Important Dates:
Sept 3 No School - Labor Day
Sept 5 NWEA Math Test
Sept 13 Lock Out/Evacuation Drill
Sept 14 WAVE Bingo Night
Sept 17 Fall School Picture Day (Wear your school uniform)
Sept 25 Fort Sutter Field Trip for 1st Grade 8:45 to 2:00
Sept 26 Chili Cook Off at 6:00 p.m.
Oct 1-5 No School - Fall Break
Oct 17-26 Scholastic Book Fair
Nov 2 End of Trimester 1
Nov 5-9 Parent Conference Days (School is dismissed at 1:30 p.m. each day)
Nov 19-23 No School (Thanksgiving Break)
Classroom News:
We will will visit the library every Thursday between 10:25-10:55. We should be checking out our first library book to bring home this Thursday. Please plan to send in any library books for your child to exchange on Thursdays in his/her backpack the rest of the school year.
Look what we are learning in first grade!
Word Work/Spelling: Short i spelling pattern, two 100% spelling words: are, been (these words will be expected to be spelled correctly in all our writing for the entire school year once we introduce and practice them). Be sure to give your child a pretest at home using the Bright Bear spelling list. If your child get a 100% on the pretest you give them please have him/her study the Busy Bee spelling list other wise have him/her study the Bright Bear spelling list.
Reading: Classify/Categorize & Infer
Writing: Conventions: capitalizing the beginning of sentences & using end punctuation correctly (period & question mark) in our writing. Learning the difference between a question and a statement.
Math: Adding with sums up to 10 and writing numbers correctly
Theme/Social Studies: Life Long Ago (What were schools like in the 1800s?)
Grammar: Nouns/Naming Parts of Sentences
School Wide News:
Field Lessons and School Supplies: We are so excited to launch our new donations website! Click HERE to donate toward our school supply and field lesson campaigns.
School Supplies: Families, this year each grade level has purchased all the school supplies that your students will need for the entire year. We get a great discount as a school, so we like to purchase everything in advance. We ask that if you would like to help out with school supplies, simply make a $25 donation to our School Supplies Campaign and we will take care of the rest.
Field Lessons: Speaking of donations, each grade level is planning some incredible explorations this year! You can see a list of Field Lessons for each grade level. The school has already paid for these trips, and everyone is going whether we meet our donations goal or not, however, we have set our grade level Field Lessons Donation Goal and placed it on the website to help support these trips. You can help by donating to our Field Lessons Campaign on our donations website - the new website will even break up your donation into smaller monthly donations for you with just the click of a button.
Click HERE to donate today!
Explorer Athletics Coaches Needed: Click HERE to volunteer in our Explorer Athletics program! Volleyball and Flag Football in 6th-8th grades are launching in just a few weeks and we need 3 assistant coaches. No matter what grade level your students are in, we can use your help! It is only two hours a week, please sign up today!
6th-8th Teachers Only:
Learning Lab: This year the Learning Lab will be open for middle school students before school, during their lunch recess, and after school. The Learning Lab is staffed with an instructional aide who can provide guidance to students who need help with classwork or homework.
Learning Lab Schedule
Before School: 7:45 - 8:15 Monday - Friday
Lunch Recess: 10:57 - 11:12 - Monday - Friday
After School: 3:15 - 3:45 Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday
If your middle school student is attending the Learning Lab after school, please click HERE to update School Dismissal Manager for your student by selecting Learning Lab. Only students who have Learning Lab selected in School Dismissal Manager can attend the Learning Lab after school.
Sept 3 No School - Labor Day
Sept 5 NWEA Math Test
Sept 13 Lock Out/Evacuation Drill
Sept 14 WAVE Bingo Night
Sept 17 Fall School Picture Day (Wear your school uniform)
Sept 25 Fort Sutter Field Trip for 1st Grade 8:45 to 2:00
Sept 26 Chili Cook Off at 6:00 p.m.
Oct 1-5 No School - Fall Break
Oct 17-26 Scholastic Book Fair
Nov 2 End of Trimester 1
Nov 5-9 Parent Conference Days (School is dismissed at 1:30 p.m. each day)
Nov 19-23 No School (Thanksgiving Break)
Classroom News:
We will will visit the library every Thursday between 10:25-10:55. We should be checking out our first library book to bring home this Thursday. Please plan to send in any library books for your child to exchange on Thursdays in his/her backpack the rest of the school year.
Look what we are learning in first grade!
Word Work/Spelling: Short i spelling pattern, two 100% spelling words: are, been (these words will be expected to be spelled correctly in all our writing for the entire school year once we introduce and practice them). Be sure to give your child a pretest at home using the Bright Bear spelling list. If your child get a 100% on the pretest you give them please have him/her study the Busy Bee spelling list other wise have him/her study the Bright Bear spelling list.
Reading: Classify/Categorize & Infer
Writing: Conventions: capitalizing the beginning of sentences & using end punctuation correctly (period & question mark) in our writing. Learning the difference between a question and a statement.
Math: Adding with sums up to 10 and writing numbers correctly
Theme/Social Studies: Life Long Ago (What were schools like in the 1800s?)
Grammar: Nouns/Naming Parts of Sentences
School Wide News:
Field Lessons and School Supplies: We are so excited to launch our new donations website! Click HERE to donate toward our school supply and field lesson campaigns.
School Supplies: Families, this year each grade level has purchased all the school supplies that your students will need for the entire year. We get a great discount as a school, so we like to purchase everything in advance. We ask that if you would like to help out with school supplies, simply make a $25 donation to our School Supplies Campaign and we will take care of the rest.
Field Lessons: Speaking of donations, each grade level is planning some incredible explorations this year! You can see a list of Field Lessons for each grade level. The school has already paid for these trips, and everyone is going whether we meet our donations goal or not, however, we have set our grade level Field Lessons Donation Goal and placed it on the website to help support these trips. You can help by donating to our Field Lessons Campaign on our donations website - the new website will even break up your donation into smaller monthly donations for you with just the click of a button.
Click HERE to donate today!
Explorer Athletics Coaches Needed: Click HERE to volunteer in our Explorer Athletics program! Volleyball and Flag Football in 6th-8th grades are launching in just a few weeks and we need 3 assistant coaches. No matter what grade level your students are in, we can use your help! It is only two hours a week, please sign up today!
6th-8th Teachers Only:
Learning Lab: This year the Learning Lab will be open for middle school students before school, during their lunch recess, and after school. The Learning Lab is staffed with an instructional aide who can provide guidance to students who need help with classwork or homework.
Learning Lab Schedule
Before School: 7:45 - 8:15 Monday - Friday
Lunch Recess: 10:57 - 11:12 - Monday - Friday
After School: 3:15 - 3:45 Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday
If your middle school student is attending the Learning Lab after school, please click HERE to update School Dismissal Manager for your student by selecting Learning Lab. Only students who have Learning Lab selected in School Dismissal Manager can attend the Learning Lab after school.