Thursday

     Hello All! Even though I was only gone one day, it was so nice to get back to your sweet children and their smiling faces and generous hugs.
     Today's morning meeting was lead by Sylvia. We then decorated our "treasure bags" for the Halloween party tomorrow given to us by Kim's and Betsy's classes. Don't forget to send your child in their normal clothes for the day - I will help them change into their costumes for the parade.
     Later this morning we had music class with Kim and came back to class to do a "painting project". I let the children pick between a bat or a spider and they colored them with markers. After they were finished coloring, the magic happened. We painted over the marker with water and watched as the colors bled together. These are wooden, like the leaves sent home earlier last month. We let them dry and I put magnets on the back. The children also put googly eyes on them(I didn't have enough to put 8 on each spider, but we did talk about how spiders have 8 eyes, not 2!). They turned out great and I'll be sending them home today. Half day students will bring theirs home tomorrow.

Reminders:

• TOMORROW(Friday) is the Halloween Parade and celebration. Please remember to send a costume for your child to wear in the parade. Teachers will help your child change into their costume, so please send them in clothes they can comfortably wear the remainder of the day. Kim's and Betsy's classes have planned several events for the children and they will collect some "treasures" to bring home. The parade will be after the celebration leading us into recess.
• Do you know what's more fun than spring cleaning? Waiting until fall to do it! Our board is hosting a C.S. family yard sale November 6 at CS. Think of it as an opportunity to declutter for the upcoming holidays and guests. You get more space in your house, the school earns money which will be spent on the children, the local economy gets a boost and everybody wins. What an easy way to help make the world a better place. You can even unload your treasures this Saturday (9-1) at the corner of Lamar and Williamson Road, next to the log cabin. People will be there to unload your car (or semi).

• Have you checked your child's conference time? The schedule was sent out in Tuesday's Quick Notes. Click here to view the schedule. Please note, your child comes with you to their conference. Please let me know if your time doesn't work. I am willing to meet you before or after school any day of the week if Nov. 9th won't work for you. 

Questions? Let me know!