Research on Kids’ Snacking Habits

Below is a summary of a recent research study on children’s snacking habits, carried out by UNC-Chapel Hill researchers and published in Health Affairs.  For more details, see this entry in the Health Affairs blog:
http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2010/03/03/study-showing-rise-in-snacking-by-children-generates-discussion/
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Snacks accounted for more than 27% of children’s daily caloric intake in 2006—an increase of 168 snack calories [...]

Watts Happenings Newsletter – Winter 2010 Issue

Watts Happenings, Winter 2010, the PTA newsletter, is here!  Learn what the kids are doing, what are the teachers doing, what the PTA is doing, and what YOU can do, too!
Contents:

Fruit in Our Future!
From the President
Read-a-thon for Haiti
Meet Ms. McGill
Fundraising News
Exceptional Children’s PTA Committee

Arts & Culture at George Watts
Spring Carnival
Media Center News
Montessori [...]

GW wins NC Beautiful grant to grow fruit garden, expand its “Living Classroom”

George Watts has been selected by NC Beautiful to receive an environmental education grant! The award is part of NC Beautiful’s Windows of Opportunity Grant Program, which rewards North Carolina teachers for their creativity and their dedication to perpetuating the natural beauty of the state through creative education projects.
The $1,000 grant will go toward expanding [...]

NCSSM Helps George Watts on MLK Day

“A Day On, Not a Day Off”
Martin Luther King, Jr Day – Monday, January 18 – was a gorgeous, sunny day, just warm enough for t-shirts if you were working hard!
It was a day off from school, but for the students of the North Carolina School of Science and Math (NCSSM), it was definitely “a [...]

Edible Garden Video in the News

Durham Public Schools recently produced a 4-minute professional video telling the story of our Edible Garden.
It features student narration and great footage of students, teachers, parents, and volunteers.  Scenes include the summer’s workdays – back when the garden was just a dream and a dirt patch – plus kids planting their first seeds, the healthy [...]

The Great Human Race is Coming! March 27, 2010

Mark your calendars: Sat. Mar. 27
and join us for
The Great Human Race.

What is The Great Human Race?
The Great Human Race is a nationwide community fundraising event for nonprofit organizations (such as George Watts Montessori Magnet PTA). The Triangle area race features a 5k competitive run and a 5k community walk through downtown Durham. The event [...]

Treating and Preventing Head Lice

Head lice can spread quickly among children at school.  So parents, please check your children daily!
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website has a lot of detailed information on lice in both English and Spanish: http://www.cdc.gov/lice/head/index.html
Harsh pesticide products, such as Rid and Nix, are the only official recommended methods for killing lice.  However, [...]

Edible Garden Harvest Cooking Celebration

On Monday, November 30, students enjoyed a special harvest-time treat in celebration of their work in the Edible Garden.
Despite the cold drizzle, Chef Mark Day with help from chefs Steve Fugikawa and John Mapel, set up an outdoor kitchen on the playground stage and demonstrated to class after class how to prepare a delicious meal [...]

Book Fair December 7-11, 2009

The annual Book Fair at the George Watts Media Center is an exciting, colorful, book lovers’ feast. For one full week – December 7-11 – the school’s Media Center is jam-packed with hundreds of books for sale, fiction and non-fiction, on all sorts of subjects, in every price range.
Book Fair hours:

Monday: 9:15am – 7:30pm
Tuesday [...]

George Watts – Hurricanes Tickets Raffle!

George Watts Montessori PTA is holding its annual fund drive, and this year we are excited to be raffling off a fantastic prize!
For each $5 donation, you get 1 chance to win
(a $10 donation gives you 2 chances, $15 gives you 3, etc. up to 10 chances)

2 Carolina Hurricanes tickets
Hurricanes vs Chicago Blackhawks
Saturday, January 30, [...]

The George Watts Montessori Magnet PTA

700 Watts Street * Durham, NC 27701
school office: 919-560-3947

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

*** Mar 10: RAD Read My Durham T-Shirt Day ***

*** Mar 10: Early Release ***

*** Mar 10: Picasso Mural Prep Paint Evening 5-9pm in the Gym ***