Supplies Needed!!!

We are down to a ration of pencils.  I am giving students 2 a week until I run out, from my emergency stash.  I strongly  suggest that you make sure your child has pencils they can stash in their lockers.

We are also in need of dry erase markers (we have 5 to last the rest of the year), and highlighters.  As we start test preparation we will be using even more of the dry erase markers and highlighters.  Thank you for your generous donation to our class.

In other news:

Students turned in their Arbor Day posters yesterday.  We had several really good ones this year! They worked very hard on this.

On Thursday the students will be introduced to the DARE program.  This is a program that is done all over the state.  What is unique about our program is that students have the opportunity to go to DARE camp this summer after finishing the program.  We are the only town in the entire state that does this.  We are very thankful for all of the sponsors that make this happen.

Spelling test is this Friday as usual.  Time got away from me so we did not do an in class pretest. I encourage you to test your child and help them with the spelling words they are having difficulty on.

If you have not scheduled a conference please do so now! I will be calling on Friday to let you know what is left. Click on the sentence and it will take you to the google calendar so you can see what is available. 


Next Tuesday is the wax museum during the lunch hour.  Last year, if your child attended Garfield, they were statues.  This year they get to go and hear all about it.  It is always exciting to see what this group has learned or tells about that previous years didn't mention.

On next Wednesday is picture day! We WILL be taking a class picture that day! (Oh joy I'll be exactly 1 month away from having Flint.  It will be a fun class picture for sure!)

Conference week is the 13-16th.  Valentines day party will be on the 14.  This is the last party your child will have.  No holiday parties in Middle and High School.  I'm game for making it as special as possible.