Thursday, December 15, 2016
Dear Parents,
It’s
hard to believe that the first semester has come to a close already. I’m really
having a great time working with your children. They are a very kind, hard
working, fun group to work with. Every year I am amazed at the growth that the
students make. Your children, once again, amaze me. It is one of the true joys
of my job.
Our
next field trip is Thursday, December 22. We will be driving to West High Pool
for some water fun. Chaperones, I need a copy of your current valid driver’s
license, a copy of your current vehicle registration, and a copy of your proof
of insurance with the minimum $100,000/$300,000 bodily injury and $25,000
property damage included on the copy by tomorrow. I appreciate your cooperation
with this new district policy. If you haven’t turned in the copies you can
bring all your information to the office and they will make copies for you.
Thanks! Chaperones please meet in Room 177 by 12:15. We will leave the school
at 12:30 and return by 2:45. If your child requires or you prefer your child to
use a booster seat and you are not driving, please send in your child’s booster
seat on Thursday morning. Your child also needs to bring his or her own
swimsuit, towel, goggles (optional), and plastic bag (for the wet swimsuit).
Don’t worry if your child is not a swimmer. Students will all be given a life
jacket, unless they choose to take the swimming test. We have use of the slide
and most of the students stay together in the shallow end any way and have a
good time together. I want everyone to have a good time and not to worry if you
can’t swim. It will still be a lot of fun. I will be getting in the water this
year for the first time in many years. I am not a great swimmer and I will be
bringing my life vest as well and maybe my duck floaty and water wings. Let’s have
fun swimming!
Denali
Holiday Night is Friday, December 16 at 7:00 p.m. If you can bring cookies for
the event, it would be much appreciated. I hope you can join us for a night of
music, food, holiday stories and more!
As a team this holiday season, the primary wing is going to
do a community service project that focuses on giving back to the
community. Students will be putting together Blessing Bags for the
homeless that will include items such as toothbrushes, soap, hand warmers,
socks, hats and gloves. Our class is responsible for providing 200
travel- sized toothpastes. If you would like to contribute to this
project, please send them in by next Friday, December 16. We are trying
to make about 200 bags to donate. Students will be stuffing the bags on
the afternoon of December 16th. Thank you for your support.
On Wednesday
afternoon, December 21, 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.
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 apostrophes for contractions,
spelling, math operations, problem solving, math facts, reading comprehension,
penmanship, reading, writing letters, pronouns, and more!
During
the winter break I encourage your children to continue reading at least 20
minutes a day so they keep up some of those newly learned skills. I wish you
all a happy and healthy holiday season and I look forward to seeing you all in
the New Year.
Sincerely,
Craig Moyer
