Thursday, March 26, 2015
Dear Parents,
The 3rd
graders will be taking the Alaska Measures of Progress (AMP) tests starting
Monday, March 30 through Thursday, April 2. Friday, April 3 is a make up day.
The tests will start promptly at 9:30 each day. 3rd grade parents
please send your child well rested, well fed, and relaxed and ready to do his
or her best. We won’t have spelling tests or homework for next week due to the
3rd grade testing. On Friday, April 3rd we will have a
pizza party to celebrate the end of testing.
The children are raising money for our sister school
in Malawi, Africa. This is the Malawi Children’s Village. It is a
place for children who were orphaned in Africa. We have added to the
building of a school, latrines so the girls could go to school, books, chairs,
and paper. This year we are raising money to build teacher housing on
campus. If you would like to donate (certainly not required) please send
donations in an envelope marked MCV.
We
have some planned field trips that I wanted to tell you so you can put them on
your calendar. On Thursday, April 9 we will be going to West High to see a
performance of the musical, “Shrek”. We’ll be taking a bus leaving the school
at 9:30 and returning at about 11:30. On Friday, April 24 we are walking to the
Alaska Railroad for a history lesson and train ride. We’ll leave about 9:15 and
return at about 12:15. On Monday, April 27 we will be walking to the Pioneer
School House for a fun filled tour. We will leave at 12:30 and return at about
3:00. Tuesday, April 28 we will walk to the Performing Arts Center to see the
musical “The Gruffalo’s Child”. We’ll leave at 11:20 and return about 1:20.
Friday, May 1st we will be driving to West High to see a dance
performance created for Anchorage’s Centennial. We will leave the school at
9:15 and return at about 11:45. Friday, May 8 we will be going to the Alaska
Native Heritage Center for a free preview day. The bus will leave at 9:30 and
return at 1:30 that day. Thursday, May 14 we will be going to West High Pool to
participate in the Kids Don’t Float program. We’ll leave at 12:30 and return at
2:30. One more important event will be the 3rd Grade
Recognition ceremony, we have to say good-bye to our third graders and wish
them well as they move on to fourth grade. The ceremony will be on Wednesday,
May 13 at 2:15 p.m. Third grade parents please put this on your calendar. If
that is not a good day for third grade parents, please email me as soon as
possible so we can schedule a better day.
This week the
students have been studying polygons, geometric solids, homonyms, word
analysis, penmanship, math facts and operations, problem solving strategies in
math and life, parts of the seed, and more. I’ve been impressed with all the
independent work going on in the classroom. It’s a lot of fun to be a part of
the process.
If you have any questions or
concerns, please e-mail me at moyer_craig@asdk12.org
or call or write me a note.
Sincerely,
Craig Moyer
