These are the first grade spelling contestants. Congratulations to all of them, especially our own Chloe Ake. We were all surprised that a second grader actually won the spelling bee!

Our student teacher started today. Here we are getting to know her a little better. She came here from Bosnia when she was in fifth grade. Her name is Klara Mijotavic.
Her last name phonetically is: Meotavich. We are so excited to have her!

My daughter Anna, was our guest speaker today. She taught the students about Chinese New Year. This is the year of the Dragon.

   The students had a chance to speak some Chinese and write some Chinese characters.

Weekly Update

Wow! What a week. We were off for MLK on Monday. On Tuesday we spent all day in the library while technology was installing our LINC equipment. On Thursday we found out that a second grade teacher is having surgery soon and will be out for several weeks. Since she will not be able to host her student teacher, our class will do so. Next week we will begin our journey with our student teacher. When I find out how to spell her last name, I will introduce you. 
Just an FYI: We will be taking a field trip on Feb. 2 to Rockwood Reservation to participate in their Maple Sugar program. The entire program is outdoors and will require a winter coat and BOOTS. If you would like to chaperon, you can meet us there and 9:30a.m. We will leave to return to school at 11:00a.m. I will be sending a permission slip home very soon.
We will be taking another field trip to Powell Hall to hear a Kinder concert on February 8th. A note is coming home today about that one. We are not allowed to take chaperons to Powell Hall since the tickets are purchased a year in advance. 

We voted to do Just Dance for our 100 point celebration. I told the kids it must have been a snow dance, because it snowed the next day!

Just Dance!!!

This is a reminder that tomorrow is early dismissal. The students will be dismissed at 1:40p.m. Please send me a note if your student will be doing something different than they normally do on early dismissal days.
Report cards went home yesterday. Please look over your student's report card and sign and return the bottom portion of the last page. If you have any questions or concerns please call or email. Thank You!

                                          Our Graduate!

Library Day

Welcome to 2012! I hope you had a wonderful holiday. We had a fabulous time at Anna's graduation. Now I'm just praying there is a job in her future! Since this is our first week back I wanted to remind everyone that tomorrow (Thursday) is library day. Please help your student remember his/her library books. Thanks so much!