Welcome to the

Magnolia Room!

08.25.10

Kami and I extend a warm welcome to our retruning and new elementary families the Ringers and McDougalls. We look forward to working with you and your children this year and getting to know you at our social events. As in years past, the elementary students got right back into the swing of things. They have received two of the five great lessons and are reviewing and receiving new lessons. We are working on many of the botany lessons as many specimens are still to be found. The children are invited to bring specimens of flowers or leaves from your own gardens to aid in plant classification.

Thank you for all the supplies sent in this year. Elementary children love 'big' work and so chart making and book binding are a daily occurance here. They appreciate the scrapbook paper, poster board and ribbon. We continue to have silent reading time each Wednesday from 11:00-11:15am. Children are asked to bring a novel from home to read. This also helps students gain practice in remembering to bring an item to and from school as their peers do with homework. Please remember that Pizza Friday forms are due Monday, August 30th. Our first Pizza Friday will be September 3rd.

Our tomatoe plants took off and are providing us with snacks for lunch. They are really delicious. Thanks to all the parents who contributed to our garden last year. If you are interested in helping this year, just let us know.

The children will be baking this year to celebrate birthdays. We will do this monthly as necessary. More details to come later. If you like baking, we would be happy to have a volunteer work with a small group of children. Again, if you are interested in helping, please let us know.

We will have our winter party this December. This will be one of our social gatherings this year. If anyone has ideas for other social gatherings, let Kami or I know. It would be great to get together more often.

We ask that elementary children arrive as close to 8:30am as possible as class begins at 8:30. We break for lunch at 11:15 and it is important to maintain a three hour work cycle.

Thanks again for all you do. Please send us your questions, comments, or concerns.

Sincerely,

Carrie