!Katie Pentedemos - Cheerleading coachMarie Herbert - Boys basketball coachAssistant Coach - Adrianna StefaniAssistant Coach - Carrie Hover-Herbert

Provincetown IB SchoolsGIRLS Basketball Game ScheduleDateOpponentLocationTimeMonday:January 9, 2023Cape Cod AcademyHome Game:Provincetown Gym3:30Wednesday:January 11, 2023Trinity ChristianAcademyHome Game:Provincetown Gym4:00Wednesday:January 18, 2023MonomoyHome Game:Provincetown Gym5:30Thursday:January 19, 2023NausetAway Game:Nauset Middle School5:00Monday:January 23, 2023MonomoyAway Game:Monomoy Middle School4:00Wednesday:January 25, 2023MashpeeHome Game:Provincetown Gym5:45Wednesday:February 1, 2023NausetHome Game:Provincetown Gym5:15Monday:February 6, 2023Cape Cod AcademyAway Game:Cape Cod Academy3:30Thursday:February 9, 2023Trinity ChristianAcademyHome Game:Provincetown Gym4:00

Provincetown IB SchoolsBOYS Basketball Game ScheduleDateOpponentLocationTimeMonday:January 9, 2023Cape Cod AcademyHome Game:Provincetown Gym4:45Wednesday:January 11, 2023Trinity ChristianAcademyHome Game:Provincetown Gym5:00Wednesday:January 18, 2023MonomoyAway Game:Monomoy Middle School4:00Thursday:January 19, 2023NausetAway Game:Nauset Middle School3:45Monday:January 23, 2023MonomoyHome Game:Provincetown Gym5:30Wednesday:January 25, 2023MashpeeHome Game:Provincetown Gym4:30Wednesday:February 1, 2023NausetHome Game:Provincetown Gym4:00Monday:February 6, 2023Cape Cod AcademyAway Game:Cape Cod Academy4:45Thursday:February 9, 2023Trinity ChristianAcademyHome Game:Provincetown Gym5:15

Provincetown IB SchoolsCheerleading Game ScheduleDate:Location:What you’re doing:Time:Monday:January 9, 2023Provincetown Gym(vs. CCA)-Meet in the Gym with Ms. Katie-Cheer for Girls Basketball-Cheer for Boys Basketball3:003:304:45Wednesday:January 11, 2023Provincetown Gym(vs. TCA)-5th graders who are in the play:Play rehearsal then go to the gym toget ready to cheer for games.-5th-8th grade (cheer): Meet at gym-Cheer for Girls Basketball Team-Cheer for Boys Basketball Team3:00-3:453:004:005:15Wednesday:January 25, 2023Provincetown Gym(vs. Mashpee)-5th graders who are in the play:Play rehearsal then go to the gym toget ready to cheer for games.-5th-8th grade(cheer): Meet at gym-Cheer for Boys Basketball Team-Cheer for Girls Basketball Team3:00-4:003:304:305:45Wednesday:February 1, 2023Provincetown Gym(vs. Nauset)-5th graders who are in the play:Play rehearsal then go to the gym toget ready to cheer for games.-5th-8th grade(cheer): Meet at gym-Cheer for Boys Basketball Team-Cheer for Girls Basketball Team3:00-3:453:004:005:15Thursday:February 9, 2023Provincetown Gym(vs. TCA)-Meet in the Gym with Ms. Katie-Cheer for Girls Basketball Team-Cheer for Boys Basketball Team3:004:005:15

NEWS FROM THE WORLD LANGUAGE DEPARTMENTPYP2 Class de Espanol- La Familia

NEWS FROM THE PRESCHOOLA Big Shout out to our Early Learning Center Teachers and Staff forcreating a fun Family Math Event!Students were counting, sorting, hopping, graphing, and reading aboutnumbers. Special thanks to our student leaders Raven, Salem, Lucas, JJ,Shania, Jada, Jayla, Quinn, Wes, Riley, and Emily! You all representedProvincetown IB Schools well. You invited students to join your activity andshowed them how it works. Your ELC teachers loved seeing you all grownup. You should be proud of how you helped make this event a success.Emily came to Family Math with her sister Melanie and shared reading withShania! They were a dynamic team. Our youngest students even startedreading too.

Ms. Becca helped students sort Fruit Loops by color and then built a graphto show which color was the most and least.

Jada and Raven helped students sort and count bean bags and then tossthem into the net.Ms. Bonnie, Quinn, and Lucas helped students make play dough with theingredients many of us have at home. We then used what we knew aboutnumbers to shape the play dough into numbers! This was especially stickyand fun!

We celebrated the end of our program with fruit punch and Chef Andrew’sfamous cookies - thank you, Chef! There is so much amazing student workall around us in this hallway! Every family brought home a counting kit tocontinue the math fun at home with number lines, rulers, counting beans,and many more ways to include math in your everyday routines. Thankyou so much to our ELC students and families for your participation. Wehad so much fun and we can’t wait to host another family event soon!

NJHS and MYP Friends Raise $825 at Holiday Stroll OrnamentSale at Center for Coast StudiesCongrats to NJHS and their MYP peers who cut, designed, glazed, baked, marketed, and soldceramic holiday ornaments during Holly Folly.Many thanks to Stephanie Richardson (PTA President) and the Center for Coastal Studies forgraciously hosting us when rain started to fall at our Town Hall outside venue.Students raised $825 towards the MYP3 Trip to London!

NJHS Hosts PYP 5 for Holiday Card Making with HotChocolate and DonutsNJHS hosted a Holiday Card Making event for PYP5. Students madepersonal cards for residents at Seashore Point and for the Council onAging.Holiday music, a roaring fire, hot chocolate, and frosted donuts withsprinklers kept them all motivated!

MYP 3 Students Visit New Bedford Whaling MuseumMYP3 students visited the New Bedford Whaling Museum to complement their InterdisciplinaryLanguage & Literature/STEAM unit based on Revenge of the Whale by Nathaniel Philbrick.Three whale skeletons hung from the lobby ceiling. Below, Zanae Barrett crawls through areplica of a whale heart.Students followed a guided program "Whales Today" which focused on the science andbehavior of whales, their cultural impact, current threats to their survival, and conservationefforts.

NEWS FROM COMMUNITY CONNECTIONSFarmer in the School: Ask any student in preschool through PYP5 to show you theparts of a plant and they will draw you a picture, role play, and explain how plantsfunction. Plant some seeds with your child and ask them what they know about themany different ways in which seeds are dispersed, allowing plants to reproduce andcontinue their life cycle and they might find at least eight different ways seeds “move”around. Our partnership with Sustainable CAPE’s Farmer in the School Program endedwith a harvest of potatoes, planting of garlic, cleaning up compostable plant material,and putting the gardens to bed with a nice covering of mulch. Thank you to FarmersEnnie, Jackie and Donna for teaching us to love our vegetables!

Clamming with Mr. Clamtastic: “Whoa! It’s so muddy and stinky! My feetare really wet! Wait, I think I found one! Ooooh! What is this?” These arethe observations and inquiries of students in PYP 2, 3, 4, and 5 while outclamming on Provincetown’s tidal flats. Our own Ms. Jill Lambrou andProvincetown’s Shellfish Constable, Stephen Wisbauer, led us in thisannual gathering of clams, some oysters, and all sorts of non-edibles fromthis amazing habitat. When we think back to what the Wampanoag, thePilgrims, and early settlers survived on, it’s pretty clear that these amazingshellfish were, and continue to be - an important source of food. Wewrapped up this week with clams for lunch! Just ask Aiden Porter what hethought of eating clams!

Wellfleet Bay Audubon Sanctuary & PYP4: How can old banana boxesbe used to function in new ways? Very caring and knowledgeable PYP4students in Mrs. Lynch’s class teamed up with teacher naturalists, Ms.Morgan and Ms. Spring from Wellfleet Bay Audubon Sanctuary toinvestigate this while learning about how animals function and adapt totheir world, especially when the temperature drops in our wateryenvironment. These young investigators visited the Sanctuary to learn howwe can help sea turtles that are found stunned and stranded on Cape Codbeaches. As soon as they stepped off the bus, students witnessed eight oldbanana boxes, each one with a stunned sea turtle inside, being moved intoa volunteer’s car for their big trip to the New England Aquarium. This classgot a very special behind-the-scenes look at the temperature-controlledlabs where these sea turtles were first weighed and measured before beingsent off for rehabilitation. They even watched while a young Green SeaTurtle was beingchecked out by rescue staff. Thank you to our friends at Audubon!

Wellfleet Bay Audubon Sanctuary & PYP1: Where do animals live?What kinds of homes do animals build when they live in a pond, in a saltmarsh, or forest? These were just a couple of the questions PYP1students investigated with Naturalists, Ms. Laura, and Ms. Denise whenthey traveled to Wellfleet Bay Audubon Sanctuary for a study on animalsand their habitats.

Cape Cod National Seashore and Cranberries Galore! We are so lucky to live andlearn where the wild cranberries grow! One beautiful day in October Kindergartenersjoined their PYP 3 & 4 Classmates and Cape Cod National Seashore Ranger John toforage for these tart little red berries! Then just before Thanksgiving, Mr. Shannon’s andMs. Anna’s PYP3 students cooked up the cranberries with some cinnamon, cloves, andorange zest into sweet little jars to share with loved ones.

NEWS FROM SCHOOL TRANSPORTATIONShe Has Super Powers! Can you even imagine our life at schoolwithout Regis? Without Regis Legnine behind the wheel of our bus,daily trips to and from school, and countless field studies to all kinds ofplaces just would not happen! THANK YOU to Regis for her tirelesshelpfulness and kind smile! We love you, Regis!

NEWS FROM PYP4Students in PYP4 demonstrated their understanding of animaladaptation in the Unit of Inquiry: “How the World Works.” The studentscreated a labeled design of an original toy based on an animal’sadaptation(s) in their Integrated Art class with Mr. Gillane’s artistic input.They then built a model of this toy in Minecraft, under the supportivesupervision of Ms.Tracey, in their Computer class, to demonstrate theirunderstanding of electronic design building.

NEWS FROM MYP INDIVIDUALS AND SOCIETIES,YEARS 1,2,3: Mr. McGlothlinAs we bring our first term to an end each class in Individuals and societies has covered muchand discovered a lot through their own inquiry.MYP 1 Ancient Civilizations 1 has finished their unit on “What does it mean to be a globalcitizen?'' which culminated in students taking individual action by selecting a community problemand doing some inquiry on the problem and developing solutions on how to solve the problem.Issues included things like housing costs, drug abuse, racism, plastic pollution, and waterpreservation. Our next “How can maps provide us with a sense of time, place, and space?” Inthis unit, students will look at all kinds of maps, physical and digital, and past and present innature, and how they impact our lives.MYP 2 Ancient Civilizations 2 covered two regions Central & South America and the Caribbeanand Central and South Asia during their first term. The class is currently looking at East Asiaand will be focusing on some of the first dynasties of the Chinese civilization and the impact ofthe Koreas on the world. The summative assessment for this unit will be a google slidepresentation on a World Heritage site from China, Japan, Taiwan, Mongolia, North Korea, orSouth Korea.MYP 3 Civics has finished looking at different types of government and is now beginning its lookat those influences on the American government system. We have identified some terminologyand the influences of English and French philosophers. We have also begun an in-depthdocument analysis of the Mayflower Compact, Declaration of Independence, and the U.S.Constitution as we begin to prepare for the MCAS Civics exam in May.Zanae and Stephan analyzing the Mayflower Compact

Supplemental reading, excerpts from MayflowerKendra, Lily, Daniel, and Eva selecting signatories of theCompact to research.

NEWS FROM PYP2Our class had an active month of November! At the start of the month, we finished ourletter-writing unit. We visited the post office to mail letters the students wrote. We also visited theKindergarten class at the ELC and participated in their pumpkin seed contest. At the end of themonth, our class also climbed the Pilgrim Monument with the kindergarten class. Each studenthad the opportunity to be a leader to help and encourage a kindergarten buddy up themonument. A big highlight of November was going clamming at the tidal flats! The classmanaged to fill a bucket with clams, and many of them were willing to try them after they werecooked by Chef Andrew!During our weekly SEL block, we have been understanding the idea of growth mindset.We have been connecting this idea to different subjects. In music, we learned and performedthe song ‘Try Everything’ at the November assembly. The students analyzed the lyrics todetermine the theme of the song and identified how it connected to growth mindset.The students also participated in several building activities. The students' favorite wasbuilding solar panels using a variety of materials.

In December, our class participated in lots of fun activities! We cut apartpumpkins and compared the different things we found inside. We tested how manybooks a single piece of paper could hold in different shapes. We found that a skinnycircle can hold the most weight.This month we studied the properties of materials. We observed color, flexibility,hardness, texture, and absorbency. We also experimented with heating and cooling. Weput a variety of candy into boiling water and the freezer to see if the properties wouldchange. The squishy starbursts and liquidy chocolate were the favorites! We even madeJello to see how heating helps the powder to dissolve, and then the fridge makes it asolid. Special thanks to Chef Stephen and Andrew for allowing us to use your freezer andkitchen materials.

NEWS FROM PYP5PYP5 had a very successful Publishing Celebration after spending atremendous amount of time on their personal narratives. Thank you to all ofthe staff members, students, and families that attended.

NEWS FROM KINDERGARTEN“Run, run, run, as fast as you can, you can’t catch us, we are thegingerbread team!” December is all about everything gingerbread inKindergarten, especially the Gingerbread Man. This classic fairy tale wasfirst published in 1875, and Gingerbread Man has been running ever since.There are many adaptations of this story by several authors that we readthroughout the month of December. We compared characters, settings, andstory endings. Most ended pretty badly for the Gingerbread Man. Studentsmade gingerbread houses out of boxes, art paper gingerbread boys, girls,babies, moms, dads, pirates, scarecrows, and the list goes on.Kindergarten students made gingerbread salt dough ornaments to give toour families. We did encounter a problem. One gingerbread man wasmissing from our counting jar. Students discovered flour footprints leadingfrom the counting jar, around the classroom, out the classroom door, andoutside. Somehow the Provincetown Police Department got wind of thesituation and came to investigate. Officer Rondeau and the students lookedfor clues, placed the evidence in evidence bags, and interrogated a fewsuspects. Officer Rondeau brought the student-made flier back to thePolice Station and put out an APB on the Gingerbread Man. Meanwhile,the kindergarten strategized plans to catch the sneaky little 4” Man.Students took agency by placing flyers around the school, suggestingposting to Facebook, and devised traps to catch him. Finally, after a fewdays, they caught him in their trap. The whole school community gottogether to help find the missing gingerbread man! We celebrate all ourlearning and close our IB unit “Who We Are,” with families on the last day ofDecember before the break with gingerbread man cookie decorating.Happy Christmas and New Year from Kindergarten!

NEWS FROM VISUAL ARTSVisual Art students from all grade levels created amazing pieces ofwinter-themed art for our Winter Festival. Symmetrical mittens, a wintermoonlit night, snowpeople, brightly colored paper stars and so much more!All of this work created an atmosphere that celebrated the season and ourtalented and creative community of learners!

NEWS FROM PYP1In PYP1, on the first snowfall of the year, we learned all about snowflakes. First graders lovedhow each snowflake is different "just like people." They learned how to cut our papersnowflakes. We also made "snowflakes" writing list of words with sh, the current Fundationsphonics focus. They listened to books about snowpeople and snowmen and loved discussingand making predictions about "Snowmen at Night." They drew and wrote about what theythought snowmen did at night. They created class directions on "how to make a snowman"using sequencing words of first, next, then, and last. Two students took action creating minisnowmen at recess. Many students in the class also took action relating the theme of snow toour IB unit about plants and animals finding books about animals of the arctic and animals thatlive in habitats when it snows. They pointed out how snowy owls' and polar bears' coats helpprotect them by "camouflaging them and keeping them hidden from predators." What a fun day!

NEWS FROM THE MATH COACHOur students are learning Chess:PYP2 students have been practicing Chess each week. Some similaritiesbetween Math and Chess are that you have to think and count in both.Some differences are that the pieces on the Chessboard move differently.

NEWS FROM PERFORMING ARTSOn December 15th, we had our very first Winter Festival, which included anamazing pizza dinner, cookies from our culinary classes, and hot chocolatefrom our PTA. In the library, we had gingerbread house decorating, a shellornament craft, a wooden tree painting craft, snowflake making, a snowballtoss game, and more! The evening ended with a fantastic musicalperformance by our students. So much hard work and preparation wentinto this event from our staff and students, making it a night to trulyremember!

NEWS FROM THE MEDIA CENTERHappy Holidays to the Provincetown Schools Children and their families!It is the most wonderful time of year to reconnect withfriends and family before the New Year.Please take some time to visit the Provincetown Schools Library Website andread the winter books I have posted on the Picture Book pages on the site.Also, pay special attention to the books that have been nominated for theOuter Cape Caldecott Award on the homepage.Stay Well,Mrs. HeinzOuter Cape Caldecott Contenders (You can find these at the public library)

NEWS FROM THE MYPMYP2 Risk-taker Nath'allia Steele performed for the second year in a rowat the Provincetown Theater's Townie Holiday Show for 2022.Nath'allia sang " Mama Will Provide" from the spring musical Once on thisIsland Jr.Great Risk-taking, Nath'allia!