Hello!
Just some reminders for this week…
The school will be doing Pizza Fridays again starting this week. The cost is $1.75 per slice and the money is due by Wednesday. You can order up to 4 weeks at a time and you can order as many slices as you would like. Remember that the school does not accept cash, so you will need to pay by check or online.
This week will be Parent Teacher Conferences on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. If you haven’t signed up for a time yet, you can still sign up here: http://www.wejoinin.com/sheets/cazxd Remember to bring your student to this conference! Also those days will be early out days, so make arrangements for your children to be picked up by 1:00 PM.
This week is also the school’s International Festival. Lower El will be presenting on Thursday from 9:30-11:00 and Upper El will be presenting on Friday from 9:30-11:00. Parents are invited to attend. Please make sure your student has their country presentation ready for their festival on Friday. This can include a display board, clothing, artifacts, food, etc.
The 5th grade students will be taking their DWA test on Monday, February 24th. This is the state writing test that all 5th graders take. It is absolutely imperative that you have your students practicing on www.utahwrite.com at home. Most of them know their login information, but I also e-mailed it to you a while ago. Please let me know if you don’t have it and I will send it again. For the next three weeks until the test I would like them to be practicing every day if possible. After they submit an essay, have them go back and correct their errors and do the suggested lessons. We work on this at school, but they could use more practice than what we have time to do in class.
It is with heavy hearts that we have to say goodbye to Ms. Kristina this week. Tuesday will be her last day in our class. Her husband got a new job and they will be moving to Vernal. I am excited for her family to have this new opportunity, but I am sad to see her go! She has been an invaluable asset to our classroom and we will all miss her terribly. We are in the process of finding a new assistant and hope to have someone soon. I will keep you posted!
I look forward to meeting with all of you this week at conferences!
Kirsten