Exhibition mentors an Moving Forward Ceremony Schedule

The information below is from Ms. Karen Newton and it will be included in this week's newsletter.

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Volunteer to Be a Mentor For Fifth Graders
In the final year of the IB Primary Years Programme, students participate in a culminating project known as the Exhibition. Students are required to engage in a collaborative, inquiry process that involves them in identifying, investigating and offering solutions to real-life issues. Through this inquiry, they will also manage their time, research, proactively work with mentors, take appropriate actions, communicate their findings, assess their tasks and CELEBRATE their learning.  Students share their learning during the day as a part of the fifth grade moving on celebration that we call the F.AVE Finale.

We need you to help us accomplish this by volunteering in a fifth grade class for a minimum of one day a week for 45 minutes or an hour over the next 4 weeks.

The mentor should:  

• Meet regularly with the appointed group of students.
• Offer advice on locating resources and using them efficiently.
• Ask questions.
• Help interpret sophisticated/difficult information.
• Facilitate interviews, telephone calls, and any electronic communication.
• Provide goal setting and time management advice.
• Be supportive and encouraging.
• Celebrate achievements and successes with the students.
• Attend mentor training Monday, April 28th from 5:30-6:15 PM

The mentor should not:

• Do the work for students.

• Tell the students the direction to take, but instead ask probing questions to help facilitate their inquiry.

If you are a fifth grade parent and are interested in being a mentor, please RSVP for mentor training by emailing Karen Newton, IB Coordinator at knewton@csdecatur.net.

The F.AVE Fifth Grade Finale
The F.AVE Fifth Grade Finale is our celebration of fifth grade students and all that they have accomplished during their time at this school. A very important part of this Finale is the IB Primary Years Programme Exhibition.  The Exhibition will feature students sharing the outcomes of a collaborative research project that they completed in the last six weeks of school.  These research projects were self-directed with guidance from teachers and parent mentors.  The Finale will occur Wednesday, May 28, 2014 during the school day.   The celebration will occur by floors. Exact times and location for your child's group presentation will be sent home two weeks prior to the finale. Below is a general schedule of what the day will look like.

F.AVE Fifth Grade Finale Schedule 
Moving On Ceremony (2nd floor classes) --- 8:30-9:15 am --- Multipurpose Room
Black, McFaddin, Hardwick, Sharkey and Goodman-Terrell

Slide show and Transitions --- 9:15-9:25 am
IB Exhibition Research Presentations --- 9:30-11:00 am
(2nd floor classrooms)

5^th Grade Luncheon --- 10:50 am-12:00 PM   
(All fifth graders and family are invited)

Moving On Ceremony (3rd floor classes) --- 12:00-12:45 PM --- Multipurpose Room
Smith, Zimbardo, DiGiacomo, R. Stewart, S. Stewart and Reaves

Slide show and Transitions --- 12:45-12:55 PM
IB Exhibition Presentations --- 1:00-2:30 PM
(3rd floor classrooms)