May 19^th:

Spring Choir Concert

Those with last names that start with the letters A-K will come to the 6 o’clock performance.

Those with last names that start with the letters L-Z will come to the 7 o’clock performance.

The concert will only be about 30-35 minutes long.  All the children are encouraged to come, but not required.  The children should wear their nicest clothes…

Proper concert dress:  Sunday (wedding, funeral) best…Ties and collared, button up shirt, perhaps suspenders, or Dresses (not showing shoulders or back) with leggings or tights (no bare legs).  They do not need to have a collar on the dresses.  Of course they are encouraged to find these items but, they are not required.  They do not necessarily need to be school dress code, but appropriate and not distracting for the event.

The idea is to keep families together to watch their upper and lower Elementary children together.  If they have multiple last names of multiple children that are assigned to come at different times…they can choose which one they attend…this should only effect a couple of families.  I would encourage their whole family to all go to the 7:00 pm performance.  It seems there is more room at that time.  Again, the families only need to go to one performance.  They aren’t invited to go to both just to watch, they need to go to just one because of space limitations.

Honor Choir

There will be an honor choir created for the graduation ceremonies. I will have practice for both the 3rd and 6th level honor choir during lunch on May 10th, 11th, 12th,17th, 18th, 19th.  The honor choir is by my invitation and their desire to accept only.  They will come to the north kiva for 15 minutes during their lunches for about 2 weeks in May.  They will need to bring an easy lunch to eat quickly and clean up.  At 12:15 come to the North Kiva to practice until 12:30.  They will need to be there EVERY time and on time except for testing.  If this poses a problem for your class schedule or procedure please contact me asap.  They will need to check with their parents if they can even attend these three events…especially the 9th grade graduation since it is after school.  The other two on 24th and 25th are during school time.

May 20^th

9^th grade graduation

Harrisville park  1350 N. US-89, Ogden, Ut 84404

at 4:30-5:30

3^rd grade and 6^th grade honor choir will be singing two songs, one at the beginning and one at the end.

May 23^rd

Kindergarten bridging ceremony

11-12:30 am

Kindergartners will be singing

May 24^th

3^rd grade bridging ceremony

10:00 am outside of school weather providing

3^rd grade and 6th grade honor choir will be singing

May 25^th

6^th grade bridging ceremony

10:00 am outside of school weather providing

3 rd grade and 6^th grade honor choir will be singing

I wanted to let you know that I spoke with the students yesterday and explained I will be away from the classroom and out of the country from April 27th to May 5th.  Please know that I am away and will do my best to respond to emails in a timely manner.

Ms. Susan will be taking over the classroom in my absence along with two wonderful substitutes.  I have planned some wonderful lessons and activities in my absence.  Students will begin earning classroom money in preparation for our end of year “Store”.  This is a much anticipated event and a great way for students to deepen their understanding of money.  I will be sending out further information in the near future.

A few dates to remember:

April 29th: First round of 3rd grade plays (see previous post for specific play times and dates)

May 3rd: Special Ed night 6:30-8 p.m.

May 4th: 3rd grade math sage test

May 6th: No school

May 9th: Last day to turn in field trip permission forms.

May 11th: Library field trip

May 13th: 3rd grade plays 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. (see previous post for specific play times)

May 12th: 3rd grade party.  A school wide email to all third graders will be sent in the coming week.  We are in need of volunteers to attend and items to be donated.  The party will take place from 1-2:30 p.m.

May 16th-20th: spirit week

May 20th: Field Day

May 23rd: Kindergarten Bridges

May 24th: 3rd grade bridging

May 25th-27th: Parent teacher conference sign up with be posted soon.

May 27th: Last day of school

It’s that time of year!  Once the weather hits above 70 degrees, the students start to get anxious and excited in anticipation for summer vacation.  I do my best to avoid any conversations of the up coming summer.  We try to keep them focused and working for as long as possible.  It is hard to believe that 6 weeks from today will be the last day of the 2015-2016 school year.  Our calendar will be filling with numerous events over the next several weeks and the disruption in routine, along with their excitement, can be challenging for many students.  We have found that if students are struggling with self control and following directions this time of year, it can be helpful to make a brief call home explaining their choices. We appreciate your support and if you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to email me.

We had a wonderful afternoon spending time outside for our cultural lessons this week.  We will be spending more and more time outdoors in the coming weeks.  If you are concerned about your child’s sun exposure, please feel free to send some sunscreen or a hat to wear when outdoors.  Many students no longer have water bottles at school and this would be another great item to have when outside.

We had a great first week back.  We had a great conversation this past week about setting goals, challenging ourselves, and moving forward and making progress.  I can tell many of the students brought these conversations home and shared them with you. I saw so many smiles this week based on their accomplishments and goal setting, please keep the conversation alive and check in with your child about his or hers own progress.

Tuesday: Box Tops

Wednesday: Upper Elementary presents for the International Festival from 9-11 a.m.  Parents are invited and may take their own children around to visit other classrooms.

Thursday: Lower Elementary Presents for the International Festival from 12:30-2:30 p.m.  Parents are encouraged to attend.  Students will present in their own classroom for a portion of the time and will be allowed to visit other classrooms for another portion of the time.  I will not be at school this day, but Ms. Susan and Ms. Jennifer will be here to assist the students through the festival.

Friday: Readers Theater at 11:45 p.m. in the library.  Please go directly to the library when you arrive.  This will allow for us to have students ready to enter the library on time. Please note, this is a fun  and very informal production.  Some students are working on their confidence in front of an audience, reading fluently, etc.  We are really excited, but it may require some patience from the audience.  We have 5 different groups that will perform this day.  Once the performance is complete, please feel free to visit with our classroom community (great time to make play date arrangements), gather belongings for the long break (don’t forget lunch boxes and water bottles), and leave for the day.  Friday is early out at 1:00 p.m.

Families,

Thank you for your generosity in sending snack these past few weeks.  A thoughtful parent created our wejoin sheet for snack and I recently realized it is allowing for multiple families to sign up for one week.  In the future, if someone is already signed up for a week, please choose a different week.  I believe we have enough snack for the remainder of the week, so please do not send any additional snack before the break.  Thank you again.

Just a quick reminder, tomorrow morning the third graders will be taking their SAGE writing test.  Please make certain they are to school on time and ready with a good breakfast.  They may bring their own individual snack, but I will have something for them. The snack should not be noisy and overly messy.