Class Update

Dear Parents and Caregivers,

The River Clean Up on the 15th was a great success. Students collected almost 40 pounds of trash in 45 minutes!

Most students have turned in Run-Walk-A-Thon funds but not everyone. Please help your student get money turned in promptly.

I'm currently scheduling a date for a full day field trip for a group-building day of fun and adventures on a ropes course in North San Juan. More details and a permission slip to arrive soon though next Wednesday, Oct. 1st is the tentative date for now!

In addition to the weekly newsletter, please see book order forms and Parent's Club information.

Last week, students completed their first timed write. I was blown away by the effort every student gave to their writing for a full hour. These timed writes will be collected over the course of the year to show writing growth over time. A few will be run through our writer's workshop to perfection and then published.

We also celebrated our first Dojo Party last week as the student's netted 1000 positive points since the beginning of the year! If you haven't already, you can still sign up to receive a weekly email with your student's dojo point earnings.

Homework consistency has been a little rough now that I am sending home spelling and grammar work. Please remind your student to check that he or she has completed homework and it is in their backpack in the morning ready to go.

Finally, I wanted to share with you that there has been an ongoing class discussion regarding gossip at school and at home. Students shared their wisdom and their questions regarding gossip - what it is, how it hurts people, and how it can be avoided. Consider continuing this conversation with your student about how and to whom anger/irritation can be vented appropriately, how gossip spreads and sticks around on social media, and how to respond to gossip so that it doesn't spread.  

Thanks so much for all you do!