Author in Residence

Many of you probably heard stories of author Katie McKy who visited us this past week at school.  Besides two assemblies, we also got one hour with her.  Students helped with one of her stories and also worked on writing through distractions (leaf blowers, water).  

Schroeder's Flowers

We were fortunate enough to have Schroeder's come and teach us about plants recently.  Some of you were probably very grateful that your child brought home pumpkins or corn! :)  

We learned about bulbs and seeds and had fun getting dirty!

Dental Health Poster Winners!

Two of our classmates were chosen as Grand Prize winners in the Dental Health Poster Contest! The two students are: Lily and Allison! They will each have their posters professionally framed, and will be presented with a prize and recognized at a ceremony in May. At this time, we are pleased to inform you that their posters will be shown by WBAY, next week, presented by George Graphos. Here are the air times/dates:

• Lily :  3/18/2013 from 4-4:30pm
• Allison : 3/20/13 from 4-4:30pm

 Congrats girls! How exciting!

So cool!

Check out Zavion's mom and Zach's sister! So awesome!

Young cancer survivors shine in photos

Happy Valentine's Day!

Box Top Competition

Our next Box Top competition is among us.  In order to give each student a fair chance at a prize, we are going to do things a little different this time.  Every student that brings in 25 or more clipped box tops before February 15th will get a cool Box Top spirit stick.  In order for your submission to count, the box tops must be cut on the dotted line, placed in a small ziplock bag with a slip of paper stating your child's name, teacher and number of box tops.  The top four classes will also win an additional prize.

We are always in need of volunteers to help count and package up the box tops. Please contact Sue Planert to volunteer or with questions at planert@sbcglobal.net.  Let's try to make this another record breaking competition!

Happy Groundhog's Day!

We spent some time with our book buddies this morning making predictions about what the groundhog will see tomorrow.  I think you will find the video that the kids made pretty entertaining!  Enjoy!