Newsletter April 19 - April 23

 Our 70th Birthday bash was a hit!  It makes me proud and happy to be a teacher at such a great school.  It was on first and only assembly this year (darn COVID) but the students were very well behaved even though it was only supposed to be a 15 minute program and it ended up being almost an hour.  Thanks to the lunch helpers and the PTA for the treats.  If you want to watch the festivities and have Facebook you can watch it on the East Elementary facebook page.  

Here are this week's happenings (going to be brief):

• The bathrooms have continued to be vandalized this year even after we've tried several things.  We have more using markers on the walls, wiping inappropriate bathroom stuff on the walls, stuffing the toilets with paper towels etc.  We feel that most of this happens during lunch break when students are not monitored so in an effort to curb this vandalism we will now be given a chance to use the bathroom before lunch and after lunch.  I will always give my students that opportunity.  Mr. Moyle sent out a REMIND message this morning.  If you are not on our East Elementary REMIND you are not getting important messages such as that.  If you have any questions or concerns about that please direct those concerns to the office. 
• If your child is missing a jacket, coat etc. please have them check in the lost and found by this Friday.  Items will be donated this Friday. 
• Spring pictures are next Monday.  Please let me know if you want you child to get their picture taken.  I sent home order forms last week.  Students will not automatically get their pictures taken in the spring like in the fall.
• This Thursday,  April 22 we have been invited to join the dual immersion classes for "Feria de Abril de Sevilla" (Seville April Fair).  A big festival celebrated in Senora Fernandez's neck of the woods.  Senora Fernandez has made costumes for all the students to wear--your child will come home with that costume (I think--possibly she will want to save them for next year). 
• We are continuing to learning about tens and ones for our transition into adding and subtracting two digit numbers.  We have moved onto our History of the Earth Unit.  We wrote informative paragraphs about Outer space.  Tomorrow we will make a little "Me on the Map" project to show our place on the earth from big to small (earth to school). We are still reading from Grace and have learned all of the new spellings for this unit with "wh" as another spelling for /w/ (sound). We are trudging along and will work (in a good way) up until the last day of school.  

Happy Reading (new take home books came home today),

Mrs. Armstrong