1st & 2nd Grade News
January 7, 2010

Show & Tell: Something that reminds you of Christmas vacation.

Memory Verse: Remember that I commanded you to be strong and brave. So don’t be afraid. The Lord your God will be with you everywhere you go. Joshua 1:9

Spelling: 2nd Grade: 1/08 : toast, float, coast, roast, road, throat, soap, coach, teeth, steep, think, each 1/15: screen, speed, street, wheel, stream, steam, dream, sneak, speak, heal, been, use

Spelling Enrichment: 2nd Grade 1/08: clapped, brushes, clever, chopsticks, buttoned, fingers, everyone, paint, tangled, painted, undoing, finished

Spelling: 1st Grade: 1/08: peg, set, get, met, pet, is, was, yes 1/15: sad, dad, cat, net, hop, he, has, what

Friday Pizza Party: This Friday, teacher will be providing pizza, veggies, and drink for all the students in the classroom. This is our celebration party for teacher’s right arm being able to now stretch as high as the left! It’s taken 5 months of physical therapy to reach this goal! Thanks to Ilene’s mom for her help in getting the pizzas!

Christmas Offering: The Christmas offering was amazing. We made almost $175.00 in cookie sales. With the cash gifts on the tree, the total came to $668.77. When matched this will be $4,681.39 for ADRA to help feed hungry children. Thank you for your generosity!

TEN COMMANDMENTS: Keep working on memorizing the commandments!

December Reading Calendars: Only 2 students have remembered to turn the reading calendar for last month. Please do that in the Homework folder!

Coming Dates to remember:
January 15: Last Day of First Semester
January 18: Martin Luther King Day- NO SCHOOL
January 19: Teacher In-Service Day-NO SCHOOL
January 24: Fundraising Dinner—5:00-7:00
January 27, 28 Parent-Teacher Conferences—12:30 Dismissal for Students

News from Mr. O's Desk:

Upcoming Event: January School Closures
Date/Time: January 18 & 19
Who it impacts: All Students
Overview: As we have every other year. we will again be closed the third Monday in January (the 18th) for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. In addition, please note that we will be closed January 19 as our employer is hosting professional growth meetings in College Place and our staff is required to participate in those meetings. This may be a good opportunity for parents to take a snow day and take their children out to Bluewood or one of the other winter playlands. We will provide childcare at a rate of $25 for the day. As childcare was over Christmas break, childcare again will feature crafts, games and activities to help the day pass more quickly.

Once again, we are offering a small discount to families with multiple children in the program. The second and subsequent children will be able to attend for $23. Please contact the office if you would like to sign up for this program as it is offered by reservation only.

Upcoming Event: A Taste of the Orient
Date/Time: January 24 – 5:00pm
Who it impacts: 9th grade and up... as well as all constituents
Overview: The 9th and 10th grade students will be hosting a fundraising dinner for the Mission Trip coming up in March of 2010. They will be heading out to Rosario Tesopaco (Ely’s home) where they will be adding rooms to the boys’ dormitory and starting a girls’ dormitory. Tony Salango, from Calgary Alberta, will be coming to our school to cater this event, and as he has done at all of his other fundraising dinners, he will be presenting his specialty, a variety of traditional Asian dishes and a few of his own concoctions such as vegetarian ginger beef (gluten) and butternut squash in coconut milk. The meal is a bargain at $18 per adult or $10 per child (10 and under), and includes dinner entertainment.You may purchase tickets from any of the students who are planning on going on the trip or you can contact the office to reserve your tickets. There are a limited number of seats available.

Upcoming Event: Parent/Teacher Meetings
Date/Time: January 27 & 28 – both afternoons
Who it impacts: All Students
Overview: On the 15th of this month the books will close for the second grading period. Following this, teachers should be able to gauge fairly accurately students who are unable to make the requirements to move on too the next grade level by the end of the year. Note that we have added a set of mid year parent teacher meetings to the calendar this year. Watch for notes coming home to set up these meetings. We arrange meetings, attempting to give parents their choice times, in the order that we receive the requests back in the office.