Welcome Back!

Welcome back!  I hope your Spring Break was full of sweet memories!  Hopefully, you found the handout to the left in the binder and you are getting ready for Thursday.  You may send in the eggs any day this week.  Please make sure to send in 21 eggs.  Label with a permanent marker and underscore the 6 and the 9.  I need volunteers to assist with the egg hunt.  Please contact me if you are able to help.  Start thinking good thoughts for no rain on Thursday.

Monday is Italian Ice for $1.00.  It is a short week for juice and snack so only send $2.00 for each item. 

 There will be no school on Friday because we had a weather make up day that we didn't use this year.  Enjoy your long weekend.

I'm sure many of you were very familiar with our last entry in the poetry journal.  Several students told me that their parents sing that song to them.  Remember singing is an excellent way to strengthen oral language development with your child.  Your child needs opportunities to talk. Singing is so joyful so join in with your child.  Don't give the excuse that you have a horrible singing voice...I can promise you that Kindergarten children think every voice is beautiful.    So just sing...sing a song!  Please make sure to return poetry journals on Monday.

You Are My Sunshine had several of our high frequency words in it.  On Wednesday, I will send home a note explaining your child's high frequency word assessment from the third nine weeks.  You will know what words to focus on to assist your child in learning to read those words accurately upon sight.  I will also send home some extra work to help your child practice the sight words.  Look for that in Wednesday's binder. 

In reading this week we will be working with the letter Ee.  We will learn the long and short sound of the letter Ee.  Be careful some children have a hard time telling the difference between the  short sound of e and the short sound of i.  Just one high frequency word this week and it is ate.  Don't forget to practice the consonant blend handout found in the binder.  You want your child to be so familiar with those blends that as soon as they see the consonant blend they can automatically make the distinctive sound for that bland.  This comes from practice.

In math, we continue to work on shapes, addition and subtraction.  Look for March calendar pages to come home on Tuesday.

During March we had several conservations about "Leprechaun Magic."  Check out this slideshow of our investigations of Leprechaun magic.  The picture above is an example of special glasses the leprechaun can use to find the pot of gold.  Click here for more leprechaun magic photos.

Even though we have welcomed Spring there is still a whole lot of learning that will take place in Room 114.  The learning continues right up until the last day of school.  Please help me out by maintaining regular bedtimes  for your child and encouraging appropriate behavior at school.   Thank you for helping me maintain the learning environment for Room 114. 

Remember to send in an excuse within three days of your child's absence from school.  Also, I must be notified in writing of any change in dismissal for your child.  I will not take the word of your child.  Changes must be in writing.

 We ended our March Tournament of Books with the big vote between the nonfiction book of Actual Size and the fiction story of Bark, George for the Book of the Year in Kindergarten.   These photos document the announcement of the winning title, the final results and an outdoor Popsicle party to celebrate the power of reading.  Room 114 is full of children that will be life long comprehending readers.  My goal is for your child to leave Kindergarten with a love of books.  By the excitement found in the photo below I think there is a love there!

 Notice I've added a few important dates to upcoming events.  Pay special attention to Monday, May 18.  We will have a Kindergarten program in the lunchroom for all of Kindergarten at 9:00.  Immediately following the program, we will return to Room 114 and have a special program in our classroom for just our class.  If you need to rearrange your work schedule, you should be able to return to work by 11:00.  The dress code for the May 18 program will be our yellow Kindergarten field trip t-shirt and khaki bottoms (shorts, skort, pants.)

I'm looking forward to seeing the children on Monday and hearing about their adventures for the past nine days.  Contact me with any cares or concerns.  Thank you for supporting Room 114.

Upcoming events:

4.2:  Room 114's Spring Egg Hunt  @ 11:15 (parents invited to help volunteer!)

4.3:  Weather Day:  There will be no school if we do not need to take a weather day.  

4.28  Kindergarten field trip to the zoo

4.30  Field Day  - date changed  

5.18:  Kindergarten End of the Year Program at 9:00

We Love Books!

What a special week we had last week celebrating Read Across America.  We finished voting for the Sweet Sixteen books in the March Madness Kindergarten Tournament of Books. Here is how our class voted.  The votes will be counted from all five Kindergarten classes.  The books that made it to the Elite Eight will be announced Monday morning.  Ask your child what book made it to the next round.

Important:  Send in the money you have collected for Jump Rope for Heart on Wednesday.  That gives Coach enough time to count the donations.  The children will participate in Jump Rope for Heart on Friday, March 13 during our specialist time of 8:30.

Mixed Bag orders are due March 11 also.

Monday is Italian Ice for $1.00.

The last day to order a Blount Yearbook is Monday, March 16. Yearbooks are $25.00.  

We were so busy last week in Room 114 that we did not do justice to our poem so poetry journals did NOT go home last Friday.  Look for our poetry journal on Friday, March 13.

What a wonderful feeling to get lost in a good book. I love these photos from last week when we were told to Drop Everything and Read.  Click here for more DEAR time photos.  A wonderful idea is to get your child his/her personal bedside lamp.  After tucking  in your child, allow your child an extra fifteen minutes of quietly reading in bed.  Your child will feel so grown up by being allowed to stay up later.

Not only did we celebrate published authors last week but we also celebrated ourselves.  We are becoming such great authors.  Some of the children wanted to share and others wanted to keep their stories private.  Either way is great!  Check out more photos of Room 114's authors by clicking here.

We loved having volunteers to pop into Room 114 and read a story.  Can you spot our Room Parent in this photo?  Such happy, happy children.  Click here for more photos of our reading volunteers.

There will be a new reading information sheet in binders on Monday for the remainder of the year.  In reading, we will be focusing on consonant blends.  Please use the consonant blend handout in the take home binder daily.  Have your child touch each blend, say the blend three times and then the sample word given.  You want your child to automatically be able to look out those blends and say the distinctive sound.  The more your child practices, the better he will get.  Our high frequency words are:  want, eat, new, who.

In math, we are working with 2D shapes.  2D shapes are as flat as a sheet of paper.  The big word that we are going to learn this week is vertex.  A vertex is a corner.  More than one vertex are called vertices.  You will hear your child use that word.  It is the correct mathematical word for corner.

Look for a letter to come home on Wednesday about  our upcoming Spring Egg Hunt.

Thursday and Friday is donuts with dad (or a substitute dad.)  If dad is unable to come on the assigned day then have him come on the other day.  

The Character Book Parade was perfect.  Room 114 represented our love of books perfectly.  I hope your child always has a book close at hand for his/her entire life.  Enjoy all the characters by clicking here.

Thank you for making sure the children were prepared last week for.  I appreciate your support.
Contact me with any concerns or questions.
  

Upcoming Events:
3.11:  Mixed Bag fundraiser due

3.11:  Turn in money you have collected for Jump Rope for Heat
3.12:  Donuts with Dad (last names A-M) begins at 7:30
3.13:  Donuts with Dad (last names N-Z) begins at 7:30  
3.13:  Jump Rope for Heart  
3.17:  St. Patrick's Day Crafternoon  (come at 1:10 to help set up or 1:30 when the children return) 3.20:  Spring Picture Day:  may dress out of uniform.
3.23-3.27:  Spring Break:  no school   

4.2:  Room 114's Spring Egg Hunt  @ 11:15 (parents invited to help volunteer!)

4.3:  Weather Day:  There will be no school if we do not need to take a weather day.  

4.30  Field Day  - date changed 

Celebrating Books

This is a busy week at Blount.   I sent home a handout in Friday's binder so that your child will be prepared each day.  Contact me if you want to read to our class on Wednesday.  Use the photo to the right  as  a reference in case the handout did not make it to your house.  Thank you for making sure your child is ready to participate each day.  The sign for Friday's parade is to be simple.  You can attach it to a ruler for your child to carry or tie a piece of yarn and your child can wear it.

It is a review week in reading.  I will be assessing for report cards.

Monday is Nancy's Italian Ice for $1.00.  Book orders are due on Monday.  Also, Monday is the deadline to send in money for  Room 114's End of the Year Project.

Look for information soon about Room 114's St. Patrick's Day Crafteroon on Tuesday, March 17.  Set up will  begin at 1:10.  We hope you can join in on the fun.

 Our poem last week focused on wiggly teeth.  We have a lot of wiggly, jiggly teeth in Room 114 at the moment.  Check out our graph from our calendar notebook to see how busy we were in February with losing a tooth.  Please make sure poetry journals are returned on Monday.

 I've rearranged our math instruction.  Measurement will be moved to the end of the year.  We are currently studying shapes.  We will work with 2D and  3D shapes in this unit.  We will also continue to work on adding and subtracting fluently.  Click here for more shape photos.

Since it was cold and rainy last week, we were unable to go outside.  So we spent a lot of time moving around in the classroom.  Can't get much more movement than pulling out the instruments and starting a band of Kindergartners.  We sang, danced and played.  It was beautiful music.  Click here to view more photos of Room 114's band.

The Kindergarten classes are a couple of weeks early for March Madness but we have our own tournament.  We have a tournament of books.  We will start with 16 books and narrow it down to the favorite book in Kindergarten.  Click here for photos of the Sweet Sixteen match ups.  Our class completed the bracket for what books we think will win each match up.  Now we wait and see how the rest of Kindergarten votes.

The children are doing a great job of supporting Jump Rope for Heart.  They are excited when Coach Grant visits our classroom to hand out ducks.  Please turn in the money you have collected for Jump Rope for Heart on March 11.  March 13 is the actual date the children will be participating in the event.

It is hard to believe we are almost 3/4 of the way through Kindergarten.  The last nine weeks is very busy and the time moves quickly.  We will be working hard as we prepare for the transition to first grade.  Enjoy this last quarter of Kindergarten.  Contact me with any questions or concerns.  Thank you for loving our classroom.  I appreciate your support.

Make sure to read Upcoming dates and mark them on your calendar.

Upcoming dates:

3.2:  Book order due 
3.2:  Room 114's End of the Year Project money due

3.6:  School-wide Book Character Parade at 1:30
3.11:  Turn in money you have collected for Jump Rope for Heat
3.12:  Donuts with Dad
3.13:  Donuts with Dad
3.13:  Jump Rope for Heart
3.17:  St. Patrick's Day Crafternoon  (come at 1:10 to help set up or 1:30 when the children return)
3.20:  Spring Picture Day:  may dress out of uniform.
3.23-3.27:  Spring Break:  no school   

4.2:  Room 114's Spring Egg Hunt  @ 11:15 (parents invited to help volunteer!)

4.3:  Weather Day:  There will be no school if we do not need to take a weather day.  

4.30  Field Day  - date changed 

An Upcoming Quiet Week

To celebrate the end of February, we are going to have a full week of learning with no interruptions. I'm so excited.  But wait!  Be sure to keep reading the blog and find out what happens next week.

Kindergarten is hard work.  One of the things I tell the children all the time is that practice makes better.  I love these photos that show the hard work of beginning readers and the joy found in sharing a story with a friend.  

Big news in reading this week! I am going to introduce consonant blends to the students this week.  Consonant blends are two consonants right next to each other that make a distinct sound. There will be a consonant blend handout in binders on Monday night.  Please go over it daily with your child.   I will not introduce any new new high frequency word this week.  I will begin assessing for report cards next week.   

For comprehension strategies, we are working on sequencing events.  After you read a story. ask your child what happened first in the story, next, then and last.  Sequencing is hard for students so the more you practice the better your child will get.

We begin measurement this week.  Look for February calendar pages to come home on Friday. 

Our poem last week was about money.  We have been working on pennies, nickels and dimes to help us count by 1's, 5's, and 10's.  We will still work another week on these three coins before we introduce quarters in March. Grab some pennies,nickels and dimes from home and put them in box.  Just let your child explore the coins.  It is very common to get nickels and dimes mixed up.  Don't panic, just correct and encourage.

Return poetry journals on Monday.  

A book order will come home on Tuesday and is due Monday, March 2.  If you are ordering online then use code "GL88R."  You may turn in payment and order form by Monday.  I will be placing the order late Monday night.  Book orders are optional.  

 Re-posting from last week:  My favorite day of the school year is coming up.  It is Friday, March 6.  The entire school will dress up as a character from a favorite book.  We will have a school-wide  Book Character Parade.  Every child will choose a character from a book to dress up and represent in the parade.  This is not a time to wear your Halloween costume rather it is time to celebrate children's literature.  Families are invited to come and watch the parade.  The parade will start at 1:30 so be sure to arrive early enough to sign in before the parade starts.

We will celebrate children's literature and the power of reading the entire week of March 2nd.  Keep these dates in mind: 

March 2:  Bring a favorite book to school because we will have DEAR time where we Drop Everything And Read for 30 minutes.

March 3:  Saddle Up and Read a Good Book:  dress up like cowboys and cowgirls

March 4:  Volunteers can come in and read a book to our class.  Email me the time you want to come in and read.   

March 5:  Silly Hat Day:  wear a silly hat in honor of  Dr. Seuss.

March 6:  Character Parade at 1:30.  

It is hard to believe we say goodbye to February this week.   March is a busy month. Check out the dates below.  Thank you for sharing your child with me.  Contact me with any question or concerns you may have.

Upcoming Events:

3.2:  Book order due

3.6:  School-wide Book Character Parade at 1:30
3.12:  Donuts with Dad
3.13:  Donuts with Dad
3.23-3.27:  Spring Break:  no school   

4.2:  Room 114's Spring Egg Hunt  @ 11:15 (parents invited to help volunteer!)

4.3:  Weather Day:  There will be no school if we do not need to take a weather day.  

4.30  Field Day  - date changed 

"Mrs. McDevitt!! I love party days!"

Take a shoebox and cover it with red paper.  Give it to a child to decorate with love, kindness and friendship.  Presto!  You have an explosion of hearts that results in a student pulling on my clothes at the end of  the party saying "Mrs. McDevitt!!! I love party days!"

Enjoy the hard work and concentration it takes to make a Valentine's mailbox by clicking right here.

On Friday afternoon as I drove home, I reflected on Room 114's party.  The children laughed, cheered for one another, expressed kindness and loved life during our party.  Wouldn't it be nice if everyone loved one another like a Kindergarten child loves people and life!  Thanks to our room mom for organizing a wonderful party.  You can't beat an afternoon of decorating cookies, musical chairs and mail addressed to a Kindergarten student.    Enjoy these lovely and happy photos of some party fun by clicking here.

Classroom need:  We are low on soap.  Please help us keep the germs away from Room 114 by sending in a bottle of soap.

Class picture day is Thursday, February 19.  Uniforms will be worn.  You have until Friday to order the photo.   

Lost:  We are looking for a library book called Bow Wow.  If you have it at your house, please return it to school.

Yearbooks are on sale for $25.

The Mixed Bag fundraiser has started for the PTA.  Thank you for supporting our school.

This is a short week so send $4.00 for snack/juice.  Nancy's Italian Ice will be Tuesday.

Don't forget to send in the poetry journal on Tuesday.  Our poem this week will help us keep track of the value of a penny, nickel and dime.  We will be practicing counting dimes this week to reinforce our skill of counting to 100 by tens.  Look for our poetry journal in Friday's back pack.

In reading this week, we are investigating the letter Hh.  Our high frequency words are:  was, all,  must.    We will continue to work on identifying the main idea of a story.

In math, we are counting and recognizing numbers to 120.  Can you believe that Tuesday is the 115th day of Kindergarten? We also spend time daily with addition, subtraction and understanding place value with those tricky teen numbers. 

My favorite day of the school year is coming up.  It is Friday, March 6.  The entire school will dress up as a character from a favorite book.  We will have a school-wide  Book Character Parade.  Every child will choose a character from a book to dress up and represent in the parade.  This is not a time to wear your Halloween costume rather it is time to celebrate children's literature.  Families are invited to come and watch the parade.  The parade will start at 1:30 so be sure to arrive early enough to sign in before the parade starts.

We will celebrate children's literature and the power of reading the entire week of March 2nd.  Keep these dates in mind: 

March 2:  Bring a favorite book to school because we will have DEAR time where we Drop Everything And Read for 30 minutes.

March 3:  Saddle Up and Read a Good Book:  dress up like cowboys and cowgirls

March 4:  Volunteers can come in and read a book to our class.  Email me the time you want to come in and read.   

March 5:  Silly Hat Day:  wear a silly hat in honor of  Dr. Seuss.

March 6:  Character Parade at 1:30.   

 I love these cowboys!  We had fun on our Giddy Up and Learn field trip.  Thanks to all the parents that made sure Room 114 was safe at all times.  Enjoy these cowpokes by by clicking here for more field trip photos.

Thank you for trusting me with your child.  Room 114 is a wonderful place and it is all because of the twenty-one children that come to school each day ready to work and play!  I appreciate your support.  Contact me with any questions or concerns you may have.

Upcoming events:

2.19:  Class photo day - wear uniforms

2.20:  deadline to purchase a class photo  

3.6:  School-wide Book Character Parade at 1:30
3.12:  Donuts with Dad
3.13:  Donuts with Dad
3.23-3.27:  Spring Break:  no school     

Celebrating the Friendship of Room 114

The big news for this week is our Valentine's Day party this Friday at 1:30-2:15.  Come at 1:10 to help set up the classroom.  The children will return at 1:30. We did not send home a sign up sheet of items to bring because you guys have been so generous with our Crafternoons that our Valentine's Day party is already funded.  Just come and enjoy your child.

From my years of teaching, the children love this day  more than Christmas party because of all the mail they get.  The best part about all that mail is that each letter in their mailbox is for them!  I hope you are able to come and celebrate the friendship of Room 114.  Be sure to take time Friday to go through the mailbox and listen to your child talk about each Valentine they received.   Just listen to them talk about their friends.  Praise your child for the young lady or young man they are growing into. 

You may send in your child's Valentines any day this week.  Double check that there is a Valentine for each child in our class.  Allow your child to address his/her Valentines.  Resist the urge to do it for them just because you are quicker at writing to and from on Valentines.  It is a sweet time to watch a child address Valentines.  Make time in your schedule this week to allow for it.
 
The same procedures will be in place if you are going to check your child out after the party.  Read the following instructions carefully.

The following is the most efficient way to check your child out:
1.  Before the party begins, there will be a table set up for check outs in front of the office.  Once you fill out the necessary paperwork, you will be given a slip of paper to hand me.  This paper allows me to release your child at the end of the party.
2.  Be sure to hand me the slip of paper once you enter the classroom.  If I do not have the slip of paper then you must go to the office at the end of the party and check your child out.
3.  I will not release your child without the slip of paper from the office!

We will continue with our study of Oo in reading this week.  Our high frequency words are:  go, get. 

We will begin talking about main idea in literature.  This is a difficult concept for beginning readers.  The main idea is what a story is about.  Main idea is the theme of the literature.  Children often confuse retelling with main idea. You can help at home when you are finished reading a story ask your child to tell you what that story was about.

 

 Those teen numbers can be tricky to figure out.  We practice and practice and practice some more to understand there is a group of ten and some more  to understand the numbers 11-19.  We know practice makes better so we work hard at practicing.   Click here for more photos of investigating the teen numbers. We will continue to work on addition, subtraction and those tricky teen numbers as we move into the number 20 and numbers beyond.  We will be representing and counting numbers to 100.  Use the number chart on the back of the take home binder to work on counting to 120.  Have your child touch each number as he/she counts to make the connection between the written numeral and the spoken word. Then pick any number and ask your child to locate it on the chart.  Don't be concerned if your child points to 23 for 32.  Just point to the correct numeral and move on.  Reversals are common and age appropriate in Kindergarten.  

Nancy's Italian Ice will be $1.00 on Monday.  Next week, due to the short week, we will have Nancy's on Tuesday.

If you come to the Valentine's Day party, be sure to check out the Aviators outside our classroom.  Celebrate the hard work of your child.  Don't be concerned about the point club status of other children, just celebrate your child's hard work and reading.

Tuesday is our Giddy Up and Learn field trip.  Check Friday's binder for a very important letter that needs to be returned on Monday.   I can't wait to see the cowboys and cowgirls that come to school on Tuesday.  Remember for security purposes, the yellow field trip t-shirt needs to be visible.

I sent an email early Friday morning to the chaperones for Tuesday's field trip.  Please read it and respond to me that you have read it.  It contained a very important detail about the field trip that you will need to follow.  

 
 To celebrate Presidens' Day, we are learning the names and the values of coins.  We will count with the pennies and the dimes.  We will learn the names, values and identify the penny, nickel, dime, and quarter.  Children are fascinated by coins so tap into this curiosity.    Just click here for more photos of investigating a penny. 

Heads up:  On Friday, March 6, there will be a school-wide  Book Character Parade.  Every child will choose a character from a book to dress up and represent in the parade.  Start thinking of a character your child loves.  This is not a time to wear your Halloween costume rather it is time to celebrate children's literature.  Families are invited to come and watch the parade.  The parade will start at 1:30 so be sure to arrive early enough to sign in before the parade starts.

There is a PTA meeting this Tuesday at 6:00.  It is the popular Multi- Cultural night.

This Thursday is spirit day ALL day long at Salsaritas.  Make sure your tell the cashier your are with Blount.  Thanks for supporting the school.

Mixed Bag information went home in Friday's binder for the PTA fundraiser.  This fundraiser will run through March 11.  Items will be delivered in April.  

Don't forget that yearbooks are on sale this month.  

I will be out of the classroom on Wednesday as I attend the second grade field trip with my daughter.  

Thank you for trusting me with your child.  Enjoy the upcoming three day weekend.  Contact me with any questions or concerns you may have.  

Upcoming events:

2.10:  Stephen Fite's  "Giddy Up and Learn" concert - dress up as a cowgirl/cowboy
2:10: PTA meeting at 6:00 PM 

2.12  Spirit Day ALL Day long at Salsaritas.
2.13:  Valentine's Day Party 1:30-2:15
2.16:  No school in observance of President's Day:  teacher in-service day

3.6:  School-wide Book Character Parade at 1:30
3.12:  Donuts with Dad
3.13:  Donuts with Dad
3.23-3.27:  Spring Break:  no school    

Goodbye January....Hello February!

Last week was busy as we started off the week with a big celebration and ended the week still celebrating!  Everyday in Room 114 is a celebration, some days are just on a larger scale.
 

100 days of learning goes by quickly.  We had fun counting to 100, recording 100 days on our ten frame, reading books centered around 100, performing 100 exercises and pretending to be 100 years old.  On the way to the lunch one of our 100 year old gentlemen sat down on the bench next to the office.  As I walked by he asked me if I knew why he was sitting on the bench.  His explanation was that he was a 100 hundred year old man and he was waiting to join his grandson for lunch.  Then he burst into big, big laughter.   Dramatic play is important to develop big imaginations.  Research says that children with big imaginations turn into adults with strong problem solving skills. Click here more photos from the 100th hundred day of school.

Nancy's Italian Ice is Monday for $1.00.

In reading this week, we will work with the letter "Oo."  We will spend two weeks on Oo and work on the long and short sounds of  Oo.   The high frequency words are:  say, be, did.

In math we are working with addition, subtraction and numbers between 11-19.  We are working extremely hard to understand that those numbers are a group of ten plus some more.  This concept is laying the foundation for place value.  Click here for more number photos. 


We have a growing list of Aviator signs outside our classroom door with students that are in the five and ten point club.  Thank you for helping me make sure your child leaves Kindergarten with a lifelong love of books.  

February means we will be getting our classroom ready for Valentine's Day.  There was a lilac colored sheet in Friday's binder that listed each member of Room 114.  Use the list to help your child address a Valentine for each classmate.  Please do not address the Valentines for your child.  Let them do it.  Please send in an empty adult sized shoe box by Thursday so that I can prep them for the children to turn them into mailboxes.

Due to your generosity with donations for Room 114's Crafternoons, the Valentine's Day Party is already funded.   We will NOT be sending out a party wish list.  All you need to do is just come to our party on Friday, February 13 at 1:30 (1:10 to help set up) and help us celebrate the friendship in Room 114.

We had fun getting into the Cowboy and Cowgirl mood at January's Crafternoon. Thanks to all the families that helped from home or in the classroom to make sure the children had a rip roarin' time!  On February 10 we will attend the Stephen Fite Giddy Up and Learn concert.  Stephen is asking the children to come dressed as Cowboys and Cowgirls.  For security purposes, please make sure the yellow field trip t-shirt is visible on the day your child comes to school dressed up as a cowboy or cowgirl.  Click here for more Western Round Up fun photos.

Book orders for February will come home on Tuesday.  Our on-line code is GL88R.  You may send in order forms and payment to school by Friday.  I will be placing the order Friday evening.  Turn around time is 5-7 days.  Book orders are optional.
  

We begin February with Groundhog's Day and a birthday for a sweet friend!  Sounds like a wonderful Monday!  Contact me with any questions and concerns you may have! 

Upcoming dates:
2:5:  Deadline for an empty adult sized shoebox
2.10:  Stephen Fite's  "Giddy Up and Learn" concert - dress up as a cowgirl/cowboy
2:10: PTA meeting at 6:00 PM
2.13:  Valentine's Day Party 1:30-2:15
2.16:  No school in observance of President's Day:  teacher in-service day
3.12:  Donuts with Dad
3.13:  Donuts with Dad
3.23-3.27:  Spring Break:  no school