Programs

What are Programs?

They are scheduled presentations and workshops that enhance the subject each grade is studying.  Each grade will experience multiple programs throughout the school year. We also need volunteers to help!  Duties are: greeting the presenter(s), occasionally helping them set up and/or assisting them during the program (not very often), making sure they get paid (checks are kept in the office), providing something to drink (also available in the office), and offering to assist with "break down" when the program is finished. Most of the presenters have been coming to Matthew Thornton for years, and they are very appreciative of all the help we provide. The volunteer can sit and enjoy the program if he/she wishes.

Click here to send email to the Programs Committee to volunteer or make a suggestion for a Program.

Upcoming Programs

11/2 - Gordon Corbett, science teacher extraordinaire

Grade 2 will learn all about bones (How do you read bones? What can they tell you? What kinds of bones are there?). 

Gordon will present "Transfer of Energy" to the 5th graders (Where does energy come from? How does it get from one place to the other? He even does "yo-yo physics"!), as well as a program on volcanoes (What causes them and what can we do about them?).

11/14 - Plymouth State University "TIGER" Program - "Let Your Star Shine" incorporates live actors, puppets, theatre, movement and music to encourage children to accept other, regardless of their differences.