Meet and Greet

KINDERGARTEN TEACHER When: Tuesday, July 31st Time: 5:00 – 6:00 p.m. Where: Room 302 – Ms. O’Hare’s Oceanarium Please bring your student between 5:00 – 6:00 p.m. This is a great opportunity for your student to be able to see the classroom and meet me. Feel free to bring your school supplies to the meet and greet. This will make the first day of school easier for all.

I hope all the Mom’s had a great Mother’s Day. Mrs. Marshall and I want to thank everyone for their thoughtfulness and generosity during Teacher Appreciation week. The students are very excited about Graduation. Please make sure your student is at school every day. Graduation dress down for a dollar is tomorrow, Tuesday, 15th. Graduation – May 17th 9:00 – 10:30 – Hope to see you all there! • Please make sure your student is at school by 8:15 on Thursday. • Students may dress up. Girls NO HEELS. Please make sure we can put a cap on your student’s head. • All caps and gowns need to be put in the box before the students may enjoy the refreshments. • All students need to say good bye to Mrs. Marshall and me before they leave for the day. Students MUST be signed out at the office • You will be able to purchase the Graduation slide show. Please see attached form. Field trip: Monday, May 21st from 11:30 – 3:00 • Field trips slips are going home today. Please have them signed and returned by Monday, May 14th. • Cost is $7.00 – includes bowling, shoes, soda and pizza. • If you are able to volunteer please send me a note. • Please make sure your student knows their shoe size. Please write the size on the bottom of the field trip slip.

Thank you to the following adults that came on our field trip Friday: Brandi (Trent’s Mom), Zenia (Angelita’s Mom), Valecia (Janai’s Mom), Randy (Randy’s Step-Dad), Delorez (Honey’s Grandma), Carol (Madison’s Mom), Evelyn and Pat (Ryan’s Mom and Dad), and Faith (Angelia’s Mom), and Alan (Donnie’s Dad). We could not have done it without you. The students had a blast. The students participated in wooden spoon and egg race, Tug-o-war, sack race and balloon toss. The student enjoyed bubbles and sports wash cloth. “This is the best day ever!” said a student in the bus on the way back to school. The girls won the penny war. Girls may dress down for free on Thursday May 10th. Graduation dress down for $1 is now going to be tomorrow Tuesday, May 8th. Field trip: Monday, May 21st from 11:30 – 3:00 • Field trips slips are going home today. Please have them signed and returned by Monday, May 14th. • Cost is $7.00 – includes bowling, shoes, soda and pizza. • Please make sure your student knows their shoe size. Please write the size on the bottom of the field trip slip. Graduation – May 17th 9:00 – 10:30 • Please make sure your student is at school by 8:15. • Students may dress up. Girls NO HEELS. Please make sure we can put a cap on your student’s head. • All caps and gowns need to be put in the box before the students may enjoy the refreshments. • All students need to say good bye to Mrs. Marshall and me before they leave for the day. Students MUST be signed out at the office • The graduation slide show will be on sale. More details to follow. There will be no more homework or spelling test for the rest of the year.

KINDERGARTEN $1 DRESS DOWN Thursday, May 3rd Thursday, May 10th Tuesday, May 15th

Thank you to Madison’s family for bringing in baby wipes and paper towels. They were needed and greatly appreciated. FIELD TRIP: Friday, May 4th WE WILL APPLY SUNSCREEN TO YOUR CHILD ON THE FIELD TRIP UNLESS YOU TELL ME OTHERWISE! • Students MUST have sunscreen applied before they come to school • Students MUST have a hat and wear tennis shoes Field day – Wednesday, May 2nd • Students may wear swimsuits to school with a T-shirt. • Please make sure your child has a towel and a change of clothes, including underwear. GRADUATION: Thursday, May 17th at 9:00 • Please make sure your student is at school every day. We will be practicing for graduation every day. • Students may dress up for Graduation. The students will need to be able to dance. GIRLS – NO HEELS • Students will be wearing a cap and gown provided by the school. GIRLS – please make sure their hair is styled so a cap will fit on their head. • Many families make this day a very special day and take their graduate out to lunch afterwards. This week we will be studying: • Review letter and letter sounds • Writing sentences – capital letter, spaces, and punctuation at the end • Numbers 1-100 • Adding and subtracting • Cinco De Mayo

The students’ insects are amazing. I am very impressed on their creativity. If your student has not made an insect, they still need to make one by Wednesday. I will be keeping the insects until the end of the year. Thank you to the following parents who volunteered their time on our field trips this week: Valecia (Janai’s Mom), Christina (Instatia’s Mom), Chelsea (Madison’s Mom), De (Evan’s Mom), Faith (Angie’s Mom), April (Maikayla’s Mom), Zenia (Angelita’s Mom), and Pat (Ryan’s Dad). The class loved going to Old Pueblo Grill – OPG. The General Manager – Manager Ryan gave us a tour of the restaurant. The students were surprised that it used to be a house. Our class helped Chief Brian make guacamole. Lastly, the students dressed up in aprons and participated in a relay, while balancing a glass of water on a tray. The students enjoyed mini chimis, chips, guacamole, and a drink. Continuing our restaurant tour, the class loved going to Outback Steak House. Mr. Rudy took our class on a tour of the kitchen. The students observed how the dishwasher worked and got to go into the huge walk–in freezer and refrigerator. The students had a good time being served delicious chicken fingers, fries and a drink while watching T.V. on the big screen. Teachers and parents appreciated being able to order anything from the lunch menu, all at no charge, compliments of Outback. Field day – Wed. May 2nd. • Please put sunscreen on your student before they come to school. • Students may wear their swimsuits. All students need to have a T-shirt over their swimsuits. • Students must bring a change of clothes including underwear and socks. May 4th field trip to the ZOO and park for end of the year party: • This is one of my favorite field trips. You will not want to miss it. • We need a lot of volunteers for this field trip. • If you are able to volunteer, please let me know ASAP. • Field trip slips will be going home this week. Ms. O’Hare’s GRADUATION – Thursday, May 17th at 9:00 • The students will be wearing caps and gowns. Please make sure a cap will fit over their hair. • We will start promptly at 9:00 • Student’s will need to be at school at 8:00. • Students may dress up. • GIRLS - NO HEELS • Any questions please ask. This week we will be studying: • Review letters a-z • Ck and sh blends • Insects • Greater than or less than • Adding and subtracting • Spelling words: hi, go, we, be • This will be our last week of spelling tests.

Thank you to Daniel B.’s family for bringing in baby wipes and paper towels. Your generosity is much appreciated.

Last Tuesday, the students participated in a Ladybug Lab. The students observed and recorded information about the ladybugs. The students were able to hold a ladybug and watch how it moved.
Last week the students learned about the famous French artist Henri Matisse (1869-1954), who was one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century. The students painted their version of Matisse’s Jazz Icarus.
This is a very busy week. The older grades have standardized testing all week. Please remind your student to be very quiet in the morning so we do not disturb the other classes.
I will start testing students for their 4th quarter report card the first part of May. Please make sure your student knows their phone number, address, and birthday including the year.

FIELD TRIP:
Tuesday, April 17th – 8:45 – 2:30 – OLD PUEBLO GRILL (OPG)
• Students may wear jeans and MUST wear tennis shoes.
• Students need to bring a sack lunch with drink.

Friday, April 20th – 8:45 – 2:30 – OUTBACK STEAK HOUSE
• Students may wear jeans and MUST wear tennis shoes.
• We will be going to the park before we go to Outback Steak House. The students will not be not be eating until around 12:30
• All students ONLY need to bring a snack and a juice box (Capri Sun, Kool–aide jammers, etc.) We will have lunch at Outback.


This week we will be studying:
• Letter and letter sounds of all 26 letters.
• Vowels
• Ck blend – click, flick, etc.
• Numbers 1-100
• Restaurant
• Keeping our bodies healthy