I hope you are all having a Marvelous Monday! I just wanted to let you know a couple of things to be aware of. One is that students are bringing puddy, hacky sacks, and small toys to school. These are not allowed at school. If students are caught with them, I will be taking them and asking that parents pick them up from myself or the office. I have given the students direction on this multiple times.

Students have been allowed to bring microwave popcorn for snack or lunchtime. This has now become an issue with the amount of microwave time used and popcorn being shared or not shared with others in the classroom and causing hurt feelings. Also, popcorn is getting all over the place and students are not cleaning up as they should be. So I have told the students that popcorn is not allowed in the classroom.

Students are also sharing their lunches. Normally this is not a problem but now students are fussing over certain foods others are sharing or not sharing. At this time I am going to ask you to talk to your children about not sharing their lunches with others. I have talked to them as well but I am finding that they are still doing this when I am not directly with them. Also, students may have allergies that they are not aware of or parents monitor what they are giving their children.

Please do not send lunches that require more than 2 minutes to heat up. Students are using the microwaves for 5-7 minutes each and this causes them to not have much time to eat. We have to go out to recess as a class and if students are not finished eating by the time to go outside, then the whole class has to wait for the others. If student need to use the microwave for longer than two minutes, they will need to get back in line to use any added time.

The last thing is that the school is using a lot of copy paper and we need to conserve and use our paper supply effectively. Students are asking to be able to dray during their quiet times. If they have this time, they have other things in class they can do. If they want to draw pictures, I told them that they would need to bring paper from home. If it is school work related, then paper is provided to them. This is not something they are needing but are requesting.