Elementary School Parent Bulletin – May 19, 2008

IMPORTANT DATES:

Tuesday, May 27	EC3/4 New Parent Orientation; 1:00 p.m.
Saturday, May 31	PTA School Carnival/Kermesse
Monday, June 2	Winter Camp Registration Begins
Tuesday, June 10	ES/MS/HS Return All Materials to Media Center
Friday, June 13	ES Musical: 7:00 p.m. Center Stage
	HS/MS/ES Alter School Activities end
Tuesday, June 24	ES Sports Assembly; 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Friday, June 27	LAST DAY OF CLASSES; 12:20 Dismissal for all students
	Kinder End-of-Year Celebrations; 8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
	Grade 5 Ceremony; 11:00 a.m.
Friday, August 1	First Day of Classes

GRADE 4 INVENTION CONVENTION THIS FRIDAY:

What: 4th Grade Invention Convention
Where: Center Stage
When: Friday, May 23, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

Please mark your calendars and visit our 2008 Invention Convention. Our fourth graders have designed and built ingenious inventions to solve some of life’s bigger and smaller problems. We will have close to 80 new inventions on display for your entertainment and amazement.

Parents, you will be proud of all the fourth graders for their excellent efforts to solve problems in their lives. The entire fourth grade says, “See you there!”

STUDENT/PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCES LAST WEEK:

What celebrations they were! It was wonderful to see our students so well-prepared and confident as they shared selections of their work, reflected on their effort, and set goals for the last quarter. We appreciate our parents for showing up on time and for being actively involved and supportive in their children’s learning. We’re also pleased that so many of you found the one-on-one time with the teacher at the end of the conference beneficial.

VISITING AUTHOR

Claudia Paz, a local children’s author, shared several of her books with our EC, kinder, first, and second grade students. The students especially enjoyed books such as Clavito el Puercoespin and

Feliz Cumpleaños Pollito and the songs that accompanied them.

MESSAGE FROM DIVYA, ESMERALDA AND MARIA TO3rd, 4th and 5th GRADE PARENTS:

We are students in 5th grade and we would appreciate if you could send used batteries to your child’s classroom. Teachers already have special containers where they will collect them.

We would like to tell you some facts about how batteries pollute the ocean. Did you know that one battery contaminates 175,000 liters of water? That is the amount of water that one person could consume in all his/her life. Also one battery disintegrates in a million years, and while it disintegrates it contaminates air, land, ocean, and especially US. Thank you for your cooperation and attention!!!!