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April 2017
From the Principal's desk
Thank you to all who attended our Celebration of Learning Night with Monte Selby as well as the K-5 Poetry Jam. Both events offered different ways for our students to showcase their many talents. These type of opportunities remind me that they are developing their own voices. These activities can help them learn and grow in many ways.
Our third grade students took the Maine Educational Assessment for Mathematics and English Language Arts/Literacy last week. An essay component will be done in May. This assessment is one of the primary tools used by the state to determine the effectiveness of a school and its programs. If you have any questions regarding this assessment, please feel free to call me.
It's that time of year when parents start thinking about the transition to the next grade. Last month, we posted information in our newsletter describing our placement process. In addition, we sent this information in an email last week. You can also find this info on our website or by using the following links:
spring parent input letter for placement
POSSIBLE programs @ MIW - we will definitely have a 2nd grade class that will loop to 3rd the following year
For our third grade students, if you have any placement requests for your child going into fourth grade, please submit those to Carol MacArthur at Greely Middle School ⅘ (firstname.lastname@example.com) by Thursday, April 13th.
Happy Spring!
Susie Robbins, principal
News From the Book Nook can be found here.
Reminder: MIW Student Art Show, May 4th 5-7 pm
Ms. Olson welcomes your help to prepare work and display work for the MIW Art show. There are a number of volunteer activities that can be completed at school or at home. Support is welcome anytime between now and then, and especially the days preceding the event. Bring your family and enjoy the work of our talented young artists. Please email firstname.lastname@example.com to offer your help.
March 2017
From the Principal's desk
February brought many fun ways to celebrate the 100th Day of School. Children brought in collections of 100 items, they made necklaces with 100 Fruit Loops, and they hopped 100 times on one foot. We have been celebrating Dr. Seuss' birthday all this week by wearing stripes, making funny hats, and enjoying Dr. Seuss stories. These are the things that make our school a fun place to be. We work hard, but we also make sure we weave some fun into our days!
March will be another busy month for us at MIW. We have our Family Literacy Night planned for March 7th from 5:30 to 6:30. The evening will provide a variety of activities for children and their families. I think we may have a special appearance from Wilson the Turtle.
The second round of parent/teacher conferences will be held later this month and into April. Please be on the lookout for information from your child's teacher about scheduling these meetings. I know teachers put time and thought into planning for the conferences to ensure parents get an accurate picture of the work our students do at school.
We began our kindergarten registration process last month. It is always an exciting time as we learn about our students for next year. If you know of anyone who needs to register someone for school next year, please encourage them to go online and complete the registration forms. Having accurate numbers of our incoming students is very helpful in our planning process.
Please, feel free to contact me with questions or concerns at any time.
Susie Robbins, principal
Tuesday, 3/7 5:30-6:30
more info can be found here.
We are collecting gently used books for a Book Swap to take place during Family Literacy Night. We would love for all students to leave that evening with a "new to them" book. If you have books at home you would like to donate, please send them in marked Family Literacy Night. We are looking for a range of books picture books and chapter books appropriate for students in Kindergarten through grade 3.
MIW Civil Rights Team News can be found here.
Mrs. Matusko is still collecting paper tubes for art room projects. Thank you for your donations!
It's hard to believe, but our placement process will be underway in the coming weeks. If you would like to offer input regarding next year's placement, please submit your thoughts to me in writing prior to April 13th. A letter describing the placement process at MIW is attached. If you are a parent of a fourth grader and would like to offer input regarding next year's placement, please send your thoughts to Carol MacArthur, principal of GMS ⅘, prior to April 13th. In addition to written requests, both Carol and I are happy to meet with any parents who would like to discuss placement further. While requests cannot be guaranteed, they all will be considered. Please remember we strive to create balanced classrooms, and we want all students to be as successful as possible.
For Families, Students and Communities: Every Day Counts!
Did you know that every day in school your child:
Every day your child goes to school, he or she is exploring new subjects that open doors to a future career!
Attendance Fact: Poor attendance can make school learning much harder. Every day a child misses school they also miss out on learning, and over time it becomes more difficult to catch up.
Did you know… Students who attend regularly in elementary, middle and high school have scored higher on national tests than students who consistently missed 2 or 3 days a month.
Here are 3 simple tips that can help families and students get ready for school every day:
We all want our students to get a great education. The building blocks for a great education begin with students coming to school each and every day.
February 2017
Dear Parents and Guardians,
I can't believe it is February already! We have been so busy through the month of January that it flew by. Last week our kindergarten students performed their winter concert for family and friends. It is always amazing to see five and six year olds standing in front of an audience. Many thanks to Jen Caton and the kindergarten teachers for their work with our youngest learners.
Progress reports were sent home last Friday, January 27th. If you have questions about your child's progress, please contact your child's classroom teacher. In April, you will have another chance to sit with your child's teacher and hear about his/her progress.
We greatly appreciate the time and energy that our parent volunteers spend with our students. We could not offer the types of support to our students without their help. We do ask that you be mindful of confidentiality policies when you are visiting the school. While volunteering in the classroom, everything that you see, hear, and do is confidential. As parents, it's easy to engage in a casual conversation with a friend later and share something that you perceive to be positive or neutral, but that information really shouldn't be shared.
As always, let me know if you have questions or need information,
Susie Robbins, principal
Family Literacy Night
"Let's Go Camping!"
March 7th from 5:30-6:30
Please join us for an evening of fun literacy activities with a camping twist!
Bring a Grown-up to P.E. Week!
We are very excited to announce our first "Bring a Grown Up to P.E. Week" at MIW School. We would love to invite you to join a P.E. class to PARTICIPATE alongside your student and experience what Physical Education looks and feels like in our school. Make sure you bring your sneakers and come prepared to MOVE as this is not a performance, but a participation opportunity.
Depending on the grade level, we will be working on jumping rope, scarf juggling, and/or dance!
Classes will follow normal school scheduled P.E. time.
(K/1 classes are 25 minutes in length twice per week, and 2/3 classes are 50 minutes).
Grown Ups are welcome to attend any classes with their students between
Friday, February 10 and Thursday, February 16.
We look forward to having you!
"SAVE THE DATE" for the MIW Student Art Show: THURSDAY, MAY 4, 2017 5:00-7:00 pm
We are collecting paper tubes-both sizes: paper towel, toilet paper. There will be a "drop" box for paper tubes outside the art room door and one in the main office.
MIW Civil Rights Team message here.
January 2017
From the Principal's desk
It is that time of year when our world is a lot whiter and colder. Hopefully everyone enjoyed some fun and relaxing times together with family and friends during the holidays. Now that winter is upon us in full force, we are asking for your help. Snow or no snow, we go outside for recess, unless the temperature (with the wind chill factor considered) is 10 degrees or lower. Please, make sure your child comes to school prepared with appropriate outdoor clothing each day. Your child can bring in an extra pair of slippers or inside shoes to keep in the classroom.
Another part of this cold season is the possibility of snow day calls. Please, be prepared for any situation including a late start or unexpected early dismissal. Any decisions related to inclement weather are always made with the safety of students and staff in mind. Families often have to have a Plan A and Plan B during these months given the unknowns. We just like to remind parents to stay tuned to the radio/tv stations for announcements and plan accordingly for all possible situations.
At the end of this month, progress reports will be sent home- Friday, January 27th. Our teachers spend a considerable amount of time gathering and analyzing information to ensure accurate reporting about your child's progress to date. If you have questions about your child's progress after reviewing this report, please contact your child's teacher directly. During the month of April, teachers will be offering another opportunity to formally meet about your child's performance.
As always, please, feel free to contact me with questions or concerns that you may have.
Susie Robbins, principal
Successful Students attend school regularly-
Schools are being asked to be more diligent in attendance matters. With that in mind, several times during the year, we review our attendance records and send letters home to parents/guardians of students with excessive absences or an excessive amount of tardies or early dismissals. We know that our students learn best when they are attending school regularly and do not have a large number of absences. We recognize that students miss school for a number of reasons: illness, family commitments, and student reluctance to name a few, but ultimately school attendance is the responsibility of the parent. If you need support with your child's attendance, we have many staff members who are committed to providing the best educational opportunities possible for your child and who are willing to partner with you and your child to increase school attendance.
Attention: New Attendance Procedure
This fall MSAD#51 began the implementation of a new statewide procedure for marking a child's attendance at school. If a child is not at school for three hours or longer, they will be marked absent for the entire day. This change may result in your child having more absences than they have had in the past.
Mr. Brookes' class would like to thank everyone who participated in the 2016 MSAD 51 Penny Drive. Our total donation from Kindergarten through 8th grade was $1,351.60! Lots of less fortunate kids in Southern Maine had a much happier holiday because of this generous gift. Thank you for your help with this year's penny drive!
MSAD #51 Kindergarten Registration
Kindergarten registration for Cumberland-North Yarmouth will be held at Mabel I. Wilson School (353 Tuttle Road, Cumberland) the week of February 6-10. If your child will be five years old on or before October 15, 2017, he/she is eligible to attend kindergarten this fall. Please stop by the office between the hours of 8:00 am - 4:00 pm Monday-Friday to register. You will need to bring your child's original birth certificate, immunization records and proof of residency with you at that time. Please be sure to check our school website (www.sites.google.com/a/msad51.org/mabel-i-wilson-school) for forms to fill out and more information prior to registration week or call us at 829-4825.
If you have a student currently enrolled in a private school and would like them to attend first, second or third grade at the Mabel I. Wilson School, please register your child during this week. We want to be sure we include them in our placement process for the 2017-18 school year
Timeline of Events for Incoming Kindergarten Families
for 2017-18
February 6th-10th - Registration is held from 8:00 am - 4:00 pm Monday-Friday in the Conference Room at the Mabel I. Wilson School. Please bring your latest copy of immunization records, an original birth certificate, and proof of residency. Registration materials can be found online at Mabel I Wilson School Site. You can also sign up for a spring screening time which will be held in March.
Wednesday, March 15th- We will be offering a story time in our library from 1:30 pm- 3:00 pm. One of our librarians, Mrs. Young or Mrs. Driscoll, will read a story or two and we will have an assortment of literature activities set up for families to experience during this time.
Wednesday, April 26th- We will be holding a Kindergarten Overview Night from 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm. Parents of incoming kindergarten students are invited to attend this informational evening. We will discuss the next steps of this process including placement, kindergarten orientation, and screening.
Wednesday, May 3rd - We will be offering open gym time from 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm for all students new to the school. Mrs. Geoghan, one of our physical education teachers, will have a variety of station activities set up around the gym for families to rotate through at their leisure. Come meet Mrs. Geoghan and visit the gym.
Wednesday, June TBD - You and your children are invited to a picnic on the playground at the Wilson School! Please bring a picnic lunch to enjoy time with family and friends- both old and new. Come between 11:30 am and 12:30 pm to enjoy the company. The rain date for this event is Thursday, June 23rd.
July - The next time you hear from us will be in late July. At this time we will send you a letter telling you what classroom teacher your child will have in the fall. We will also send you information about kindergarten orientation and your child's screening appointment.
Thursday, August TBD – Kindergarten Orientation is an opportunity for you to ride the bus to school with your child. While parents meet with administrators, the children will visit the classrooms. Our guidance counselors are present to help if there are transition issues that day. This event will last approximately 1 hour.
August & Sept TBD.– Fall Kindergarten Screening will be done during the first two days of school. The fall screening gives the teacher and child the opportunity for some 1:1 time as well as provides the teacher with current information. Your child will have an appointment for one of the first three days of school. Your child will be scheduled for an assigned screening time when you receive the letter with your child's teacher's name this summer.
TBD - Mabel I Wilson School Fall Family Cookout. Information will be coming home the first week of school about this event.
TBD - A Curriculum Night - This informational night will be an opportunity for parents to meet the kindergarten teachers, get an overview of kindergarten expectations and classroom support, and hear the ways you can be involved in your child's education. This event is for parents only.
December 2016
From the Principal's desk
Thank you all for your support of the annual Book Fair in the Wilson School Library. This week has seen many smiles as children receive new books. It is nice to see that books still bring joy in these days of electronics!
It is the time of year when the weather gets cold, and we are asking for your help. Students will go outside for recess, unless the temperature (with the wind chill factor considered) is 10 degrees or lower. Please, make sure your child comes to school prepared with appropriate outdoor clothing each day.
Another part of this cold season is the possibility of snow day calls. Please, be prepared for any situation including a late start or unexpected early dismissal. Any decisions related to inclement weather are always made with the safety of students and staff in mind. Families often have to have a Plan A and Plan B during these months given the unknowns. We just like to remind parents to stay tuned to the radio/tv stations for announcements and plan accordingly for all possible situations.
Susie Robbins, principal
In an effort to save on paper, newsletters are sent via email and posted on our web page:
If you would prefer a paper copy each month, please let your child's teacher know.
Staff members can be reached via email, which are structured the same for all staff- firstname.lastname@example.com, such as email@example.com for Susie Robbins, principal
Penny Drive!
A school wide penny drive will be happening Dec. 5 through Dec. 16th. Proceeds will be donated to the Portland Press Herald Toy Fund, an organization that provides holiday presents to the children of needy families in southern Maine. The total of our collection will be announced on Tues., Dec. 22nd. Please help by sending in your pennies by Dec. 16th. (Other coins, checks, and bills will also be gratefully accepted.)
Thank you!
Mr. Brookes' 5th Grade
Lost & Found
Please, check in to see if anything in our lost & found pile belongs to your child. The lost & found is located near the library entrance. We will donate items that do not have names written in them during the holiday break.
Dear Parents and Guardians of MIW students:
With respect and understanding of current economic times in our community and beyond, we are writing to share local and state resources for your family, friends and neighbors. These resources are available for those needing support as well as those who wish to donate or volunteer services.
Community Resources:
The Food Pantry at the Cumberland Town Hall is open Fridays 2:00-6:00, receiving donations at any time.
Heating assistance:
PROP Keep Me Warm 553-5900
Cumberland Congregational Church 829-3419
Town of Cumberland General Assistance: Confidential financial assistance to residents who are having difficulty meeting basic needs for housing, utilities and food. 829-2200
Town of North Yarmouth General Assistance: 829-3705
Toys for the holidays:
Firefighters for Kids: Cumberland Fire Department. For more information about donating or receiving toys, e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
Clothing and other items:
Falmouth Goodwill Store: U.S. Route One Falmouth Shopping Center 347-8252
Portland Free Cycle: www.portlandfreecycle.org
A grassroots, nonprofit movement of people who are giving (and getting) stuff for free in their own towns and thus keeping good stuff out of landfills. Membership is free.
The Community Center Thrift Shop: Freeport 865-3985
Free and reduced cost dental care:
Preventive Partners: 694-3332
Cumberland County Dental Health Center: 874-1028
University of New England Dental Health Services: 221-4900
Referrals and resources:
Call 211 or e-mail www.211maine.org for a list of state-wide resources, services and volunteer opportunities.
MIW Resources – please call us for services (all inquiries are confidential)
Holiday Support
Winter clothing
Counseling referrals
Free and reduced lunch for students at school
Prescription drug discount card (contact school nurse)
Glasses prescription discount card for financially eligible families (contact school nurse)
For inquiries about holiday support, please call or email:
Becky Dilworth: 829-4825 x134, email@example.com
Kate Stawarz: 829-4825 x 138, firstname.lastname@example.com
Dawn Lane: 829-4825 x152, email@example.com
Successful Students attend school regularly-
Happy Holidays! As we take a short break from school for the upcoming holiday break, we want to express our gratitude for everyone who makes it possible for as many students as possible to come to school every day, on time, and ready to learn. We thank:
● our students and families for making daily attendance a priority, since they know the habit of attendance will help them do well with their learning in the classroom and the larger world around them in the future,
● our wonderful teachers and support staff who pour their energy into making each classroom an exciting place for exploration and knowledge, so the students do not want to miss out on any learning, and
● our community partners and volunteers who provide extra hands and attention our students' needs.
We appreciate each one of you so much. We look forward to seeing you after the December break. Also, we hope you will keep in mind that the last day of school before the break is Thursday, December 22nd, and we will reopen on Tuesday, January 3rd. We hope that you enjoy some fun and relaxing times with your friends and family during this time. We especially appreciate everyone's efforts to avoid taking extra time off around the holiday break. Just a few missed days here and there, even if they are excused absences, can add up to too much lost learning time and leave your child struggling in school. This is as true in kindergarten as it is in high school. So, once again, thank you for your efforts. Wishing you a Happy Holiday Season!
November 2016 Newsletter
From the Principal's desk
Conferences are being held during the months of October and November, so if you haven't heard from your child's teacher yet about scheduling a conference, please get in touch with her. These conferences provide a very valuable opportunity for home-school communication.
On October 19th, the PTO sponsored a new event at MIW called "The Grand Event," which was attended by hundreds of students and their grandparents and/or grandfriends, and many parents as well. We are so grateful to have such an involved parent group to see this need and address it with such intensity. The event was a huge success, due to many people's dedication and commitment to our students. We hope that this event will continue for many years to come.
We are looking forward to our first school assembly next Wednesday. We will be learning about our new composting procedures for our lunch room. Thank you to Lauryn Entwistle and the Green Team members for their work organizing this. We are aiming for a Zero -waste lunch!
As the year progresses, please provide us with feedback. We like to hear what is going well and what we should consider doing differently. Feel free to contact me with questions or concerns at any time.
Susie Robbins, principal
It is that time of year when the weather gets cold, and we are asking for your help. Students will go outside for recess, unless the temperature (with the wind chill factor considered) is 10 degrees or lower. Please, make sure your child comes to school prepared with appropriate outdoor clothing each day.
Dates to remember:
11/9/16 Wednesday is a full day of school
11/10/16 is School Photo Retake Day
11/11/16 Veterans Day/No School
Why Attendance Matters
Help Your Child Succeed In School: Build the Habit of Good Attendance Early
Did you know?
• Starting in kindergarten, too many absences can cause children to fall behind in school.
• Missing 10 percent (or about 18 days) can make it harder to learn to read.
• Students can still fall behind if they miss just a day or two every few weeks (and can equal 18 days very quickly)
• Absences can affect the whole classroom if the teacher has to slow down learning to help children catch up.
• Attending school regularly helps children feel better about school-and themselves. Start building this habit so they learn right away that going to school on time, every day is important.
What You Can D0?
• Set a regular bedtime and morning routine.
• Lay out clothes and pack backpacks the night before.
• Introduce your child to his or her teachers before school starts to help with the transition.
• Don't let your child stay home unless he or she is truly sick.
• Sometimes stomach aches can be a sign of anxiety and not a reason to stay home.
• If your child seems anxious to go to school, talk to teachers, school counselors or other parents for advice on how to help your child feel more comfortable and excited about learning.
• Avoid medical appointments and extended trips when school is in session.
Good attendance will help your child do well in school, college and at work.
This was adapted with permission from Attendance Works at attendanceworks.org
ART News:
Mrs. Matusko is looking for future project items and is collecting:
Oatmeal containers with covers(cylinder) and Yarn
Are you interested in Girl Scouts?
October 2016 Newsletter
From the Principal's desk
We have had a successful start to the school year in many ways. We held two curriculum nights and our annual fall cookout with great participation. In addition, we are continuing our efforts to foster a safe and caring learning community for our students, staff, and parents. We are teaching and reinforcing consistent expectations for behavior in the hallways and lunchroom. The students are working hard to be safe, respectful, and responsible as they move about the building. We have also had two fire drills and one evacuation drill. In all three events we were able to exit from the building in under 2:30 minutes.
Conferences are coming up during the months of October and November, so it is likely that you will be seeing sign-ups coming your way soon. Please, know that teachers are given the choice to schedule during this two-month window. Some teachers choose earlier and some teachers choose later, so don't be surprised if you have several children with very different conference schedules.
As the year progresses, please provide us with feedback. We like to hear what is going well and what we should consider doing differently. So, please let us know how we can help your children be successful students here at Wilson School. Please, feel free to contact me with questions or concerns at any time.
Susie Robbins, principal
In an effort to save on paper, newsletters are sent via email and posted on our web page:
If you would prefer a paper copy each month, please let your child's teacher know.
If you were unable to attend your child's Curriculum Night, feel free to view the presentation that was held in the Multipurpose Room in the beginning of the evening.
Clarification on School Hours
Many people have asked for clarification on our new school hours. The school day runs from 8:45 - 3:15. Buses begin drop off at 8:15. We do have an early arrival time of 8:00 with ed tech supervision on the playground and in the lunchroom if some students want breakfast. Anyone can access the early arrival by calling the school office and adding your child's name to the attendance list. I hope this clarifies the new process. Feel free to email or call if you have questions.
September 2016
From the Principal's desk
Each year is a new and exciting beginning for our students. Last week, we had two days with our first through third grade students before our kindergarten students started this week on Tuesday. Students seem to be adjusting to being back at school and learning the routines of their new classrooms, along with making new friends and seeing old friends at recess. Discussions about being safe, respectful, and responsible are happening in all areas of the building with special focus on classrooms, hallways, and lunchroom settings.
Wednesday night we held our annual fall cookout. We were a little worried about the weather, but the event was still a success.
Our curriculum nights are coming up over the next couple weeks-
On both nights, we will start our event in the multipurpose room. Please do not go into the classrooms prior to the gathering in the multipurpose room.
Just like last year, we will be working with Count ME In to address elementary student absenteeism. A recent study shows that students who missed 2 to 4 days in September were 5 times more likely to be chronically absent during the school year than students who missed fewer than 2 days. Students who missed 4 days in September were over 16 times more likely to be chronically absent. (Olson, 2014) For more information visit Count ME In's website: countmeinmaine.org.
I hope that everyone is off to a good start. Please feel free to contact me with questions or concerns at any time.
Susie Robbins, principal
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In an effort to save on paper, newsletters are sent via email and posted on our web page:
If you would prefer a paper copy each month, please let your child's teacher know.
Reminders from the Office
Office hours are 7:30-4:15 every day.
* If your child is tardy to school, he/she needs to check-in at the office first.
* Whenever you enter the school, please go to the main office prior to going to a classroom or any other learning space. It is important to know who is in our building at all times. We appreciate your cooperation with this safety measure.
* We recognize that mornings can be very hectic, but please remember to send a note in with your child if there is a change in their afternoon schedule, such as a parent pick-up or change in bus. Without a note, we will follow the regular routine for each child. Please, do not leave messages on voicemail regarding a change in afternoon dismissal routine. Please, call before 2:30 with changes.
Staff members can be reached via email, which are structured the same for all staff- firstname.lastname@example.com, such as email@example.com for Susie Robbins, principal.
HELP WANTED - Volunteers Needed
Please, check with your child's teacher about volunteering opportunities. We appreciate having parents partner with us and provide support during the school day or even from home. Volunteers do need to fill out an application and be approved.
A priority at Wilson School is keeping our students safe. We acknowledge how difficult learning can be if a child is worried about their well-being and safety. We want children to be physically safe, but also emotionally safe to take risks. We have many procedures in place to form a safe environment for our students. We have specific routines for arrival and dismissal to help support these goals.
Supervision starts at 8:00 in the morning, so children should not be dropped off at school prior to that time. Please, make sure you go directly to the office any time that you are visiting or dismissing your child. All children need to be signed out before they can be dismissed. Anyone dismissing a child from school will need to show identification before being allowed to remove the child from school grounds. Also, we ask that you wait for your child, instead of going to the classroom to avoid disturbing the learning of others.
During the year, we will practice many types of safety drills to plan for different circumstances. Fire drills are quite routine to the children. We have had a couple already, and the children are able to exit the building in under two minutes! In addition to fire drills, we practice lockdown drills and evacuation drills. These plans are for different situations that may arise. We hope that we don't need to implement these plans, but want to be prepared. Although you may not have practiced these drills as a child, they are important in our day and age to be prepared for a variety of situations. As a staff, we tell children that at school we practice many different routines that we may need to use in order to keep everyone safe. We will be practicing both a lockdown drill at some point this year.
We thank you for your efforts in keeping the children safe at all times.
Arrival and Dismissal Procedures for the Mabel I. Wilson School
It is of great importance that Mabel I. Wilson School be a safe place for your student. Please familiarize yourself with the following drop off/pick-up procedures. Your cooperation with these procedures allows us to ensure safe arrival and departure for all students. Every effort is made to supervise and protect your student during these times however, you may help by following the procedures. As you know, the safety of children is a priority.
The School day begins at 8:45 a.m., with students being allowed into their classrooms after 8:30 a.m. Students arriving before that time (between 8:15 and 8:30 a.m.) will be directed to the playground where they will be supervised by staff until being released to their classrooms at 8:30 a.m. If you are bringing your child to school, please use the drop-off area near the superintendent's office. Please, avoid driving through the bus circle, especially during arrival and dismissal times. If you plan to walk your child into the school, please park elsewhere in the parking lot to avoid taking up the quick drop-off spots. There is no supervision prior to 8:15. Students arriving after 8:45 a.m. will be considered tardy and must report to the office before going to their classrooms. The School day ends at 3:15 p.m.--with the exception of Early Release Wednesdays when the school day ends at 12:30 p.m. Please, see the district calendar on the district website for specific dates of early releases.
School Dismissal Procedures
The end of the school day is quite busy —and instruction continues until the bell rings at the end of the school day. In order to minimize disruption to the classroom, the following procedures for dismissal have been put into place:
Frequently asked questions about Dismissal
Highly-Qualified Teacher Notification:
At Wilson School, we are very proud of our teachers. We feel that they are ready for the coming school year and are prepared to give your child a high-quality education. As a Title I school, we must meet federal rules related to teacher qualifications as defined in No Child Left Behind. These rules allow you to learn more about your child's teacher's training and credentials. We are happy to provide this information to you. At any time, you may ask:
You may also ask whether your child receives help from a paraprofessional. If your child receives this assistance, we can provide you with information about the paraprofessional's qualifications.
Our staff is committed to helping your child develop the academic knowledge and critical thinking he/she needs to succeed in school and beyond. That commitment includes making sure that all of our teachers and paraprofessionals are highly skilled.
Food for Friends Food Pantry
Our school will be participating in a yearlong community service project to gather needed provisions for our local Food Pantry. The Food Pantry was established in 1984 to serve those in need in the greater Cumberland / North Yarmouth area. It is located in the Cumberland Town Hall on Tuttle Rd. The coordinator, Jean Lamson, will be accepting our donations each month. The Pantry is in continuous need of non-perishable store-bought foods that do not require refrigeration. We will have a tote outside of our classrooms to collect items throughout the month. An updated shopping list will come home as a friendly reminder if you and your child would like to donate. We invite you and your child to review the list and to select a few items when you are at the market. There is no obligation to participate in this effort. Thank you for your kind and generous support.
*** From the K-5 Math Coaches, Clare Harrington and Shannon Peterson
Welcome back to school! We know that parents are their children's first teachers. We also know that math homework today may look different from what you experienced when you went to school which makes it difficult to support your child. Here is a letter from former National Council of Teachers of Mathematics President J. Michael Shaughnessy that gives helpful advice on how you can help and support your child.
Attitude can make all the difference in achieving success. Helping your children believe in themselves and that learning can take time and effort is valuable skill. The beginning of the school year is a great time to establish a positive, supportive homework environment. Your student can learn anything. Click here for a short video reminder on this.
Helpful, positive comments for homework


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A new ground displacement map shows the dramatic degree to which the Italian landscape moved during the October 30 earthquake, including an unfortunate mountain village that heaved over two feet.
This past Sunday, a 6.5 magnitude earthquake rocked central Italy—the strongest to strike the country in 36 years. The quake was the third to strike the region in four days, causing serious damage to houses and other structures. The entire village of Arquata del Tronto was destroyed, as well as the historic Basilica of Saint Benedict in Norcia.


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One of the most important drivers to electrify traffic and transportation are the zero emission levels – at least locally – of CO2, NOx and particles. Another significant driver is the energy efficiency of electric vehicle which is substantially better than in conventional combustion engine powered vehicles. According to some studies the total efficiency of electric vehicles from well to wheel is three times as good as the total efficiency of petrol driven vehicles.
The European and national emission reduction target levels for traffic have been set for 2020 and beyond. It is quite obvious that the targets cannot be met without reducing remarkably the use of fossil fuels, and shifting to electric power in transportation and logistics. Similar mindset was also in the background in 2009-2010 when the studies about the meaning and importance of electric cars and electric mobility for Finnish society in the years to come were carried out. The main result of these studies was the identification of business possibilities for Finnish industry in the fields of mobile machinery electrification, vehicle software, charging technology, automotive industry components and electric mobility infrastructure.
All these significant business potentials gave the Funding Agency for Innovation Tekes a good motivation to launch a specific programme in the field of electric mobility in 2011.
The main target of the programme was to create an electric mobility ecosystem, that could generate new knowledge and competence in EV related technologies and services. From the very beginning all the development was focused on international business opportunities. The programme wanted to establish contacts also to international programmes and important business actors.The main approach in the EVE programme was to emphasize piloting, testing and demonstration projects.
As firect results of EVE programme roughly ten new start-ups have been founded and existing companies have increased remarkably their business volume in international markets. Two good examples of the startups are Virta Ltd. and Linkker Oy. Both companies were founded during the programme and have already created business outside Finland. Other good examples are Visedo and Plugit Finland, who both have already created large business on EV related technologies and services.
Check out the programme's final report here
MATCH STGs Seminar & Workshop
15.2.2017, Radisson Park Inn Hotel,
Martelarenlaan 36, Leuven, Belgium
Materials are essential for most of the industrial sectors in Europe. However, they are not of value without their functions and their functions are related to the manufacturing of components and final products. Beside the combination of materials – manufacturing - function it is important to discuss also the relation to Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) that will be used more and more in the manufacturing of products (industry 4.0), and materials for ICT are crucial to allow cheaper and more effective manufacturing (e.g. 3D printing) in Europe that is competitive to other countries and continents.
The Alliance for Materials (A4M), initiated by a number of ETP's that have a strong materials agenda and now having as partner also the two important European materials representing societies (Federation of European Materials Societies, FEMS and the European Materials Research Society, E-MRS) will contribute to create the conditions for an effective integration of stakeholders, views and resources in the field of Materials R&D at the EU level.
The aim to create Sector Technical Groups (STG) is to serve as a reference point ("comprehensive expert group") and transmission chain for Materials R&D issues in the respective sector chosen in a long term. The Horizon 2020 project MATCH is initiator of this new activity in the following fields: Energy, Transport, Construction, Health and Creative Industry, and should contribute to the definition and promotion of proper R&I topic priorities for the respective sectors.
By this they should also identify materials issues that concern the whole value chain approach of MATCH as e.g. problems with supply chains, challenges in maintaining resource & environment or societal challenges, that may hinder or even prevent possible investments into a technology and reduce the chance of marketable innovations.
The Match Observatory is a strategic vigilance system aimed at identifying and following the adoption by market of the key research and technology developments in materials required to meet the challenges of the 21st century across major industrial sectors. For this we will follow the evolution of market drivers, market value of the innovations and signals of real market acceptance of the innovations, this is basically TRL7, 8 and 9.
For the implementation of the Observatory tree main activities were defined and planned.
Planning of the MATCH Observatory
During this phase the main activities carried out were definition of KITs (Key Intelligence Topics) and identification of sources of information.
After a review of the strategic literature about the topic, i.e. EuMat Research Agenda or ETPs documents and a number of questionnaire-based phone interviews with EU national and regional actors on materials science a ranked list of topics where the two more voted topics were selected as primary KITs for the Observatory on four of the sectors. For the Health sectors the input of the experts induced us to completely change our selection into 3 new KITs.
The preliminary identification of sources has been made by different means, such as input from partners, input from experts interviews and searches on directories and general search engines. The result is a preliminary list of sources. Each of them has been categorized according to its coverage, as they can be specific for one of the five relevant sectors, cover some of them or have a general interest in the field of materials. This selection will be updated as new sources become available during the project lifetime.
Collection of information
On September 2015 and according to the distribution agreed in the surveillance plan, partners started collecting information internally in order to fine tuning their respective sources and tools. The information is constantly gathered using a semi-automatic approach that combines the use of internet monitoring agents with more precise selection criteria by human means.
Several online and face to face meetings have been carried out to coordinate approaches and formats concerning the upload of information on the web dissemination tool.
Dissemination of information
As defined in WP3 three main methods have been developed to disseminate information collected by the Observatory.
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Additionally a twitter account @InfoObservatory has been created to disseminate Observatory´s posts.
Next steps
The Match Observatory KITs will be updated during the project life taking into account the results obtained in other work packages with the aim to have a broad and accurate range of key intelligent topics, which can contribute to a better understanding about what is to come in the field of advance materials. MATCH observatory will receive inputs especially from WP6 (Roadmap Foresight and roadmap). The sustainability of MATCH Observatory will be studied during 2017 before the MATCH project is over.
RESYNTEX, a research projected funded by the EU's HORIZON 2020 Programme, aims to create a new circular economy concept for the textile and chemical industries. Through an innovative recycling approach and industrial symbiosis, RESYNTEX, started in June 2015, will transform textile waste into secondary raw materials, creating circularity and reducing environmental impact. RESYNTEX has 20 project partners from across 10 different EU member states, including industrial associations, businesses, SMEs and research institutes.
On 14 September 2016, the European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic) and the European Apparel and Textile Confederation (EURATEX) organized the Experts Workshop on Textile Waste Situation & Textile Waste-to-Chemicals Scenarios. The event, held in Brussels, brought together European textile waste and chemical industry experts to discuss the current situation and trends of textile waste collection and valorization in Europe, and to validate textile waste-to-chemicals symbiosis scenarios developed by the RESYNTEX project.
During the workshop, experts alerted that, currently, many of materials contained in products are still rejected as waste after use, and much of the waste is landfilled or incinerated with high environmental impact. Not enough post-consumer textile waste is separately collected in Europe and a significant residual part of the non-reusable waste does not get recycled. The purpose of RESYNTEX is to change that reality, designing a complete value chain from textile waste collection to new feedstock for chemicals and textiles. The project aims to enable traceability of waste using data aggregation, to develop innovative business models for the chemical and textile industries, to demonstrate a complete reprocessing line for basic textile components, besides increasing public awareness of textile waste and social involvement. Participants highlighted that citizens should receive more information in order to be involved in a new way of thinking and behaving towards textile waste, with focus on sustainability.
An overview of the textile waste situation in Europe was provided by EURATEX and Oakdene Hollins. First, textile waste for the purposes of RESYNTEX is defined as "non-hazardous textile waste and is focused on residual waste currently sent for landfill or incineration, after all re-usable and easily recyclable fractions have been sorted out", which is accessible to the project from different textile waste streams: production waste, post-use industrial/professional and post-consumer textile waste. According to the Eurostat waste generation data; there is approximately 1 million tonnes of textile waste from households in the 28 countries of the EU collected separately per year. However, collection rates vary extremely widely across Europe, with rates of 30-50% in Western and Northern Europe to virtually 0% in some Eastern European countries.
A first estimate provided by Oakdene Hollins, based on an extrapolation of data provided by 9 textile sorters in different EU countries, shows a total volume of 80,000 tonnes of residual waste generated by the EU28 sorters per year. Out from that volume and the composition of the residual material, which consists of 60% of textile fibres, the total volume of textiles that is accessible to RESYNTEX from that waste stream is 50,000 tonnes per year. More detailed information on the composition of such waste will be evaluated during the project between the partners and contacts to regional textile sorters.
A panorama of the French experience on textile waste and recycling was provided by Eco TLC, a non-for-profit private company directed by a board of industrials that aims to tend towards 100% reuse and recycling for used clothing, household linen and footwear (TLC in French). Every company that introduces clothing, household linen, and footwear items on the French market to sell it under their own brands, must either set its own internal collecting and recycling program or pay a contribution to Eco TLC (accredited by the French Public Authorities to manage the sector's waste) to provide it for them. The funds collected support research and development (R&D) projects that are selected by a scientific committee to find news outlet and solutions to recycle used TLC, and are used to publicize campaigns organized by local authorities to change consumers waste sorting habits. Every year, 600,000 tonnes of TLC are placed on the French market; however, only 32.5 % of used TLC is collected for reuse or recycling. TLC reported that up to 7% of the collected post-consumer textile quantity is currently incinerated, partly in cement production, or even landfilled.
The Netherlands has a goal of increasing the collection of post-consumer textiles by 50% by 2020. Nowadays, the waste collection is about 90.000 tonnes per year. The low quality materials and non-reusable waste are the main challenges to the waste textile usage. ECAP (LIFE) and REMO were mentioned by Alcon Advies/ Texperium as good examples of projects on textile recycling initiatives. Belgium has an exceptionally high rate of separate textile waste collection due to a dense network of containers and other collection options across the country. The new report from COBEREC shows that, in 2015, 120,000 tonnes of old clothes were recycled in Belgium, 500 million pieces. Lower quality textiles are reused as rags (20%), or their fibers are recycled (17%). And about 8% of textile post-consumer waste is not reusable. An overview of Czech Republic textile waste scenario was provided by INOTEX Ltd: Only 3,000 tonnes of textile waste is separately collected per year and only 3 % of all textile waste seems to be recycled at present.
Cefic described existing polymer recycling business practices in other segments and summarized existing initiatives, pilots, commercial activities and other major research projects in the field of textile polymer recycling. For the RESYNTEX relevant types of fibers in the textile waste, Cefic discussed the relevant market environment. Potential business models suitable for such textile/chemical symbiosis were discussed by the workshop participants, e.g. scenarios describing a regional delocalized sorting and pretreatment of the textile waste and transportation to central chemical conversion plants to achieve economy-of-scale.
The RESYNTEX expert workshop provided an excellent platform to exchange valuable information in between the participants, challenge and validate Textile Waste-to-Chemicals Scenarios as Circular Economy concept. The discussions and conclusions highlighted the enormous value such future symbiosis could create for both sustainability and the economic benefits of the sectors involved and the society as a whole.
Already in 2004 Stefan Böschen, Armin Reller and Jens Soentgen published their story-of-stuff-approach [1]. The authors show that the first foundations for today's Circular Economy were laid in chemistry in the second half of the twentieth century, with the production of new synthetic materials in unprecedented quantities. With this development away from the natural substances the by-production of contaminants also increased and their regulation became soon necessary. Science, the government and industry have developed a set of rules that has been made more and more rigorous by various major accidents in industry and by the emergence of environmental movements. REACH, the European Regulation on Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals which entered into force in 2007 and replaced the former legislative framework for chemicals in the EU, is the answer in view of the ecological and societal risks, which might be related with such substances.
Figure 1: Story of Stuff-Approach (Böschen et al. [1])
A "material history" (Stuff approach see figure 1) going along with a substance should not only investigate it from its source as e.g. a raw material through its manufacturing processes up to its user and finally its end. But it should also be viewed in the context of its cultural, political and economic influences. Among other things, the life-cycle analysis of substances or products is mentioned, but "soft factors" should be included as well as the consumption behaviour of the various societies and their handling of products to which they are exposed daily. The political and legal aspects are also important, and one should not only refer to the own country, but also include in models and assessments the countries from which the raw materials and semi-finished products originate or in which the products are supplied. It is important to have a holistic understanding of the links, not only on a political or economic level, but also for the "average man in the street", the consumer who uses these products and either throws them away or collects them for recycling. This type of "Circular Economy, Ecology and Society" can not be conceived as a short-lived instrument, but must be well planned with a view of longer periods.
In 2015 the European Commission published a Communication from The Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on "Closing the loop - An EU action plan for the Circular Economy" by which "The transition to a more circular economy, where the value of products, materials and resources is maintained in the economy for as long as possible, and the generation of waste is minimised, represents an essential contribution to the EU's efforts to develop a sustainable, low carbon, resource efficient and competitive economy. Such transition is the opportunity to transform our economy and generate new and sustainable competitive advantages for Europe starting at the very beginning of a product's life. Both the design phase and production processes have an impact on sourcing, resource use and waste generation throughout a product's life". Various actions are mentioned which will run for the next few years at national and European level, for example: [2]
• Ecodesign work plan 2015-2017 and request to European standardisation organisations to develop standards on material efficiency for setting future Ecodesign requirements on durability, reparability and recyclability of products
• Establishing an open, pan-European network of technological infrastructures for SMEs to integrate advanced manufacturing technologies into their production processes
• Further development of the EU raw materials information system
And regarding Critical raw materials:
• Report on critical raw materials and the circular economy
• Improve exchange of information between manufacturers and recyclers on electronic products
• European standards for material-efficient recycling of electronic waste, waste batteries and other relevant complex end-of-life products
• Sharing best practices for the recovery of critical raw materials from mining waste and landfills
In Germany the "closed loop recycling" has a long tradition based on the 1994 Act for Promoting Closed Substance Cycle Waste Management and Ensuring Environmentally Compatible Waste Disposal (KrWG) which was amended in February 2012 and entered into force in June 2012. It is based on a five-step waste hierarchy including waste avoidance; re-use; recycling; energy recovery; and disposal [3].
In October this year the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Germany published a report from Henning Wilts on "Germany On The Road To A Circular Economy?" [4] The author questions whether the production of waste really represents a necessary evil of our mode of production or if a world without or less waste becomes possible? And he mentions alternative approaches which change only by name "such as the circular economy, zero waste, closed-cycle, resource efficiency, waste avoidance, reuse, and recycling" that means ways to become aware of the problems that goes along with the massive use of materials – also like water, food or materials to produce energy - and by this the disappearance of resources if we do not care for the waste and its potential to re-use the materials that it contains. He states that a "world without waste can only be achieved with a holistic concept… taking into account approaches such as avoidance, reuse and recycling of both materials and energy at every stage of the product life cycle to ensure environmental product design from the outset – with recycling at the end". I do not think that a "world without waste" is a realistic approach, however to reduce and re-use materials wherever possible would be useful for our future society. The idea to change from a linear economy to a "close cycles system" may help already when discussing an idea for new materials, new products as this idea needs already to have the end of the cycle in mind and help to avoid "pillar thinking" when we discuss materials issue in sharply defined areas like education – research – development – processing and finishing of a product with not much emphasis on the links between each step towards the demand of the end-users. Furthermore, we leave these end users alone with the decision what how to deal with the product after its lifetime.
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation, very active in this field, presents a definition for Circular Economy indicating "that it is restorative and regenerative by design, and which aims to keep products, components and materials at their highest utility and value at all times, distinguishing between technical and biological cycles"[5] . This new approach is based among others on two facts:
1. A change in the way of using natural resources for energy. Politics moved away from non-renewable energy like oil or coal which is linked to global and worldwide concerns about their consumption and all kinds of pollution, and also from nuclear energy related to problems with the hazard waste and possible high impact incidents for the society like the Fukushima disaster in 2011 towards a politics of renewable energy and a better handling to minimize the energy consumption
2. A change in the way of using natural materials resources. Due to the fact that Europe is poor in raw materials resources however a leading economy for innovative and emerging products necessary for our economic growth and to attack societal problems, the economy is very much depending on those countries which have the necessary resources. In the early years of the 21st century important raw materials were not available or only at high prices and with risks of supply. Therefore, the European Commission launched the Raw Materials Initiative in 2008 which "set out a strategy for tackling the issue of access to raw materials in the EU by a strategy of three pillars which aim to ensure [6] : fair and sustainable supply of raw materials from global markets and within the EU and a better resource efficiency and supply of secondary raw materials through recycling".
Janez Potocnik, European Commissioner for the Environment states in his foreword to the Report "Towards a Circular Economy" from 2013 [7] that "the European Commission has chosen to respond to these challenges by moving to a more restorative economic system that drives substantial and lasting improvements of our resource productivity. It is our choice how, and how fast, we want to manage this inevitable transition."
If one is concerned with the Circular Economy within the framework of the materials, it is striking that the topic becomes more and more important since the mid of the 20th century, when more and more materials/elements were necessary to build up the requested functions of the components and especially by the beginning of the 21st century, when scarcity of raw materials - and especially the rare earth metals - have become increasingly important (see figure 2 and 3). As well as some other elements they are vital for innovative products in industrial sectors such as communication, energy and transportation. Europe, owning very few metal ores, is fully dependent on importing metals from other countries. This situation poses a substantial risk of possible supply disruptions of raw and semi-processed materials and components. A problem of awareness concerning supply shortages are especially concern minerals where specific legal requirements have to be met (Dodd Frank legislation in the US, other regulations in Europe).
Figure 2: Intensively used Elements and the drivers behind (Adapted after Achzet / Reller, 2011)
It is often difficult to substitute these materials due to their special functions when processed towards components, which can not simply be exchanged by other elements or components which are more easily to access. The MATCH Project under HORIZON 2020 evaluated the materials and their applications in more than 1000 R&D projects (see Figure 3) and it could be shown that smart materials inclusive coatings and surface structuring are used the most and that applications like energy, followed by manufacturing and transport are the most important fields of application.
Figure 3: Materials research and development and its application (Data from the Project MATCH, funded by HORIZON 2020 under grant agreement n°: 646031)
Frequently, industries underestimate the challenges with regard to availability & cost and of functions of substitute materials for mass production. Besides availability, the question of "deployability" has to be raised: it is not only important what is theoretically available, but also what can be used under legislation and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) aspects. CSR is today relevant for European companies, also from an economical point of view: image and reputation depend amongst others on a company's sourcing policies and its control of impact on the upstream side of the value chain. Further to possible disruptions, the quality of bought materials is also an important aspect. Imports from countries with different or less standards and dispersed supply chains put hurdles on quality control; thus, monitoring systems have to be implemented to ensure a certain quality standard.
Therefore, systems such as "closing the loop" are not only interesting from an ecological and energy perspective, but also from the procurement and utilization of critical raw materials and the control of information about their composition in view of their recycling and re-use. Although a metal's purity can be fully re-established with proper smelting and refining – e.g. gold or copper on the market has often been re-cycled several times – there are other metals or element compositions which are difficult or too expensive to recycle or can only be down-cycled, i.e. the quality is reduced and the range of applications for which they can be used is very limited. Further on recycled products often bear the reputation of being of lower quality and posing the risk of product failure.
Better information for designers, manufacturers and consumers would be important to help in encouraging a design towards better recycling, improve the recycling rate and steadily inform about new recycling methods to promote a better handling of materials during the whole value chain. As the development of new materials can take up to 10 or 15 years, it would be necessary to discuss the availability of certain materials already during the development and demonstrator phase, i.e. that also universities and Research Technology Organisations, RTO's should have checklists for new developments. Based on the experience of the author this is not yet the case at many of the materials departments.
Figure 4: 20 Critical Elements and the World primary supply [8]
Similar to the problem of legislation and price insecurities, end-of-life issues are often not considered. Short end-of-life products like electronics with only 2 to 3 years of useful life, consumer goods like small household machines or larger ones like washing machines with about 5 to 12 years and cars with max. about 9 to 10 years become an important "urban mine" for technology metals such as precious and special metals which can be further exploited through comprehensive recycling. The circular economy strategy of the European Union can become an important trigger for improvements in this aspect. Recycling and remanufacturing should be considered early in the development and design phase to ensure alignment with current and future legislation, probable additional costs and enhance sustainability.
A compositional characterisation of the "urban mine" is a necessary prerequisite to optimise the recovery of critical raw materials. However, existing data are scattered amongst a variety of institutions including government agencies, geological surveys, universities, NGOs and industry. In addition, where data relates to the composition of products and waste fractions, different sampling, sample preparation and chemical analysis approaches may have been applied, which makes it challenging to aggregate and compare data. In the EU Horizon 2020 project "Prospecting Secondary raw materials from the Urban mine and Mining wastes" (ProSUM) [9] a comprehensive, standardised and harmonised inventory of critical raw materials stocks and flows is currently constructed at national and regional levels across Europe.
The Journal of Industrial Ecology from 2006 has published an article from Zengwei Yuan, Jun Bi, and Yuichi Moriguichi on The Circular Economy, a new development strategy in China in which China's transformation from a planned economy to a market-based one and open to foreign trade and investment was the important step towards a revived economy. This growth highlights also another side of the coin by having a resource depletion and environmental negligence and by this the seriousness of the situation for the society. Z. Yuan mentioned in this article that "recent research has pointed out that growth of the gross domestic product (GDP) in China has significantly reduced the opportunities of future generations to enjoy natural and environmental resources".
There are further reports like that from the The European Environment Agency [7] which are discussing the current situation of production and consumption and especially the end of the utility period of goods and their recycling or re-use. One of the important factors to minimize or optimize the use of materials and other natural resources is related to the so called Eco-design to allow "a longer life, enabling upgrading, reuse, refurbishment and remanufacture and sustainable and minimal use of resources and enabling high-quality recycling of materials at the end of a product's life". They also propose to improve the recycling processes so to "avoiding down-cycling (converting waste materials or products into new materials or products of lesser quality) and mixing and contaminating materials". This could help a European economy by "industrial symbiosis (collaboration between companies whereby the wastes or by-products of one become a resource for another)" . The Circular Economy can have a positive or negative impact on the society. A more closed production chain could create new jobs in Europe, but the question is whether the industry will be able to switch to product service systems for further low-paid jobs. It is also necessary to ask whether and how this conversion can be paid for, since not everything will have to be passed on to the industry. The citizen, who wants a more environmentally friendly future, will have to take part in this task. But the question arises as to which sections of society can do this, and how we can avoid to discriminate between certain social groups.
Figure 5: Circular Economy and Source efficiency [10]
Overall, it is important to intensify the research efforts (also an aim in the EAA report of 2016), in the field of materials and in cooperation with other faculties such as industrial design, but also (macro)-economics, social science and environmental sciences. It will be important to gather more fact-based knowledge and evaluated information and to make this available in databases to scientists, industry and politics. By doing so models and action sequences can be made transparent and based on common facts. Here, it still has a lot of demand and ongoing research necessary.
Author: Margarethe Hofmann-Amtenbrink
Dr.-Ing. Margarethe Hofmann-Amtenbrink is owner and CEO of MatSearch Consulting Hofmann, Pully Switzerland, CEO of the ESM Foundation, Zurich, Switzerland and FEMS Immediate Past President.
[1] Stefan Böschen, Armin Reller und Jens Soentgen, "Stoffgeschichten – eine neue Perspektive für transdisziplinäre Umweltforschung", GAIA 13 (2004) no. 1, pp 19-25
[2] For more information please check http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:52015DC0614&from=en)
[3] http://www.gtai.de/GTAI/Content/EN/Invest/_SharedDocs/Downloads/GTAI/Fact-sheets/Energy-environmental/fact-sheet-closed-loop-recycling-en.pdf
[4] http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/wiso/12622.pdf
[5] https://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org
[6] https://ec.europa.eu/growth/sectors/raw-materials/policy-strategy_en
[7] https://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/assets/downloads/publications/Ellen-MacArthur-Foundation-Towards-the-Circular-Economy-vol.1.pdf
[8] http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/raw-materials/critical/index_en.htm
[9] http://www.prosumproject.eu/
[10] The economy: resource efficient, green and circular, The European Environment Agency, Published 02 Jun 2014, Last modified 31 Aug 2016, 03:14 PM: http://www.eea.europa.eu/signals/signals-2014/articles/the-economy-resource-efficient-green
Global megatrends, including demographic and climate changes, urbanisation and the limits to resources and energy are the drivers of future change [Strategic Foresight: Towards the 3rd Strategic Programme of Horizon 2020, 2015]. The unprecedented trend of population growth in a resource constrained world increasingly forces business and policy makers to integrate sustainability considerations into their decision making.
Non-energy and non-agricultural raw materials underpin the global economy and our quality of life. They are vital for the word's economy and for the development of environmentally friendly technologies such as renewable energy systems. Especially the EU is highly dependent on imports, and securing supplies has therefore become crucial [ERA-MIN Research Agenda, 2013; Strategic Implementation plan for the European Innovation Partnership on Raw Materials, 2013].
The last 150 years of industrial evolution have been dominated by a one-way or linear model of production and consumption in which goods are manufactured from raw materials, sold, used and then discarded or incinerated as waste. In the face of sharp volatility increases across the global economy and proliferating signs of resource depletion, the call for a new economic model is getting louder. The quest for a substantial improvement in resource performance across the economy has led businesses to explore ways to reuse products or their components and restore more of their precious material, energy and labour inputs. A circular economy is an industrial system that is restorative or regenerative by intention and design. The economic benefit of transitioning to this new business model is estimated to be worth more than one trillion dollar in material savings [World Economic Forum & Ellen MacArthur Foundation, 2014].
In a linear economy the functionality is lost after a first use or in the best case after some down cycling phases. In a circular economy the goal is to keep the functionality and therefore value of a material as high as possible over a time period as long as possible. Materials will circle throughout the economy without being removed from it in the form of non-functional waste. The circular economy is the economic system in which resources are kept at the highest possible level of functionality at all times.
Figure 1: Material functionality in a linear and a circular economy [VITO, 2015].
Moving from the traditional, linear 'make, use, dispose' economy to a circular economy requires increased reuse, remanufacturing and recycling of products. This is an important aspect of the EU's strategy to ensure the security of raw materials supply [EIP Raw Materials Scoreboard, 2016].
Advanced engineering materials and technologies present indispensable and exciting solutions for optimal resource use, substitution of critical materials, metal recovery, recycling of waste streams, and shorter loop closures.
Resource efficiency
In minimising the use of materials, advanced material technologies obviously contribute to lifetime extension and repair of products and especially to the use of ever less materials to provide a certain function to a product. To give just a few examples:
The substitution of critical raw materials (CRM) is another approach to mitigate the supply risks of raw materials. As substitution research takes many years to provide realistic solutions, it is a real insurance policy to develop timely research on substitution, to make available a set of options for possible preventive changes in the product design and the elaboration of contingency plans. Examples include:
Resource recovery and waste recycling
While showing vast potential also in this context, advanced material technologies remain particularly unexplored in resource recovery, cycle closure and the use of recycled materials in products. Here are some examples:
It must be stressed though that closing material cycles will not avoid the (sustainable) mining of primary raw materials that are necessary to sustain global population growth. Recycling can significantly contribute to though not to secure the supply of (critical) material resources in the raw materials constrained European economy.
Feeding & closing loops in the Circular Economy
As such, advanced material technologies are key to sustainable mining and recycling, to feed and close cascaded material and product cycles in a viable, growing circular economy.
Figure 2: Circular economy scheme, taken from [Circular economy, A new relationship with our goods and materials would save resources and energy and create local jobs, Walter R. Stahel, NATURE, Vol. 531, 24 March 2016].
Resource efficiency in manufacturing and processing, substitution of critical raw materials, resource recovery and recycling straightforwardly match the above concept of the Circular Economy. Non technological, new business concepts can also greatly support the effective use of raw materials. With the increased provision of services instead of products from economic production, product and material loops can be closed shorter than recycling. Advanced engineering materials can play a major role here as well, e.g. by extending the life time of products by improving the wear and corrosion resistance (shortest cycle), or providing controlled adhesion/release properties to facilitate remanufacturing. Moreover, material technologies may enable the building-in of sensors and communication systems in an Internet of Things approach, to monitor the status of products in a sharing community.
The role of EuMaT ETP
The newly established EuMaT WG8 on Raw Materials will act as the leading forum to contribute to the debate about the key role of advanced engineering materials and technologies in resource efficiency, substitution of critical materials, metal recovery, recycling or shorter cycle closure of products and waste, providing market and science based, realistic solutions for the EU manufacturing and processing industries.
The working group aims at triggering research and innovation ideas & activities in the H2020 Research Programme targeting the Societal Challenge of Resource Efficiency and Raw Materials, as well as Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies (LEIT).
As such, sustainable materials management touches upon all seven H2020 societal challenges, in particular the ones addressed in SC5 Climate Action, Environment, Resource Efficiency and Raw Materials.
Jan MENEVE
EuMaT WG8 Raw Materials Chair
Research Manager Sustainable Materials Management Unit
VITO Vision on Technology
Boeretang 200, B-2400 MOL, Belgium
The world's first circular economy road map shows the way to sustainable success. Finland's national circular economy road map is beginning to create new solutions for Finland to offer a world challenged by climate change, dwindling natural resources and urbanisation. The first circular economy solutions are based on areas where Finland is traditionally strong, thus making it possible to offer tens of thousands of new jobs and generating billions of euros in added value each year.
Finland has a real opportunity to create sustainable well-being and a successful carbon-neutral circular economy over the next 5 to 10 years. It maximises the conservation of materials and their value in circulation for as long as possible which, in turn, keeps the volume of emissions they produce to a minimum. The road map shows how to make the transition to a circular economy.
The change requires co-operation across sectoral and industrial boundaries. In many cases, the most attractive opportunities for new operating methods, for services made possible by digitisation and for extending the circulation of materials can be found somewhere in the middle.
"The effectiveness of new solutions ultimately stems from the fact that they can be expanded and duplicated both elsewhere in Finland and around the world," says Mari Pantsar, Director of Sitra - a public fund aimed at building a successful Finland for tomorrow. She stresses that the work is just beginning. "Systematic change will require more fresh and even radical ideas in the future."
According to Sitra estimates, the circular economy would generate 2 to 3 billion euros in added value each year by 2030. The Club of Rome estimates that over 75,000 new jobs would be created.
The world's first national circular economy road map was drafted under the direction of Sitra in co-operation with the Ministry of the Environment, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment, the business sector and other key stakeholders.
Will SMEs become forerunners?
"Large Finnish companies have already embraced the change they will be required to make in order to take on the new global challenges they will face," says Sitra Senior Lead Kari Herlevi. "The world needs clean and smart solutions more urgently than ever before in order to ensure well-being that is based on the sustainable use of the environment."
"Will Finnish SMEs also make it into the forerunners with their new innovations and solutions before they become mainstream?" he asks. "And do municipalities offer them an environment conducive to development?"
The essence of the circular economy road map is to bring together a large number of outstanding pilots. The Technology Industries of Finland, University of Jyväskylä and a group of companies are developing a facility for recovery of precious metals from electronic waste. Currently 50 million tons of electronic waste is generated globally and only 15% of that is treated properly. At the same time, we are facing a shortage of several precious metals that are needed to manufacture electronic equipment and growing amounts are needed in new applications such as LED lighting.
The Minister of Agriculture and the Environment Kimmo Tiilikainen hopes that the circular economy will boost Finland's economic growth and competitiveness: "The road map published today challenges us all to make changes. I'm very happy to see so many committed to advancing the circular economy. We need small-scale, rapid trials and long-term policies of change," he says.
In June 2017, Sitra will hold the world's first international circular economy conference in Helsinki (www.wcef2017.com).
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Over the past few years direct bonding of III-V semiconductors on Si has emerged as a promising alternative to hetero-epitaxy for the hybrid integration of active – amplification, emission in the direct gap III-V - and passive – guiding, switching in the indirect gap Si - optical functions in next-generation photonic integrated circuits (PICs) [1-9]. Such PICs offer a variety of advantages, foremost among which is the dense integration of advanced optical functions using sub-100nm patterns in the Si guiding layer. The processes used to pattern the Si may, however, deteriorate the quality of the hybrid bonded interface. Given the localized nature of such patterns it is highly desirable to have a technique to evaluate this quality on or in the immediate vicinity of these patterned regions.
The quality of a bonded interface, i.e. the strength of adhesion between the III-V and Si is expressed in terms of the surface bonding energy – the energy per unit area required to adiabatically and reversibly separate the two materials. This surface bonding energy can be measured in a variety of experiments during which the hybrid bonded stack is deformed until the interface yields. Among these experiments, the double-cantilever beam experiment (DCB) has been repeatedly shown to yield reliable measurements in the case of Si on Si and InP on Si bonding [4,5]. Nonetheless, given the centimetric samples required to carry out the measurement, it is better suited to wafer-scale measurements of the surface bonding energy.
The authors have developed a nano-scale analog to the DCB experiment. In this case, instrumented nano-indentation is used to locally deform the InP membrane. Within a certain range of applied indentation loads, the InP membrane is elastically debonded in the vicinity of the indent, forming a blister next to each facet of the indent. The geometry of the blister is recorded using atomic force microscopy and, using well established models for the DCB experiment, the surface bonding energy is measured. Scanning transmission electron microscopy is also used to understand the underlying mechanism responsible for the debonding and to correlate the geometrical features of the blister with those of the buried debonding crack that are required to measure the surface bonding energy [10-12]. The method is here applied to InP membranes bonded to Si using a variety of bonding methods. The application of the method on InP bonded on sub-100nm patterned Si is also discussed.
Figure 1: Low-magnification BF-STEM image of an InP/Si hybrid bonded stack. Direct oxide-free bonding was used in the present case. The image shows a cross-section of the blisters that forms during the nano-indentation experiment. The imprint of the indenter tip is clearly visible in the image, as is the dislocation-dense zone, located immediately below the imprint. The inset shows a magnification of the debonding crack that starts at the left edge of the dislocation-dense zone. From Reference [10].
Figure 2: AFM images (6 x 6µm) of debonding blisters in InP bonded (a) oxide-free on bare Si, (b) oxide-free on patterned Si, (c) thin oxide-mediated on bare Si, and (d) thin oxide-mediated on patterned Si. The height scale for all images is 55nm. After Ref. [12].
Using the AFM images and theory [13,14], the surface bonding energies for InP bonded to Si were measured and found are ~1J/m² in both direct oxide-free and oxide-mediated bonding on bare Si. A higher bonding energy is expected to be attained at higher annealing temperatures – such temperatures may, however, be undesirable in CMOS-compatible process flows for the targeted PICs. Nonetheless, a surface bonding energy equal or higher than 1J/m² indicates strong covalent bonding that result in a mechanically stable interface, suitable for most PIC applications.
In the case of InP membranes bonded to patterned Si, the debonding blisters where found to extend farther away from the indent for an equivalent height. This observation, a priori, indicates a lower debonding energy. This is not, however, true as the surface bonding energy has to be related to the actual surface available for bonding. When bonding to patterned Si – the patterns are square arrays of holes – the surface available for bonding is approximately 78.7% of the Si surface. The surface bonding energy measured in this case, however, is 57% lower than the one measured on bare Si for the same bonding process. A closer inspection of cross-sections of the samples in STEM revealed that the edges of the patterns where rounded off, and that actual surface available for bonding is indeed closer to this value.
The method combining instrumented nano-indentation in conjunction with AFM or STEM, is shown to provide reliable, precise, and localized measurements of the surface bonding energy of InP bonded to Si in a variety of bonding schemes. The localized nature of the measurement method render particularly useful in evaluating the adhesion of InP to nano-patterned Si – configurations that prevail in advanced PICs. The underlying mechanism for debonding relies on mechanical properties that InP shares with other III-V semiconductors. The method presented here can, therefore, be applied to other III-V/Si or III-V/III-V hybrid bonded stacks.
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Acknowledgments: The authors would like to gratefully acknowledge funding from the CNRS RENATECH network and the Agence Nationale de la Recherche projects COHEDIO and ANTIPODE.


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