Best Wishes To You
*Our last day was filled with fun, friendships, and memories. We spent part of the morning rotating through stations along with Mrs. Bohl’s K class. We played the card game War, solved number problems with number bingo, and practiced writing sight words in shaving cream! We took a surprise walk to “What’s the Scoop” where I treated the children to an ice cream cone. Later in the day, the children helped me clean up the classroom and they packed up their supplies to take home for summer activities. It was a wonderful way to end another wonderful year. I have truly felt it an honor and a privilege to teach your children this year.
*Report cards will be mailed at the end of the week.
*Please check out this attachment for summer ideas: summer activites
*On another note, it is with mixed emotions that I share this news with you. After much prayer and soul searching, I’ve decided that this will be my last year at Georgetown. Next year I will be teaching kindergarten at South Elementary. I am very sad to leave my former students and families that I’ve established relationships with here, but feel it’s time for me to use my passion, abillities, and skills to serve a different school community. Please know that it has been an honor and a privilege to teach your children. The support you gave not only to your child, but also to me was invaluable. I will miss each of the children deeply, but cherish each smiling face and varying personality. Priscilla Veil said, “We have to reach their hearts before we teach their minds.” I hope and pray that I have reached many hearts . . . for they have left a lasting imprint on mine.
Volunteer Schedule for Reading Counts Celebration
If you have older children participating in reading counts this year, they could use more recruits to help with their final celebration. Here are the opportunities/times to volunteer:
Thursday night June 3
Set up tents and tables. Make sure things are in order for morning.
1. Jen Ford?
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Friday June 4
2nd and 3rd Grade 8:45am-11:15am
Station 1 – 1970s Tie Dye T-shirts
1. Julie Rossback
2. Kristi Fellows
3. Kari King
4. Michelle Baareman
5. Christine OConnell
6. Allison Adams
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Station 2 – 1950s Rootbeer Floats
1. Lori Wilson
2. Rhonda Fabbro
Station 3 – 1920s Mini Golf
1. Staci Niebor
2. Jamie Ham
Station 4 – Relays involving 1920s, 1950, 1970s
1. Gina Wolma
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4th and 5th Grade 1:05pm – 3:25pm
Station 1 – 1970s Tie Dye T-shirts
1. Carrie Clark-Berry
2. Jennifer Conkel
3. Jen Ambrose
4. Nancy Patrick
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Station 2 – 1950s Rootbeer Floats
1. Lori Wilson
2. Allison Adams
Station 3 – 1920s Mini Golf
1. Kristi Fellows
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Station 4 – Relays involving 1920s, 1950, 1970s
1.Stacey Hunt
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Clean up after party is complete – moving tables back and packing up each station
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Weekly Update
Another great week has passed with our awesome Just Write Celebration on Tuesday and our eventful Red, White, and Blue day on Thursday. Thank you to all the families who came to make our celebration so meaningful! I showed the children their published class book and they were very excited to see their collection of stories. If you’d like to order a book for your child to have, visit the lulu books website. Here is more news in our newsletter: May 27, 2010
Here’s a list of our dates to remember:
Tuesday, June 1- last day for take home book reading (Please be sure to send these in so that I can account for all the books that were lent out.)
Thursday, June 3: 9:00-11:15 – Kindergarten Olympics; 12:45-1:15 Family Picnic Lunch; We also have an afternoon assembly to welcome our vistiors from Taiwan.
Tuesday, June 8 – Last day of kindergarten! This is a regular full day.
Weekly Update
Hang onto your hats ladies and gentleman, the end of the school year is near! We have a lot of things going on and I’ll try to keep you updated with notes going home and reminders in our newsletters on the blog.
*Please remember that our Just Write Celebration is on Tuesday, May 25 at 10:30. The students have been putting a lot of time and effort into preparing for our big event. (Students who purchased T-Shirts are encouraged to wear them onTuesday.)
*Thursday, May 27 is our RED, WHITE AND BLUE DAY. Children are encouraged to wear clothing of these color(s) for our speical events.
*A note went home with information about our upcoming Kindergarten Olympics on the a.m. of June 3. Please send in the bottom of that sheet if you are willing to volunteer for that event. It’s a fun morning of games for the kids. Also on that day, we have a celebration picnic for families to attend from 12:45-1:15.
*Today was our last Friday of the year and we only have 5 school days left with our last day being on Tuesday, June 8. Please take a look at our newsletter for more important information: May 21, 2010
Enjoy these pictures from our field trip.
JUST WRITE CELEBRATION!
Our very important celebration of our year long work in writing takes place next week – May 24-28. Our class will tour parents and important visitors on: Tuesday, May 25 at 10:30.
Everywhere you look, descriptive and rich and meaningful words will be displayed on: lockers, walls, windows, and doorways. Our published books from this year and year’s past will be on display in the rotunda.
Each writer’s story is published in a class anthology (collection) that is available for purchase (shipped directly to your home) or free download. To see these books, visit the LULU link on the front of our school blog look for our class link on this link: ABOUT OUR WRITING JOURNEY
Carnival Silent Auction
We have winners for the Carnival Silent Auction! To see who won the highest bid for each activity, follow this link: GEORGETOWN SILENT AUCTION
Weekly Update
POND THEME: We studied ducks and beavers this week during our science. After reading a fiction and non-fiction book on each animal, the children are asked to record 2 facts that they’ve learned in their pond journals.
FIELD TRIP: Please check your child’s yellow folder for information regarding our field trip on Tuesday, the 18th. Remember to dress your child for the weather and have them eat a protein filled breakfast (we will not have time for our a.m. snack). If you signed up to come along, please arrive in our classroom at 8:55 so that you can get your group assignments and directions for driving/carpooling. Click on the blue words for more information on the Outdoor Discovery Center and Timbertown/Huizenga Park.
JUST WRITE CELEBRATION: We are gearing up for our final writing celebration of the year and would love for you to come! We even wrote a class invitation to Mrs. Akins (the curriculum director). If you haven’t sent in your green RSVP slip, please do so soon.
Weekly Update
I’m wishing you all a wonderful Mother’s Day this weekend! Enjoy your gifts from your children, they are so proud of what they made for you!
Here’s our newsletter for this week: May 7, 2010
Here’s a reminder of our June schedule changes for the end of the year: JUNE
Weekly Update
The highlight of our week was when the KITTENS CAME TO KINDERGARTEN! I hope your child came home on Tuesday with their writing to tell you all about our kitten visit. In case you didn’t catch their names – we had Tiger, Patches, and Junior help inspire our topic for writing. Check out these cute pics! (P.S. We’ll need a good home for each of these kitties around the end of the school year. If you feel moved to take one in, let me know! 
Here is more news from our week in our newsletter: April 29, 2010
Check out our May & June Calendars: May 2010; June 2010
***Our JUST WRITE CELEBRATION will be on Tuesday, May 25 from 10:30-11:15. Please click on the blue words above to find out more information regarding our JUST WRITE event.
Placement Forms for Next Year
Dear Kindergarten Parents,
I know that many of you completed the online class placement form for your child. Your child’s teacher has been encouraging you to complete this via the blog and myself, via the school blog.
Due to a server error all the forms for K students moving to first grade are now unreadable. I was in the middle of sorting these for placement meetings when this occurred.
The fortunate side of things is that I accomplished exporting grades 2-5…however not the forms that were completed by you!
I would like to ask you to complete the form for me again. I know how busy you are, but the information you share about your child is invaluable to us.
I will be meeting with the K teachers for placements in first grade class next week.
The link to the survey is as follows: CLASS PLACEMENT FORM FOR GRADE 1
Again, thank you for your help with this! Mrs. Reagan
