First Grade Parent Letter
October 6, 2005

Dear Parents,

On October 1st, we began to participate in the Book-It! Program. For those unfamiliar with the Book It! Program, it is a national reading incentive program for grades K — 6 sponsored by Pizza Hut. Your child has a monthly goal of 5 books. Once the goal is reached, your child will receive a Free Pizza Award Certificate, which entitles him/her to a one-topping personal pan pizza. On the first visit, your child will receive a Book It! card with clip and sticker for the card. On each subsequent visit, the child will be given another personal pan pizza and a sticker to recognize his/her reading achievement. If your child meets his/her reading goal in all six months of the program, he/she is rewarded at the restaurant with a Book It! All-Star Reader medallion with neck ribbon. Book It! will end on March 31, 2006. This program requires nothing additional to what you have already been doing; I will send home books and have your child read them to you.

On Thursday, October 13th we will walk to the Onekama Public Library. Students will return their two books and check out three new books. These books will be due on Thursday, November 3rd. We will be leaving at 12:30 p.m. and should return about 1:45 p.m. If your schedule permits, please join us.

If you have not visited our web site, then please do so at http://www.onekama.k12.mi.us/e2006/g1n/index.htm You’ll see information from our field trips, parent letters, All About Me, Super Readers, and etc.

Each year Leaps and Bounds Early Childhood Education Program hosts a Silent Auction at the Portage Point Inn. This year it will be held on Friday, November 18th. Profits will purchase classroom materials, supplies, enrichment activities and much more for the childcare center. Tickets are $10.00 each. If you or someone you know is interested in purchasing tickets, please let me know. I would be happy to help you, because top ticket seller wins one free week of childcare for one child. Both my daughters, Emma and Mary attend this wonderful childcare program.

There is no school on Monday due to a teacher in-service.

The following are dates that you may want to add to your calendar:

  • Girl Scout Mtg. — October 11
  • Halloween Party — October 31
  • Girl Scout Mtg. — November 1
  • Onekama Public Library field trip — November 3
  • Parent/Teacher Conferences — November 10 & 11
  • No School — November 11
  • Girl Scout Mtg. — November 22
  • Thanksgiving Vacation — November 24 & 25

Warmly,

Mrs. Niederstadt snieders@manistee.org