Saturday, October 9, 2010

First and foremost...my parents rock! Thank you for all your assistance, support, and concerns to guide our children up the ladder of education.

First the assistance: A big thank you goes out to the following families for making fortune cookies. The Gallegos family, the Day family, the Quynn family, The Gorsgner family, the Mandujano family. The children loved reading their fortunes. If you typed them up, could I have a copy of your "fortunes" they truly were fantastic. My husband and I attempted making them last weekend...the final result...a lot of laughter, and extremely grateful to my parents who were successful...

Second, a big thank you goes out to the Mc Donald family, the Hunt family, the Gorsegner family and the McGrady family for volunteering to help with our Harvest Hop festivities. We still need your help with decorating the hallway this Tuesday, October 12th at 1:00 p.m. in our hallway. I also need help running the carnival booth on Friday, October 15th for 1/2 hour shifts. Please let me know if you are available. Thank you very much.

Next, I appreciate your support in and out of the classroom. Thank you to the Cordell's, Gast's, Goodrick's, Gorsegner, Ham's, Mandujano's, McDonald's, Newton's, Pudder's, and the Quynn's (to name a few) for working on projects for our class in the classroom or at home.

Finally, I am grateful for your concerns pertaining to your child's behavior and academic progress. I truly believe we will make gigantic leaps in our children's education this year. Thank you for being actively involved and keeping me informed of any issues or concerns that arise.

Thank you for sending in your choices for parent/teacher conferences. I have one conference request sheet without a name on it. Please, if you sent your sheet in and I have not responded to you, please let me know...I believe this request sheet is yours. :)

As always, please call if you have any questions or concerns. I look forward to seeing you in a couple of weeks during parent/teacher conferences.

Oh yes, one more thing, conferences have the tendancy to go over their allotted times, I will do my best to keep everything flowing according to our sign up sheet. If we need extra time, we can set up an additional conference time. Thank you in advance. See you soon.

Sunday, October 3, 2010

Whew, our testing has come to a close. Parent Teacher conferences will be held October 25th through 28th. I will send home a sign up sheet shortly for you to request three choices on the time that best suits your family's needs. I would love to have 100% on meeting with the parents of my Rocking Second Graders. I can meet before, during and after school to meet your time frame. We will discuss the results of the testing and your child's progress to date thus far. Thanks!

October is fire safety month. Please discuss with your child two ways to get out of the house if the house is on fire, decide on a meeting place that is away from the fire, discuss the reasons and why you call 911 and last but certainly not least, check the batteries in your smoke alarm. I know these are simply things that your child already knows about....lets be extra safe and talk about them again. Opening up the discussion reiterates the importance and making correct choices to stay safe.

Our second graders will have their hearing and vision tested here at school on Wednesday, October 20th. Our nurse is requesting volunteers for the week of October 18th to assist her with this task. Please call her at 720.685.3297 as soon as possible to sign up. Even a couple of hours would greatly help out. Thank you again for all your help.

Our Harvest Hop is in the evening of October 15th. Our class needs volunteers to work this spectacular event. There is also a contest on which class donates the most candy to be handed out that evening. If you are unable to volunteer for the evening, how about helping the cause and donating candy. Our students will have a safe environment to go around the school and recieve candy that was donated by you! Thank you in advanced. :)

Again, I would love to watch your child demonstrate their talents outside of the classroom. If they play a sport or participate in an activity, please send me their schedule and I will make every attempt to come watch them shine outside our classroom.

In closing, if you should have any questions, concerns or positive comments, please feel free to email or call me at school or at home. My home number is 303.498.0740.