Thursday, April 27, 2017
Dear Parents,
It’s hard to
believe that there are less than twenty days of school left in the year. The
students have had a great time showing several kindergarten students around the
room this week in order to give them a glance at what goes on in a primary
classroom. It has been fun to observe and listen to what they tell them. Your
children have been such wonderful role models and guides in this process this
week and it has been a lot of fun for me.
Here is a list of our remaining field trips
for the year. This Friday, April 28 we will walk to the Pioneer School House
for a tour from 12:30-3:00. Chaperones please meet in Room 177 by 12:15 and we
will leave at 12:30. On Wednesday, May 3 we will walk to the Performing Arts
Center to see the Asian Cultural Performance. We will leave the school at 9:15
and should return at about 11:45. Chaperones please meet in Room 177 by 9:00. Friday, May 5 we will need drivers to take us
to Bartlett High School for orienteering from 11:15-1:30. Chaperones please meet
in Room 177 by 11:00. Wednesday, May 10 we will once again need drivers to take
us to the Alaska Native Heritage Center for Preview Day. We will leave the
school at 9:30 and return at about 1:30. Wednesday, May 17 we will need drivers
to take us to West High Pool for the Kids Don’t Float pool session. We will
leave the school at 12:30 and return at 2:30. Tuesday, May 23 we will be taking
a bus to the Eagle River Nature Center to take a hike and have a picnic lunch
on the river in what should be about perfect weather at 75 degrees and sunny.
(I’m optimistic) The last day of school, Wednesday, May 24 we will have our
annual Primary Wing Barbecue at Valley of the Moon Park from 10:00-2:30. This
will be a walking field trip. Put these dates on your calendar and we would
love to have you join us if possible. I have sent the permission slip for the
Asian Cultural Performance and the Alaska Native Heritage Center in today’s
folder. I have also sent home permission slips to individual students who have
not returned the ones previously sent. Please return these permission slips as
soon as possible. I will not make phone calls to get permission for any of the
field trips. I will send up to 3 permission slips home with a child. It is the
child and parents’ responsibility to return them. We have enough chaperones for
the Pioneer School House on the 28th. We are rather short on drivers
for our orienteering trip on Friday, May 5. I have enough drivers to carry 19
students at this time. I have sent home permission slips for our final three
field trips in today’s folder. I appreciate your gift of time to make all these
trips possible.
One more important event is our 3rd Grade
Recognition Ceremony in which we send our 3rdgraders with a big
thank you and good luck in the future. This event is scheduled for Friday, May
12 at 11:15.
The students have been studying algebra, math
operations and facts, grammar, persuasive writing, information and study skills,
writing friendly letters, predators and prey, ecosystems, adaptations, animal
and continent research, the life cycle of a butterfly (We have caterpillars!)
and more. It’s been a great week!
The students are really having a tough time
with the fact that there will be no more homework sent home the remainder of
the year. I encourage students to continue reading and practice math facts, but
there will not be any more spelling. Thanks.
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
