News & Notes

December 19, 2025

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Enjoy the holiday season with your children.

Here's what's coming up in the days/weeks ahead:

upcoming events

Jan. 5- School Resumes

Jan. 8- Kickstart Deposit Day

Jan. 19- No School for Students (Staff PD)

specials

M- P.E.

T- Music

W- Art & Library

Th- P.E.

F- Art

happy birthday!

holiday party pictures

Click here for pictures from our Holiday Party.

homework- reading challenge!

Click here for the Winter Break Reading Challenge (optional) that I gave the kids. There will be prizes for students who complete at least 1 of the challenge squares and return the paper on January 5th!

wax museum updates

We began our research for our Wax Museum projects this week. We'll write our reports and speeches after break. Wax Museum presentations will be the week of January 26-30. More info to come!

In the meantime, you can begin thinking about your child's costume for the Wax Museum. You do not need to buy a costume! Students often select items from their closet or borrow from siblings/friends/parents to wear something representative of their person. Props are fine, but students may not "hand out" any items to Wax Museum guests (ex: Milton Hershey can't hand out candy...sorry!)

report cards

Report cards will be sent electronically through School Messenger by the end of the day December 19th. Please send me an email if you do not receive your child's report card!

curriculum overview

math

We wrapped up Chapter 5: Division. Many of the kids struggled in this unit and need additional practice. Please check your child's homework folder to look over their test. Additional practice pages are attached to the test for students who did not master these standards.

Language Arts

Reading:

Essential Question: How can people make a difference in their community?

Reading Strategy: Visualize

Reading Skills: Flashback, Point of View, Character Perspective

Vocabulary Skill: Context Clues

Writing:

We finished the research for our Wax Museum project this week. Ask your child to share something interesting they've learned about the famous person they are researching.

science

We started a new unit on Energy. Students are learning about kinetic energy- the energy of motion! We used rubber bands to create models for a theme park ride. Students learned how energy from our bodies could be stored in the rubber band by pulling or twisting it. The more energy you put in, the more energy is released when you let go. We had a lot of fun with this investigation!

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