We have some very exciting projects beginning this week!
Science Fair:
Hopefully your child has begun to work on his/her science fair project: gathering materials, finalizing plans for the experiments. I am available after school this Thursday to meet with anyone who may have questions about their project, please just email me to let me know you plan to come. If your child would like to submit his/her project to the County Science Fair (3/7) the deadline for registration is Friday, February 13.
Young Writers Project:
We will be launching the Young Writers Project this Wednesday with a brief introduction at 10:30 AM, Wednesday morning. Then we will meet our Writing Project Assistants (WPAs) who will be with our class on Wednesdays and Fridays for the upcoming 6 weeks. Our project will revolve around Social and Environmental Justice topics and we will learn to write poetry. The completed selections will be published in an anthology with the other small schools' 4th-6th graders. Mrs. Dudley and I are VERY excited about this opportunity!
Upcoming Holidays/Events:
- No School for Lincoln's Birthday on Monday, February 9
- No School for Presidents' Day on Monday, February 16
- Read-A-Thon: Please look for the Read-a-thon packets in the Monday Folders. Here is more information from the Parents' Club: It's time to start the 2015 Readathon! The students will receive their Readathon packets on Monday, Feb. 2, and will try to find sponsors that first week. The goal for each student is to raise $100. The Readathon will run for 12 days (Feb. 9-20), and the students will read for 15-30 minutes daily depending on their grade level. The final week will be Feb. 23-27, when they will collect their pledges and turn them in. We are working on having a local author come to do an assembly on Feb.13, and we will celebrate the end of the Readathon with popsicles and a "Dress as your favorite book character day" on the 20th. Thank you in advance for your participation in this fundraiser. Mountain School kids are incredibly lucky to art, music and drama, and it is all funded by fundraisers like this one!
- Student Council Spring Elections: Packets will go home on February 10, with 4th-6th Graders interested in running for an office for the Spring. Elections and speeches will be held Tuesday, February 17 at 11:00AM.
Thank you for your continued support both at home and in our classroom. Please email me with questions at rhonig@mountainesd.org.
Best,
Mrs. Honig
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