Mrs. Niederstadt's Weekly Parent Letter
April 16, 2010

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. 

During spring conferences parents want to know about next year’s placement of their child and teachers’ assignments.  As of right now Mr. Mauntler teaches straight second grade and Mrs. Eichberger teaches a 2/3 split, but there may be changes due to school funding and enrollment numbers.  In the fall Mrs. Hagen creates the classroom lists according to requests.   If you would like to make a teacher request, then I strongly recommend you do so before the end of the school year.

At conferences I learned about the Manistee County Library’s website.  The address is http://www.manisteelibrary.org/. On their site is a link to “Tumble Books.”  They are on-line books.  Students can read them or read-along with the narrator.  Each book is leveled for a range of grades.  It would be a wonderful resource to use this summer to keep up reading skills for any elementary student.  We are going use this program in the computer lab next Thursday.  If you have a pair of headphones, then please label and send them in with your child.  This will save hearing 18 stories at the same time.

Next week I would like to celebrate summer birthdays.  It is important not to forget our summer birthday friends.  We will celebrate June birthdays the week of the April 19th.  On Tuesday we will celebrate Michael W.’s birthday (June 13th) and Autumn E.’s on Thursday (June 22nd).  The following week we will celebrate Hunter H.’s birthday (July 30th) on Tuesday and Kaden B.’s (August 1st) on Thursday. 

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.   

On Thursday 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. 

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

  • Production of Annie – April 16, 17, & 18
  • County-Wide In-Service (No School) – April 30
  • Spring Sing – May 26 at 7 p.m.
  • Buddy Reading Beach Party – May 28 at 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
  • Memorial Day (No School) – May 31
  • Good Behavior Field Day – June 1
  • Last Day of School – June 3
 

Warmly,
Mrs. N.

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