Report Cards for Trimester 1

Families,

Report cards for Trimester 1 will come home tomorrow, Thursday, November 21. Please keep the contents of the folder, sign, and return the empty folder as soon as possible. If you have any questions or concerns, please let me know.

Bread Day

Parents and others who have volunteered to help with our bread making should plan on arriving to school no later than 9:20 am. I will need your help until 11:30 am, but you are welcome to stay and have lunch with your child at 12:05 pm. If you are planning to volunteer in the afternoon, please plan on arriving between 2:30 and 2:45 pm. I will need you to help cut bread, spread butter, and pack extra bread in baggies to send home.

Please make sure your child brings their ingredient for bread making by tomorrow. We are still in need of flour, heavy whipping cream, and plastic forks and knives. If you can donate any of these items, please send them in by Friday. Thank you to those of you who have already donated an item. This day wouldn’t be possible without your support.

November 22 is Bread Day

Families,
          On November 22, we will be making bread! This is a super fun and exciting day for students. With the help of volunteers, students will make their own mini-loaf of bread. In order for this day to be a success, I need your help. We are still in need of 4 volunteers in the morning (9:30-11:45) and 1 volunteer in the afternoon (1:30-3:30). If you can help, please let me know as soon as possible. Bread Day requires the help of multiple grown-ups; I simply can't do it alone =)
          We also need empty plastic containers such as Cool Whip or large margarine containers. If you have any extra containers, please send them in! On Friday, November 8 I will be sending a ingredient donation list home. If possible, please help by donating the item. If you are not able to donate the item, please let me know. Thank you in advance for your help.

 

 

 

 

Turkey in Disguise

Dear Families,

        Thanksgiving is just around the corner and you know what that means…turkeys everywhere are going into hiding. Yes, that’s right! Turkeys will do just about anything to avoid being your Thanksgiving meal. Help Tom Turkey survive this Thanksgiving by creating a disguise.

        Your child will bring home a blank turkey template on Friday, November 8. Please help this turkey make it safely past Thanksgiving by disguising him through the holiday he fears the most! Turkeys that have made it through in the past have been dressed like ballerinas, football players, farmers, hula dancers, Elvis, snowmen, Spiderman, a princess, Santa, and even yours truly, Mrs. Hoschouer.

Your main focus is to dress your turkey in attire that will help him blend in with your family so he will go unnoticed at the Thanksgiving table!

Please have fun and be creative! You may use anything you can think of to decorate. Turkeys in the past have been decorated with crayons, macaroni, craft feathers, tissue paper, wallpaper scraps, dried beans, rice, clothes and shoes cut from newspaper ads, ribbons, fabric scraps, etc.

Please follow these directions when disguising your turkey:

1. Cut out the turkey

2. Decide how to disguise him

3. Have fun decorating

Turkeys are due no later than Thursday, November 14, 2013.

 

Thanks and have fun! See below for some examples.

 

 

Crowded Parking Lot

As you know, our parking lot is very crowded in the mornings…leading to parent stress and student tardiness.   It may work better for you to drop off your children at an alternate entrance (off of Hunter or Blue Heron), or drop them on Chateau and have them follow the sidewalk onto school grounds. Thanks – we appreciate your support in making sure kids are on time for the start of school!

Red Ribbon Week

Chief Joseph Red Ribbon Week

October 28—November 1, 2013

Monday—“Life is a Work of Art, Color it Drug Free” Wear as many colors as possible 

Tuesday—“Believe, Achieve, Succeed Drug Free” Wear college shirts. Teachers will wear college shirts or colors and talk about our college experience with students.

Wednesday—Wear Red Day.

Thursday—“Good choices, good character, and bright future” This is career day. Students may dress in nice clothing, similar to what they would wear to a job interview.  NO ghosts, zombies, witches or other Halloween costumes!

Friday— “Our School Rocks” Wear school colors

Harvest Party and Pumpkin Lab

 

 

 

Families,

           

            Our Harvest Party will be on Thursday, October 31 from 3:00-3:45 pm. We will be eating snacks and watching “It’s A Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.” If you would like to donate a treat, you may send it to school on the morning of October 31 with your child. This is a busy time of year and children will be getting more than enough sweet treats trick-or-treating, so if you would have time and would like to bring a snack, healthy snacks are encouraged. We have 23 students in our class.

            We will also have our pumpkin laboratory on October, 31. Students will be estimating and measuring with pumpkins. This activity will begin at 1:30 pm. If you are interested in helping during this time, please let me know (e-mail is best). It would be great to have 2-4 parents helping measure, weigh, and count pumpkin seeds.

 

            As a reminder, Chief Joseph students should not wear their Halloween costumes to school on October 31. They can, however, wear work attire (an outfit they might wear to a job interview or clothing that resembles their future career) to celebrate Red Ribbon Week.