Greetings All!
I hope you had an amazing weekend and got out and enjoyed the Fall weather! We are officially launched, and the 2023 school year is underway-thanks for a great start!
A few notes to get you going:
*School wide theme: Community!
1) Get a jump on signing up for Invitations: Invitations 23-24.
Note: We won’t have Invitations next Monday (25th) because we’ll just be getting back from camp.
2) Staff Meeting Tuesday, 2:45-3:30 in Grade 2. If you have something you’d like to add to the agenda please put it here: Staff Meeting Agendas 23-24. Who’s got a warm up activity for us?? Please bring your computers.
3) Book Fair this week, please refer to the email I sent last week with the schedule. I’ll give you Monday:
8:30-8:50 Kindergarten
8:50-9:10 First Grade
9:10-9:30 Second Grade
10:00-10:20 Third Grade
10:20-10:40 Fourth Grade
10:40-11:00 Fifth Grade
4) SIW this week is a teacher work day. I’ll be leaving school around 1:45 to get to an admin meeting.
5) Back to School Night is this Thursday starting with the Book Fair at 5pm. Parents will report to your room at 5:30pm. Plan to be back in the gym by 6:15–I’ll make an announcement over the PA.
6) Security note: If you are the last adult in off the playground after Choice Time or lunch recess please make sure the back door is shut. We simply cannot leave the door open. Thanks!
7) Just an FYI: Rose City Chess Club begins Wednesday after school in the staff room. This is parent funded chess instruction. We have about 15 kiddos signed up.
8) Camp Amity next week–yahoo!!! Be sure to have all permission slips in.
9) Buddies–let’s talk at the staff meeting about the first pairings.
Upcoming Dates (just keeping all this on your radar)
September 18-22: Scholastic Book Fair
September 19: Staff Meeting, 2:45-3:30pm in Grade 2
September 20: Teacher work day SIW
September 21: Back to School Night, 5-6:30pm
September 25/26: Camp Amity at Shevlin Park! 9:30am-1pm
September 26: Team Collaboration Meeting, 2:45-3:30pm
September 27: School based SIW
September 27: Cafe Amity, Grade 5 hosts
September 28: Lockdown Drill, 9:20am
September 29: Pancake Breakfast, 7-8am
October 4: DIBELS
October 4: School based SIW
October 6: Bread and Jam
October 10: Picture Day
October 10: Staff meeting, 2:45-3:30pm
October 11: Educator Network SIW
October 12: Bus Evacuation Drill, 9am at the Ed Center
October 16-17: Dental Screening
October 17: Teacher Collaboration Time, 2:45-3:30pm
October 18: Teacher work day SIW
October 20: Earthquake/Fire Drill, 10:45am
October 21: Harvest Festival (tentative, pending parent volunteers)
October 25-27: Conversations (likely 25th and 26th, no work on 27th)
Here’s to a great week ahead!
Andy