With Walk to School Week in full swing, we thought it would be a great time to share some information to kindergarten and first graders about how to safely navigate our busy roads!  The kids  also learned that Mann has a nice collection of books about robots and inventions!

Let's go GREEN!

Walk to School and Earn $5000 for Our School

October is International Walk to School Month and Mann School is up for the challenge! For the entire month, Horace Mann School students and their families can help their schools win one of five $5,000 grants – simply by walking or bicycling to school!

Parents are invited to sign up online for the Walk to School Challenge at www.facebook.com/greenworks, and log their families' walking or bicycling trips on behalf of their school. The five schools with the highest levels of participation will be eligible to win a $5,000 grant. Frequent walkers and bicyclists can also earn individual prizes, ranging from green shoelaces to reusable water bottles. Green Works® by Clorox has partnered with the Sierra Club to sponsor this exciting challenge.

Please join us by registering here:

www.facebook.com/greenworks

Thanks to all that got their birthday books in September!

Marianne Malone tells us to focus on working hard!

On Monday fourth and fifth graders learned that it is HARD WORK to get a book published! Author Marianne Malone shared her writing experiences with us and we found that she spent FIVE YEARS from start to finish getting her book, The Sixty-Eight Rooms published! Wow! Now a research paper will not be so daunting!

THANK YOU MAGIC TREE BOOKSTORE FOR DIRECTING MARIANNE MALONE OUR WAY!