February 13-16

Can you believe that we are almost halfway through February already? With that said, how is your child doing on their A.R. goal?

Don’t forget; there will be no school next week, Friday or the following Friday.

This next week will be a busy and short week in the classroom. The fifth graders will be wrapping up their novels. We will write our Americanism essay in the first part of the week. This year’s topic is “What does Patriotism mean to you.”  There will also be a fifth-grade math test on Wednesday. Finally, the usual spelling test will be on Thursday this week, and there will not be a pretest.

Don’t forget that February’s I Love to Read month has begun. On the last day of each school week, please send your child’s reading calendar back to school with their weekly minutes and a parent’s initials to be entered into a drawing for a free book.

Update! On March 5, our classroom will be singing in church, and it is our turn to host coffee hour following church.   We needed to provide the snacks, make the coffee, and then clean up. In the past, I had asked each family to provide a dozen or a pan of something that provides enough food.

Next week Tuesday is Valentine’s Day. If your child would like to bring something for their classmates, the only request I make is that they bring something for each student so that no one is left out. They will have an opportunity to share these during lunch.

Here are some important dates for your calendar.

Friday, February 17                          No school

Friday, February 24                          No School

Wednesday, March 1                        Jr. Choir Sings @ 7 p.m. service

Friday, March 3                                 Scholastic Book Orders Due

Sunday, March 5                               4-5 Sings & hosts coffee hour

Friday, March 10                               Trinity Spelling Bee @ 1 p.m.

Sunday, March 12                             All School Song

Monday 13-17                                    Lutheran Schools Week

Thursday, March 16                          End of 3rd Quarter

Friday, March 17                               Grandparent/Special Person Day

                                                            Skit Night @ 6:30

March 18-26                                       Spring Break

Monday, March 27                            School Resumes

Thursday, March 30                          Joint Choir rehearsal for Palm Sunday 6:30-6:50

Sunday, April 2                                 Jr. Choir Sings