Hi everyone!

Thanks for checking in with the Blog! Here is the important news for the upcoming month of March, and some April news as well!

On Friday February 27^th, students will be bringing home a note regarding morning drop off and after school pick up routines.  We have noticed an increasing amount of unsupervised students in the hallways, and we are asking you to please take the time to go over the routine with your Grade 1 student, as well as any other family members that may be involved in drop offs/ pickups. 

You may have heard that we have been preparing for our grand One School One Book project kick off! For those of you new to MMH, One School One Book is a great family literacy project, where every family at our school will be reading the same novel over the course of a month.  The big reveal with happen on Monday, March 2^nd at 9:00 in the gym.  There will be information sent home along with 1 copy of our chosen book to every family on Monday.  Once OSOB gets rolling, all classes will be working on the novel study activities throughout the month of March.

Teachers have been working on preparing the March Report Cards.  March report cards will be sent home on Tuesday, March 17^th.  There will be a school-wide Celebration of Learning night on Thursday, March 19^th. Each grade level is doing something a little different.  In Grade One, we will open up our classrooms as an informal way of celebrating our accomplishments so far!  If you wish to have a traditional parent/teacher interview, please contact your teacher to book a time for Friday, March 20^th.    

On Tuesday, March 10^th, Conference Manager will open to parents at 6:00am for booking times.  There are instructions and links on the school site for how to book a time. Please let the office know if you are having difficulties.  We look forward to celebrating with you on that night!

On Thursday, April 2^nd, the Grade One classes will have their classroom Easter Parties in the afternoon. If you had signed up to bring snacks, your teacher will send home a reminder note prior to that day. 

Our classes had an awesome time at Home Hardware, which was a great way to kick off our Building Things Unit.  Thank you to the Westside Home Hardware staff for welcoming us into your store!  Our next field trip will be at the Helen Schuler Nature Center to learn about seasonal changes.  We will be needing parent volunteers/ drivers for this trip! Here are the times/ days for our classes:

April 16^th: Mrs Johnson’s class from 9-11:30am

April 16^th- Mrs. Payne’s class from 12:30-2:30pm

April 21^st- Mrs. Fallwell’s class from 12:30 to 2:30

April 22^nd- Miss Tsentouros’ class from 12:30-2:30

Please email your child’s teacher if you are able to help out! 

That’s it- that’s all! Thanks for reading and have a great weekend!

Here some other important dates for your calendars:

Monday March 2^nd- OSOB kick off assembly @ 9am
Wednesday March 11^th- School council meeting @ 6:30pm
Tuesday March 17^th- St. Patrick’s Day Assembly @ 12:30- Wear Green
Tuesday March 17^th- Report Cards sent home
Thursday, March 19^th- Celebration of Learning night
Friday, March 20^th- No School (Parent/ Teacher interviews)
Tuesday March 24^th- Grades 1-3 Hot Lunch
Wednesday March 25^th- Grades 4-5 Hot Lunch

Wednesday April 1^st- Air Band Competition
Thursday, April 2^nd- Grade 1 Easter Parties
April 3^rd- April 10^th- Easter Break No School
Monday April 13^th- First Day Back
Thursday April 16^th- Johnston/ Payne’s class field trip
Tuesday April 21^st- Dance-A-Thon (Details TBA)
Tuesday April 21^st- Fallwell’s class field trip
Wednesday April 22^nd- Tsentouros’ class field trip
Friday April 24^th- PL Day No School
Tuesday April 28^th- Grades 1-3 Hot Lunch
Wednesday April 29^th- Grades 4-5 Hot Lunch