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Dear
Parents,
This past
week was a busy week. We’ve finished the
Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS). Your child’s results will be mailed
to you by the end of the school year. Also we had parent-teacher
conferences last Wednesday. Thank you for timing out of your busy
schedule to meet with me. I truly enjoy the opportunity to visit with
you.
Next week on
Wednesday I will be out of the classroom from 8-11 am for a team
meeting. I’ll be back in the classroom for the remainder of the day.
In the afternoon we will help clean up around the school property in
honor of Earth Day. Please send in a pair of work gloves with your
child so s/he does not touch the trash directly.
On Thursday we’ve
been invited to watch the production of The Wizard of Oz at Brethren
High School in the morning. Please read the attached sheet. The
permission slip does need to be signed and returned back to school.
There is no
school on Friday due to a county-wide in-service.
For the next
several weeks we will be studying earth science topics: solar energy,
weather, and solid earth. This past week we talked about solar energy.
We discussed the warming of the Earth by the sun as the major source of
energy and how the sun’s warming relates to weather, climate, seasons,
and the water cycle. Next week we’ll discuss weather and how it changes
from day to day and over the seasons. We’ll identify tools for
observing, recording and predicting weather changes. The following week
we’ll discuss solid earth’s properties of materials and how those
properties make materials useful.
Our
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Ms.
Catanese (Mrs. Lyman) and I are taking our classes on a field trip to
Moomer’s Ice Cream in Traverse City on Thursday, May 28th at
9:30 a.m. We will leave the school at 8:00 a.m. The tour takes about
1-1/2 hours. At the end of the tour, each student will receive an ice
cream cone. The Parent-Teacher Organization (PTO) will pay for the cost
of the bus and driver. Students are responsible for a fee of $4.00 to
receive a guided tour and homemade ice cream in a cup or cone.
Afterwards we will stop at Elberta Park for a sack lunch. We should
return to the school around 2:00 p.m. You need to send your child’s fee
of $4.00 in an envelope with your child’s name on it. Parents are
welcome to attend. If you’re interested, then you will need to include
your fee of $4.00 in your child’s envelope. Please label the envelope
accordingly. We would prefer cash, but checks can be made out to
Moomer’s, if necessary. If you would like to learn more about Moomer’s,
then visit their web site at
www.moomers.com
The
following are dates that you may want to add to your calendar:
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Wizard of Oz – April 23, 24 & 26
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Onekama Public Library – May 8
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Spring Sing – May 20
- Buddy
Reading Beach Party – May 22
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Memorial Day (No School) – May 25
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Moomer’s field trip – May 28
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Onekama Public Library – May 29
- Good
Behavior Field Day – June 2
- Last
Day of School – June 4
Warmly,
Mrs. N
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