Brown Bag Meeting, October 1st

Here are the minutes to our first Brown Bag meeting of the year (which I COMPLETELY forgot about!!)  Thanks to Regina who is entering year three or four, I think, of being our minutes-taker.

 

• Parent Conferences – week of 10/13, sign up is on the classroom door.  During that week, there will be no school on Monday.  The remaining days will be a short schedule and all students (school-wide) will be released at 12:35.
• Chili Dinner Fundraiser for the K-3 Multiage will be held at the school on Wed 10/22.  Details regarding time and fee will be forthcoming.  The menu will include chili, cornbread, rolls.  Val Muir is coordinating.  Sign-ups for food items to bring will be on the classroom door soon.  This is a big fundraiser for our class (we made over $500 last year) and is a wonderful opportunity to meet other parents and enjoy time with friends.    Thank you in advance to Greg Clisby and Jeff Burton for offering to help with the lighting.
• Walk-a-Thon is scheduled for 10/31 (this date might change, look for updates).  This is another big fundraiser for our classroom, as all monies raised in this school-wide event go directly to the child’s classroom.  Please consider donating.
• The teachers would like to thank all the parents for being on time with the kids in the morning.  This has been good for our school’s attendance.
• The 2^nd and 3^rd graders have started pod casting.  They are re-telling fairytales using garage band on the school laptops. 
• The K-yard – we need parents to continue to bring the K’s out to the K yard before school, for safety reasons.  When you are comfortable, you can leave them there (the yard is supervised starting at 7:45 a.m. and fully enclosed).  The teachers are not always around our classroom before school.  Also, the older students have been asked by the teachers to put their backpacks on the patio in the morning and then proceed to the supervised play area behind the school.  In order to send a consistent message, it’s important that all the children are in the appropriate supervised areas, rather than just being on the patio.  Thanks for your help with this.
• Halloween – it is a school-wide policy that there is no dress-up on Halloween.  Different schools in the district have different policies. 
• Recycling – next drop off date is 10/23 (please do not drop off any recycling until that day).  We recycle aluminum and plastic, anything with CRV on it.  Please have the items cleaned out and pre-sorted in a bag with your child’s name on it.  They can be left on the patio on 10/23.  If you are interested in helping to drop the items off after school, you are welcome!  This has been a big fundraiser for us as well (raised over $400 last year). 
• Reflections Competition – open to all students, this is a national competition.  Flyers have been sent home.  There will be a workshop on 10/21 in Mrs. Unland’s class.  The theme is Wow.

If you have any questions, please contact Laurel T. or Holly W.