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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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



