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...

Newsletter

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!!!

May 23: Newsletter

Here is the newsletter for the week.

Newsletter

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!

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!