I hope you are doing well! We have an exciting upcoming week! In honor of Read Across America, we would like to show our love for Reading in a variety of different ways. Students will participate in Reading activities within their classroom. As a school, we would like to invite all staff and students to Dress Like Your Favorite Book Character on Thursday, March 2nd. Teachers will be discussing ideas in class for students that would like to participate. We have also partnered with our hard working PTA and they have developed some additional activities that families can do together. Please see the attached flyer below for details. A flyer went home with your child today so please check their backpacks!

As always, we appreciate your partnership and continued support! Please feel free to contact me with questions, concerns and/or feedback.

Warmly,

Michelle LaCamera

lacamerm@ccsd15.net

As we look forward to a new year, we look forward to implementing STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) into our elementary library lessons. We are excited to bring these hands-on learning experiences to your schools. Throughout these activities, students will develop their social skills while also developing skills in problem solving, critical thinking, creativity, curiosity, decision making, leadership, and more.

We are needing some help collecting materials for some of the STEM tasks. Here are some of the things we could use. These items are donations and will not be returned. Students can place items in a STEM collection box that are located near the front office in each our the elementary schools.

Used or Recycled Materials

• Empty Cereal Boxes

• Empty Paper Towel Rolls

• Empty Toilet Paper Rolls

• Empty Wrapping Paper Rolls

• Empty Cardboard Egg Cartons

• Puzzles (48-100 Pieces), **Please no wooden or missing pieces Please tape puzzle boxes closed.

Any additional questions, please contact the school Library Innovation Teacher.

A medida que avanzamos hacia un nuevo año, esperamos con interés la implementación de “STEM”, por sus siglas en inglés para “Science, Technology, Engineering, Math” (Ciencia, Tecnología, Ingeniería, Matemáticas), en nuestras lecciones de la biblioteca de primaria. Estamos muy contentos de llevar estas experiencias prácticas de aprendizaje a sus escuelas. A través de estas actividades, los estudiantes desarrollarán sus habilidades sociales al mismo tiempo que desarrollan habilidades de resolución de problemas, pensamiento crítico, creatividad, curiosidad, toma de decisiones, liderazgo y mucho más.

Estamos necesitando ayuda para reunir materiales para algunas de las tareas de STEM. Aquí están algunas de las cosas que podríamos utilizar. Estos artículos son donaciones y no serán devueltos. Los estudiantes pueden colocar los artículos en una caja de recolección de “STEM” que se encuentra ubicada cerca de la oficina principal en cada una de nuestras escuelas primarias.

Materiales Usados o Reciclados

• Cajas de cereales vacías

• Rollos de toallas de papel vacíos

• Rollos de papel higiénico vacíos

• Rollos de papel de envolver vacíos

• Cajas de cartón para huevos vacías

• Rompecabezas (de 48-100 piezas), **Por favor, que no haya piezas de madera o que falten piezas. Cierre las cajas de los rompecabezas con cinta adhesiva.

Cualquier pregunta adicional, comuníquese con el Maestro de Innovación de la Biblioteca de la escuela.

If you are interested in joining the PTA, membership is $8 or if know anyone that would be a good fit for serving on the PTA board, elections will be in May. There are several positions opening.

Please contact the PTA for more information at khpta1@gmail.com