January 6, 2017

Hello Families!
Welcome back to 2017!  It is going to be a GREAT year!

The Great Kindness Challenge is being held the week of January 9, 2017.  There is a theme for each day!  Students can dress to match the theme if they wish.

Monday - Step up to Kindness *Wear your boots with your school uniform
Tuesday - Show Some Love * Wear red, pink, and white with uniform bottoms
Wednesday - Team up to Clean *Wear your favorite team jersey with uniform bottoms
Thursday - Shine for Kindness *Wear NEON with uniform bottoms
Friday - Wake up to Kindness *Wear Pajamas but NO SLIPPERS

Students can purchase kindness grams before school and send them to a friend/teacher for 0.50 cents

Friendly and Kind coin drive will be going on this week also.  Each grade level is trying to collect the most pennies and bills.  Each grade level can donate silver coins to other grade levels which counts against that grade levels final total.  But, ALL of the money collected is going towards a GREAT cause: Feed My Starving Children.  It is friendly, kind coin drive with a little twist.  Students can donate to their coin jar or to another grade level's coin jar before school.  The grade level with the highest total earns a FREE DRESS DAY!!!  So, donate pennies and bills to 5/6 and donate silver coins to the other grade levels!

You should have received a letter home explaining the January 25 & 26 ILP sign up.  The ILP will be student led conference.  If you need to speak to a specific teacher those days, please sign and return the letter to your child's foundation teacher ASAP.  You will sign up for a group time on the conference sign up that comes via email.  Please let your child's foundation teacher know if you have questions.

Science Camp - Please continue to make monthly payments for science camp!  All forms will be coming home during ILP conferences or sent home the following week if you don't come to conferences.  Students $155 and Chaperones $110.  All chaperones are REQUIRED to have a fingerprint clearance card.

ASU Prep School Picnic is February 24, 2017.  We are currently accepting donations for the 5/6 classroom baskets.  We hope you will be able to donate 1 or 2 items. Thank you in advance!!  We are requesting that all donations be sent in by February 10th.  Thank you, thank you!  We would love a volunteer to help coordinate this effort!

One of our basket themes is: Family Fun
The other basket theme is: Outdoor Fun

All of 5/6 is participating in a program called Class Links.  We will be conducting a variety of activities during our foundation classroom to encourage students to get to know each other a little better and to continue to build a strong classroom environment.

Martin Luther King Holiday - Monday, January 16, 2017  No School
Science Center Field Trip - Friday, January 20, 2017  Watch for the permission slip to come home!

A BIGGS thank you for the many kindnesses that were sent my way!  Thank you notes are coming home!  I'm grateful for your thoughtfulness and willingness to share your time and talents with me!  Thank you, thank you!

yours in science,
Mrs. Biggs