February 26, 2019

Dear Family,

Last week I emailed about the Apex Fun Run program that is at our school for the next two weeks! The Apex program teaches leadership traits and fitness to our students who are raising pledges for the Fun Run next Thursday, February 28^th.  You may pledge a dollar amount per lap ran (up to 36 laps) or make a flat donation.

Here’s how the fundraiser works

·        Each student already brought home an Apex Pledge Kit (pledge sheet attached to a lanyard).

·        Login at www.MyApexEvent.com using the access code found on the front of the pledge kit.  Since each child will receive a free t-shirt for the run, be sure to list your child's shirt size when you log in.

What we’re raising funds for

·         The majority of the funds raised this year will go to our school to pay for Technology, Outdoor Improvements and Student Enrichment Resources!

·        However, the school has promised that an additional 10% of whatever is raised by each class goes directly to that teacher to purchase items for their own classroom. That’s exciting!

Please help us reach our goal.  

Campus News….

Field Day!!!

Field day will be on March 15th (the Friday before Spring Break). The schedule for each grade is listed below. In order to make this field day run smoothly, we will be asking for parent volunteers to help run each of the stations, in addition to our 5th grade helpers!

Please sign up online Field Day Sign Up Genius if you can commit to helping us at any of the following sessions on March 15th.

8:00 - 9:40 am 3rd and 5th Grade

10:00 - 11:40 am 2nd and 4th Grade

12:40 - 2:20 pm K and 1st Grade

Please note: If you would like to walk around with your child during their field day session, please do not volunteer to help during that time frame, as you will be assigned to a specific station. For more information, please visit our PE website. Thank you for all of your help and support in making field day such a memorable time for all of our students!

Sincerely,

PE

KLRU Kids Writing Contest

The KLRU Kids Writing Contest is now open to all students kindergarten through fifth grade in the KLRU viewing area.  Stories can be fact or fiction, prose or poetry.  Submissions must be received by KLRU by March 31, 2019. Please visit klru.org/writerscontest/ for contest rules and the scoring rubric.

Next Week...

Math: This week will be a flex week; concepts taught this year will be reviewed.

Science: Students will analyze and record examples of interdependence found in various situations such as terrariums and aquariums or pet and caregiver.

Reading/Writing:  Students will respond to and use rhythm, rhyme and alliteration in poetry and recognize sensory details. They will continue generating and writing poetry.

Balanced Literacy: This week in social studies the students will continue to learn about the difference between goods and services.  They will also explore the importance of making choices when buying goods.  In phonics the students will be recognizing and using onsets and rimes when reading words as well as recognizing letter patterns within words.

Important Dates…

• Feb. 20-27 APEX Leadership Lessons
• Feb. 28 APEX Fun Run
• Mar. 5 3rd Grade Economics Fair (bring coins if you’d like to make purchases)
• Mar. 8 K-2 Assembly
• Mar. 8 Studentreasures class book order forms and payment due (info. will be sent home soon)
• Mar. 11-12 Mrs. Ashby out at a training
• Mar. 15 Field Day (12:40-2:20 PM)
• Mar. 18-22 spring break/no school