Welcome class of 2015-2016! I am excited about this new year, and your kids are already off to a great start! Please plan to come to Back to School Night this Thursday, August 20th in order to better understand your child’s 4th grade year. Introductions are in the Multipurpose room from 5:30 – 6. Then I will host 2 separate presentations at 6:05 and 6:40. Looking forward to meeting you and working together this year!

I am announcing our Top 5 students who have practiced and completed the most amount of iready lessons as of today. Please remember that this program is available through the summer, and there is another contest. This is a great way for your child to stay on grade level and prepare for 5th grade. You’d be amazed what 20 minutes a day can do! If you don’t have a computer, just hit the public library or visit someone who does. 🙂

Raquel – 141 lessons
Elden – 124 Lessons
Nicholas – 98 Lessons
Ayoush – 97 lessons
Yusuf – 95 Lessons

Great job, guys!

Today we recognized all the readers who have worked hard to sail across our board by earning AR points for reading. Mrs. Garcia, our fabulous librarian, awarded each child prizes based on the level of points they reached this trimester. Congratulations! Please encourage your child to keep reading all summer, especially if they are NOT listed below. Thanks for your support in this program.

5
Andy
Jazilyn
Alfonoso
Ayoush
Halee
Adaarion
Sebastian

10
Kelly
Jazilyn
Kimberly
Gabriela
Ayoush
Adaarion

20
Raquel
Kamiah
Kelly
Jesse
Ayoush
Yusuf

35
Raquel
Clement

50
Clement

75
Clement

100
Clement – our top reader with 108 points!

Each trimester Ms. Umi and Mr. Lew hold a luncheon for our top fluency winners. The winners are calculated by the most growth made between trimesters. In trimester 1 Kelly and Clement received the award. Last trimester Nicholas and Jazilyn earned it. This trimester I am happy to announce new winners. Owen increased his fluency by 38 words and Sebastian increased by 39 words. Way to go, guys! They will be joining the special luncheon this Thursday. Please encourage your child to continue reading all through the summer. Thank you for creating an environment of literacy in your homes. It really does manifest SUCCESS!

Summer school forms are being sent home today, by invitation only. All students who received one are required to have a parent signature on the front and return it asap, even if you would NOT like your child to participate. If you DO want your child to participate, please complete the back side of the form and return it by May 1st. This is a great intervention and enrichment opportunity, so please consider it carefully.

Your child is bringing home his/her spring pictures today. They came out really nice! 🙂 Please take a look and decide if you would like to purchase them. You can buy a portion or all of the package. Please return anything that you decide to NOT purchase. If you pay online, please include the reference number on the payment form and send it back. Your child is being held accountable for returning either the pictures, or payment, so thank you in advance for helipng them to be responsible.

Thank you to everyone who contributed to our Pennies for Patients cause. As a class we raised $64.49! Some of our top contributors included, Raquel, Kimberly, Ingrid, Vernon, Owen, and Sebastian. If your child still has their personal collection box at home, it’s not too late to send it in. Thanks to everyone for being so giving for a very good cause.

This trimester we have been reading, reading, reading to meet our goals!
Conratulations to the following students for making excellent progress…

Raquel
Owen
Clement
Kamiah
Kelly
Elden
Kimberly
Jesse
Gabriela
Yusuf

And our top reader is CLEMENT!!!

Keep encouraging the reading AND Test taking. 🙂

What a beautiful day to enjoy our FREE trip to the Farmers’ Market! The students enjoyed learning about new fruits and vegetables, and enjoyed buying some of their favorites too! Huge thanks to our fabulous chaperones – Ms. Salazar, Mrs. Orellana, Mr. Ulrich, Mrs. Kumar, Mrs. Baker, Mr. Narayan, Mrs. Ofoma, Mr. Sagar, Mr. Malone, and Mr. and Mrs. Li. Without these wonderful parents, this trip would not have been such a great success. Thank you, thank you!

Wow! Thank you for all the contributions that made our feast for friends so plentiful! We had a variety of fruits and vegetables to balance out the yummy treats. We even had homemade Mac and Cheese Casserole, Meatpie, and chocolate covered strawberries! Almost everyone brought something to share. Thanks for helping to make this a fun day!