January Events

January 11, 2010

Dear Families,

Dear Families, Happy New Year to everyone! We’re looking forward to continued success for our students and programs as we start the new year. Look for news about your child’s progress when report cards are sent home on January 29. That will also be the date of our monthly character education assembly. We’ll focus on Respect with a program by our 5th Grade classes.

Before that we have an important celebration. This Friday, January 15 is a red, white and blue day. We ask students to wear our country’s colors in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Monday, January 18. We’ll celebrate on Friday since there will be no school on the national holiday.

I’d also like to remind everyone of our next volunteer training for parents, after school on January 21 at 1:30 p.m. Please note this change in the flyer that was sent home. The session will take place at 1:30 and will end by dismissal time. There will be no child care for this workshop. Childcare will be provided for training prior to our next OPT meeting on Thursday, February 4.

February 4 is also the date of our parent breakfast for parents of children in Grades 3-5. The breakfast is offered free of charge to all parents who attend our workshop session on February 2 regarding the new state assessments. This year the assessments have changed significantly. They will be held later in the year and there will be changes in the content students are responsible for.

If you're in attendance at the workshop you will receive a coupon to have breakfast with your children on Thursday, February 4. Although February 4 will be set aside as a parents’ breakfast day, you may use the coupon on any date for the remainder of the year. We hope you’ll start planning for these important and informational activities. Please call the office or send a response to my blog if you’d like more information.