We are so excited to kick off our Weekly Letters Home writing project! Each week, learners will share their favorite moments, writing progress, and classroom adventures in a special notebook that travels between home and school.

To make these notebooks extra special, we are decorating the covers with personal photos and cutouts! Having familiar pictures right on their covers gives students fun writing prompts and daily inspiration all year long. Due Date: Please send all pictures in by Tuesday, September 8th.

What Pictures to Send In

Please help your child collect a few pictures they can cut and glue onto their notebook, such as:

• Family & Friends: Favorite snapshots of loved ones

• Pets & Favorite Animals: Furry friends or cool creatures

• Hobbies & Interests: Sports, games, favorite foods, or art

• Places & Adventures: Postcards, brochure cutouts, or travel photos

Monday: Library

Tuesday: Guidance, World Language

Wednesday: Art

Thursday: P.E.

Friday: P.E., Music

**Please help your child remember their sneakers on P.E. days.

We have already started Classroom Sharing in our classroom! Students can sign up on our classroom sharing calendar and choose when they would like to share. They will not have a specific day of the week assigned to them, giving them the independence to decide when they have something they would like to share with the class.

Photos, stories, hobbies, collections, and other interesting non-toy items are wonderful things to share. Please leave toys at home so that sharing remains an opportunity to tell us about something meaningful, interesting, or special.

If your child has something they would like to share but you aren't sure whether it fits our expectations, please feel free to email me. I'm always happy to help!

Your child will be bringing home a black or blue folder to be used to send notes back and forth between home and school.  Today they will be bringing home a couple of notices, including the UCS lunch calendar.  Please send this folder back to school with your child each day. There will be many days where we won't send them home, because we don't have any information to send.  Please plan to check for the folder especially on Fridays.

• September 4th: NO SCHOOL

• September 7th: NO SCHOOL -> Labor Day

• September 9th: PTO Welcome Back Picnic (Rescheduled)

• September 9th: Student Early Release Day (2 hours earlier)

• September 21st: NO SCHOOL -> Yom Kippur

• September 24th: Student Picture Day

On occasion, we might give students trident gum, tic tacs, lifesavers mints, hot cocoa, popcorn, or hershey's milk chocolate for something fun.  As part of the district health protocols, we need to notify you of this.  Please reach out to me if your child will need to opt out of this.