April Vacation

Hello,

We've had a whirlwind few days here. I've never taught the events leading up to the American Revolution so quickly, but our Civil War unit is coming and the calendar is flying. The increased testing time, snow days, COGAT, Arts Are Elementary mural painting and five paragraph writing prompt really upset our usual schedule.

With all of that, I was impressed with our class showings at our Colonial Market Day and our Science Night. I supported students on their projects a bit more than usual due to the time crunch, but our kids really rose to the occasion. Our market day will definitely influence future classes, as I heard many students from other classes wonder aloud why they didn't get to do that for their market day.

Science Night was a huge success. A big thank you goes out to Mrs. Palopoli for all of her hard work to put it together. Thanks to the parents that chipped in as well. I was really impressed with the independence that our class was able to exhibit that night. Twenty two students were able to stay after school, put the finishing touches on their projects, set up in the gym, eat, and then perform for a full ninety minutes, all with minimal supervision. It made me very proud. They knew their stuff and it showed.

The plan is to have a Science Awards Banquet in May and tie that in with our Manners Banquet. More details on that to follow.

The tea party speeches yesterday were enthusiastic and loud! It was great to see everyone pull that together so quickly.

I hope everyone has a nice school break. Get outside and play. Read a lot. Write a little too.

Thanks so much for your continued support.

We'll be having a Gettysburg informational night coming up in May. This is a non school sanctioned event. (The trip, not the info night.) Stay tuned.

Mr. Shea