May 28, 2013

Dear 2nd Grade  Parents and Guardians,

On Tuesday, June 4th from 8:30-9:40 a.m., the Allen Brook School current grade 2 students will be visiting their new 3rd grade classrooms.  Those in multi-age classrooms will be meeting with their new 4th grade classmates and teacher, and those in looping classrooms will be meeting with their teacher and their new 3rd grade classmates. 

That night (Tuesday), for second-graders' parents, there will  be  a parent/guardian information session from 6:30-8:00 p.m. at WCS. 

Families will be receiving placement letters with your new teacher by June 1st. 

We recognize that moving on is a bittersweet time for students and families.   Feelings of sadness in leaving the comfort of their class and teacher, mixed with the excitement, joy and uncertainty of a new classroom (teacher, friends and responsibilities) and school are all healthy and normal.   We are confident that this planned visit to their new 3rd grade room will help them with this transition.  Please help us by making sure your student is here on time on Tuesday.

Thank you!

Carolyn Tatlock

Jen Tumilowicz

ABS School Counselors

May 24, 2013

May 24, 2013

Hello Parents!

I think the kids are ready for a long weekend!  We accomplished a lot this week in spite of the restlessness ;)  We learned about lightning and thunder. We invited Mrs. Powers' class to read their Animal Research books to us, and we wrote new poems for our KidBlogs.
Please take a look and leave a comment or two. If your child hasn't yet finished his or her poem, they may finish it up if they have a moment over the weekend.

Happy Birthday this week to Kali and to Chloe.

Take care everyone.  See you on Tuesday.

Mr. Bolger

May 9, 2013

Dear Parents,

First, please consider running in the Williston Runs 5K race on June 1st. It's a great reason to get together, a great way for a community to earn money, and a great incentive to get up and get in shape. I've sent everyone a registration form via email.  It's just three weeks away. Now or never!

Also, we had a GREAT time at the Annie play today. Of course the kids got squirmy, but it was really-well-presented, and had all that good, upbeat singing and the funny antics that the orphans play on the head of the orphanage.

Why not talk with them about integrity. We've been talking about that word. Annie had integrity because she told the truth and she was kind to other down-and-out people. Daddy Warbucks had integrity because he helped Annie out of the real goodness of his heart. He also talked to Annie about how having a billion dollars isn't as good as having someone to love. So he recognized the difference between the strength of money/power and the strength of integrity/happiness/love.

You could talk with them about the crooks who lie that they are Annie's parents and they nearly get away with it.

Finally, you could take with them about The Great Depression and about Hoovervilles and about Roosevelt (and his polio/wheelchair)  and the New Deal. These were all alluded to in the show, and probably went over the kids' heads. But I had a chance to talk about it with a few students and they were very interested.

Anyway, it was a great show. Consider taking your child to see it again in the coming days. Well worth a second look. 

 

Reading Logs: due tomorrow. Sorry I didn't get one out to the kids this week. Most parents have been printing up reading logs I have emailed in the past.  Do the best you can. Estimating is good. :)

 

Last, Home School Journals went home today. The kids are particularly working on their handwriting and on responding to things that you have written to them. 

 

Have a nice weekend, everyone.

Mr. B.

May 9, 2013

Hi Parents,

1) Tomorrow we will be taking the bus over to WCS at 12:00 to see the play, Annie.  The kids will be dismissed from WCS. If you pick up your child, please do so there. The Live Y'er students will take Bus A back to school.

2) Monday  we started our new countries workshops. Ask your child which workshop he or she is attending this week and what they learned. 

3) Charlie Jennings brought in a solar powered car today, and we took it for a test drive. 

4) We have four sheets that were kindly loaned to us for our Reading Restaurant. We have a blue one, a flowered one, a heavy white one with nice stitching in it, and another heavy white one with stitching and "embroidered holes."   Please email me so I can get them safely back to you. 

5) We got a good start on our Home School Journals this week, but we ran out of time --- we decided to stay outside for a little longer with Charlie's car. Sorry. 

6) Thank you to Karen Allen for her surprise popsicles today. That was  a real treat. 

Take care, everyone. 

Mr. Bolger