THANK YOU!!! ...these feeble words are not enough

How do I begin to express the depth of my gratitude?!? Thank you for traveling on the journey that led to and included our maiden voyage of Makers Week. As a colleague, I thank you for stretching beyond your comfort zone to embark on uncharted territory and engage our learners in experiential learning. As a parent, I thank you deeply for teaching and showing my children that learning is exciting and they have special gifts from God to develop and share with this world. I am not gifted enough with words to express my profound gratitude to each of you for owning this initiative and pulling it off with enthusiasm!

Please sit back and look closely into the eyes of our children. Here you will find your expression of appreciation for your hard work that led up to and was involved with making this week a HUGE success. In these pictures you see pride of work in our children's eyes. You see excitement in learning reflected here. You see genuine smiles of enjoyment. New friendships are found here. You see fledging leaders being born. Students experiencing and sharing their trials and their successes. I could try to write 1,000 words (but let's be honest, I don't have the time to write them and you don't have the time to read them...though I have no doubt that you would!) to describe the pure joy in discovery that occurred throughout South Side this week, but I believe these photos do a better job. Truly, this week was God blessed!

Enjoy Kaitlyn DeLange's Claymation Story!

Lane Borchert "I've never tried working with dominoes before!"

And the stories go on.....

Thank you to an adventurous team of teachers who offer students the very best!

Staff Meeting
Please note that we will have a staff meeting on Thursday, March 12th.

SPARK
As we flip the calendar to March, please take a good look at our Google calendar to identify your SPARK project.

Running Record Day
More details will be forthcoming, but, please note that Wednesday, March 11th will be Running Record day. Classroom teachers, you may be as involved or uninvolved as you feel is necessary to prepare your records for report cards/conferences.

Parent/Teacher Conferences
Norm has set our times! Please talk to me about alternative slots if you find that is most effective for you and your parents.

     Conference Sign up times:
     Thursday, Mar 19 through Saturday, Mar 28, 2015

     Conference Dates:
      #1 Mon, Mar 30, 2015 5:00 PM - 8:30 PM
      #2 Tue, Mar 31, 2015 5:00 PM - 8:30 PM
      #3 Wed, Apr 01, 2015 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Skating Party (Rescheduled)
Please note Tuesday, March 3, is the new date for the skating party, sponsored by the Parent Team.
Activities begin at 6:00 P. M. Admission and skate rental are a total of $5.00.

March 6
PD from 8:00 (breakfast--praise and worship begins at 8:30) until 3:30. From 10-12 we will be meeting as grade levels to plot out Reading Workshop teaching points.

Dates for your blogs:

Upcoming Events:

March       2  - Ditto work bee (6-8, 2nd grade)
March       3  - Skating Party at Home Roller Rink from, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
March       6  - No school, Staff Development
March     13  - Family Fun Night at Pine Ridge, 5:30pm
March     28  - Kids Stuff Reasale
March 30-31 - Parent/Teacher Conferences
April 1          -  Parent/ Teacher Conferences ( 1-3)/Dismissal- 11:30
April 2-12     - Spring Break
April 13        - School resumes
April 23        - SS/PR Spring Program at Christ Memorial