Elementary School Parent Bulletin – April 28, 2008

IMPORTANT DATES:

Wednesday, April 30	No Religion classes
Thursday, May 1	Labor Day Holiday: No School
Friday, May 2	FDR Holiday: No School
Mon – Fri, May 5-9	Student Parent Teacher Conferences (12:20 dismissal)
Thurs – Fri, May 15-16	Civic Holidays due to ALC-UE Summit: No School

CONFERENCE WEEK HAS BEEN CHANGED TO MAY 5-9:

Parents, please note that our Conference Week has been moved up one week sooner due to the school holidays on May 15 and 16. For our EC3/4 and kinder students, Three-Way Conferences will be held. Students participate directly in these conferences by sharing work samples from their portfolios and discussing their goals with their parents and teachers. Our first through fifth graders will have Student-Led Conferences, with the students leading the conferences and demonstrating their responsibility for their own learning. Teachers will be available to have individual conversations with parents during the time scheduled for the Student-Led Conferences.

Please be reminded that there will be early dismissal at 12:20 each day this week, and there will be no religion classes on Wednesday, May 7.

SPOTLIGHT ON LEARNING:

First graders are excited to read each week with their EC4 neighbors. The first graders practice all week with the books they will share so that they can read confidently with their EC4 buddies.

SECOND GRADE POETRY MORNING:

For three to four weeks, students in Ms. Hendershott's second grade class worked on poetry during writing workshop. Students were exposed to many different types of poems and they wrote many creative pieces. The class created a collection of poems that each student shared with his/her parents on the morning of April 16th. Students and parents alike were excited and proud of our poets.

JUGGLER PRESENTATION to EC3, EC4, Kinder and 1st Grade Students

Gonzalo Coloma initiated his passion as a juggler when he was 15 years old. His passion was the circus and he decided to go to Montreal, Canada to join Cirque du Soleil.He joined different circuses around the world. Gonzalo has toured in Chile, Argentina, United States, and France. He justcame back from a presentation in South Africa, andhe is soon leaving to Canada to join the circus for another season. His hopes are to make his own presentations, with his own company around the world.