K-5 Information
Week of September 23 - 27, 2019
Odysseyware Status Update
Kindness Campaign
$940!! That is the amount we will be donating to childhood cancer research. We are so proud of all of the hard work by teachers, parents and students to make this all happen. There were lots of donations and volunteers that chipped in to make our Kindness Campaign a huge success. Many children will benefit from their hard work.
Car Tags
Additionally, if you are in carline, please do not pass to move ahead. We have some children that must enter on the passenger side. Thank you for understanding.
Library Field Trips Start Oct. 1st- (K-3rd Grade Only)
We will be leaving the building at around 9:50 and returning at 11:00. Field trip shirts are not necessary for these monthly trips but they will need their library card.
K-5th Field Trip: Cook's Museum of Natural Science
DON'T FORGET -- LAST DAY TO SIGN UP IS SEPTEMBER 30TH
K-5th grade (B1, B2 and Virtual) are invited to Cooks Science Museum in Decatur on October 17th. The red button above is a sign up sheet for those that are interested. We need to get a "head count" to know how many are interested in going. Field trip forms and money will be collected at a later date. DEADLINE TO SIGN UP IS SEPTEMBER 30TH.
The exact price will be determined at a later date but should be around $14.00 per child. That might change a little depending on the number of students that participate. We will bring our own lunches. We will leave ARS at approximately 8:45 and arrive back around 12:00.
One chaperone per 10 students will be admitted free if you're interested in being responsible for a small group of students. If so, please complete a Volunteer Form (link on the main newsletter). Chaperones will need to attend the museum without smaller children.
K-3 Field Trip: Lyon's Family Farm
K-3rd grade (blended and virtual) are invited to join us for a trip to Lyons Family Farms for a day at the pumpkin patch! We will be going on October 22, 2019. The bus will leave ARS at 8:00 am and will return by 2:00 pm. Students who are attending must ride the bus to the field trip. You will be allowed to sign your child out to leave Lyon Family Farms with you if you so choose.
This form is just an interest survey to get an overall headcount. No money or permission slip is due just yet. Deadline to sign up will be October 4, 2019. The cost will depend on how many students sign up, but it should be roughly around $12 per child. Chaperones will be $8.75 per person.
Those interested in chaperoning will be in charge of a small group of kids. If you are interested in chaperoning, please have filled out a volunteer/chaperone form and have it on file with the school. This link is on the main newsletter.
3rd - 6th Field Trip: The 13th Annual Storytelling Festival
We will walking 1/2 mile to the event so we will be leaving the school at 8:00. We will be bringing a sack lunch and enjoying our lunch at the duck pond. We should be back to the school by 11:30. More information to come with the details.
Please complete the sign up form and complete the Storytelling Festival_ Field Trip Form (<-- Click Here) and return it to your child's teacher.
Survey Results
Last week, we sent a survey out about the pacing of the curriculum for K-5. We are working on making adjustments to the workload for your children. Thank you for being patient with us as we work on making some changes. You will see some of these changes in the coming weeks if you have not already seen them within each grade level.
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Tech Talk for Parents and Students - Week 4
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Interesting in Volunteering?
It is a "fillable" form. To complete, you'll need to do these steps:
- Download it
- Save it
- Fill it out
- Click in the margin and a menu bar will open up at the top. Save it with a different name and then send it to me.
Reassigning of Lessons
Zoom Schedule - Virtuals Only
Be looking for an email from your child's teacher with a date and time they will need to Zoom with you and/or your student.
Odysseyware Tech Support
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