Valentine's Day
We are having a small Valentine celebration on Wednesday morning. Thank you for the donations of items for this day:) . If your student is bringing in Valentines to be passed out, please send in BEFORE February 12th so that we can deliver in advance. Thank you <3
*Friendly Reminder: this is also a Half Day with dismissal @ 11:51am*
Word Work Check
I will be doing Word Work Checks over the next 2 weeks with students to check their knowledge of spelling the past few weeks high frequency words correctly. It would be helpful to practice the tricky ones from this list in addition to this week's words. Thank you for your support!
- make, little, them, made, off, ride, because, very, who, us, an, be, could, end, goes, as, but, going, into, know
- **Spelling City weeks #9 to #12
Blessings in a Backpack Food Drive
Salem is collectiong donations for Blessings in a Backpack. Below is the suggested donation list:
JK & K: Granola Bars
1st: Applesauce cups/pouches
2nd: Crackers & cheese/crackers & peanut butter
3rd: individual boxes of cereal
4th: Nutrigrain bars
5th: Individual snack bags (goldfish, cheese-itz, teddy grahams, etc.)
Hudson Mills Metropark Field Trip
The First Grades will taking a trip to Hudson Mills Metropark in Dexter on March 18th from about 9:00am-1:00pm. Permission slips and notes will come home with your student on Monday. Please return permission slips/money by March 3. Additionally, please reply on the permission slip if you would like to chaperone the trip and send in your money as well. We will be taking 10 chaperones that HAVE COMPLETED the SLCS background check.
If you have not done the background check and would like to volunteer in your child’s classroom, you may do so here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdz9LJOc7GaQGF2HIAd-snomTt_vCTtfff7yhVvxQgaT_gPtA/viewform
Career Days/When I Grow Up Day
To wrap up our Economics unit for Social Studies, First Grade is hosting a few Career Days this month with parent volunteers AND a "When I Grow Up" dress up day! Our "When I Grow Up" Dress up day takes place on Thursday, February 20th :) . Your First Grader may come to school dressed up as their future career!
Thank You to Dr. Mietelka and Mr. Feusse (Paige), Mr. Pringle (Dylan), Mr. McCreedy (Shane), Ms. Cummings (Adora), and Mr. Szymanski (Cassie) for volunteering for our Career Days!
Happy HALF Birthday to Cash on February 16!
Happy HALF Birthday to Reagan. on February 22!