Dear P3 Parents,

We would like to thank all of you that took the time to attend Parent-Teacher conferences. When teachers and parents work as a team, it is definitely a recipe for success! The next conference is not scheduled until April. However, should you feel the need to meet in the middle of the year for progress updates, we will gladly schedule a meeting with you.

We are concluding our studies on Community Helpers, Apples, Nutrition, and Land and Water Forms. We are lucky enough to have our afternoon recess at the same time as garbage pick- up, so it is incredibly cute watching all the children cheer on the garbage collectors on as they pick up the trash. These gentlemen are even kind enough to make sure to wave and honk the horn for the children!

We have also started our Peace Curriculum. This focuses on helping the children develop attitude, skills, and knowledge to live with oneself, others, and the environment. They learn about conflict resolution, making good decisions, and the importance of kindness.

Sign- up sheets for October volunteers and Practical Life Food Prep supplies are outside our door. There are already parents that have signed up, but there are a few more spots available. We greatly appreciate your help. Also, with the weather cooling down, we would like to remind you to please label your child’s sweater or jacket.

October Studies:

Anatomy, Bones, and the Five Senses

Vertebrates/Invertebrates

Mammals

The World and the 7 Continents

Pumpkin and Leaf Studies

Important Dates:

Thursday, 10/5 Picture Day

Friday, 10/6 PTO Movie Night

Friday, 10/20 PTO Fall Festival

Wednesday, 10/25 HALF DAY, International Children’s Day (11:15am primary pick up)

Thursday, 10/26 NO SCHOOL, Teacher In-Service

Friday, 10/27 NO SCHOOL, Nevada Day

Thursday, 11/9 NO SCHOOL, Teacher In-Service

Friday, 11/10 NO SCHOOL, Veteran’s Day

Thank You,

Primary 3

Dear P3 Families,

The children have settled into the new school year and we hope the parents have as well! We have worked diligently on classroom rules and procedures, and the students are enjoying making friends. We would like to thank those of you who attended Parent Orientation and we hope we were able to provide   useful tools and information.

Everyone is loving our study on community helpers, and the children find learning about the different types of landforms exciting. They love working on fruit and vegetable sorting, and we have started talking about seeds and apples with simple experiments as well. Our new friends have begun learning their letter sounds, and we are so proud of the Kindergarten children for being so diligent with their goal sheets. In addition to all of this hard work, we have been practicing all of our important safety drills.

Conference sign-up sheets have been set out, so please sign up for a 15 minute time slot if you haven’t done so. Please note that if your Kindergarten child’s home room is in P3 (where they are dropped off in the morning), the conference must be done with his/her P3 teachers as we have their assessments. Signing up in P4 is an option to talk about their afternoon sessions.

Parent volunteers for the remainder of September:

Art: Janisha Urquidez Tuesday, 9/19 at 9:30am

Cooking: Erika Loveland Tuesday, 9/26 at 9:30am

Please look out for new volunteer sign-up sheets in the beginning October.

Important Dates:

Monday – Friday 9/18-22 Book Fair

Thursday, 9/21 – Half Day, Parent Teacher Conferences (11:15 pick up)

Friday, 9/22 – No school, Parent Teacher Conferences

Thursday, 10/5 – Picture Day

Friday, 10/20 – Fall Festival

Wednesday, 10/25 – Half Day, International Children’s Day (11:15 pick up)

Thursday, 10/26 – No School, Teacher In-Service

Friday, 10/27- No School, Nevada Day

Thank you!

Sincerely,

Primary 3