Info on the Halloween Party

We have had a few phone calls about the Halloween Party so I thought that I would send out a quick bulletin before the next newsletter.  If you read your email and check the BLOG - you are LUCKY!

The school is celebrating Halloween on Friday, Oct. 29th.  The schedule is for both classes to come on that Friday. We will split the Friday into 2 hours per class.  

The morning class will attend 8:30 - 10:30 

The afternoon class will attend from 10:45 - 12:45.

We will NOT be participating in the Halloween Parade due to the limited time that we have with the afternoon class to celebrate. 

All children should come in costume.  We will be playing games, doing a Halloween craft and having a special Halloween snack that will be supplied by the mother volunteers and teachers.  I will be in touch with the parents who have signed up to help that day.

Also please send a shoe box with your child sometime this week. We will be decorating a literacy box in the near future so they have a place to store all their sound activities when they come home.

Thank you!

Community Helpers

We had quite a few memorable moments during our Community Helpers unit. We visited the Merc last Monday and Tuesday and saw Bill the Butcher and Valine the Baker. They showed us all the tools they use and gave us ham and chocolate chip cookies before we left. We also toured main street, pointing out many of the local businesses and naming the people who work there. My afternoon class also stopped by the flower shop to visit a very generous Grandma!

One of my favorite moments was when we stopped in front of the car dealership. I explained that this was a place where you can buy cars or get them fixed. I asked, "Does anyone know what you call someone who fixes cars?" One student excited shouted, "I do! I do! A Chemanic!" I told them they were close. (Unfortunately, I forgot to take the camera to the Merc!)

We also took the long trek to the Fire Station. After many, "Are we there yet?"'s we finally made it and  the students got to try on some fireman equipment and wander through the trucks. Some of my students spotted the names of relatives on the different lockers.

We also had a special visit from Fireman Stan who taught us about fire safety at home and who also showed all of his equipment.

We finished off with a visit to the police station where the children spent a few brief moments locked up in jail, belted in to the back of the police car and learning about all the tools a police person uses and what tools they keep on their "batman belt."