Brrr!

Well, January is certainly flying by quickly. Perhaps that had something to do with the lack of days we had school? This frigid weather just doesn’t seem to want to go away. Unfortunately the snow days aren’t even as much fun for the kids as they typically are because they have had to stay inside. Hopefully it will all be over soon.

As you are aware, Enrichment Day is coming up this Saturday, February 1^st, from 9:00 – 11:30. Your child should have brought home a packet with them last Thursday. Classes fill up quickly and are filled on a first-come, first-served basis so make sure you get your form in if you haven’t done so already.

Students were also given the opportunity this week to take home a Science Fair packet. If your child didn’t bring one home, and they would like to participate in this year’s Science Fair, please make sure they ask their teacher for a packet. Again, the Science Fair is non-competitive, a lot of fun, and will be held in conjunction with our next math night on Tuesday, March 18^th.

Congratulations to the following winners of the December coloring contest from East Hill’s 5^th Grade Newspaper, The Junior Wildcat Times: Lauren Puchta (1^st Place, 5^th Grade), Clare DeVore (2^nd Place, 2^nd Grade), and Matthew Craybas (3^rd Place, 3^rd Grade.) The contest is judged by all of our fifth graders in addition to all of our faculty and staff. The winners receive gift certificates for our school store.

As a reminder, this Friday there is no school as our staff has a professional development day. We will be taking part in a required training as well as spending part of our day analyzing all of the recent data we have collected to help better inform our instruction.

The math words of the week are skip count (M), break apart (T), compensation (W), and number bond (Th). Last week’s words (I didn’t send out my blog last week), were column, area, and area model.

Bundle up!

-          -  Lisa

A Five Day Week Possibly?

Well, here’s hoping for a full week of school! It will be the only five day week in January as we have next Monday off in celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and the students have Friday, January 31^st off for a teacher workshop day.

This year’s Dialogue with the Superintendent will be held this Wednesday in the High School LGI from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.  Everyone is welcome to attend.

Save the Date! It is not too early to begin planning for this year’s Science Fair, which will be held on Tuesday, March 18^th from 6:30 to 7:30. We will be holding our second Math Night in conjunction with the Science Fair. Our Science Fair is non-competitive and is open to all students in grades K-5. Students are encouraged to work with a sibling, a neighbor, a friend, a parent, etc. More information about the Science Fair as well as Math Night will be sent out soon.

The math words of the week are equivalent fraction (M), benchmark fraction (T), tenth (W), hundredth (Th), and row (F) Have a great week!

- Lisa

Happy New Year!

I hope you all had a nice holiday break with your families. I’m sure the students enjoyed the extra 2 day bonus. My own children certainly did!

The last week in December was a busy one at East Hill. We had our 4^th and 5^th grade concert assembly on Monday, the evening concert on Thursday, and holiday parties on Thursday as well. The 5th grade orchestra also played for students waiting in the lunch line on Thursday.Teaching assistants in two of our first grade classrooms provided hand-made hats for all of the students (see pictures below.) Lastly, our 5^th graders put together another edition of the Junior Wildcat Times. Click here to read it.

The math words of the day for this week are order of operations (M), fraction (T), numerator (W), denominator (Th), and equivalent fraction (F).

I hope to see you at the PTA meeting tonight. It will be held at 6:30 in the library. Enjoy the rest of the week!

- Lisa