The final week of school has arrived, and our much deserved summer vacation is just around the corner! Today we received our yearbooks, and in the afternoon enjoyed Field Day, traveling in school family groups through a variety of activities. Tuesday is a quiet day; remember, no P. E. On Wednesday we celebrate the school […]
I hope that everyone enjoyed the long Memorial Day weekend! We will have a FREE free dress on Friday, celebrating a successful Jogathon. Friday is a half-day, and it is also Move-Up day, when students will learn about the year ahead in fifth grade! Next Monday afternoon, school families will be involved in Field Day; […]
We have three days of school this week and then a long Memorial Day weekend beginning on Thursday. Work packets will be coming home tomorrow; please return the red folder, as I will send home a final work packet the week of June 4th. THE WEEK AHEAD: HOMEWORK: Students will be doing the following ixL […]
We have a full week of school, with the In ‘N’ Out truck coming on Friday, which is a full day. Make sure you have all of your orders in the office by Tuesday. We will have a free dress day (cost is $1) on Wednesday; proceeds will be sent to St. Jude Children’s Hospital. […]
Progress reports will be coming home tomorrow, along with the latest work packet. Please sign and return the progress report by May 11th. This Friday is a half-day; it is our Annual Jogathon! As a fundraiser, the eighth graders will be selling Propel water before school on Tuesdays and Thursdays, May 8 and 10 & […]
The eighth graders have organized a Cinco de Mayo cookie sale as a fundraiser for the St. Vincent de Paul Society. The cost is $1 per cookie, and tomorrow is the last day to order them. Cookies will be delivered on Friday the 4th. They have organized another fundraiser as well: on Tuesdays and Thursdays, […]
On Thursday the fourth graders participated in the RAYS science program presented by the Discovery Center. The book Stone Soup introduced the lesson. Using the scientific method, our young scientists first observed the properties of three powders and then made mixtures with each of the powders using water. Finally, they were challenged to “engineer” a mixture, […]
Everyone did very well memorizing their poems, and we enjoyed listening to all of them! Tomorrow our five speech contest finalists (Sergio, Grace, Roman, Mariah and Emma) will be reciting their poems in front of the judges, competing against the fifth graders! This Wednesday is the Intermediate Grades Musical program at 6:30 p.m. I hope […]
We begin speech presentations this week; all students will be reciting the poems they have chosen to memorize. We are also preparing for our musical program next Wednesday evening, which means practicing at home and bringing recorders on Mondays and Wednesdays. This Friday is a half-day. Reminder: Please sign and return your child’s progress report […]
I hope that everyone enjoyed the Easter break. This week we have P.E. on Monday and Tuesday; Music classes will be on Wednesday and Thursday. On Friday we will have the Read Across America drawing; students earn a ticket for every book they have read, so I will check reading logs once again on Friday […]