Thursday, December 10, 2015

Thursday, December 10, 2015

Dear Parents,

Denali Holiday Night is Friday, December 11 at 6:30 p.m. The students have been working on a presentation piece with the choir during their music class. I hope you can join us for a night of music, food, holiday stories and more!

On Wednesday afternoon, December 16, we will be making and decorating gingerbread houses. I have included a list of items that the students chose to bring to help decorate the houses. This is always a fun activity for the students. We will begin at about 1:05. Parents are welcome to join us if they would like.

On Thursday, December 17 Ms. Ashleigh and I are planning to have a sledding party here at school. We will sled from 10:15 to 11:10 and then come in for hot chocolate and a movie. We would like students to bring their own sleds that day. I will bring some as well. I know you’re saying, “Mr. Moyer are you crazy? There’s not enough snow to have a sledding party.” I hear you and I have it taken care of. If it doesn’t snow by next Wednesday, I am planning to do my famous “Snow Dance”. I am very cautious of when I do my snow dance, because the last time I did it was on March 17, 2002. That was the year of the famous St. Patrick’s Day snowfall of 29 inches in 24 hours. It’s hard to control the “Snow Dance” powers, so I hope it doesn’t come to that. Think snow!

I have decided that there will be no homework for the remainder of the year. We will resume homework in January when we return from the break. You can still take time to read every night, relax and enjoy some family time.

The students have had a great week working on capitalization, spelling, math operations, problem solving, writing thank you notes to Mr. Hickel, math facts, reading comprehension, penmanship, the backstroke, reading, writing letters, adverbs, learning about momentum and problem solving with Hot Wheels cars and racetracks, and more.

         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

Mr. Hickel answers questions about his gingerbread village at the Captain Cook Hotel.