We have begun investigating different festivals around the country and are learning about what impacts large events have on communities. We will be having speakers in to talk to us about our "big event" The Blueberry Festival in the next few weeks. We hope that the students are able to see the positive and negative impacts that big events have on communities. This project is one we have done the past few years and it is fun to see how it evolves with the different classes.
We had our first common assessment in math and the students did a nice job. Those not getting an 80% will get remediation and have a re-test next week. This is the process we will use to make sure they are understanding the math concepts.
Make sure your student is reading nightly. We have an expectation of 30 mins per night. We do not give a lot of homework so this is should not be hard for them to do. Students have a reading calendar that they are to fill in each month. This is for a grade each month in Language Arts. We are working with the students to make sure they understand the Achieve 3000 requirements for each week. We are all here to help them if they have problems or concerns dealing with this program. We have see great growth in reading for students who complete the requirements each week.
On Thursday afternoon we went outside and watched as Mrs. Hirschy, Mr. Brooke, Mrs. C. Dennie and Mrs. Dove completed the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. It was fun and for a great cause! Mrs. C. Dennie's mother passed away four years ago from ALS and the money that was raised this past week by the staff will go the the ALS Guardian Angel foundation that helped her family when her mother was ill.
We hope you have a great Labor Day/Blueberry weekend.
Here are some photos from the past week.
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