Zipping Toward Spring!

Devotions

We had a conversation about finding a day of the week for our staff devotions that perhaps isn't quite so overloaded as Wednesdays tend to be. If you would like, would you please provide feedback on this form regarding your day-of-the-week preference for staff devotions? I'll let you know our results and we'll take it from there. 

Report Cards

Report Cards are due March 23, please. We'll get them printed and stuffed into labeled envelopes. Children can take them home on Friday, March 24. 

Conferences

Will be from 4:00-8:00 on Monday and Wednesday evening, March 27 and 29. 

Staff Meeting

Our next SS staff meeting will take place on Thursday, April 13 over the lunch hour.

City Vu
An self-appointed, impromptu "party planning committee" decided that whoever can make it, please stop at City Vu after school on Thursday, March 23 to hang out and laugh together for a short time.

Reading Incentive Week

Look at the week our reading incentive team has put together!!! Thank you, wonderful ladies! 

Monday, March 27 - Michelle is working on an art project that will enrich the story, "Miss Rumphius."  We are hoping that spring lupines will be lining our hallways!  

Tuesday, March 28 - Curiosity Day - We have our very own Man with the Yellow Hat coming to celebrate Curious George's 75th birthday by reading one of his favorite stories of this very curious monkey.  Our sweet Mary Hoffman will be pulling the Curious George books for extra reading if you desire, and we will have a file of activities to choose from if you wish to do some of those activities.  Also, this might be a day to encourage curiosity by having the kids do a Make activity.  

Wednesday, March 29 - A special treat for all students will be to hear Pam Krikke, grandmother to Kellen Eldean, share about her book, "Gracie Brave."  We will be meeting in the library by grade levels for this event.  K students at 12:45, 1st students at 1:15, and 2nd graders at 2:00.  She is so excited to come here from Florida just to share her story with our kiddos!

Thursday, March 30 - Sandy is working on securing a movie as a special treat for our hard working students.  K teachers will be able to view after lunch recess and 1st and 2nd graders will be able to view it at the end of the day, 2:00-3:00 (ish).

One other thing we would like to promote throughout the week, is DEAR time.  We thought it would be really sweet to have a few children from each class announce this event each day from the office.  Our thoughts were to have it at consistent times each day:  8:35 and 11:15.  (We are open to other view points.)  This is the schedule of announcers that we were thinking:

Monday, 8:35 - Strikwerda

              11:15 - Johnson

Tuesday, 8:35 - Sapp

               11:15 - Becksfort

Wednesday, 8:35 - VanMeeteren

                   11:15 - Dreyer

Thursday, 8:35 - Snoeyink

                11:15 - Ritsema