Success in the Savanna, 5/16

Success in the Savanna

Friday May 16, 2014

Dear Parents:

            Once again I’d like to thank all my students and families for the many treats and gifts that I received last week.  I read each letter and card with great joy and will hold onto these for a long time to come.  The other gifts – candles, gift cards, supplies, frame, and more! – are so wonderful and will certainly be used.  Thank you again for your thoughtfulness.

            This week, we continued with our basic content learning and also did a reasonable amount of review for the SOL tests that begin on Monday.  On Wednesday, I sent home a note (see back) and Science review pack that includes important vocabulary from our year of learning.  If you have time this weekend, some quick and general review of the big ideas is appreciated.  Mostly, I just want my students to be well rested and well fed on the morning of our tests – the first one is MONDAY – as we will begin testing on each day promptly at 9:15.  Please be sure that your child arrives at school on time on the scheduled testing days. We cannot allow a late child to enter the testing room once a test has started.   At this point, I feel that we have worked hard all year and that we are ready to “show off” all that we know by taking on these tests.

            While the homework will be a little lighter next week please know that we are not done and students will be learning and working hard through the very last day of school.  I appreciate your continued support and reinforcement in encouraging them to keep up with their homework and school duties.  Certainly, there will be lots of fun coming up in the next month but we must not lose sight of our day-to-day responsibilities.   I am proud of them all and I have no doubt that we will end this year with enormous success!

            I hope everyone has a nice weekend. 

Sincerely,

Ms. Coffman

Upcoming Events

Sat. May 17- Home and Garden Tour

                           Mon. May 19- Science SOL- 9:15am

                         Thurs. May 22- Social Studies SOL- 9:15am

                         Mon. May 26- Memorial Day- No School

                         Wed. May 28- Math SOL-9:15am

                           Wed. May 28- Rising 4^th Grade Orientation- 7pm in the Library

                         Thurs./Fri. May 29-30- Reading SOL-9:15am

                           Wed. June 4- Early Release- 1:26pm Dismissal

                           Wed. June 11- Tuckahoe Town- 11:00am-12:00pm

                           Tuesday June 17- 3^rd Grade Picnic 11:00am-1:30pm

                           Wednesday June 18- Full Day

                           Thursday June 19- Full Day

                           Friday June 20- Last Day of School- Early Release