Exciting News!

Dear Families,

My Monday mini-project is all about money! For instance we are learning about goods and services, various ways to use money (spend, save, and share), making change, and the history of money. We will also be taking a field trip to a bank. Students will be able to go inside the bank vault and hold a stack of one hundred dollar bills. The date for this field trip is March 16th. We will be leaving at 12:30 and return at 2:30. WE NEED PARENT DRIVERS! Please email me with your availability. Along with the classroom work we are engaged in, the students would like to open a school store. In order to fund the purchase of store items we are planning a used book, DVD, and CD sale. Please look through your shelves for these items you are willing to donate and bring them to my room (218). The date for the sale is not set yet as I want to accumulate some donations first. Hopefully, I will have a date to share by the time I send out my next Blog. We are also planning two dances; one for the primary grades and one for the upper. Again, the proceeds from the dances will fund the school store. The dates are Wednesday, March 11th and Wednesday, March 18th and will be right after school at 1:oo. I will keep you informed as we get closer to those dates.
On March 5th we will be visiting The San Diego Museum of Art in Balboa Park. The art museum does a presentation of U.S. and California history through the art at the museum. WE NEED PARENT DRIVERS! The cost for admission to the museum is $5. If we have enough parent drivers, we can avoid the cost of renting a bus or taking public transportation. Please let me know as soon as is possible if you are willing to drive. Students will need to bring a bag lunch!
There is a Monday Parent Meeting in the MPR room at 6:30 pm (February 9th). We will be talking about DI instruction and how it is done. Please try to make this informative meeting.
I believe that's it for now. Please email me as soon as possible if you are available to drive for a field trip, with any questions you may have, or concerns.
Sincerely,
Kim