Mat 9, 2008

May 9, 2008

Dear Families,

We read two more booklets this week. Your student should have brought home the following booklets: We Win! and Jen and Yip. We recommend that you read these booklets numerous times during the summer so that your student can remember the words we learned this year. We continued to work on report card evaluations. We enjoyed meeting many grandparents this week! The students made cookies for their guests on Tuesday. The recipe is attached

Next Thursday we are going down to the Traer Public Library. If the weather is nice we will walk. If the weather is inclement we will take a bus.

Do not forget that on Friday, May 30th, we have our annual track and field day. A schedule will be sent home soon. Our events are the sack race, the 50 yard dash, and the tug-of-war. When all the events are over, families may pick their child up at the child’s room. They will have backpacks and folders to pick up and take home. Please put sunscreen on the children at home and send some to be put on later. While we are outside participating in track and field day we like to have the children stay with the class instead of walking around with their families. It is easier to keep track of 41 students that way. Since we are not out at the track and field day all day, we DO NOT want beach towels or water bottles sent to school with the kindergartners!

On the last day of school, Monday, June 2nd we get out of school at 1:35!

Kindergartners have the opportunity to earn four special awards at the close of the school year. One of the awards is called Outstanding Attendance and is given to the children who missed two days or less this school year. Children receiving this must also not have been tardy more than twice. Two awards were academic awards. An award is given to the children who can correctly count to 100, and one is given to the children who can correctly name all of the letters of the alphabet, both capital and lower case. Kindergartners may also earn an award if they can tie their own shoes. Children who do not receive any of these three awards WILL receive an award which recognizes their particular strengths. This way all children will receive at least one award. The awards will be handed out on June 2nd. Watch the Traer Star Clipper for your child’s name! We give the newspaper a list of award winners.

Have a nice weekend

Ms. Howard, Mrs. Pokorny, Mrs. Herink, Mrs. Owens