Week of October 30th

Conferences: Thank you so much for coming to parent-teacher conferences last week. It was nice to meet and share your wonderful child's progress with you.

Here are the upcoming events:

Tuesday, October 31- Halloween parade @ track (canceled if it rains) and party following parade

Wednesday, November 1- Early dismissal 1:00

November 6-10 Iowa Assessments

Wednesday, November 15- Early dismissal 1:00

November 22- 24 Thanksgiving break

Halloween Parade

WE will plan to have a Halloween parade on the track at 2:00 on Tuesday, October 31. Classes will do one lap around the track and head back inside for their classroom parties/treats. If it rains, students can change and dress up for our classroom party. We will not have a parade inside the school if it rains. Please let me know if you have any questions.

 Halloween Party Helpers

Napkins: Lillian

Plates: Jackson

Drinks: Anna

Treats: Owen, Gianna, Natalie

(Allergies-dairy, so avoid fresh dairy products)

Iowa Assessments

We will not have new spelling words for the week of November 6-10.  Make sure students get a good night's rest and have eaten breakfast each morning. 

Students will work on a few  sample questions the week before. These practice questions will help student become familiar with the various assessments and with using a bubble-in answer sheet. 

WETAP will provide a snack for students each day during testing. Thank you WETAP! 

Week of October 23rd

Upcoming Events:

October 24 & 26
*4:00-8:00 PM Parent-Teacher conferences
*4:00-8:00 PM Scholastic Book Fair in WE Library.

October 27
NO SCHOOL for MVCSD

October 31
*2:00 PM. Costume parade on WE track. Cancelled if rain. Classroom party to follow the parade

**We are still in need of drinks for the Halloween party after the parade. Please let me know if you are able to help out. Thank you!**

November 1
1:00 PM dismissal for all buildings. No preschool.

Halloween Party Helpers

Napkins:

 Lillian Hotz

Plates:

Jackson Kunz

Drinks:

 ??

Treats:

Owen Wheat

Gianna Rossetti

Natalie Latta

Week of October 16th-20th

I am so very sorry to get this out so late...the week has gotten ahead of me... 

Upcoming Dates

Wednesday, October 18- Early dismissal @ 1:00

Thursday, October 19- Picture retakes

October 24 and 26- WE parent-teacher conferences-(schedule went last week with the students)

Friday, October 27- No School

Tuesday, October 31- Halloween party and parade (more details to come about parade time).

Week of October 9th-13th

Spelling this week

Since we will be gone most of Friday , (Wickiup Hill), we will take our spelling test on Thursday, October 12.

Homework Reminder

Your child should be bringing their homework sheet back to school on Fridays. My goal is to have students become responsible for returning their sheet each week. Lately, many students have forgotten to return their spelling/reading log homework sheet on Fridays. Thank you for your help! 

Upcoming Dates

Friday, October 13- Field trip to Wickiup Hill

Wednesday, October 18- Early dismissal @ 1:00

Thursday, October 19- Picture retakes

October 24 and 26- WE parent-teacher conferences

Friday, October 27- No School

Tuesday, October 31- Halloween party and parade (more details to come about parade time).

Field Trip Reminder

Friday, October 13Wickiup Hill

We will leave around 8:30 and return around 2:45.

Students will need to dress accordingly for the weather, as 3 out of the 4 activities are outside. We will learn about the prairie, take a nature hike, explore a wetland/pond area and meet a few live animals. 

Students will need to bring a sack lunch and drink.

Week of October 1st-7th

Thank you to everyone who came to Open House! 

It was great seeing everyone and the students were so excited to show you around. 

The students and I appreciate your support!

Upcoming events:

OCTOBER:

Monday 2nd-Fire Drill 8:30am

Monday 2nd-WETAP 6:30pm Art Room

Wednesday 4th-Early Out/Professional Development

Thursday 5th-Sibling Conference 3:30pm in Library

Friday 6th-WEWALK 3rd grade walks from 9:30-9:50am around the track

Monday 9th-Tornado Drill 8:30am

Monday 9th-School Board Meeting-6:30 HS Library

Friday 13th-Field trip to Wickiup-see information below

Wednesday 18th-Early Out/PD

Thursday 19th-Picture Retakes

Tuesday 24th-Parent Teacher Conferences

Thursday 26th-Parent Teacher Conferences

Friday 27th-No School - Full Day PD

Field Trip Information

An informational note came home on Friday, September 29 about our upcoming field trip to Wickiup Hill Conservation Center. 

We will leave at 8:30 and return around 2:45. 

Students will need to bring a sack lunch and drink. 

Please let me know if you are interested in being a parent helper. 

Students will need to dress accordingly for the weather as 3 out of the 4 activities are outside. We will learn about the prairie, take a nature hike, explore a wetland/pond area and meet a few live animals native to Iowa. 

This is a great field trip!! Let me know if you will be joining us!

We need magazines and/or newspapers

If you have any old newspapers or magazines- please send them to school with your child as soon as you can. We need some for a language arts project this week. Thank you!