Tuesday, April 30, 2013

April 30, 2013

Hi Parents
We have had two great days back at school. The kids seem well rested and ready for the final stretch. How about this warm weather?!

Next week we will be doing workshops for Social Studies. I will be teaching about Canada and Mrs. Powers will be teaching China. Mrs. Rodliff will be teaching about Kenya and Ms. Schwartz will be teaching about Greece. The kids will stay with each teacher for a week and go through all classes.
Note about Gym: For the last trimester, my class will have Gym on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursday.  Please help your child remember to bring sneakers on those days.

Students will be seeing the show, Annie put on by students at WCS next Thursday, May 9th. The show will run from 12:15 to the end of the day.

Thanks. 

Mr. Bolger

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

April 3, 2013

Dear Parents,

Reading Restaurant is coming up: mark your calendars, reserve your seats, and help your child plan a simple costume.

Mark your calendars!:  we will have our Reading Restaurant on Thursday, April 18th. It's an evening event where parents, brothers, sisters, and grandparents can reserve a seat and then come to "dine" on your child's writing from this year. The students come dressed up as an animal (you can bend a coat hanger, stick some cardboard ears on it, and  draw some facial whiskers if you want to be a fox, for example). They all have a job such as cook, maitre d', waiter, busperson, etc. and it will be their pleasure to serve you!

We chose our restaurant name today: The Northern Lights Cafe.
We also chose our jobs and our shifts. Your child will be in the first shift or the second shift
(tentatively, the shifts  go: 6:00-6:45 and 7:00-7:45). I will notify you in the next couple of days with the exact times.

Reserve your seats by email: how many people from your family -- aside from the child I teach -- will be attending? Please email your number to me so we can plan our table  arrangements.

Help your child  plan a simple costume. Students can pick any animal that inhabits the Arctic Tundra
(ex: Arctic Fox, Reindeer, Polar Bear, Grizzly Bear, Snowy Owl, Lemming, Goose, Wolverine, Penguin, etc.)

More info to come...

Four Winds is this Friday. Please Dress Warmly.


... a note from Kim Jennings, our Four Winds coordinator...

Good Morning,

Just a reminder that we will be presenting the 4Winds program this coming Friday from 8:30 - 10:00.  This month's lesson is called, Galls Galore, and in it, we'll be looking at how some insect species spend most of their life cycle inside a gall - which is a growth on plants that provides the insect with food, shelter and protection.

Kids, please dress appropriately as we will be going outside on a "gall hunt".

- Kim Jennings

That's all for now, Folks. 

Mr. B.