What an amazing school year! This year we have seen so much growth with the students, particularly with their reading and fluency skills! Thank you for reading with your child at home and helping him or her select books that are increasing their endurance. There is no better way to increase a student's reading skills than to read with them! We hope you have enjoyed this year and were able to participate in many of our family events. In the fall, we held our annual Math and Science Night. In the winter, the grade levels invited you in for a literacy event and we had our Boosterthon, which was a phenomenal event! In the spring, we have had our first ever movie night, our field days and our Spring Festival. In addition, we have had student performances, Fairy Tale Tea Parties, Jumping Joeys, our winter program and on June 7, we will have our final program of the year, presented by our 2nd grade students. These are all events that we encourage you to participate in and hope to see you at some of them again next year!
Our PTA has been hard at work supporting our students with Cultural Arts programming, like the Tarradiddle Players and our Writer in Residence. Did you know that they also provide a $10 payment for each child towards their field trip – which reduces the cost for every parent and allows us to take some great trips! With the success of our Boosterthon, they have been able to provide great support for us in our Media Center and in classroom libraries and they are working on plans to fund some serious technology for our classrooms next year. We also have a very active Dad’s Club, and if you are looking for a fun group – then you should find out how to engage with these guys! They meet once a month and have really been supportive of our students this year with Dad’s Reading Day, Morning Greetings in Car-Lines, Lunch with Dads, and taking care of our grounds! If you would like to get involved with the PTA, they would love to have your help – they are a great group of inviting parents who work great together, so come on out for a meeting! Our first general meeting for the 2012-13 school year will be July 16 at 7:00.
As we wind down, I’d like to share that our test scores so far indicate phenomenal growth with our students – you should be very proud of their efforts! Thank you for your continued support of this amazing school, and incredible community. We are indeed blessed!
