Important News!!

Dear parents,
On Wednesday, November 19th and Thursday, November 20th from 1-4pm the teachers at IA are holding conferences. I'm sorry we cannot accomodate your work schedules by holding conferences at night as we share our school space with the KROC Center and evening classroom time is not available. I would like to have half of you come on Wednesday and the other half on Thursday if possible. Could you please email me with your preferences and I can confirm the day. The conferences in my room are going to be student-led (in other words your children will be sharing what they have been doing, their work, place in the classroom, etc...). I will be available in the classroom to answer your questions regarding your child's progress.
Also, I wanted to remind you that for Thanksgiving the kids are off the entire week (Nov. 24th - Nov. 28th). Additionally, December 1st is a day for the staff to be working at the school without students in attendance. So, please make your childcare arrangements accordingly.
Your children are engaged in a wide variety of learning opportunities. A writing, art, and life science project is under way, they continue with DI/Language Arts and math, social and emotional development, an earth science endeavor, and early American history. I would like them to create a diorama for history, so could you all please send in a shoe box, to work with. Your children are also continuing to work on our play. Almost all of the costumes have been chosen and some of the set created. Thank you Cheryl (Kaya's Mom) for sharing your many costumes and allowing us to pull out what we needed. We do still need a costume for the ship's captain, two sailor hats, a costume for the little boy, an octopus costume, and a very big babydoll.
Also, don't be surprised if your children are soon asking with some help on a costume for their chosen historical figure. We will be creating a sort of educational wax museum where your children will dress as their favorite historical character. More details will follow!
Please feel free to contact me anytime with your concerns or ideas about my classroom or IA.

Sincerely,
Kim
kim@innovationsacademy.org