Weekly Update
November 13-17
Thanksgiving Feast
Our annual Thanksgiving feast will be held Thursday, November 16. All elementary teachers should plan to eat with their students in the cafeteria at the times noted below. All students should make a placemat for the feast; younger students should make hats or vests or other decorations to bring to the table as well. Parents will be welcome to attend the feast.
Feast Times:
11:00 - Kinder Spikes and 1st Coleman
11:30 - Kinder Diaz de Leon and 1st Burke
12:00 - 4th
12:30 - 5th and 6th
1:00 - 2nd and 3rd
Pre-K Yellow and Green will both eat at 12:00 pm.
Pre-K Yellow will all eat in the preschool cafeteria (next door). Placemats and supplies will need to be brought next door and set up prior to 12:00 pm.
Pre-K Green students with a last name ending in A-J will eat in room 227 with Ms. Dee and students with a last name ending in K-Z will eat in room 226 with Mrs. White.
Elementary Notifications and Upcoming Events
*Veteran's Day is Saturday, November 11. We will be celebrating with a Veteran's Reception from 4:00-6:00 pm on Friday, November 10. Ms. Madison has sent cards to be made and will be setting up the reception. Jeans may be worn on Friday with red, white, and blue; students are also encouraged to wear red, white, and blue.
*Please make sure you are working on your Geography Week projects in the classroom. Presentations will be this week at a 3:00 pm assembly Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, Kindergarten and 2nd grade will present on Monday, 1st and 3rd grade will present on Tuesday, and 4th, 5th, and 6th will all present on Wednesday.
*Please make sure you are working on your Apple Teacher badges. Amy and Vicki have already completed their badges - way to go!! As a reminder, all teachers need to have their badges complete by May. However, if you have all 8 complete by December 15, you will be able to wear jeans December 18-22. The website is appleteacher.apple.com
*Please make sure all process boards are updated by November 15.
*There will be no Spanish classes on Thursday, November 16. Make-up Spanish classes will be held on Monday, November 13.
*Please upload the best pictures from this year to the faculty drive. There is a folder created for each grade level; please add your pictures to your folder. We will be updating the office board this month, so need to have pictures uploaded by next Wednesday, November 15. Each class should have at least 15-20 pictures at this point.
*We will be wearing purple on Friday, November 17 in honor of Epilepsy Awareness Month. Jeans may be worn with purple.
Preschool, Pre-K and Afterschool
*Veteran's Day is Saturday, November 11. We will be celebrating with a Veteran's Reception from 4:00-6:00 pm on Friday, November 10. Ms. Madison has sent cards to be made and will be setting up the reception. Jeans may be worn with red, white, and blue. You do not need to wear your Merryhill polo on Friday if you wear a nice blouse/jeans that are red, white, and/or blue. Please encourage your students to also wear red, white, and blue.
*Please remember to use the walkie talkie for immediate needs. If it is something that can wait until you are on your break or leaving, please wait and talk to administration at that point.
*Make sure you have turned in supply requests by the Thursday prior to the week you need them.
*We will be wearing purple on Friday, November 17 in honor of Epilepsy Awareness Month. Jeans may be worn with purple.
Weekly Emails
*Epilepsy Awareness Month - wear purple 11/17