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Friday, March 31, 2006
Friday, March 31, 2006
Calendar
3/31 Pennies for Patients Root Beer Float sale 2:30-4:30
4/3 All-school assembly 10 am – Wildlife Associates
4/5 Core meeting 5 –6 pm
4/19 Emergency Prep. Meeting 5 – 7 pm in Helen Campbell’s house
4/10-4/14 Spring Break – school closed, childcare by prior registration
4/22 School Auction 2 pm
5/6 Work Party 10 am – 2 m
“NATURE-DEFICIT DISORDER”
In a recent NAMTA (North America Montessori Teacher Association) bulletin was an article called “Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder” written by Richard Louv. Mr. Louv has written a new book called “Last Child in the Woods”.
In his article he states, “I believe our society is teaching young people to avoid direct experience in nature. Our institutions, urban/suburban design, and cultural attitudes unconsciously associate nature with doom, while disassociating the outdoors from joy and solitude.” As a result, children’s worlds are shrinking. A 1991 study found that three generations of nine year olds’ radius of where they were allowed to roam had shrunk to one ninth of what existed for them in 1970. In our world of racing around between work and school and family and shopping American kids spend virtually no time in their own back yards. Such lives leave little time for unstructured activities in nature.
Nature deficit disorder is not a medical diagnosis, but a description of the human cost of alienation from nature. Among them, diminished use of the senses, attention difficulties, higher rates of physical and emotional illness. The disorder damages children; it also shapes adults, families, whole communities, and the future of nature itself.”
What’s a parent to do? First, rediscover your own nature connection. Consider the traditional nature activities: gardening, hiking, fishing. Take expeditions to mountain lakes or national parks and explore nature in your own neighborhood.
Enjoy backyard birding, collecting bugs, looking for animal tracks. Catch tadpoles. Look for edges between habitats, where a tree stops and a field begins, where rocks and water meet. Touch, feel and be connected to the earth around us.
Ask each other: What was happening in this same spot last season. Keep a nature journal together, sketching clouds or leaves or frogs. Write a story from the perspective of an animal.
Parents can give their children the most important gift of all with an infectious enthusiasm for the outdoors, reminding children and ourselves that we are all a part of nature.
SOUND OF THE WEEK Each Wednesday your child is encouraged, with your help, to find an object at home (preferably not a toy) that contains with the sound of the week. Put it in a labeled bag to share with your child’s class. The sound for next week is “Z” as in Zydeco, Zircon, and Zigzag.
SUMMER REGISTRATION
Summer registration forms and information have been distributed today to Parent Pockets. They are due in the school office by April 17th. Be sure to sign your child up for some or all of the sessions (beginning June 19 through August 18)! Additional registration forms can be obtained in the school offices.
5 FREE SNO-PARK PERMITS
Are you going up to the snow? Do you plan to go to any of the California Sno-Parks? We have 5 Sno-Park permits that we did not use when we went to South Lake Tahoe last month. Each car needs its own permit, one permit per day. If you're unfamiliar with the Sno-Park program, please go to http://www.snowlands.org/resources/snopark.html. Basically, these are snow-play, skiing, snowshoeing etc. areas for which the roads and parking lots are kept regularly plowed to make access easy. The permit fees pay for the plowing. If you're going up to the mountains and want to go to a Sno-Park, any or all of these permits are yours for the asking! We also have a list and map of the places where the permits are used, with each place described as to whether it's good for skiing, sledding, etc. Please contact Cindy Fressola -- Fressola@msn.com.
TUFF TUMBLERS
For the pre-school children we are offering a nine-week session at $70. Class dates are Wednesdays, April 5th, 19th, 26th, May 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th, 31st and June 7th, and for our Friday classes: April 7th, 21st, 28th, May 5th, 12th 19th, 26th, June 2nd and June 9th. There will be no classes on April 12th or 14th.
For the school-age children we will be offering a seven-week session at $54.00. Class dates are Friday, April 7th, 21st, 28th, May 5th, 12th, 19th and 26th, timeslot is 4 pm. There will be no classes on April 14th.
Please go to either school office to obtain the appropriate registration form. Remember, enrollment is on a first-come first-serve basis, and children are scheduled according to ability and age – your child may not be scheduled in your preferred time slot. If you have any questions please call Tuff Tumblers at 925-551-8900, or the GLM school office.
VOLUNTEER JOB OFFER: BOX TOPS COORDINATOR
Position entails the following:
· Encourage GLM families to cut out the Box Tops for Education coupons found on packages of General Mills cereals, Ziploc products, Betty Crocker and other food products from General Mills. And, NEW for 2006—Kimberly-Clark paper products such as Kleenex, Scott, Viva, and Cottonelle.
· Spread the word about the locations of coupon-collecting containers placed all around the GLM campus
· Periodically collect the coupons, count them, and send them to General Mills. General Mills sends a check to our school twice a year! It’s CASH—not some kind of corporate scrip.
Additional, optional duties:
· Visit the classrooms and tell the kids about this way to raise money for our school. Visits could include showing the children pictures of the coupons, so they can make sure the coupons don’t end up in the recycling bin at home. Or perhaps an art project, such as a coupon collection envelope to stick on the refrigerator at home.
· Encourage use of the Box Tops for Education website (www.boxtops4education.com) as a starting point for online shopping, which would bring in additional money for our school.
· Boost the Box Tops Booster Club!
This volunteer job counts toward your Parent Participation Hours. The amount of time you put into it, and the scheduling of the hours, are very, very flexible.
Please contact Cindy Fressola for more information.
Email (preferred): Fressola@msn.com
Phone: 839-9412
+ + + + + + + + + + + + +
CLASS NEWS
REDWOOD (ELEMENTARY)
This week our class took a field trip to the Scottish Rite Temple to see a musical about the formation of the first Black Regiment of the Civil War. This performance was put on by Theatreworks USA. The musical began by taking us back to March 3, 1859, in Savannah, GA, where 436 slaves were being sold at a massive auction. This has come to be known as the "Weeping Time". One of the main characters, Kofi, a young slave boy is separated from his mother and is being shipped to Helena, South Carolina, to work on a cotton plantation. On his journey to the plantation he meets an older slave named Sam. As news spreads of the coming Civil War, Kofi and his friend Sam seize the opportunity to escape. They endure a journey to the Sea Islands and encounter Colonel Thomas Higginson, who enlists them as contraband slaves in his First South Carolina volunteers, the first regiment of Black soldiers in the Union Army. They enlist based upon the promise of freedom upon the completion of the war. The army faces many obstacles, from the government not wanting to issue them uniforms and weapons to not even being willing to recognize them at all.
This was a wonderful show in which the children learned a lot. At the point when Kofi is sold and again when he learns of his mother's fate, the children became teary-eyed. However, at the end, the children were joyous with the fact that freedom was won. It also left the children with a deep sense of gratitude for these men who were willing to give up their lives for freedom. It was the best musical we have seen in a long time. The actors and actresses had amazing vocal talent.
On another note, thank you Diana Fong for the Citron Tea! The children are greatly enjoying the tea at the writing table!
JACARANDA
Spring has arrived, though it can be forgiven if you have not noticed. The number of rainy days for March is 24 and counting...
The weather is good for our recently planted seeds: The first seeds are sprouting and we eagerly await the rest of the cantaloupes, sunflowers and wildflowers.
During the fire drill earlier this week, the children walked calmly and quietly outside, though one child was so engaged she continued working through the very loud alarm, and another child wanted to carry her work outside the classroom.
The Jacaranda Spring egg hunt will be next Wednesday. The Jacaranda class is looking for a volunteer to help the children dye eggs on Monday or Tuesday.
For snack everyday, the children toast bread and have a choice of fruit. The children set up snack, setting butter and knife on the snack table and the bread plate and fruit bowl on the snack shelf, and the name cards for each.
Occasionally, large group lessons are given to the children. Recent lessons include how to take off a coat and lay it neatly on a table when the coat hooks are unavailable in the afternoon, and how to fill a cup and carry it across the room to a table.
In the group setting of the Jacaranda classroom, the children learn empathy and consideration for others by the example of other children and adults. A recent paper titled "Raising Generous Children" from a Montessori journal outlines what happens in the Montessori classroom and is available if you would like to know more.
Laura Lorenz has very generously committed herself to organizing BOTH Auction items for Jacaranda. She would probably be very grateful for some assistance as the deadline zooms closer. Please offer your assistance to her if you can spare the time.......parent hours anyone???
JUNIPER
During May, the toddlers will begin transitioning into their new primary classrooms. This means lots of little ones visiting Juniper during the afternoon and other times of the day. This co-mingling helps the toddlers become comfortable in their new environments before committing to them full time. So when you see some new little faces, give a smile and a wave to welcome them!
Thanks again to the parents who continue to visit Juniper sharing stories, culture and art. Special thanks to Maddy's parents for their help in creating the beautiful new painting on display in Juniper.
The five year olds had a special treat this week. A man from Bay Worms (a local non-profit) visited and taught them and the elementary students about worms, their role in keeping the earth healthy, and their important part in composting.
"Through their disagreements and frustrations, children learn to think empathetically and to understand that relationships are reciprocal. Montessori teachers ask simple but invaluable questions: not just "What is the problem?" or "What happened?" but also, "How did that make you feel?" and most significantly, "How do you think your friend feels right now?"
- from "Raising Generous Children," by Jennifer Rogers
GINKGO
On Wednesday March 29 we had a birthday celebration for Gabriel Poon. On the 30th, he turns 5 years old! His whole family came in, and his mother told Gabriel's life story. The children loved the fruit salad his mother prepared, they asked for seconds. Gabriel gave the class a bamboo plant as a present to the classroom.
Sound of the Week: Children brought in Yo-yo, a picture of a Yellow-tailed fish, and a lot of Yellow clothing. Louis Whitaker brought a CD for the class to listen to entitled "The Yo- Yo Song".
This week the afternoon class is learning more about the first farmers. We found how people 9,000 years ago discovered seed and realized that they no longer had go in search of food - they could plant their food where they lived. It's been fun to talk about it and listen to the children discuss it with one another.
LIVE OAK
We continue this week with flowers and mammals. We are very busy creating beautiful items for the auction. Please plan on attending. It will be a lot of fun.
We are trying to enjoy the sunshine when it appears, so we are a little here and there as far as schedule goes. Our main work this week has been grace and courtesy lessons about how we communicate to each other. For example, instead of saying “You’re not my friend”, we say, “I don’t want to play with you now, but I will later”. We are also learning how to make our bodies quiet and still, playing silence games and freeze games as well as lessons on how to walk around the room with a quiet, focused body, saying excuse me when we need to pass by someone. There’s great transition in the classroom now as everyone is experiencing their new found maturity and ownership of the environment. It’s very exciting to watch as they all grow up and realize they each are an important part of our classroom.
MAGNOLIA
What a busy week we have been having in Magnolia. A big happy birthday to Jake Houser who turned 4. He shared a delicious strawberry shortcake snack with the children.
A thank you, also, to Isa's mom, Katya, for coming to help finish our frames for the auction project. We will move on to the platter next week.
The Magnolia class is planning an egg hunt for Friday, April 7th. Please let Ms. Olivares know if you can help out with the following:
1) Boiling eggs (two dozen)
2) Dying eggs in class with the children on Thurday, April 6th
3) Hiding eggs for the day of the egg hunt
4) Bringing a special breakfast snack for 30 the morning of the hunt
MULBERRY
We have had a lot of children out this week due to illnesses, and now Ms. Aima is out sick, as well. It is very important to teach children at an early age to wash their hands frequently and to cough and sneeze into their elbow.
Tomorrow is April 1 (April Fools Day) already! The GLM Auction is just 3 weeks away. Thank you to the parents who have helped with our auction projects. Volunteers are still needed to finish our t-shirt project. Please contact Room Parent Erin Scott, or Ms. Aima.
We will have more interesting and exciting news next week upon Ms. Aima’s return.
CAMELLIA
Thank you to Stella Castillo, Ethan F.’s mom, for doing a wonderful Easter egg painting project with both classes. If any other parent is interested in doing projects with the children please let us know.
The Wine and Cheese Auction is getting closer! Camellia is getting started on our live auction project. If you would like to help please contact Marni Hunter or Diane Spiegel. All projects have to be completed by Monday, April 17, 2006.
This week’s sound was "Y" and we had Yarn, the color Yellow, and Yogurt pie made by Stella, Ethan's mom! Next week’s sound is "Z" as in Zipper, Zebra, and Zip-lock bag.
This Friday, March 31, from 2:30 - 4:30, the elementary class is sponsoring a root beer float sale to raise money for Pennies for Patients. There will be a stand located on the blacktop and another at the main entrance on Chetwood. Please stop by to pick up 1, 2, or 3 for the road!
A friendly reminder: If you're running late for class please enter quietly and ask a teacher to help with the good-bye if it is a difficult one. Please remember that the children are working and some are easily distracted. Thank you.
Calendar
3/31 Pennies for Patients Root Beer Float sale 2:30-4:30
4/3 All-school assembly 10 am – Wildlife Associates
4/5 Core meeting 5 –6 pm
4/19 Emergency Prep. Meeting 5 – 7 pm in Helen Campbell’s house
4/10-4/14 Spring Break – school closed, childcare by prior registration
4/22 School Auction 2 pm
5/6 Work Party 10 am – 2 m
“NATURE-DEFICIT DISORDER”
In a recent NAMTA (North America Montessori Teacher Association) bulletin was an article called “Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder” written by Richard Louv. Mr. Louv has written a new book called “Last Child in the Woods”.
In his article he states, “I believe our society is teaching young people to avoid direct experience in nature. Our institutions, urban/suburban design, and cultural attitudes unconsciously associate nature with doom, while disassociating the outdoors from joy and solitude.” As a result, children’s worlds are shrinking. A 1991 study found that three generations of nine year olds’ radius of where they were allowed to roam had shrunk to one ninth of what existed for them in 1970. In our world of racing around between work and school and family and shopping American kids spend virtually no time in their own back yards. Such lives leave little time for unstructured activities in nature.
Nature deficit disorder is not a medical diagnosis, but a description of the human cost of alienation from nature. Among them, diminished use of the senses, attention difficulties, higher rates of physical and emotional illness. The disorder damages children; it also shapes adults, families, whole communities, and the future of nature itself.”
What’s a parent to do? First, rediscover your own nature connection. Consider the traditional nature activities: gardening, hiking, fishing. Take expeditions to mountain lakes or national parks and explore nature in your own neighborhood.
Enjoy backyard birding, collecting bugs, looking for animal tracks. Catch tadpoles. Look for edges between habitats, where a tree stops and a field begins, where rocks and water meet. Touch, feel and be connected to the earth around us.
Ask each other: What was happening in this same spot last season. Keep a nature journal together, sketching clouds or leaves or frogs. Write a story from the perspective of an animal.
Parents can give their children the most important gift of all with an infectious enthusiasm for the outdoors, reminding children and ourselves that we are all a part of nature.
SOUND OF THE WEEK Each Wednesday your child is encouraged, with your help, to find an object at home (preferably not a toy) that contains with the sound of the week. Put it in a labeled bag to share with your child’s class. The sound for next week is “Z” as in Zydeco, Zircon, and Zigzag.
SUMMER REGISTRATION
Summer registration forms and information have been distributed today to Parent Pockets. They are due in the school office by April 17th. Be sure to sign your child up for some or all of the sessions (beginning June 19 through August 18)! Additional registration forms can be obtained in the school offices.
5 FREE SNO-PARK PERMITS
Are you going up to the snow? Do you plan to go to any of the California Sno-Parks? We have 5 Sno-Park permits that we did not use when we went to South Lake Tahoe last month. Each car needs its own permit, one permit per day. If you're unfamiliar with the Sno-Park program, please go to http://www.snowlands.org/resources/snopark.html. Basically, these are snow-play, skiing, snowshoeing etc. areas for which the roads and parking lots are kept regularly plowed to make access easy. The permit fees pay for the plowing. If you're going up to the mountains and want to go to a Sno-Park, any or all of these permits are yours for the asking! We also have a list and map of the places where the permits are used, with each place described as to whether it's good for skiing, sledding, etc. Please contact Cindy Fressola -- Fressola@msn.com.
TUFF TUMBLERS
For the pre-school children we are offering a nine-week session at $70. Class dates are Wednesdays, April 5th, 19th, 26th, May 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th, 31st and June 7th, and for our Friday classes: April 7th, 21st, 28th, May 5th, 12th 19th, 26th, June 2nd and June 9th. There will be no classes on April 12th or 14th.
For the school-age children we will be offering a seven-week session at $54.00. Class dates are Friday, April 7th, 21st, 28th, May 5th, 12th, 19th and 26th, timeslot is 4 pm. There will be no classes on April 14th.
Please go to either school office to obtain the appropriate registration form. Remember, enrollment is on a first-come first-serve basis, and children are scheduled according to ability and age – your child may not be scheduled in your preferred time slot. If you have any questions please call Tuff Tumblers at 925-551-8900, or the GLM school office.
VOLUNTEER JOB OFFER: BOX TOPS COORDINATOR
Position entails the following:
· Encourage GLM families to cut out the Box Tops for Education coupons found on packages of General Mills cereals, Ziploc products, Betty Crocker and other food products from General Mills. And, NEW for 2006—Kimberly-Clark paper products such as Kleenex, Scott, Viva, and Cottonelle.
· Spread the word about the locations of coupon-collecting containers placed all around the GLM campus
· Periodically collect the coupons, count them, and send them to General Mills. General Mills sends a check to our school twice a year! It’s CASH—not some kind of corporate scrip.
Additional, optional duties:
· Visit the classrooms and tell the kids about this way to raise money for our school. Visits could include showing the children pictures of the coupons, so they can make sure the coupons don’t end up in the recycling bin at home. Or perhaps an art project, such as a coupon collection envelope to stick on the refrigerator at home.
· Encourage use of the Box Tops for Education website (www.boxtops4education.com) as a starting point for online shopping, which would bring in additional money for our school.
· Boost the Box Tops Booster Club!
This volunteer job counts toward your Parent Participation Hours. The amount of time you put into it, and the scheduling of the hours, are very, very flexible.
Please contact Cindy Fressola for more information.
Email (preferred): Fressola@msn.com
Phone: 839-9412
+ + + + + + + + + + + + +
CLASS NEWS
REDWOOD (ELEMENTARY)
This week our class took a field trip to the Scottish Rite Temple to see a musical about the formation of the first Black Regiment of the Civil War. This performance was put on by Theatreworks USA. The musical began by taking us back to March 3, 1859, in Savannah, GA, where 436 slaves were being sold at a massive auction. This has come to be known as the "Weeping Time". One of the main characters, Kofi, a young slave boy is separated from his mother and is being shipped to Helena, South Carolina, to work on a cotton plantation. On his journey to the plantation he meets an older slave named Sam. As news spreads of the coming Civil War, Kofi and his friend Sam seize the opportunity to escape. They endure a journey to the Sea Islands and encounter Colonel Thomas Higginson, who enlists them as contraband slaves in his First South Carolina volunteers, the first regiment of Black soldiers in the Union Army. They enlist based upon the promise of freedom upon the completion of the war. The army faces many obstacles, from the government not wanting to issue them uniforms and weapons to not even being willing to recognize them at all.
This was a wonderful show in which the children learned a lot. At the point when Kofi is sold and again when he learns of his mother's fate, the children became teary-eyed. However, at the end, the children were joyous with the fact that freedom was won. It also left the children with a deep sense of gratitude for these men who were willing to give up their lives for freedom. It was the best musical we have seen in a long time. The actors and actresses had amazing vocal talent.
On another note, thank you Diana Fong for the Citron Tea! The children are greatly enjoying the tea at the writing table!
JACARANDA
Spring has arrived, though it can be forgiven if you have not noticed. The number of rainy days for March is 24 and counting...
The weather is good for our recently planted seeds: The first seeds are sprouting and we eagerly await the rest of the cantaloupes, sunflowers and wildflowers.
During the fire drill earlier this week, the children walked calmly and quietly outside, though one child was so engaged she continued working through the very loud alarm, and another child wanted to carry her work outside the classroom.
The Jacaranda Spring egg hunt will be next Wednesday. The Jacaranda class is looking for a volunteer to help the children dye eggs on Monday or Tuesday.
For snack everyday, the children toast bread and have a choice of fruit. The children set up snack, setting butter and knife on the snack table and the bread plate and fruit bowl on the snack shelf, and the name cards for each.
Occasionally, large group lessons are given to the children. Recent lessons include how to take off a coat and lay it neatly on a table when the coat hooks are unavailable in the afternoon, and how to fill a cup and carry it across the room to a table.
In the group setting of the Jacaranda classroom, the children learn empathy and consideration for others by the example of other children and adults. A recent paper titled "Raising Generous Children" from a Montessori journal outlines what happens in the Montessori classroom and is available if you would like to know more.
Laura Lorenz has very generously committed herself to organizing BOTH Auction items for Jacaranda. She would probably be very grateful for some assistance as the deadline zooms closer. Please offer your assistance to her if you can spare the time.......parent hours anyone???
JUNIPER
During May, the toddlers will begin transitioning into their new primary classrooms. This means lots of little ones visiting Juniper during the afternoon and other times of the day. This co-mingling helps the toddlers become comfortable in their new environments before committing to them full time. So when you see some new little faces, give a smile and a wave to welcome them!
Thanks again to the parents who continue to visit Juniper sharing stories, culture and art. Special thanks to Maddy's parents for their help in creating the beautiful new painting on display in Juniper.
The five year olds had a special treat this week. A man from Bay Worms (a local non-profit) visited and taught them and the elementary students about worms, their role in keeping the earth healthy, and their important part in composting.
"Through their disagreements and frustrations, children learn to think empathetically and to understand that relationships are reciprocal. Montessori teachers ask simple but invaluable questions: not just "What is the problem?" or "What happened?" but also, "How did that make you feel?" and most significantly, "How do you think your friend feels right now?"
- from "Raising Generous Children," by Jennifer Rogers
GINKGO
On Wednesday March 29 we had a birthday celebration for Gabriel Poon. On the 30th, he turns 5 years old! His whole family came in, and his mother told Gabriel's life story. The children loved the fruit salad his mother prepared, they asked for seconds. Gabriel gave the class a bamboo plant as a present to the classroom.
Sound of the Week: Children brought in Yo-yo, a picture of a Yellow-tailed fish, and a lot of Yellow clothing. Louis Whitaker brought a CD for the class to listen to entitled "The Yo- Yo Song".
This week the afternoon class is learning more about the first farmers. We found how people 9,000 years ago discovered seed and realized that they no longer had go in search of food - they could plant their food where they lived. It's been fun to talk about it and listen to the children discuss it with one another.
LIVE OAK
We continue this week with flowers and mammals. We are very busy creating beautiful items for the auction. Please plan on attending. It will be a lot of fun.
We are trying to enjoy the sunshine when it appears, so we are a little here and there as far as schedule goes. Our main work this week has been grace and courtesy lessons about how we communicate to each other. For example, instead of saying “You’re not my friend”, we say, “I don’t want to play with you now, but I will later”. We are also learning how to make our bodies quiet and still, playing silence games and freeze games as well as lessons on how to walk around the room with a quiet, focused body, saying excuse me when we need to pass by someone. There’s great transition in the classroom now as everyone is experiencing their new found maturity and ownership of the environment. It’s very exciting to watch as they all grow up and realize they each are an important part of our classroom.
MAGNOLIA
What a busy week we have been having in Magnolia. A big happy birthday to Jake Houser who turned 4. He shared a delicious strawberry shortcake snack with the children.
A thank you, also, to Isa's mom, Katya, for coming to help finish our frames for the auction project. We will move on to the platter next week.
The Magnolia class is planning an egg hunt for Friday, April 7th. Please let Ms. Olivares know if you can help out with the following:
1) Boiling eggs (two dozen)
2) Dying eggs in class with the children on Thurday, April 6th
3) Hiding eggs for the day of the egg hunt
4) Bringing a special breakfast snack for 30 the morning of the hunt
MULBERRY
We have had a lot of children out this week due to illnesses, and now Ms. Aima is out sick, as well. It is very important to teach children at an early age to wash their hands frequently and to cough and sneeze into their elbow.
Tomorrow is April 1 (April Fools Day) already! The GLM Auction is just 3 weeks away. Thank you to the parents who have helped with our auction projects. Volunteers are still needed to finish our t-shirt project. Please contact Room Parent Erin Scott, or Ms. Aima.
We will have more interesting and exciting news next week upon Ms. Aima’s return.
CAMELLIA
Thank you to Stella Castillo, Ethan F.’s mom, for doing a wonderful Easter egg painting project with both classes. If any other parent is interested in doing projects with the children please let us know.
The Wine and Cheese Auction is getting closer! Camellia is getting started on our live auction project. If you would like to help please contact Marni Hunter or Diane Spiegel. All projects have to be completed by Monday, April 17, 2006.
This week’s sound was "Y" and we had Yarn, the color Yellow, and Yogurt pie made by Stella, Ethan's mom! Next week’s sound is "Z" as in Zipper, Zebra, and Zip-lock bag.
This Friday, March 31, from 2:30 - 4:30, the elementary class is sponsoring a root beer float sale to raise money for Pennies for Patients. There will be a stand located on the blacktop and another at the main entrance on Chetwood. Please stop by to pick up 1, 2, or 3 for the road!
A friendly reminder: If you're running late for class please enter quietly and ask a teacher to help with the good-bye if it is a difficult one. Please remember that the children are working and some are easily distracted. Thank you.
