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Valentine's Day Class Party!
So the kids have known, but I meant to pass the information along to all of you as well. This Friday we will have our class party and card exchange for Valentine's Day. Your child does NOT have to have cards to exchange. My one rule is that if they want to give any valentines, they must have enough for everyone. Please make sure they have them finished before they come to school. We will not have time set aside just to fill out valentines. I have shown the kids where I put a full class list on Canvas so they can spell everyone's names correctly. We have 30 kids in class. If you have any other questions feel free to message me! Hope this helps!
D.A.R.E.
Thanks to Officer Steffen for all our DARE lessons over the last few weeks. The graduation from the program will be in a couple of weeks and their DARE essay will be due at that time.
Feature Articles Non-Fiction Writing
We have been working for a while on gathering research for our feature articles. We will be using our research to create our own S'mores to share. Feel free to ask your child to see their Notability and check what they have gathered so far on their topic :)
PLTW Robotics
Our groups have been creating a model of a toy (miniature robot) to complete a task. Their creativity and problem solving skills have been really awesome to watch as they work through this. Ask your child to show you their presentation they have been working on about their robot toy :)
School Book Fair
Next week we will visit the library Wednesday and Thursday from 12:30-1:00 for the school Book Fair. Wednesday will be our preview day and Thursday will be our purchasing day.
Book It!
It's kind of sad, but we only had 3 people return their January Book It calendars. Reading tracking calendars come home at the start of the month and just ask for your child to read 20-30 minutes every night at home. It makes a HUGE difference. Also, you get a free Pizza Hut coupon if it gets returned :)
Middle School Performing Arts
I was to pass this information on to you about next year...
Just a reminder that sign ups for Middle School Performing Arts are due NEXT FRIDAY, Feb. 19th. Just because you were selected to play an instrument, or were on the Choir invite list, does not mean that we signed you up! You must make sure to do this step on your own! (If you're signed up, you should've received a confirmation email from me). Don't miss out on the opportunity to be a part of these AMAZING groups!
Here is the link to sign up:
http://goo.gl/forms/2KACnFJNrV
Please feel free to email any of us in the NEMS Performing Arts Dept. if you have any questions! Thank you!!