Community Meeting

Community Meeting
This year we are doing things a little different!  This year we have a community meeting every Friday with different grades each week.  During these meetings we are giving out all awards, such as the Character Word of the Week, Burkland's BEST Challenges etc.  When we give out the awards we ask all students to come on stage and take a bow......while the audience claps of course!

In addition to giving out awards we are introducing students to the Social Thinking Curriculum.  In a nutshell, Social Thinking is about teaching students how to get along with others.  Over the last two weeks we have been talking to students about whole body listening.  These are the things students do with their body that shows the speaker they are paying attention, such as looking with their eyes, facing the speaker and paying attention to what is being said and I am happy to report that our first few community meetings have been a great success!

Here is a picture of all our 3rd and 4th grade winners of the Character Word of the Week.  If you are interested in learning more about the Social Thinking Curriculum give us a call!  Congratulations to all our winners!

Open House

Please mark your calendar for next Wed because we have our annual Open House from 6:30-8.  Open House is a great opportunity to tour the school and visit your child's classroom.  We will have an opportunity for parents to sign up for Parent Teacher Conferences as well, which are scheduled for November 18th and 19th.  Please remember that Open House is not the time to conference about your child.  You are certainly welcome to ask questions but we ask that everyone please be cognizant that each classroom teacher must be present and available for all parents during Open House and any in depth issues should be discussed at another time.  We also ask that you keep your children with you at all times during your visit.  We hope to see you all there!

Career Day!

Bat Run

Don't forget the Bat Run this weekend.  If you are available on Sunday please consider supporting this great event!

Early Release/Hat Day

Next week (Thursday) we have an Early Release Day.  School is out at 1 pm.  We would like to encourage all students to wear a hat and we will be collecting voluntary $1donations.  All money raised through our Hat Days goes directly back to the students to support enrichment activities, after school programs, field trips and donations to local charities!  Thank you for your support!