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How to Make Big Critters and Robots with Paper Mache

1.  First you construct a figure from stuff you found at home. Masking tape is your friend. 2.  Then you tear up newspaper and use wallpaper paste (a.k.a. whale snot) to stick it all  over the outside of your project. … Continue reading

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Audubon Art Show This Weekend

The Audubon Art Show Exhibit and Awards Ceremony will be at Alumni Hall, Miami University on Saturday, March 3, 2012, 12:00 noon – 4:00 pm. Alumni Hall is located near Hall Auditorium and King Library off Campus Avenue. I hope that … Continue reading

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Alumni to Visit on December 26

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Ensuring Plenty

The next several week can be quite trying for our neighbors who lack the resources to keep a cupbord full of food and other items during the holidays. We encourage our McGuffey family to donate 4-5 items to our Horn-of-Plenty … Continue reading

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Winter Day Camp registration open through 11/28/2011

McGuffey is accepting registrations for the Winter Day Camp for McGuffey Students in Preschool through 6th Grades during the extra long 2012 winter break. The Dates are: January 2 – 6 and January 9 – 13, 2012, 8:00 AM until 4:00 PM. … Continue reading

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November Highlights

By now, all parents should have received the November ‘refrigerator door’ calendar.  Here are some highlights: Tuesday November 1 – Annual parents meeting at 7:00 PM at Patterson’s Café.  This is required by our by-laws.  It is a time for … Continue reading

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The Ocean is Hefner Lecture Topic, 11/3

The Miami U. Robert A. Hefner Lecture will feature David E. Guggenheim, the “Ocean Doctor,” offers a unique perspective –– ranging from a tiny submarine 2,000 feet beneath Alaska’s Bering Sea to the hallways of Washington, D.C. –– on the wonder of … Continue reading

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Empty Bowls Update, November 5

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Student Photos, Wednesday, 10/12

“Picture day’ is Wednesday, October 12. We will begin just after 9am and will end around 11 am. An information and order form is attached. Though there is no obligation to purchase the photos (yet, they’re usually pretty good), we will photograph … Continue reading

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Math Night!

McGuffey Foundation School presents its First Annual Math Night on Tuesday Evening, October 11, 2011,  5:30 PM until 7:00 PM.  All McGuffey students (k – 6), their parents, and siblings are invited.   Babysitting services will be provided for younger children. Dinner and Dessert will be served – … Continue reading

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