Last Newsletter of the Year

I have ONE more week with your wonderful children.  Where did the year go? 

Please check out this week's newsletter.  You will find some important end of the year details.

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Next week you will start to see a lot of your child's school supplies coming home.  I will start to send home a few things everyday.  You will find your child’s math journal, pencil box, data notebook, and much more!  Today you will find your child’s scrapbook page in their Friday folder.  Thank you for making this page.  The students absolutely loved looking at it everyday!!!

This will be the last official newsletter for the year!  However, I hope I can see you one more time this year at the Bauer Family Picnic.  If not, have a GREAT SUMMER and please don't hesitate to visit a lot next year!!!

May 22: Newsletter

Here is our newsletter for the week:

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Our wonderful Bauer Parent Club has generously donated new books for the classroom.  The students can’t wait to check them out.  I would love to have these books labeled as SRC books.  If you would be willing to help me label our new books, I would greatly appreciate it!  It would take roughly an hour to get through the books.  Thanks!

We will have field day on Tuesday, June 2 from 1:00-2:30.  We are hoping to have two parent volunteers willing to help run an event on this day.  We would need your help from 12:30-2:45.  This will allow time to set up, run an event, and clean up.  Please let me know if you are interested!  We would GREATLY appreciate it.

Hard to believe there are only 4 more weeks of school! This is where it gets really exciting-- we run out of time nearly every day... too many fun things to do! 

Here is the newsletter for the week...

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I want to thank you for all of the generous gifts for teacher appreciate week!  I feel very spoiled and LOVED!  I am so honored to work with all of you and this wonderful group of 2nd graders.  

Here are just a few of the fun gifts I received throughout the week!   

Thanks for the gifts, smiles, and hugs to brighten up my week!!!

May 1: Newsletter

Welcome to May!  What a great start to the month!  I hope you get a chance to enjoy the warmth and sunshine.

You may have noticed that your son/daughter was able to check out a FREE CHOICE book this week in the library.  They were very excited to get a book outside of their SRC level.  The students know that the time in the classroom should be spent reading a good fit book.  The free choice books are for reading at home.  This will give you a chance to read new books with your child at home.

Here is the newsletter for the week...

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Our field trip is Wednesday, May 6.  We are very excited to go to Frederik Meijer Gardens to learn more about plants.

Here is a list of items your child will need for our field trip:

• Red Habit Shirt
• Sack Lunch (everything needs to be disposable and the lunch bag be labeled with your child's name)
• Comfy Shoes
• Clothes Appropriate for the Weather (we will spend part of our day outside)

Here is a list of our chaperones:

Please arrive at Bauer at 8:45 A.M.  We will leave school by 9:00.  Thanks!

• Nicole Church
• Alan Finnie
• Mary Jordan
• Mark Machiela
• Katie Terpstra
• Kim Oberle

Thanks for volunteering to help out!  It will be a great day!!!

Friday

The family picnic is THIS FRIDAY! 
Here are a few details:

*Takes place from 11:30-12:30 
   ~ 11:30 is lunch as a family
   ~ 12:00 organized activities, face painting, or play on playground 

*All family members are welcome to come

*Bring a lunch for your family or your child can order a sack lunch

*You may want a blanket to sit on

*You and your child will need to plan a spot to meet on the playground

Please let me know if you have any questions. Looking forward to a fun afternoon. Hope to see you all there! 

May 23: Newsletter

Here is the newsletter for the week.

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Enjoy the long Memorial weekend!

Tomorrow is our field trip!

We are headed to Frederik Meijer Gardens tomorrow and the weather looks AMAZING!

We will eating at an outdoor pavilion; therefore, your child will need a sack lunch that can be completely thrown away when your child is done eating.  Please write your child's name on the front of the bag.  Your child should also wear his/her class t-shirt.  We will be walking around the gardens most of the day so your child should wear comfy shoes and appropriate clothing for being outside part of the day.  Also, you may want your child to have on sunscreen.  We will be outside most of the morning hours.


Finally, thanks to all of the parents that volunteered to chaperone.  I greatly appreciate your help!  If you could arrive to school around 8:45, that would be great!   We will leave promptly at 9:00 AM.  A few parents may be able to join us on the bus.  Otherwise, we will have parents carpool to the gardens.

Here are the chaperones that I am planning on:
Jen Alberda, Jen VanHuis, Danielle Bender, Becky Bush, Michelle Geysbeek, Sun Gunnink, Kary Bosma, Stacey Kempf, Jen Lopez, and Julie Leenheer.  See you tomorrow!

We are looking forward to a fun day!

May 16: Newsletter

Here is our newsletter for the week.

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I hope you enjoy the chilly weekend!

School Family Picnic

Parents,

If you have read the Bauer Bits and/or saw the note that came home a few weeks ago, we will be having our Annual Bauer School Picnic on Friday, May 30 from 11:30-12:30. This is an opportunity to come and eat lunch with your child/children, enjoy some simple easy activities, and to have fun!

A note went home explaining that there will only be a sack lunch provided for hot lunch (meaning no lunch choices for that day).  These need to be pre-ordered.  I know many of you are probably planning to bring lunch for your child on that day! I want to be sure that no one is without a lunch, so if you are planning on your child needing to order lunch, please let me know as soon as possible so we can give Food Service our lunch count! 

Thanks and let me know if you have any questions!

May 9: Newsletter

Here is the newsletter for the week and a few other pieces of information for you!

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1.  Bauer Elementary, GOTR (Girls on the Run), will sponsor a bake sale on Tuesday, May 13th during last recess.  Each bake good will cost $0.50.  The Bake Sale will Benefit our charity organization, Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital. All of the funds raised will used to supply patients with Ty Beanie Boos.  Beanie Boos are needed to award patients, post surgery and also provide a comfort in recovery.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT!!

2.  If you are interested in summer tutoring, please let me know.  There are many staff members at Bauer that will be tutoring in reading and math.  

3.  Thank you!  Thank you!  Thank you!  Thank you for showering me with so many great gifts this week.  I feel so lucky to work with such great kids and wonderful, supportive parents.  You are all such a blessing!

4.  Happy Mother's Day!  I hope you have a great weekend with your family and get pampered with lots of love on Sunday.  Have a great day!!!

Feeling the love...

A few more flowers to brighten my day.  Thank you!

Thank you!

Blooming with smiles and love today!  Thank you!

Thank you!

Thank you for the teacher appreciation gifts.  I was overwhelmed with such sweet notes yesterday and now today I have been STUCK with such kindness.  Thank you for your thoughtfulness!

Newsletter: May 2

I am going to try to keep it short and sweet this week.  I will not be writing a formal newsletter because I was out of the classroom a few days for a meeting and then sick.  Instead, I thought I would just post a few reminders for the upcoming week.  Plus, we had a field trip so don't miss the pictures from our day!

Homework 6-9, 6-10, 6-11, & 6-13 and take home task #23 will be due Friday, May 9.
Also, Friday, May 9 is our last school spirit day.  It is NEON day!  That should be fun!!!

We will review for our unit 6 math assessment on Monday and Tuesday.  Our final assessment will be on Wednesday, May 7.  I will send home a review for you to look over with your child on Tuesday.

Today I sent home your child's May spelling words.  This is our LAST list of spelling words for the year!  Please continue to practice these words at home.  They will be assessed at the end of the month.  Also, I did notice that many students are still having trouble spelling through, different, and very.  It would be great to practice these words at home as well.

Have a great weekend!

Field Trip

The rain can't stop us from having fun! 

Here are a few pictures from our day.  Please notice the crazy bowling skills, our fun lunch, and the amazing dance moves.  

We had a great time!

Field Trip Reminders

I wanted to remind you of a few things before our field trip on Friday.  First of all, if it is raining, we will not do the walking tour of Hudsonville.  Instead we will meet at the bowling alley at 12:00 for lunch and bowling.  If this is the case, I will post it on the blog on Friday morning so you will know.  Otherwise, we are planning on the tour and bowling (10:50-2:00)!  Here are some other details:

1. All students need to wear their BLUE class shirts!

2. Your child does NOT need a lunch.  We will still have our morning snack break.

3. If you are a chaperone for our class, please be at school by 10:45 so I can go over a few things with you.

4. There is not enough room for all parents to ride on the bus.  We will need you to follow the bus.  We will be dropped off at the new transportation department.  Please park at the old bus barn parking lot because there is not enough parking at the new building (they are right next to each other).  Thanks so much!

We are looking forward to a great time!

As you child might have mentioned, I have been out of the classroom yesterday and today.  I am home with the flu, but I will be ready for our field trip tomorrow!