Staying In-the-Know
with Ms. Cloyd and Mrs. Drayton
Academy of Environmental Sciences at DFES: Title I
January 23, 2014
VIP Folders
Today's VIP Folder should include:
1. Graded papers
2. ELA/SS Progress Report - These are yours to keep. Report cards will come home tomorrow, so please sign and return the report card envelopes by Monday.
3. Jump Rope for Heart information
4. Princess Ball flyer
5. Cub Reporter
*No science fair Edmodo questions this week*
We Need Your Help
PTO Bingo Night - Our school's annual Bingo Night is scheduled for Friday, March 21. The PTO needs help with items for the silent auction. Each class is asked to donate an item or basket for the auction. The class that raises the most money with their donation will win a pizza party! Please email your child's homeroom teacher if you would like to be in charge of helping the class put together a basket or donating something to auction. The item(s) can be handmade by the students, so if you are crafty and would like to come to our class to help the students make something, we'd love to have you!
Here are some ideas from the PTO for donations:
Hand-Made Items
Items made by a class tend to be top sellers. Items may include plates, chairs, or quilts. Items that utilize students handprints or fingerprints are awesome. The sky is them limit! You can find hundreds of items by doing a Google or Pinterest search!
Themed Baskets
Create a basket around any them you choose! You or a parent may know a business that could donate a gift card or item and work a theme around that. Possible themes include Gardening, Carolina or Clemson, Game Night, Books, Travel, Spa, Picnic, Date Night, and Cooking.
Experiences
Do you know someone who could provide a one-of-a-kind experience? Perhaps you know someone who could provide backstage passes to a major event, a behind the scenes look as a local disc jockey, or maybe you know a local athlete who would be willing to spend a couple of hours playing a sport with the winning student and a friend. Anything that would give students (or adults) the opportunity to experience something that not everyone has the opportunity to do would work for this!
Services
Do you have a special skill or talent that you would be willing to share with an auction winner? Perhaps you are skilled at sewing and could teach the winner how to sew a simple item. Maybe you're a gifted song writer or poet, and you and the winner could work on an original piece.
Thanks in advance!
Reading Logs Reminder
Have you seen your child reading lately? Did they ask you to sign their reading log last week? What about today? As stated in previous newsletters, your child should be reading a "just-right book" at home for 30 minutes everyday and then completing a reading log. If you haven't seen this reading log, please help me by asking your child about it. This log is due every Friday, and it requires your signature. Everyone who reads for 150 minutes for the week and turns in their signed log will receive an extra credit coupon to be used on an assignment of his or her choice or extra recess time! Let's work together to promote literacy on a daily basis!