Dear Parents:
This has been a week of
celebrations. To start the week we
took time to exchange Valentine’s and conduct an experiment to learn about
solutions and mixtures. The results
of the experiment were lemonade, a cookie with frosting and trail mix. Curriculum Day was held on
Wednesday. Thank you to those of
you who were able to joining us as we rotated through the different
classes. The children enjoyed
learning about the three branches of government, how to make inferences when we
read, played the game of 24 in math, reviewed simple machines, and created
biography cubes. I hope those of
you who were able to join us enjoyed the morning as much as the children
did. In addition to these
special activities, we also worked on our Wax Museum note cards, continued to
work on our Ancient Rome writing piece, and a bit of multiplication and division. All in all it has been a full week of
learning.
There are a couple of
housekeeping items I would like to bring to your attention.
1.
We have been able to reschedule our field
trip to Imagination Stage. We will
now be going on Friday, May 16th. We would like to give our previously scheduled chaperones
the first opportunity to come with us on this day. Please let me know if this change will work into your
schedule as soon as possible.
2.
Schoolyard Stewards will be needed again
for the spring. If you are able to
help on Tuesday’s from 12:00-1:00 for this program, please go to the following
link and sign-up. http://tinyurl.com/DiscoverySchoolyardVolunteers
3.
Please
remember to send in notes when there is any change in your child’s
dismissal. This is a safety issue
to make sure your child is properly dismissed each day. Your help with this is greatly appreciated.
4.
Please
remember to sign up for a Parent Teacher Conference if you have not done so
already. The link to the Sign-up
Genius form is on my previous post.
5.
Early
Release Wednesday schedule for the remainder of the year. In order to “bank” instructional time
in the event of additional snow days this year, the following Wednesday’s will
now be full days of school- Feb. 12, Feb. 19, Mar. 19, Apr 2,
April 9, April 30, May 7,
May 14, and May
21. In addition to these make-up
days, Monday March 31st will also now be a full day of school.
Please mark these changes on your calendars.
Important Dates
Saturday
March 1- Tuckahoe Auction
Wednesday,
March 5- Wax Museum- 11am to 12 noon
Thursday/Friday
March 6-7- Parent Teacher Conferences
Mon-Fri.
March 24-28- Book Fair- Volunteers needed
Mon-Fri-
March 24-28- Swimming (more information to follow)
Enjoy
the weekend.
