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Thank you for meeting, thinking, discussing, volunteering and helping to make South Side a place where everyone is stretched and grows.

Meredith Sybesma will be coming to school tomorrow (Friday) to help put anyone's printed ebooks into a binder if you have one lying in wait. Please feel free to bring your printed ebook for Bible, ELA or math to the office and she'll hole punch the pages and place them in a binder.

Photo ID
Please stop in the office to help identify your students' photo ids on a sticker set Pat has at her desk. We know of several errors and need help making corrections, please.

Here's our recap from the meeting today:

Title 1 
Any takers for Joy on Monday afternoons from 12:30-3:00. If not, do you need support for you class at a different time?

Classroom Visits
Please talk to me about who you would like to partner with or visit and I'll help make it happen. It really is a fantastic growing experience for both parties.

Focus Groups
Thank you to everyone for always going above and beyond the call of duty to make HC the best possible environment for our students.

Math: Sandy Johnson
ELA: Amanda Bohle
Bible: Sheri Hunderman
Social Studies: Jenna Ritsema
Media Center: Karen VanMeeteren

Christmas Party
December 6 with our Pine Ridge party partners! More details will be coming.

SPARK
Thank you for picking up the loose ends on this program and fitting it into your children's experience. Eagle College will replace Community Action House. Preschool arrangement can be made with Maplewood or our own classes. Neighborhood blessing is dependent on your creativity, unit of study, or neighborhood news you may be aware of. Ideas were letters to a policeman/fireman, coffee for bus drivers, hot chocolate kits delivered for neighbors. If you run blank for ideas, please ask around, we'd love to brainstorm this experience together.

Calvin Visits
I will keep you informed when I hear further information. 80 classrooms have been randomly selected and they will visit classrooms for 40 minutes.\

Playground Policy
No toys from home on the playground (except Wolfie is welcome).
Until further notice, bushes may be played in.

Christmas 
Parents may purchase a gift valued at $3 for a classroom gift exchange.
December 18 - I'll take Sarah's kids at 12:45
December 19 - I'll take Kinders at 12:45
December 19 - I'll take 1 & 2 at 2:00

Did I get that correct?

Maker's Week
Thank you for being willing to entertain this out-of-the-box idea. I'll continue to dig for ideas/projects and samples. I envision this that each teacher would "run" one project in their classroom 4x during the mornings of Maker's Week. If you're willing, let's keep talking and thinking.