Hello All,
Hope you are all enjoying this snowy day and are safe at home or in your travels.
There will be no school Monday due to Martin Luther King Jr.
Tuesday night will be the parent ed night. It will start at 7 p.m. with a presentation for about 15 – 20 minutes in the gym by Ms. Stephanie and Ms. Kacee. Then until 8 you will be able to visit classrooms and talk to the teachers and get a tour of their room as well as ask questions. If you have a level 3 student, I recommend you come and visit an upper el class so you can see what it will be like for your child next year. Please invite your friends, family, and neighbors. This night is only for adults. While you are here, please check out our class display hanging on the wire hangers in the south hallway by the office. There is a world map made by level ones, parts of a volcano made by level twos, and a Martin Luther King Jr. mosaic made by all.
The last couple of weeks we have had some issues with lunches. We have had a few students forget their lunches and many that only have something small like a sandwich, or a granola bar and fruit snacks. I know that time can be an issue in the morning and things come up. Sometimes we have extra snack we can provide for the children and we have had some things like Easy-Mac that we have had available; however, we have been needing to provide the children with food at an increasing rate. Ms. Marleen and I don’t want the students to go hungry, but many times they do not like what we can give them and we cannot be expected to provide food every day for 30 students. One idea that I know many parents do is pack or help their child pack their lunch the night before and just keep it in the fridge so all you have to do is grab it in the morning and go. I would also encourage you to talk to your child about their lunch and ask if they are getting enough to eat or like the lunch you pack. Many come to us day after day, still hungry, but have eaten their whole lunch. Others are hungry because they do not like what is packed so they won’t eat it. On both occasions, we encourage the children to talk to mom and dad about it so they can have the food they need to fill their bellies. If there ever comes a time where you cannot provide your child with lunch for any reason, please let us know, and we will do what we can to best support you.
Home projects are due in a couple of weeks. If you need a reminder of the famous African American your child has been assigned, please let me know.
The weeks of January 25 and February 1 do not have anyone signed up for snack. If you can provide snack either of these weeks please sign up.
Thanks for all you do. Enjoy your long weekend and be safe.
Jalee