The Thanksgiving Luncheon will be held at Hollins University in the Moody Center on Wednesday, November 25. The Student Art Show will be displayed from 11:00-1:00. A potluck will be served at noon.
• Please send your child to school at the regular time and please pack a snack for Fruit Break.
• The students and teachers will be walking over to Hollins around 11:15 a.m.
• Please meet us at Hollins University in the Moody Center between 11:30 and 11:45 a.m. (at the latest).
• When you meet us there, please let us know before you take your child to the art show/luncheon.
• If someone other than a parent will be meeting your child, please let us know beforehand.
• Please bring an entrée and a side dish, each to serve 10-12 people. Lunch will begin at 12:00 p.m. Please have the food ready to serve for the buffet. We suggest packing your food in disposable containers.
• Remember to bring 2 canned food items for the Salvation Army’s food pantry. Donation boxes will be placed at the luncheon site.
• Dismissal from Hollins University is at 1:00 p.m. There will be no After School Program.
• Please take your child’s artwork home following the luncheon (1:00) to allow everyone a chance to view the entire art show.
• There will be no school on Thursday, November 26 and Friday, November 27. School resumes on Monday, November 30.
Have a safe and Happy Thanksgiving!
~ Lena and Katie ~
Monday, November 23, 2009
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Keeping You Posted on Upcoming Events
We have a lot of activities planned over the next few weeks. Make sure you check the blog once a week and read your Quick Notes. If you have any questions feel free to call the office or email us.
Since our trash free lunch and celebration of 350 Day the school has decreased its trash output by 30 lbs a week. Great job Community School families!!
On Tuesday, November 24th we will have a Special Reading Day. Your child should bring a blanket, pillow, favorite stuffed toy and favorite book/s. We will still play outside so make sure p.j.s are appropriate for the weather. You can also send in a change of clothes.
On Tuesday, December 1st Elena will be hosting a Spanish Festival. El Rodeo will provide lunch for $5 per person. Families and friends are welcome. See Quick Notes for more details.
On Wednesday, December 3rd we will head over to Hollins for a Winter Carnival sponsored by Hollins' Service Project group.
Saturdary, December 5th our Barnes and Noble Book Fair will begin. Katie and Lena's Super Heroes will create a sculpture garden on Saturday at 11:30. Sculptures are something the kids love to do in drama. They will amaze you with their creative poses. Please have your child at the book fair at 11:15 ready to perform.
How Can You Help Make This Our Best Book Fair?
1) Distribute the vouchers to friends, relatives, neighbors, and coworkers
so their purchases can benefit CS too!
2) Sign up to provide entertainment. We need parents and students
with special talents (face painting, balloon sculpture, instrumental
music, etc.) Contact kimmuch@communityschool.net or
katrina@communityschool.net if you would like to help.
3) If you have a costume of a character (super hero, book character,
or a cartoon character),we would like to set up photo opportunities
for patrons. Contact Katrina or Kim M at the previous emails.
4) Pre-order whole Cheesecake Factory cheesecakes for $35 each.
(CS receives $7.) Flavors include original, chocolate, pumpkin,
and white chocolate raspberry. To pre-order, contact Katrina by
Monday, November 30, to guarantee pickup during the Book Fair
weekend.
There will be no November or December book orders. Please support our Barnes and Noble book fair.
On December 8th we will be walking over to Hollins to watch a performance of the Jack Tales.
And last, but not least, Frog and Toad is on December 15th at the Taubman Museum.
During this week of thanksgiving, Lena and I would like to express our gratitude to our families. We are so lucky to teach in such a dynamic educational environment with such amazing kids and families. We look forward to seeing you at the luncheon on Wednesday.
Since our trash free lunch and celebration of 350 Day the school has decreased its trash output by 30 lbs a week. Great job Community School families!!
On Tuesday, November 24th we will have a Special Reading Day. Your child should bring a blanket, pillow, favorite stuffed toy and favorite book/s. We will still play outside so make sure p.j.s are appropriate for the weather. You can also send in a change of clothes.
On Tuesday, December 1st Elena will be hosting a Spanish Festival. El Rodeo will provide lunch for $5 per person. Families and friends are welcome. See Quick Notes for more details.
On Wednesday, December 3rd we will head over to Hollins for a Winter Carnival sponsored by Hollins' Service Project group.
Saturdary, December 5th our Barnes and Noble Book Fair will begin. Katie and Lena's Super Heroes will create a sculpture garden on Saturday at 11:30. Sculptures are something the kids love to do in drama. They will amaze you with their creative poses. Please have your child at the book fair at 11:15 ready to perform.
How Can You Help Make This Our Best Book Fair?
1) Distribute the vouchers to friends, relatives, neighbors, and coworkers
so their purchases can benefit CS too!
2) Sign up to provide entertainment. We need parents and students
with special talents (face painting, balloon sculpture, instrumental
music, etc.) Contact kimmuch@communityschool.net or
katrina@communityschool.net if you would like to help.
3) If you have a costume of a character (super hero, book character,
or a cartoon character),we would like to set up photo opportunities
for patrons. Contact Katrina or Kim M at the previous emails.
4) Pre-order whole Cheesecake Factory cheesecakes for $35 each.
(CS receives $7.) Flavors include original, chocolate, pumpkin,
and white chocolate raspberry. To pre-order, contact Katrina by
Monday, November 30, to guarantee pickup during the Book Fair
weekend.
There will be no November or December book orders. Please support our Barnes and Noble book fair.
On December 8th we will be walking over to Hollins to watch a performance of the Jack Tales.
And last, but not least, Frog and Toad is on December 15th at the Taubman Museum.
During this week of thanksgiving, Lena and I would like to express our gratitude to our families. We are so lucky to teach in such a dynamic educational environment with such amazing kids and families. We look forward to seeing you at the luncheon on Wednesday.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
News from the Earth Keepers
We are reading up a storm in Lena's room! This week in Literacy, we listened to new stories on tape and visited several cool Reading sites on our classroom computers. We had a blast searching for “dazzling” words in dictionaries. We enjoyed Book Share on Wednesday as classmates brought in interesting books to discuss.
On Monday, we visited Elena's class for the fantastic Hispanic Heritage Parade. We loved learning about the many contributions made by famous Hispanics. On Tuesday, we enjoyed our field trip to the play, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing. Thank you so much for driving us Hope, Leah, Katie, Wendy, Tulie, Lisa and Julie.
In math class, we designed graphs from information in tables. We learned to look horizontally and vertically for important information, and we especially liked making our own graph with Fruit Loops. Now we are working on telling time using analog as well as digital clocks. On Thursdays, we have teamed up with our buddies from Kim's class, and we've become experts at Addition War.
Last week, a local musician came to visit our class. Our new friend, Adam, stopped by to play some guitar tunes for us. We had a great time rocking to Beatles songs and one of our favorites, “Johnny Be Good.” Our panel of judges gave him a score of 11 out of a possible 10. We hope he will come back and play for us again soon!
On Monday, we visited Elena's class for the fantastic Hispanic Heritage Parade. We loved learning about the many contributions made by famous Hispanics. On Tuesday, we enjoyed our field trip to the play, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing. Thank you so much for driving us Hope, Leah, Katie, Wendy, Tulie, Lisa and Julie.
In math class, we designed graphs from information in tables. We learned to look horizontally and vertically for important information, and we especially liked making our own graph with Fruit Loops. Now we are working on telling time using analog as well as digital clocks. On Thursdays, we have teamed up with our buddies from Kim's class, and we've become experts at Addition War.
Last week, a local musician came to visit our class. Our new friend, Adam, stopped by to play some guitar tunes for us. We had a great time rocking to Beatles songs and one of our favorites, “Johnny Be Good.” Our panel of judges gave him a score of 11 out of a possible 10. We hope he will come back and play for us again soon!
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Thanksgiving Lunch
Community School
Potluck Thanksgiving Luncheon and Student Art Show
Community School families and friends, please join us in giving thanks at our annual potluck
Thanksgiving Luncheon and Student Art Show. This is truly a “feast” of art and food.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009
MOODY CENTER, HOLLINS UNIVERSITY
Art Show
11:00 - 1:00 Ballator Gallery, 2nd Floor Moody Center
Potluck Luncheon
Noon - 1:00 1st Floor Moody Center
Please bring the following: Seminar Families and Community School Staff - dessert
Early Learners, Elementary & Middle School Families - 1 entree & 1 side dish to feed 10-12 hungry people
Please have all food ready to serve at the buffet. We suggest using disposable containers to avoid loss of
serving dishes.
Questions? Call the Community School office at 563-5036
Potluck Thanksgiving Luncheon and Student Art Show
Community School families and friends, please join us in giving thanks at our annual potluck
Thanksgiving Luncheon and Student Art Show. This is truly a “feast” of art and food.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009
MOODY CENTER, HOLLINS UNIVERSITY
Art Show
11:00 - 1:00 Ballator Gallery, 2nd Floor Moody Center
Potluck Luncheon
Noon - 1:00 1st Floor Moody Center
Please bring the following: Seminar Families and Community School Staff - dessert
Early Learners, Elementary & Middle School Families - 1 entree & 1 side dish to feed 10-12 hungry people
Please have all food ready to serve at the buffet. We suggest using disposable containers to avoid loss of
serving dishes.
Questions? Call the Community School office at 563-5036
Monday, November 9, 2009
Fabulous Fall Happenings
We have been doing so many exciting things in our classes it will be hard to cover them all!
We had a Bolivian exchange student assigned to our classes yesterday. The kids are very excited to work with Jaime. This morning he worked with Katie's class on Wednesday he will be with Lena's class.
Last Wednesday the Fantastic Fourteen went hiking to Woodpecker Ridge with Holly. We took bird identification pamphlets and passed them around while looking for birds. We also studied the amazing leaves. We are planning to return in the spring and see how things have changed.
In Katie's literacy class kids have been working on syllabification and haikus. Students have been writing haikus to monsters they created. We have been reading haikus and playing games with them. We are also finishing up writing about what makes us special.
Students continue with independent reading and choosing "just right books". They are working on handwriting. Today we took time to play different literacy games so the kids have more choices during their independent time.
In math we have been working on calendar skills. We have been analyzing calendar data and filling out our own calendars. We played outside counting games with Beth's class. We continue working on addition facts. Today we also played a addition game with cards called Double Compare.
Katie's class also hiked to Hollins on Friday with Kim's Halsey's class to see the Betty Branch sculptures. The kids drew a picture of their favorite sculpture and then wrote about it in their journals.
We had a Bolivian exchange student assigned to our classes yesterday. The kids are very excited to work with Jaime. This morning he worked with Katie's class on Wednesday he will be with Lena's class.
Last Wednesday the Fantastic Fourteen went hiking to Woodpecker Ridge with Holly. We took bird identification pamphlets and passed them around while looking for birds. We also studied the amazing leaves. We are planning to return in the spring and see how things have changed.
In Katie's literacy class kids have been working on syllabification and haikus. Students have been writing haikus to monsters they created. We have been reading haikus and playing games with them. We are also finishing up writing about what makes us special.
Students continue with independent reading and choosing "just right books". They are working on handwriting. Today we took time to play different literacy games so the kids have more choices during their independent time.
In math we have been working on calendar skills. We have been analyzing calendar data and filling out our own calendars. We played outside counting games with Beth's class. We continue working on addition facts. Today we also played a addition game with cards called Double Compare.
Katie's class also hiked to Hollins on Friday with Kim's Halsey's class to see the Betty Branch sculptures. The kids drew a picture of their favorite sculpture and then wrote about it in their journals.
Play Reminder
We are very excited about our trip to see Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing tomorrow at the Roanoke Performing Arts Center. We will be leaving at 9:15 so please make sure you are on time.
Please leave your booster seat in the morning at drop off.
Please leave your booster seat in the morning at drop off.
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Upcoming Field Trip
We will be going to see Tales of A Fourth Grade Nothing on Tuesday, November 10th. If your child is still using a booster seat, please leave it when you drop them off.
Winter is coming and days on the playground are getting cold. Please send in a warm change of clothes and make sure your child is dressed properly for the weather.
Winter is coming and days on the playground are getting cold. Please send in a warm change of clothes and make sure your child is dressed properly for the weather.
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