Sunday, April 5, 2015

April 6 - April 10

We hope you all had a wonderful and blessed Easter weekend with your families!
Kindergarten registration and teacher requests began April 1st.  If you would like to request your child's teacher for first grade, or know someone with a child to register for Kindergarten, please make plans to be there this month between 9:00 - 1:00 ! Remember, a request is just that; a request!  There is a lot that goes into placing children in a class and your first request may not always be the one you get.  Registration/Requests lasts until April 30th.
Shaved Ice will be April 8th.  Please send $1.50 cash if you would like for your child to participate.
Spring Fling is Friday!  This is a fun event that the PTO puts on every year.  All the money raised from this event goes right back into the classrooms.  This is how we pay for a lot of the things we do at the end of the year!  From 4:00 - 8:00 there will be a lot of games, food, and fun!  There will also be a silent auction set up.  Please make plans to attend our Spring Fling!  The PTO will be sending home wristband forms again this week.
Your child received spring pictures last week.  If you have not already done so, please either return your child's pictures or return your order with payment this week.  Thank you!
The last day for checks will be April 22nd!  If you pay for your child's lunch with a check, please make sure to have enough money in your account by that day.  After that date, everything will need to be paid in cash.
If you have any questions please don't hesitate to let us know!
We hope you all have a great week!
                                                                 Kindergarten Blue Pod Teachers

Friday, March 27, 2015

March 30 - April 3

We hope you all had a great Spring Break!  We are in the home stretch of this school year.  It's hard to believe that it is almost over!
Thank you to all the parents that went on our zoo field trip.  It was a GREAT day for a field trip and the kids had a great time! 
 Kindergarten registration and teacher requests begins April 1st.  If you would like to request your child's teacher for first grade, or know someone with a child to register for Kindergarten, please make plans to be there April 1st! Remember, a request is just that; a request!  There is a lot that goes into placing children in a class and your first request may not always be the one you get.  Registration/Requests begins at 9:00 and will run until 6:00 the first day.  The other days will be 9:00 - 1:00.
We have a lot of Easter activities planned this week! We will have an Easter Egg Hunt, hosted by Millbrook Methodist Church, on Thursday, April 2nd.  Our egg hunt will be at 12:30 with our class parties following.  Room moms/teachers will contact you soon to send in something for the party if you signed up to help with this one.  This is our last school party of the year!  Teachers will provide Easter baskets for students.  Please send in $1 cash to cover the cost of the Easter basket by Wednesday.  If you have any questions please don't hesitate to let us know!
  We hope you all have a great week!
                                                                 Kindergarten Blue Pod Teachers

Sunday, March 15, 2015

March 16 - March 20

It's our last week before Spring Break!  The kids have worked hard this year and deserve a break.  We will come back afterwards and hit the ground running to first grade!
We will be going to the zoo on Thursday!  If you have signed up as a chaperone for this trip, be on the lookout for a chaperone letter coming home before Thursday.  The zoo is always a fun trip and we are excited to go. 
Report cards were sent home last Thursday.  If you have not done so already, please return those, signed, as soon as possible! 
Friday is a teacher in-service day which means no school for the kids!
 Kindergarten registration and teacher requests begins April 1st.  If you would like to request your child's teacher for first grade, or know someone with a child to register for Kindergarten, please make plans to be there April 1st! Remember, a request is just that; a request!  There is a lot that goes into placing children in a class and your first request may not always be the one you get. 
When we return from Spring Break, we will be into Easter week.  We will have an Easter Egg Hunt, hosted by Millbrook Methodist Church, on Thursday, April 2nd.  Our egg hunt will be at 12:30 with our class parties following.  Room moms/teachers will contact you soon to send in something for the party if you signed up to help with this one.  This is our last school party of the year!  Teachers will provide Easter baskets for students.  Please send in $1 cash to cover the cost of the Easter basket. 
 If you have any questions please don't hesitate to let us know!
  We hope you all have a great week!
                                                                 Kindergarten Blue Pod Teachers

Sunday, March 8, 2015

March 10 - March 13

What a busy week we had last week!  Dr. Seuss week is always a lot of fun. Thank you for helping your child participate each day!
Monday is a teacher in-service day.  No school for kids!
Spring pictures will be Wednesday! 
We will be taking one more field trip this year!  We will be going to the zoo Thursday, March 19.  Letters and permission slips were sent home two weeks ago.  The cost for students is $13.50 and the cost for chaperones is $15.00.  These prices include admission and train ticket.  These are the discounted prices! Please consider going with us as a chaperone.  We always need a lot of chaperones on the zoo field trip! Money is due Thursday, March 12.  This will allow us time to get our tickets before the day of the trip and have them sorted and ready to go.  This will make the day go a lot smoother! Please have your child's permission slip and payment into us by the 12th.
Report cards will come home Thursday.  Please look over those, sign, and return them as soon as possible. 
Kindergarten registration and teacher requests begins April 1st.  If you would like to request your child's teacher for first grade, or know someone with a child to register for Kindergarten, please make plans to be there April 1st! Remember, a request is just that; a request!  There is a lot that goes into placing children in a class and your first request may not always be the one you get. 
If you have any questions please don't hesitate to let us know!
  We hope you all have a great week!
                                                                 Kindergarten Blue Pod Teachers

Sunday, March 1, 2015

March 2 - March 6

We have a BUSY week coming up!
This is Read Across America/Dr. Seuss Week.  We have a special activity for each day!  Please refer to the letter that was sent home a couple of weeks ago or the calendar to the right to know what each day will be.  The days are also listed on your child's behavior calendar. The PTO will have Reading Night Tuesday night at 6:00.  They will begin serving pizza at 5:30.  A reservation form was sent home last week also. The book fair will be open and there will be a few guest readers and door prizes! Please make plans to attend. 
The book fair will be going on all week.  If you would like for your child to go, please send their money IN THEIR FOLDER and LABELED with their name and "Book Fair".  We have too much money coming to us out of pockets or backpack pockets that has no name or a label for what it is for.  Please help us with this!
We will be taking one more field trip this year!  We will be going to the zoo Thursday, March 19.  Letters and permission slips were sent home last Monday.  The cost for students is $13.50 and the cost for chaperones is $15.00.  These prices include admission and train ticket.  These are the discounted prices! Please consider going with us as a chaperone.  We always need a lot of chaperones on the zoo field trip! Money is due Thursday, March 12.  This will allow us time to get our tickets before the day of the trip and have them sorted and ready to go.  This will make the day go a lot smoother! Please have your child's permission slip and payment into us by the 12th.
Kindergarten registration and teacher requests begins April 1st.  If you would like to request your child's teacher for first grade, or know someone with a child to register for Kindergarten, please make plans to be there April 1st! Remember, a request is just that; a request!  There is a lot that goes into placing children in a class and your first request may not always be the one you get. 
If you have any questions please don't hesitate to let us know!
  We hope you all have a great week!
                                                                 Kindergarten Blue Pod Teachers

Saturday, February 21, 2015

February 23 - February 27

Our school met our goal for the parent survey! Thank you to everyone that took the survey.  It will be a great help to us next year during federal monitoring.
We will have our Gotcha party this week! 
If you would like to order a yearbook, the last day to get them at $28 will be Friday.  After Friday, they will go up to $30. These are a great keepsake for your child's year!
We will be taking one more field trip this year!  We will be going to the zoo Thursday, March 19.  We will be sending home the permission slip and letter Monday.  The cost for students is $13.50 and the cost for chaperones is $15.00.  These prices include admission and train ticket.  These are the discounted prices! Please consider going with us as a chaperone.  We always need a lot of chaperones on the zoo field trip! Money is due Thursday, March 12.  This will allow us time to get our tickets before the day of the trip and have them sorted and ready to go.  This will make the day go a lot smoother! Please have your child's permission slip and payment into us by the 12th.
Next week is Dr. Seuss week!  This is always a fun week.  A schedule of events was sent home last week.  You can also see the list on the right side of this page and they will also be on your child's calendar.  We will have the book fair back in the lunchroom.  The PTO will have Reading Night Tuesday night at 6:00.  They will begin serving pizza at 5:30.  A reservation form was sent home last week also.
If you have any questions please don't hesitate to let us know!
  We hope you all have a great week!
                                                                 Kindergarten Blue Pod Teachers

Monday, February 16, 2015

February 17 - February 20

We hope you all had a great long weekend!
Thank you to everyone who sent in items for our Valentine parties.  Thank you also for all of the special treats! We had a fun day!
Progress Reports were sent home last Thursday.  Please review, sign, and return them as soon as possible. 
We also sent home a letter last week about our next field trip!  We will be going on a field trip to see Charlotte's Web at the Davis Theater in April.  However, we have to order tickets in advance so we need the money turned in by February 20th, THIS FRIDAY! Please consider going with us on our trip!
The PTO is started their coke fundraiser two weeks ago and it's lasting until Friday, the 20th. The date has been extended.  This is a big fundraiser for the PTO!  It helps fund Spring Fling in April and also helps them to honor grants requests from teachers and grade levels.  Please consider supporting the school in this fundraiser! 
The PE Department will begin selling Dr. Seuss t-shirts this week.  We will wear these the first week in March for Dr.Seuss week.  Money and orders are due Wednesday.  T-Shirts are $10!
Our school also has a parent survey that we need you to complete online.  It is really important for us because we will have Federal Monitoring next year and this survey will be one of the things they are looking at.  We have extra computers in the Parent Resource Room at school if you do not have access to a computer at home.  Please send us a note letting us know you completed the survey.  If our class has 80% participation we will get a movie pass to watch a movie one afternoon. You can follow this link to complete the survey:

http://www.advanc-ed.org/survey/public/6527657


 We hope you all have a great week!

                                                  Kindergarten Blue Pod Teachers