Despite the rain last week, the trip to the Science Center was a lot of fun. The 8th grade buddies and chaperones were a huge help. The students enjoyed eating with their 8th grade buddies, sharing an ice cream treat, and doing an activity together. Thank you to everyone who came and donated time, snacks, and drinks. The 8th graders helped us with a memory book that I will be typing up this weekend. I hope to have this to you by Monday or Tuesday of next week. 

Please remember your child’s time capsule is due by Wednesday, May 16. Please decorate the coffee can and send it to school. We will fill it with a few mementos, and then we will send it back home for you to fill with your own memories. Don’t forget...no peeking until high school graduation. 

The Mother’s Day Tea was a huge success. I hope you enjoyed the special time with your child and visiting with the other moms. I did take pictures, but I won’t send them home until the last day of school. The end of the year video will contain the pictures from the tea. I have been saving pictures all year for the video. I had no idea I had over 400 pictures, so trimming it down to fit in a 12-15 minute video was challenging. Each family will get a copy of the DVD. We will watch 

the video at the end of the year celebration on Wednesday, May 23 at 1:30 p.m. in the school gym 
All of our butterflies came out of their cocoons on Monday. We set them free at recess and watched them fly away. We hope our “class pets” enjoy their new found freedom!! This week, one of our moms, brought some chicks for us to hold and learn about. The baby chicks were one week old. The children learned how to hold the chicks and what the chicks need in order to survive. Thank you for sharing the chicks with us. 

Field Day will be next Friday, May 18. The children will not need a drink, book bag, or uniform this day. The children should wear their team shirts and shorts. Parent Volunteers are planning games and fun activities for the children to play. Most of the activities will be outside,weather permitting, with a couple of events planned inside. There will be plenty of snack and water stations available. Please remember this is a noon dismissal day. 

Your child will also receive a Summer Fun Packet full of math and reading activities to work on this summer. It will contain sight words, spelling words, sound out words, websites, information for signing each letter, a hundreds chart, and lots of practice with addition, subtraction, counting money, number lines, etc. Try to work on the folder a couple of times each week, and don’t forget to join the summer reading club through your local library. 

We had five more students know their address and phone number this week. Keep working on it at home please!! 
Also coming home in the next week or so, will be a prayer rug. The rug should sit by your child’s bed at night and be a nightly reminder to say prayers before going to bed. I hope this will become a nightly ritual you have with your child. The children will look forward to this one-on-one time with you.