3-20-14

The fifth grade has been working hard an doing a great job in music. They performed in class this week and sounded wonderful. If you get a chance ask to listen to their recordings! 

Bangers and Mash 3-11-14

We enjoyed a hearty English lunch today! The students did a great job with peeling and mashing the potatoes. Te dishes brought in were greatly enjoyed and appreciated! 

3-10-14

There's a new tree in the classroom. Our Poe-try has sprouted with students' favorite poems and forms that they produced. The leaves have sonnets, haikus, lyric poems, limericks and free verse forms on them.

Read Across America

3-4-14

The grade 5 participated in an all school reading session yesterday. Some of them read to the younger grades and others enjoyed reading in the warm sun.

Lunch Update Starting February 10, 2014

On Monday, 2/10 Ki's will begin serving lunch to your NMY kiddos in the courtyard. Tables will be set up at the walkway adjacent to Kelly's office/in front of Todd's office windows. This will allow access to the outlet, without having an electrical cord in a pathway.  This set up can be adjusted as needed, but it's what we'll try to begin with.  

We are hoping that having this line will alleviate the rush and wait that for some has been a deterrent to participating in the hot lunch offerings.  

Please let me know your thoughts and give me your feedback (and that of the kids) as this moves along.  Always a work in progress, but we are grateful to Ki's for their willingness to make this happen.  

Enjoy your weekend!

1-30-14

A Message from Lisa A.

As you may have guessed, we are in the midst of cold and flu season.  Many students have been sick, absent or fighting off illness. In order to keep illness from spreading to other members of our community (parents, teachers and siblings), please keep your ill child at home until they are feeling well enough to participate in all their school activities.  Most parents have utilized our Illness Policy as their guide for keeping children home.  Recently, we have been seeing colds (runny nose, cough, body aches) that have been very contagious. These symptoms accompanied by lethargy are good reasons to keep your child at home until they have enough energy and stamina to make it through the school day. 

Teachers and students are reviewing good hand washing practices here at school.  Please take this opportunity to connect school to home and do the same review with your family.

The good news is, we have no more confirmed cases of pertussis on campus.  Let's keep our track record moving in a positive direction by being a bit more vigilant and keeping ill children at home.

If you have any questions, please feel free to email or call me at school.

Thanks for your help with this matter!

1-24-14

"Step-Up"

Friday the fifth grade did a wonderful job showing the fourth graders what to expect when they are in fifth grade. Each fifth grader spoke with 2-3 fourth graders for 15 minutes. There was a larger group question and answer that was very informative for the upcoming group. They talked about what they have learned, field trips, what to expect for homework and laptop usage. They were able to convey 5th grade life effectively and positively.