Enjoy Your Break!!!

Dear Parents,

I enjoyed meeting with you during conference days. For me, it was a time for additional discovery about your children. For those of you asking for support in math or handwriting, look for a weekly packet in your child's backpack on Mondays. However, don't forget the first Monday after Thanksgiving break (Dec. 1st) is a staff day, so those packets will be in their backpack on Tuesday!

One of our goals at IA is to stay in touch with our families. As a result, mandatory parent in-service meetings are planned for either Monday, December 1st or Thursday,December 4th. Please choose which day better fits into your schedule. Both meetings are from 7-8pm. The December 1st meeting is in the Community Room in the Administrative Building and the December 4th is in the Multi-Purpose Room (where your children have lunch everyday).

After our break, your children will have expanded choices for their P.E. activities. They may have mentioned to you that they were receiving activity passes for the KROC center. If you have not returned the permission/liability forms for skateboarding and the rock-climbing wall, please do so. We want all of the children to have the opportunity to participate (rock-climbing, ice-skating, skateboarding, swimming, gym activities, game-room, field-sports, etc....)!

For those of you who were not able to visit during conference days, your children have an assignment over the break. Please ask them what historical figure they have chosen for our "Wax Museum" activity. They need to create a diorama representing their chosen historical figure in time and return it to the classroom when they return on December 2nd. Your children have had the opportunity to see dioramas in our classroom. On December 18th, we will be presenting our "Wax Museum" to the school, so you children will need to come dressed as their historical figure. Please don't go out and buy costumes as I don't want our activities to be a drain on your budget. Look through closets or ask friends to loan an article of clothing to you.

I think that's it for now! Have a wonderful break.

Sincerely,
Kim