Dates to Know

Curriculum Night: Thursday, August 29 at 6:00pm
Picture Day: Tuesday, September 10
Welcome Back Picnic: Friday, September 27 at 5:30pm
Walk to School Day: Wednesday, October 2

Home Folders

Home folders won't go home every night, but when they do, please clean them out and return them the next day.  If you send any notes back to school with your child, please remind him or her to give them to me.  I do not look through each folder.

Our Specials Schedule

Monday
P.E. 12:00 - 12:30 with Mrs. Patterson (Bring gym shoes!)

Lexia 2:15 - 2:45 with Ms. Vietzen in the computer lab

Tuesday
Music 8:45 - 9:15 with Mrs. Friesen
Spanish 9:15 - 9:45 with Senora Lynch
P.E. 1:20 - 1:50 (Bring gym shoes!)
Wednesday
Spanish 10:25 - 10:55
Thursday
Music 8:45 - 9:15
Spanish 9:15 - 9:45
Art 1:20 - 2:20 with Mrs. Raia
Friday
Lexia 1:05 - 1:35
Library Check-out 1:35 - 2:05 with Mrs. Pearce

There are often changes made to the specials schedule in the first weeks of the year.  I'll update ours here if there are any changes.

Separation Anxiety?

The first week of school (or even more!) can be cause for a lot of excitement and anxiety, and those levels are different for each child and parent. In my experience, a nervous or scared child will cry for a little longer than a parent is present. As hard as it is for you, please do your best to say goodbye to your child in line outside. The more you encourage him or her to be independent in school, the easier and shorter that transition will be. I promise I will take good care of them all!

A Few Things to Remember

• Students are encouraged to bring a water bottle to school, preferably with a sports top to prevent spills. We are fortunate to have an air-conditioned room, though, at times (not this week!) it can be a little TOO cool.  You may want to have a sweatshirt on hand.
• The hot lunch menu can be found on the district website. Your student can bring his or her own lunch or order a hot lunch with me each morning. Make sure your student knows whether or not to order and knows the difference between a snack and a lunch.  (Some students see a snack and mistakenly think they have a lunch.)
• Fresh fruits and vegetables and raisins are welcome as a morning and/or afternoon snack. I tell students it should look like it was just picked. Harder-to-eat foods would best be prepared at home (peel an orange, cut up an apple, etc.)
• Please fill out the form to the left.
• Please remember to bring in headphones if you haven't already.  We use them quite often for computers and the classroom listening center.  Not sharing headphones helps prevent the spread of lice.