Weekly News

Night of the Notables
We are finishing up our projects this week for Night of the Notables.  This is a project that the students are completing in class.  Our field trip to the retirement home is Tuesday, December 9th.  NOTN is Thursday at 6:30pm.  The event is school-wide the evening's events typically take place in the child's classroom or in the common areas.  Ours will be in our classroom.  When you first come in, I will have an activity for the parents to complete.  The students know that they are not allowed to assist.  =)  Then, we will be doing individual introductions to the entire group around 6:40pm and the event will begin.  The purpose of the event is for the adults to mingle around the room and interact with the notables, in this case your child and their classmates.  As parents you can ask questions about the likes and dislikes of the child, information about their family or family tree, similarities and differences to ____, their project they created, etc.  Please make sure you are walking around and interacting with the students.  If you have a sibling you'd like to see in another classroom or if you'd like to visit other classrooms, please feel free to come and go as well.  If you are late to the event you may miss the formal introductions or the activity at the very beginning. Nothing else about our classroom's events are time sensitive.    

Holidays Around the World
We have begun our studies of holidays, customs, cultures, and beliefs around the world.  We are learning about several different winter holidays and celebrations and the religions/reasons behind them.

Other Information

• Last call for yearbook orders.  The cost is $15 and is due by December 11th.  At the end of the year we will have a school-wide yearbook signing party.  If you choose not to order a yearbook your child can still participate in the event they will just use a piece of notebook paper.  
• Our Polar Express/Gingerbread trip is Friday.  The trip is a surprise trip so please do not meet us at the school.  If you plan on meeting us in Uptown at Founder's Hall please let me know via email.  Please make sure  your child is dressed appropriately for the weather and is wearing walking shoes.
• After our Gingerbread chase we will be going to Imaginon.  If you do not want your child to check out books at the library due to Winter Break please let me know via email.  If I do not hear from you by Thursday I will allow your child to get books.     
• Our Holiday party is Thursday, December 18th from 8:45-10:15am.  Please sign-up to bring a dish HERE.  I will purchase and provide all craft materials.
• Friday December 19th we will be having our read-in.  Pajamas, books, blankets, pillows, stuffed animals, etc. are welcome as long as your child is able to carry them.  If you want your child to participate in the book exchange, please see the directions below.  The book exchange is optional but a fun experience for everyone! 
• If your child would like to participate, please send in a wrapped book by the morning of December 19th.  It can be ANY book (chapter book, picture book, etc.).  It can be a hardback book or a softback book and it can also be brand new or used but in like-new condition.  Each student who brings in a book will be able to participate in a game to choose a wrapped book to take home and keep.