Monday: All school notes will be handed out on Mondays; however, this does not include classroom assignments. Please check your child’s “Mail box” each Monday.
October 6th (Tuesday): Bring your entire family for food and Math fun to the Arcadia “Fall into Math” Night. A flyer will go home on Monday, Sept. 28th with all of the info you need. Please return it ASAP, so we will know how much food to order.
September 28th – October 5th (Monday to Monday): Arcadia ASB Fundraiser. This helps to pay for transportation for field trips, Missoula Childrens’ Theater, etc.
October 1st: “Boo” ography assignment information will be given to students. (We’ve already been talking about it.)
October 7th: Individual picture day. October 9th: Curriculum Day (School for the teachers, but not for the kiddos.)
October 19 – October 24: Missoula Childrens’ Theater
October 30th: Fifth grade “Boo”ography presentations in the morning. Harvest party in the afternoon…Please do not send any candy for this party.
Lexine and Adah were the Principal’s Pride winners for the month of September from our classroom. Congratulations to both of you.
To continue what parents are used to from Deer Park Elementary, all paper work will be sent home on Monday. This week there is a bunch:
- Swine flu info (white)
- AYP…What it means to Arcadia Elementary (blue)
- PTCA membership (pink 1/2 sheet)
- Booklet on being an Arcadia Parent Volunteer (lime green)
- Firm, Fair & Consistent Guiding Students for School Success (pink)
- others (informational but non-school related)
palanib@dpsd.org Please put your child’s name in the message box
or
509 464-5700
Students in the fifth grade are taking on the challenge of both explorer and mapmaker. Time will be given in my classroom to work on this project; however, students might have to do some work at home…depending on what they get done in class. This project is due on September 30, 2009.
All 5th graders will be working on a “Boo”graphy” (Biography) the month of October. The final activity for this will be on October 31, 2009. Watch for more information coming soon.
To get a head start…Students will need to select and read a book about a famous person from history. I am encouraging students to look for some one different from Abe Lincoln and Babe Ruth! There are always lots that we see year after year. There are so many interesting people from the past. Also the focus will be on what that person did to stand out in history. A free-standing poster (other props are optional) will need to be about that person, an oral presentation in costume will be presented to parents, families and Arcadia students the morning of October 30th.
Our class, along with Mrs. Dott’s class have a display up at Yoke’s. It is entitled “Are you smarter than a 5th grader in math?” I hope you stop by and participate in the challenge. It will be up until September 30th.