I’m so happy to be back here at
East Hill. It has been great re-connecting with students, staff, and several
families these past two days. Thank you to all of you that sent cards and
well-wishes my way. They were certainly appreciated! A huge thank you also goes out to the teachers and to Mrs. Williams for doing an excellent job holding down the fort in my absence.
I unfortunately missed some great
events these past six weeks – the Ice Cream Social, Curriculum Night, Character Education Assemblies, and Jogathon
to name a few, but fortunately we have several wonderful events coming up for which I fully intend to be present!
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| Mrs. Greco's class enjoying a snack after the jogathon. |
Our PARP (Parents as Reading Partners)
two-week Reading Celebration kicked off this past Tuesday. The teachers
arranged for the Varsity football team to come and show one of their favorite
children’s books during the kick-off ceremony. They then each read a book to
our students in their classrooms after the ceremony.
We were also lucky to have
(a limping) Terrel Hunt and Rony Charles, SU football players, join in on the
ceremony. Terrel’s favorite childhood book was, “To Kill a Mockingbird” and
Rony’s was, “Captain Underpants.” You should have received a packet about the
two-week Reading Celebration earlier this week. The teachers have done a super
job preparing for these two weeks of reading fun! A big thank you to the PTA for organizing our guest readers. The students really look forward to having guests in the classroom.
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| Rony Charles, Mrs. Craig, and Terrel Hunt |
Next Tuesday Dr. Brown has
invited the community to attend the East Hill Playground closing ceremony which
will be held at 6:00 p.m. The October PTA
meeting will be held after the ceremony at 7:00 p.m. Please join us!
The Halloween Parade will be at 2:00 on Friday, October 30th. More information will be sent home regarding this day soon. In the meantime, when choosing a costume, please remember that no weapons or gory costumes are allowed as we do not want to scare our youngest students.
This year we are again doing the
“Word of the Day” in an effort to increase students' appreciation and understanding of vocabulary. These
words are announced in the morning and posted in the hallways. In the past we
did a “Math Word of the Day.” This year’s words are taken from all content
areas, as well as special areas. Previous words this year include: noun, verb, adjective, responsible, digit,
author, illustrator, life cycle, anxious, addition, characters, setting,
natural resources, excited, subtract, sentence, paragraph, environment,
respectful, attribute, plot, sportsmanship, carnivore, and jealous. This week’s words are conflict, habitat, herbivore, and worried. Next week’s words are geometry (M), resolve (T), fitness (W),
omnivore (Th), and ecstatic (F).
I look forward to seeing everyone soon!
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Lisa
