The Week of October 30th

  The Blue Jays Weekly Newsletter

Autumn Observations

We are asking that all families come in to observe our community at work. Our goal is to provide a loving, respectful, and supportive environment in which children will blossom.  Observations begin this week and will take place on Wednesday and Thursday mornings through December 15th. Please use this link to schedule your observation of the Blue Jay Learning Community today.

Our first field trip of the year will take place Monday, October 31st! We plan to be at North Beach on Tybee at 9:30am. If your family would like to join us there, we would love to have you! Picnic lunch to follow. Your child should come to school in uniform with sunscreen and bugspray (if necessary) already applied. Please do not send microwaveable lunches. 

PTA Read-A-Thon

The 11th annual PTA Read-A-Thon will take place November 1-30th. This year, we are raising funds to replace outdated books in the media center's cultural curriculum collection.

Any student who raises $100 or more will receive a $10.00 gift certificate to the Scholastic Book Fair, which will take place in the media center the week of December 1-8, 2022.

You can find more information about this on the PTA Read-a-Thon page of the Ellis website.

Thank you for your support and happy reading!

Pumpkin Fun

Blue Jays read books about pumpkins and measurement last week in the classroom. They estimated the number of seeds in our class pumpkin based on what they learned. Students carved our pumpkin Friday and will count and eat roasted pumpkin seeds Monday. 

BOOK IT! Reading Program

The 2022-2023 BOOK IT! reading program will begin October 1st for all interested Pre-K through 6th grade students. Visit the BOOK IT! page of the Ellis website for more information including how to sign your student(s) up to participate. If you have any questions, please let Ms. Lisa know. lisa.odonnell@sccpss.com

Happy reading!

Calling all volunteers!

Do you have special talents that you would like to share with our community? Do you sew, knit, paint, draw, cook, write, do woodworking, garden...? Or, would you like to come in regularly to read with children and work on Fry words? Please send us an email, because we would love to have your help! As soon as we are given district approval, we would love to have volunteers in the classroom. Any parent or family member that intends to volunteer needs to register with the district.  Please click this link and apply to become a volunteer on Operation Beacon. If you want to volunteer, in any capacity, you will have to do this. Thank you!

Homework

The lower elementary classes have the following homework expectations:

Read for 20 minutes each night, either independently or with family members.

If you have access to technology at home, your child can follow their i-Ready learning path.

Math facts (addition, subtraction, multiplication or division) 

It is very important that all families sign up for our community Remind!  Please text @ac3c9 to number 81010 or if you are having trouble with 81010 try texting @ac3c9 to 971-239-4842  (Please sign up!)

*WISH LIST

Timothy Hay

Paper Towels

Napkins

Dates to Remember

October 31- Field Trip

November 8- Field Trip

November 11- No School- Veterans Day

November 21-25 Thanksgiving Break