The Week of September 4th

 The Blue Jays Weekly Newsletter

Work Plans

Work plans go home every Friday. Please sign your child's work plan and return the following week. These go home every week to inspire conversation about what your child is doing in school.

Amira Testing 

Students will be completing Amira testing this week. If your child has access to a device at home, they can practice reading with the Amira tutor by logging in to Classlink and choosing the Amira icon. This activity should take about 5 minutes a day.

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) 

Welcome Vega!

Thanks to the Bhonsle Family, our class is now caring for the  guinea pig Vega! 

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!)

The classrooms can be cool at times.  It is a great idea to send a sweater or sweatshirt, labeled your child's on the tag, in their bookbag. According to administration, students will not be allowed to wear hoodies in school.

Please send in a water bottle labeled with your child's name for them to keep at school throughout the week for when they get thirsty.  The weather is HOT and the children can become extremely thirsty at recess and throughout the day. 

 

Please be sure to login to PowerSchool and sign your student's technology permission slip.  You may also want to purchase a protection plan.  It is highly recommended that the computers remain at school where they can remain fully charged and ready for use each day at school.

This year, the children will be traveling to explorations on Tuesday mornings.  Be sure to send your child to school in shoes that will work well for them in P.E.  For those new to the school, the children have art, music, PE, Spanish, Technology, and Engineering with the exploration teachers in one morning each week.

*Dates to Remember

September 5- Labor Day-No School

September 21-International Peace Day

September 30- Donation Dress Down

The Week of August 28th

 The Blue Jays Weekly Newsletter

E-Learning Half Day 

Friday, September 2, the children will have an e-learning day half day.  The expectation will be for the children to log into Classlink, then It's Learning, and then click on the Blue Jays Class. The children will have a class zoom meeting at 8:30.  When the meeting concludes, children will have an assignment to complete and turn in on the following Tuesday.  Additionally, children will have the opportunity to follow their i-ready learning paths.  The school day will end at 11:15.  Please be on the lookout for more information coming in an email.

PTA

The Ellis class with the most parent PTA memberships will receive an ice cream party to celebrate!  Please join PTA!

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!)

The classrooms can be cool at times.  It is a great idea to send a sweater or sweatshirt, labeled your child's on the tag, in their bookbag. According to administration, students will not be allowed to wear hoodies in school.

Please send in a water bottle labeled with your child's name for them to keep at school throughout the week for when they get thirsty.  The weather is HOT and the children can become extremely thirsty at recess and throughout the day. 

 

Please be sure to login to PowerSchool and sign your student's technology permission slip.  You may also want to purchase a protection plan.  It is highly recommended that the computers remain at school where they can remain fully charged and ready for use each day at school.

This year, the children will be traveling to explorations on Tuesday mornings.  Be sure to send your child to school in shoes that will work well for them in P.E.  For those new to the school, the children have art, music, PE, Spanish, Technology, and Engineering with the exploration teachers in one morning each week.

*Dates to Remember

August 31- Maria Montessori's 132nd Birthday!

September 2- e-learning half day

September 5- Labor Day-No School

The Week of August 21st

 The Blue Jays Weekly Newsletter

The children have been brainstorming classroom expectations and creating jobs for themselves in the school environment.  It's lovely to see the children taking ownership of the classroom. 

iReady Testing

This coming week we will be completing i-ready testing on Wednesday and Friday.  Please make sure that your child gets plenty of rest the night before testing day and a big healthy breakfast on the morning of testing days

PTA

Please join us for our first PTA meeting on Thursday, August 25.  You can be involved as little or as much as you'd like but we encourage your attendance at the monthly meetings.  The Ellis class with the most parent memberships will receive an ice cream party to celebrate!  Please join PTA!

The First Great Lesson

Students received the First Great Lesson and we will continue our study of how the Earth began.  The exploration of many creation stories will be shared over the coming weeks and we will be experimenting with the various science concepts involved.

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!)

The classrooms can be cool at times.  It is a great idea to send a sweater or sweatshirt, labeled your child's on the tag, in their bookbag. According to administration, students will not be allowed to wear hoodies in school.

Please send in a water bottle labeled with your child's name for them to keep at school throughout the week for when they get thirsty.  The weather is HOT and the children can become extremely thirsty at recess and throughout the day. 

 

Please be sure to login to PowerSchool and sign your student's technology permission slip.  You may also want to purchase a protection plan.  It is highly recommended that the computers remain at school where they can remain fully charged and ready for use each day at school.

This year, the children will be traveling to explorations on Tuesday mornings.  Be sure to send your child to school in shoes that will work well for them in P.E.  For those new to the school, the children have art, music, PE, Spanish, Technology, and Engineering with the exploration teachers in one morning each week.

*Dates to Remember

August 24- iReady Testing

August 25- PTA Meeting 

August 25- Fall Picture Day

August 26- iReady Testing

August 26- Donation Dress Down 

September 2- e-learning half day

September 5- Labor Day-No School

The Week of August 7th

The Blue Jays Weekly Newsletter

We have had an amazing start to our school year! Children have been learning procedures and working on many grace and courtesy lessons. These skills are the key to a peaceful, independent group of children.  The children are making strong connections with each other and this week we will be working on the first great lesson: The Coming of the Universe!  This is a wonderful way to spark curiosity in the classroom.

The children are excited to serve their snacks and clean up afterwards.  If you have not already done so, please send in a Kroger gift card for healthy snack selections.  $30 for the semester or $60 for the year.  Also, if you would like to help with the shopping for snacks, please send a Remind or email and we can send a card home for you to use to shop over the weekend for the following week. 

Lower Elementary Snack Letter

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!)

The classrooms can be cool at times.  It is a great idea to send a sweater or sweatshirt, labeled your child's on the tag, in their bookbag. According to administration, students will not be allowed to wear hoodies in school.

Please send in a water bottle labeled with your child's name for them to keep at school throughout the week for when they get thirsty.  The weather is HOT and the children can become extremely thirsty at recess and throughout the day. 

 

Please be sure to login to PowerSchool and sign your student's technology permission slip.  You may also want to purchase a protection plan.  It is highly recommended that the computers remain at school where they can remain fully charged and ready for use each day at school.

This year, the children will be traveling to explorations on Tuesday mornings.  Be sure to send your child to school in shoes that will work well for them in P.E.  For those new to the school, the children have art, music, PE, Spanish, Technology, and Engineering with the exploration teachers in one morning each week.

Breakfast: 7:55-8:15

School Begins: 8:15

School Ends: 3:15

*Dates to Remember

August 25- Fall Picture Day

August 26- Donation Dress Down 

September 2- e-learning half day-dismissal at 12:15

September 5- Labor Day-No School

The Week of July 31st

Weekly Newsletter

We are delighted to be back in Room 29 and look forward to seeing all of our families this week!  It is with great pleasure that we invite you to observe and volunteer in the classroom after the first several weeks of the normalization process. There is an open invitation for all families to come in and observe our learning environment. This gives families a better understanding of what is happening in the classroom and can help to open dialogue between students, families, and teachers. We welcome volunteers to come in and read, cook, and complete activities with the children. As the weeks progress, we will keep you posted on when the children will be ready to receive visitors to the classroom.  Of course, we will wait until the SCCPSS has given us approval for visitors.  At that time we encourage parents to come and enrich our classroom culture. (All volunteers must complete the Beacon screening process prior to spending time with the children.)  

Please plan to drop by Room 29, on Monday, August 1st between 4 and 6pm, to take a look at the classroom and meet the teachers. Feel free to drop school supplies off at this time.

Breakfast: 7:55-8:15

School Begins: 8:15

School Ends: 3:15

*Dates to Remember

August 1- Open House 4-6

August 3- First Day of School

August 25- Fall Picture Day

August 26- Donation Dress Down 

Welcome, Blue Jays!

 

The Week of May 15th

   Weekly Newsletter

              *Please remember to send in water bottles daily.*

Device and Charger Collection 

Ms. Lisa and Ms. Laura are collecting devices and chargers this week. Please check around your house and make sure that the charger to your child's device is returned. There is a $30 fee for lost chargers if you have not purchased the protection plan. Also, all borrowed books need to be returned to the Media Center as soon as possible. They were due May 6th. Thank you!

Picnic at Circle Park-Thursday at 1pm

We will have a class picnic in celebration of our students who will be moving on next year. Please plan to join us this Thursday at 1pm at Circle Park. Feel free to bring food items that can be shared by everyone. You can also send in shareable food items with your child if you cannot attend the picnic. Also, please bring blankets, chairs, or whatever you’d like to sit on, for yourself and your child! Field trip forms went home last week. Please sign and return as soon as possible.

Field Day - May 20

Unfortunately, parents will not be allowed to attend.We have two parents sending in ice pops and that is everything we will need for the community on that day. The following is a letter from Coach Lesley. We have not been assigned a t-shirt color yet.

                           Covid Flow Chart

*Dates to Remember

May 19- Picnic at Circle Park 1pm

May 20- Field Day- Pizza Party

May 24- 8th Grade Bridging Ceremony (9am)

May 24- Last Day of School!