Jr. Kindergarten News

CHURCHES TOUCHING LIVES FOR CHRIST (CTLC)
CTLC has a food pantry open to those in need in our community.  This year, we ask that:

*The Pre-School children in Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Langford’s rooms bring canned corn and boxes of macaroni and cheese.  This will be our YELLOW group;

*The Junior K and Kindergarten children bring cans of sweet potatoes and carrots.  This will be our ORANGE group;
*The First Graders bring canned green beans.  This will be our GREEN GROUP;
*The Second and Third Graders bring canned fruit.  This will be our PURPLE/PINK group;
*The Fourth Graders bring canned meat such as tuna, salmon, or chicken.  This will be our BLUE group.
 *The Fifth Graders bring canned cranberries and cranberry sauce and/or 1-2 pound bags of rice.  This will be our RED group;
*Faculty and Staff bring canned soup, stuffing mix, 1 lb. bags of pasta, or 1-2 pound bags of pinto beans.  This will be the JEANS group.

Each group will have a color-coded box that matches the group’s color, so that when your child brings his or her donation, it will be easy to put it in the correct box.  All food items should be brought to school by Thursday, November 17.  On Friday, November 18, each child may wear the color of his or her group to school instead of uniforms.  At the Sharing Feast, each group’s food will be brought to the altar in the Parish Hall and             blessed by Father David before it is delivered to CTLC later that afternoon. 


Last week we celebrated Veteran's Day on Friday by having a school wide prayer at 11:11 on the playground.  We then paraded around the block carrying flags and singing patriotic songs.  We had several people pass and even one gentleman that slowed, stopped and then parked his truck.  When asked if he was a veteran he said, "Yes, that is why I am taking my time."  He paused for a moment while the children passed him.  Please view the pictures that have been posted on CCS facebook page.


As far as class work you will find that we have added sight words up to the word a to our list.  We also talked about color words and how they are adjectives that describe what something looks like.  We began segmenting onsets and rimes which is just the opposite of what we had been doing with the blending of onsets and rimes.  This coming week we will add the word to and talk about numerals.  The students will also begin blending phonemes in order to sound out words.  The letter sounds that we have worked on so far are; /m/, /s/, /a/, /t/, /k/(c) and this week /p/.  With just these few sounds we will be able to create many words.

In math we will be look at telling time to the hour this week.  The past few weeks have been review and discovering the penny.  The penny will continue to be a big part of the next few lessons.


Our Sharing Feast is on Friday.  Our class will be making Sweet Potato Casserole.  If you have not signed up to bring something to add to the receipt please the list posted outside the classroom.  There are a lot of giving opportunities during this time of year.  Please read the CCS news letter for a full description of all these fantastic ways to give back. 


Remember Barnes and Noble in Waco is hosting our Fall Book Fair.  You may purchase items on line but we want to encourage you all to make a trip to the Waco store.  The School will get a percentage of all sells but the Waco store will only benefit if you purchase items in the store.  Many of the teachers will be present at the store on Saturday morning so you can make a family outing of it and get some Christmas shopping done at the same time.  See you in Waco!!!!


Mrs. Keever

Jr. Kindergarten News

Last week we changed our Alphabet Chant to a Halloween Chant.  You might have heard your child singing it a little differently over the past two weeks.  They really enjoyed it and seem to learn the chant faster and better then I did.

In Language we added we to our sight word list as well as reviewed the previous five words.  All the students are doing really well with learning them.  We also began blending onsets and rimes (no this is not misspelled).  What this means is we took the first sound of a word and blended it with the rest of the word.  For example I would say /s/ and then /at/ the student would then say sat.  This can be a difficult concept so if you could work on this at home it would help them.  Also if you actually point to an object and do it with them they will be able to relate it better.  Point to the table and then say /t/--/able/ and then ask the student to blend the two sounds together to make the word table.  Another option would be at dinner find something on the table to blend and have the student try to guess as to the item you have chosen (Tell the student that you are going to blend a word that they can find at the table, say /c/ - /orn/, what food item am I saying) the student can look around the table if they are having trouble and find the corn.

We used buttons for sorting in Math this week.  The students were asked to sort them by the number of holes each button had in them.  We had some with 4, 2 and even 1 (shank) hole in them.  At home many of you found a variety of objects to sort.

We ended the week with a study of our bones in Science.  We talked about how our skeletal system helps us move and do all types of activities.  We even used candy bones in Math while we counted, sorted and graphed them.  In Reading we are making a class book about how our bones work.  This should start coming home with the students beginning next week.

IMPORTANT REMINDERS for next week:

Monday we will be celebrating All Saints Eve: students may wear a costume that represents their favorite Bible Character - They should be able to tell the class who they have chosen and something about them.

Thursday November the 3rd is our 50th Day of School.  Our class will be celebrating by learning about the 50's; events that happened, popular games, candy and activities.  We will have a Sock Hop in the gym and will share a 50's style lunch followed by a banana split for dessert.  Lunch items are being provided by the room parents and the banana splits will be served up by my father who in his time was an actual soda jerk in an ice cream shop owned by my grandfather.  Lunch will start around 11:00 in our classroom.  They children are encouraged (but do not have to) dress in 50's attire (Poodle skirts and bobbie socks, rolled up jeans and t-shirts).

Friday is a NO SCHOOL day.  All teachers and administrators will be in Dallas for the SAES conference.  However, ECO will still be open for those students who normally attend.

Please check out this weeks CCS Newsletter for other updates.

Mrs. Keever

Jr. Kindergarten News

We have been very busy the last couple of weeks.  In the mean time my personal computer crashed and I have been unable to upload any of the wonderful pictures that have been taken.  I will continue to work on this and hopefully it was just a wrong setting on my camera.  Today was our 40th day of school.  I cannot believe how fast the year is moving along.  Unfortunately Sofia's last day was last week and the students have asked about her.  However, we have been really busy with so many other activities.

Last week we spent an hour painting and getting ready for Friday.  On Friday the whole school went on a walking field trip to the Pumpkin Patch sponsored by the First United Methodist Church.  The students saw pumpkins of all shapes, sizes and colors.  There was a story time and a picture to color.  A bean bag toss through a giant pumpkin was the highlight of the event.  Each student received a small pumpkin to bring back to the school.  We will use these later for an art project.  When we arrived back at school we made paper bag pumpkins, paper plate scarecrows and did Fall M&M Math. 

This week we began making a book about The Life Cycle of a Pumpkin.  Each day we complete a different page.  We should be finished by next week.  In addition to our week long Science project we learned a new sight word as we began anew unit in Reading.  As you help your child practice, add the word see to the list.  Friday we also celebrated the Renaissance by participating in the schools annual Canterbury Faire.  There were games and prizes, a bake sell and even a pony ride.  All the children had fun.


Next week we will continue to work on our pumpkin book.  We will also start discussing the skeletal system and make class book about our bones.

Jr. Kindergarten News

This week was FILLED with birthday celebrations.  We started the week with Johnny Appleseed's birthday, on Tuesday we enjoyed Zachary's and we ended with Brinley's on Wednesday.  Needless to say this has been a very busy week.  During our study of Johnny Appleseed we learned that his real name in John Chapman.  He lived about 200 years ago and he lived playing outdoors and planting things.  As he move west he would plant appleseeds and when they became little saplings he would sell them to settlers moving west.  He also planted many orchards of his own.  We enjoyed learning about different types of apples and tasting three of them in class.  The yellow, red and greed apples were all so delicious, however, we all had our favorite.  We made a pictograph the showed that the class favorite was the red and green leaving the yellow apple with only one vote.  Come by and see our graph hanging on the bulletin board outside our room.  We also made patterns using pictures that represented Johnny Appleseed and read a story about a little red house with no windows, no doors and a star inside. 

Our sight word flash cards are almost complete we just have to add our color words and they will be ready to be sent home.  We have learned I, like and the.  Next week we will learn and.  Your child should have brought home two books this week.  Baby Bear's Family is a pre-decodable book that was sent home early in the week.  Friday the students should be bringing the decodable book The Party.  Their homework is to read to anybody or anything that they can get to sit still and listen.

Next week begins the month of October, which brings with it many exciting events.  Most of them you should have received in the flyer that explains all the celebrations we will have this year.  However, two new ones that we just confirmed this week are the trip to the Pumpkin Patch at First United Methodist Church on October 14th and a visit from the Temple Fire Department on October 18th (pending no emergencies).

The first of these celebrations will be this coming Tuesday.  St. Francis Day is a day the commemorates St. Francis.  He is the Saint of Animals.  As a young man he loved animals so much that he would rescue injured animals and nurse them back to health.  We remember him on this day by offering a blessing to our pets.  You may bring your pets on Tuesday morning to the big field across Main St. for a blessing.  We ask that pets be brought and taken home by parents.  They may not stay at school during the day.

We start a new lesson next week focusing on people in the work place.  We will concentrate on the /m/ sound make another class book about Fall.

Jr. Kindergarten News

Sorry for the lateness of this post.  I had an out of town family event to attend this weekend.

We had another busy week of learning.  We finished up our All About Me and our Five Senses units in Social Studies and Science.  The children made books for both of these lessons that will be coming home next week.

Since Friday was the first day of Fall we will begin our Fall unit next week.  First the students will learn about Johnny Appleseed.  Monday is his birthday and we will be doing a lot of fun activities around the apple.  We also have two birthdays this coming week.

Aside from celebrating birthdays we began a new lesson in Language and have a new sight word to learn.  We now have three words, I, like and the, that we will be reviewing.  You should have received your child first book that has words in it.  This is a decodable book and you will start seeing both a Pre-decodable (pictures only) and a decodable book (with words) come home each week.  The decodable books have our new sight words in them.  The words are introduce in an order in which the student can begin making sentences with them.  We are also still working on our sight word flash cards.  I am hoping that these will be finished by the end of the week.  I will then put them together and send them home for you to use to help your child review.

October is a busy month and I have many activities planned for the students.  We also have several celebrations that we will observe as a school.  You should have received a print out of all the celebrations for the rest of the year.  If you have any questions about any of these please feel free to ask.

Have a great week!
Mrs. Keever

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Jr. Kindergarten News

Wow!  We had a really busy week.  It started out with a birthday celebration on Monday.  Happy birthday Ailish.

       

 

On Wednesday Kitty Jones from the Temple Fire Department came to school and taught us some safe ways and places to walk.  Always walk on a sidewalk and cross streets only at the corner using the crosswalk.  If you have to walk at night you should wear light colored clothing and reflective vests or strips and carry a flashlight.

On Thursday the students used their five senses to explore the garden during a Science lesson.  We used our tongue to taste our snack before going outside and....

Friday brought a bright change of pace when three of the girls spent almost the whole recess on the swings singing a song.  Listen carefully to hear them sing, "Aaahhh, aaahhh, sing a happy song".   They repeat these phrase over and over while they swing.  They were sooooo cute I just had to share.

We began a new lesson in reading and have a new sight word.  I and like are the words were are learning.  While you are reading with your child let him/her read along and see if they can pick out these words.  We are working on creating flash cards that will include all the sight words for the year as well as some other ones like the color words.  When these are finished they will be sent home so that you can help your child review them.

Mrs. Keever

Jr. Kindergarten News

Despite our short week our days were full of learning and fun.  We celebrated with Teddy as he told us about his first trip of the year, we celebrated our 10th day of school and had a special visit from Zero the Hero.  He sent his puppet and a special Zero Treat to help us learn the importance of the number zero.

We also began our first unit in language, "Friendly Faces" and started making a book about ourselves, All About Me.  Our sight word for the week was "I".  Next week we will be introduced to the word "like".  We will be making flash cards of our sight words (plus a few more that I feel they need to be familiar with)  to take home so that we can practice our new words each week.  You can help your child learn them by reviewing them each night.  This should not be to time consuming if you practice just a couple of words everyday.


Next week we will be welcoming a new student into our class as well as celebrating a birthday and will have our first visit from Kitty Jones - our Safety officer.  She is a member of the Temple Fire Department and will teach the students once a month about different ways to stay safe.  


I am looking forward to another great week.


Mrs. Keever

Jr. Kindergarten News

Hello Everyone.

     We made it though the first full week of school!!  Hurray!!  We had a lot of fun reading about Chester Raccoon, by Audrey Penn.  The Kissing Hand, A Pocket Full of Kisses, Chester Raccoon and the Big Bad Bully and Chester Raccoon and the Acorn Full of Memories are just a few of her books.  Feel free to reread any or all of these books with your child.  They can tell which one they like the most and share what they liked about it.

     In math we have been working on our numbers, how to hold a pencil, counting and creating graphs.  In Language we have been learning our Alphabet Chant (some of you have mentioned that your child is singing around the house), name recognition, printing our names, rhyming words and syllables.  Our handwriting lessons are teaching how to sit properly, paper and pencil position and correctly forming each letter and number.  The children have learned how to draw a vertical line and a horizontal line.  These are the beginning strokes in printing.  Please continue to work with your child on his/her handwriting.

 

     Don't forget that this is a three day weekend and that next week we do not have school on Monday.  We have two more lessons in our Welcome to Kindergarten reading program.  Starting on Thursday the students will begin learning sight words, and start reading pre-decodable books that will come home for them to keep and practice.  It is a good idea to put these in a place where they can find them but will also be safe.  Pre-decodable books do not have words in them but the children should be able to tell a story by looking at the pictures.  We will practice this is class prior to the books coming home.  We will also be reading out of the leveled readers and these might also come home.  These are full color books that MUST be returned to school upon completion.  There is only one copy of each book and it is very important that each student have a turn with these books.

 

     I have several moms that have indicated interest in being our room parent this year.    Christina Marshall, Kelly Parmer, Cindy Scott, and Heidi Belson (once her schedule at work changes). Please feel free to contact these ladies if you have any questions about school or classroom activities. I feel very blessed to have so many parents interested in what we do here at school.  I do know that Mrs. Marshall and Mrs. Scott have also volunteered for another child's classroom so having several moms will help ease the load.  Barbara Johnson said that she might be available to do some volunteer work in the classroom from time to time.  I do have some art projects that I would like to do and would love to have several parents come in for an hour or so on these days and help the children paint, glue, cut out, etc.  I will send out more details later about specific times and dates.   If at that time there is anyone who could help they can let me know via email. 

 

     I will email a September calendar to you.  I have not found away to attach a document to this blog.

 

Thank you to all,

Mrs. Keever

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It's going to be 106 today...why not cool off with some Gogo's Frozen Yogurt and Cupcakes and support CCS at the same time? We will earn 10% of ALL SALES! Tell all your friends to meet you there, or better yet, just round them all up and take them with you!!!!! Spirit night is from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday! See you there!

Gogo's is located at 2668 South 31st St., Temple, TX 76504 next to Schlotzky's.

End of the First Week

Well, we made it through the first week of school.  The students worked hard and had a lot of fun too.  We went over classroom and school procedures and rules.  We went to music and Spanish and played at recess.  We began our math and reading lessons and even made our first class book.  This will start coming home next week.

We will have our first Chapel of the year  this coming Wednesday.  As we continue our reading lessons, the students will start learning our Alphabet Chant which helps them learn the sounds that each letter says.  We will continue to practice proper handwriting techniques while the students review their letters, numbers and name recognition.

The class bear, Teddy, will start coming home soon.  If you have a special activity planned over a weekend, that you would like to share with Teddy, please let me know the dates.  I will try to send him home with your child at that time.  Also,  the "Can You Guess" bag will be coming home.  Remember that whatever your child chooses to put in the bag must fit all the way inside, must remain a secret, and must have three clues written and put inside.

See you on Monday,
Mrs. Keever

Welcome to Jr. Kindergarten

Welcome to a new school year and to Jr. Kindergarten.  My name is Julie Keever and I will be your child's teacher this year.  I taught Pre-K last year here at CCS, however, I am looking forward to a great year in Jr. K.  

Meet the Students in our class.

Our language/reading curriculum is called Texas Journeys for Kindergarten.  It is published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and is being used by several of our local school districts as well.  The First two weeks we will be "Getting Ready for Kindergarten", a unit that reviews some basics that include: Rhyming, recognizing names, book handling, distinguishing between letters and numbers, letter names and Environmental print.  For Math we will be using Saxon Math for Kindergarten.  The first few lessons will included familiar with the tools we will be using during our lessons.  Some of these include: Counting Bears, Pattern Blocks, Pictographs for Graphing and Linking Cubes.

   Throughout the year we will have lessons in Science and Social Studies.  During August and September we will look at What makes us Special, Families, Johnny Appleseed, and The Five Senses.  

  I will send out a monthly calendar to give you an over view of the many activities we will be doing throughout the year.  The first one for August is attached below.

OPEN HOUSE

We had a great Open House.  Everyone was excited about the start of a new school year and we had fun exploring the room while going on a Scavenger Hunt.  I really enjoyed meeting all the parents and the wonderful children that will make up Jr. Kindergarten this year.

Check out our class room.

Class Picture Order Forms :: Due May 2

What we have learned this week and what we will learn next week

Hello parents! It has been a wonderful week in Jr. Kindergarten! We have been nusy, busy this week learning all kinds of new things. Our Saxon Math lessons have consisted of adding the dots on each half of a domino, short word problems ( such as ' Kathryn has one red balloon and three bule balloons. How many balloons does she have?' ), and patterning. We have also been learning more about time and I have been reviewing money. We have been practicing writing and have been reviewing our letters, the sounds they make, and our sight words. We have been discussing Easter this week and what the significance of Easter is. I have been reading Bible stories all this week about the events that lead up to Easter. We will continue this discussion next week.

Just some reminders:
      - There will be no school on Friday (Good Friday).
      - We still need donations for the Annual Fund! It does not matter the size of the donation.   :)
      - There will be Extended Care ONLY on the Monday after Easter. Children will need to bring a sack lunch and are not required to wear uniforms that day.

If you have any questions please feel free to ask! Thank you so much and have a wonderful weekend!

                                 Katy Davis

Annual Fund

Today we launched our Annual Fund Participation Drive at the classroom level. Our goal is 100%!! The classroom with the highest percentage of Annual Fund contributors will win a great afternoon out: a special lunch out followed by fun afternoon activities. The lunch has been generously donated by this year’s Annual Fund Chairs Lori and David Butler. The contest is only for the number of contributors, not the amount contributed. Previous contributions to this year's Annual Fund will count towards your class; however, only donations specified for the Annual Fund will count. The contest will conclude Friday, April 29.

 

Please donate any amount so our class can go have lunch!   :)  Thank you!

 

Katy Davis

Annual Fund Participation Drive

Achieving excellence requires commitment from everyone. Tuition alone does not cover the full cost of educating our students and maintaining our first-rate faculty. Donations provide the essential funds needed for curriculum development, faculty, scholarships and operating costs.

Starting Wednesday, April 6, we will launch our Annual Fund Participation Drive at the classroom level. Our goal is 100%!! The classroom with the highest percentage of Annual Fund contributors will win a great afternoon out: a special lunch out followed by fun afternoon activities. The lunch has been generously donated by this year’s Annual Fund Chairs Lori and David Butler. The contest is only for the number of contributors, not the amount contributed. Previous contributions to this year's Annual Fund will count towards your class; however, only donations specified for the Annual Fund will count. The contest will conclude Friday, April 29.

Every gift no matter the size helps. Your tax-deductible contribution will make a significant difference to CCS students immediately and in years to come.

We can accept donations online via PayPal using a credit card. You can find a link to our PayPal account via Facebook and our school website.

Hello Junior Kindergarten parents!

Hello everyone! It has been a while since I have written on here, but we have been very busy in Jr. Kindergarten! We are learning our word families through Hooked on Phonics, learning how to write independently and how to write sentences. We are learning basic addition in math with the use of dominoes, reviewing how to tell time, reviewing the value of money and patterns. We are discussing cowboys this week and Texas. Cowboy Day is Friday. This will be a fun day for the class. They are allowed to wear their cowboy attire to school, but please bring tennis shoes if your child is in Extended Care. I will write more later in the week. If you have any questions, feel free to email me. Thank you all and have a wonderful week!

Katy Davis

CCS Parent Survey

We have created a confidential survey through a third-party provider in
order to help us learn more about how we are doing. We invite you to please
take a few minutes to fill out these ten short questions so we can make CCS
even better.

Please click here to go to the survey.


The survey will be open through April 14, 2011. Thank you so much for your
time and support.

Win a Night Out to BJ's
The survey is confidential, however if you would like to be entered into a
drawing for a $50 gift certificate to BJ's, then please include your name on
question number 10 so we can put your name in the drawing. The drawing will
be April 15.

Important Reasons to Learn Spanish!

1. Spanish is the third most widely spoken language in the world! In about 25 countries, Spanish is the first language! Travel is lots more fun, if you speak the language of the people who live there!

2. Spanish and English share many words in common - most are of Latin origin. Plus, it is easier to learn other romance languages (those derived from Latin or "roman") such as Italian, Portuguese, and French!

3. Learning a second language makes one a better student! The more conections you feed your brain, the smarter you will be! AND - it is proven that students who learn a foreign language excel in college entrance exams!

4. To learn another language opens our hearts and minds to other peoples and their cultures - "to know another's language is to begin to know his heart . . ."!

5. It is FUN!

*This information is taken from Risas y Sonrisas Spanish Program for Kids by Leticia Smith

Spring BoxTops Drive

It's time to start turning in BoxTops 

for our spring BoxTops drive. 

The contest is now underway and will conclude next Thursday, March 10. The class with the most BoxTops will earn an out of uniform day on Friday, March 11! Woo hoo!

Starry Knights :: CCS Gala

Please make plans for to attend the CCS Gala, Starry Knights. It will be a fabulous night with friends, exquisite food and fun all in support of CCS.

An exquisite seated dinner will be served at 7:30p.m. Following the dinner, Eddie Lange will host our live auction. You will not want to miss a single item on our silent auction or the class projects! David Louth's band will provide the live music and stargazing is available, weather permitting.

Following is a preview of our spectacular live auction items.
Mountain Hideaway
One week vacation in glorious Ruidoso, New Mexico at the Hummingbird Cabins Alpine Chalet.

Blast Off Family Fun Weekend
Hotel stay for two nights at Hilton Hotel in Clear Lake, Texas. Passes to Nasa and Kemah boardwalk and gift card for Aquarium restaurant

Cultural Cowtown Getaway
Downtown Hilton Hotel, $100 gift certificate to Uncle Julio’s, four passes to Contemporary Museum of Art and $300 merchandise from Kimball Art Museum

Heart of Texas Dove Hunt
Six hunters hosted by Christina and Rob Marshall.

It’s What’s For Dinner
Storage freezer full of grass-fed beef.

Batter Up
Enjoy a Rangers game at the Ballpark in Arlington. Tickets for four with premier seating and VIP parking pass.

Gourmet Dinner Party
Gourmet meal for eight prepared in your home. Package includes wine.

Deer Hunt
Four hunters in Junction, Texas. Hosted by K.C. and Price Brashear.

Say Cheese!
Photography session by Shannon Hunt Photography, 10 x 10 photo book, 16 x 20 portrait and digital files.

Tickets for the Gala are $40. To make a reservation, please see Kathy Barnes in the office. The Gala is Friday, February 4 at 7 p.m. in the Christ Church Parish Hall.

Uniforms and Colder Temperatures

With the cooler temperatures, we would like to remind everyone about our
uniform policy. Click here for the complete uniform policy.

While in the school building, class, chapel and lunch students are
required to be in approved uniform attire. Jackets, sweaters and coats
which are not part of the dress code will not be allowed. If your
student is cold natured and you need a sweater, please check our used
uniforms. You can always order sweaters, fleece and jackets from Lands
End.

Only white undershirts are to be worn. Long sleeve white undershirts are
permitted with a CCS polo shirt over. The navy blue long-sleeve Knights
t-shirt is only to be worn on Fridays.

For girls, only white or navy blue tights or leggings are permitted.

Pants with holes in the knees are to be patched or not worn at all.

Ties are mandatory for all boys first grade and up on Wednesdays for
Chapel.

Boots of any kind are not allowed.

Beginning Monday, January, 24, students out of the uniform dress code
will be sent to the office and will remain there until a parent can
bring the proper uniform.

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It is our policy that students will go outside for recess unless it is
raining. Please send your children to school with warm coats and
anything else you would like them to wear in the cold weather.


We have ordered a few more long-sleeve Knights t-shirts for purchase.
They should arrive next week. If you would like to buy one, please see
Kathy Barnes in the office. The t-shirts are $15.

Hello parents!

Hello everyone! It has been a while since I have been on here and I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas holiday. We have been busy in Jr Kindergarten. We have been working on writing our letters, numbers, and names. We learned about our Solar System last week and have continued our discussion on winter weather. We have many important things coming up in the next few weeks.... here is a list of them all:

      - Donuts for Dad is Friday, January 21! All dads can come have donuts with their children from 7:45 to 8:15.

       - Valentine's Day parties will be on February 14 which is a Monday. I will have a sign-up sheet outside the door within the next week.

       - Parent/Teacher Conferences are February 21st. This will be an Extended Care Only day. I will have a sign-up sheet outside of the door within the next week as well.

     I am looking forward to the rest of the year. It is going to be a lot of fun!