November 16- 20

This week we will be learning about Native Americans and how they helped the Pilgrims.  We will continue talking about Thanksgiving and what we are thankful for.

We will also be working on our turkey costumes that we will wear to our feast.

The letter of the week is "S".

Dates to Remember:

November 19- Family Thanksgiving Feast
November 20- Students can wear jeans and a college t-shirt for $1.00
November 24- Kinder-wing Thanksgiving Feast
November 25- 29- Thanksgiving Holidays (Return to school on the 30th)

November 2- 6

First I would like to thank Clay and Calla Daley for allowing the Kindergarten wing to use their home for our Halloween party.  It was a fabulous day>  Thank you to all the parents who volunteered to help and chaperoned.  We could not have had such a great day without your help.

This week will be another busy week for K-3.  We will be learning about Community Helpers.  We will continue to discuss fire safety and dialing 9-1-1 in am emergency.  On Friday we will travel to Sonshine Preschool for Community Helpers day.  This will be a fun day where we will get to see a firetruck, ambulance, and police car.  Our friends from Sonshine Preschool and Step of Faith will be joining us too.

On Tuesday, we will travel to the Savannah Wildlife Refuge for a field trip where we will learn about turkeys.  

Progress reports will come home on Wednesday, November 11th.

We will be having a Kinder wing Thanksgiving feast on Tuesday, November 24th.  More information will come home soon regarding this

October 26- 30

This week we will be learning about fire prevention and Halloween.  Our color for the week is black and our letter of the week is "Q".  Don't forget to send black items in by Wednesday for our poster.

Tomorrow the Ivy Garden Club is coming to paint pumpkins with us.  This is always a lot of fun for the students and Garden Club members!

On Thursday, we will have our Halloween party at Bryer's home.  There will be games, food, and fun!  We hope to see you there.

Save the Date:

Tuesday, November 3rd- Field trip to Savannah Wildlife Refuge and Kinder-Club at 6pm
Friday, November 6th- Community Helpers field trip with Sonshine Preschool

October 19th- 23rd

This week we will be learning about bugs!!! We are very excited for our bug hunt, and we look forward to making bugs out of many different types of materials.  Our letter for the week is "C".

We are nearing the end of our color posters.  Our color for the week is gray.  Please send in any gray items by Tuesday.

On Wednesday, we will attend a Fire Prevention program presented by the Ridgeland Fire Department.

Report cards will come home on Thursday, October 22nd.  Please make sure to sign these and return the next day.

Please remember that permission slips and money for our Halloween Party are due by Friday, October 23rd.  The date of the party is October 29th.

A few reminders:

1. Make sure that your child has a snack daily
2. Make sure that your child has a clean uniform set in their book bag (season appropriate)
3. Please allow your child to come in to school with the help of the adults or students who are out front in the mornings.  This makes the transition much easier and gets our day started on a great note!
4. Thank you for all that you have done so far this year.  I am so excited for what the remainder of the year has in store.

October 5-9

This week we will be talking about our families.  We will graph to see who has brothers and sisters, make a family tree, and share a favorite family memory with our friends.  Our letter of the week is "I" and our color of the week is pink.  Don't forget to send in your pink items for our poster!

Please make sure that you send in a clean tin can as soon as possible.  We will be using these for our family tree projects this week.

Student also need a clean 2-liter bottle for a Halloween project.

Permission slips for our Halloween Party have gone home.  Please return signed slip and money by Friday, October 23rd.

Lil' Rebel forms and money must be turned in by Friday, October 9th!

All book orders are due by October 16th.

September 28- October 2

This week we will be learning about Fall and Leaves.  We will go on a nature walk and make a fall collage.  We will also make leaf rubbings.  Our color of the week is orange.  Please send in orange items by Wednesday.  Our letter of the week is "T".

Remember that school pictures are Tuesday, September 29th!

Our Halloween Party will be on October 29th.  More information will come home soon regarding this!

September 14-18

For the next two weeks, our theme will be My Colorful World.  We will continue making our color posters this week. Our color for the week is purple.  Please turn in purple items by Tuesday.  Our letter of the week is"E".

We will read many books about colors and do some interesting projects that relate to the books.  On Tuesday, we will visit the Lower School Science lab with our K-4 friends to see some exciting experiments with colors.

Progress reports will go home on Wednesday, September 16th.  All students will receive a progress report. Please sign ans return to school the next day.  A copy will be sent home for your records.

All fundraiser orders and money must be turned in on Thursday, September 17th.