Things are in full swing here at East Hill. Thank you to everyone that was able to attend last week's Curriculum Night. We had a great turnout once again!
Our PARP (Pick a Reading Partner) Reading Celebration Committee met this week to begin planning the two week celebration which will take place in October. This year's theme is "Elect to Read." We wanted to do something in conjunction with the election. The candidates we will be focusing on, however, will not be Donald and Hillary. We will be running a fiction vs. non-fiction campaign! It should be a lot of fun. The teachers have many great ideas and activities planned for the students.
This morning our Shared Decision Making Committee met. The goal we decided to work on this year is developing procedures to maintain a safe and supportive cafeteria for our students. The cafeteria should be done in about a month. The committee came up with a lot of great ideas.
Student Council elections are being held this week and we will hold our first Student Council meeting next week. Their first task will be to finish filling the time capsule which will be buried in our playground in October. They will also work on posters for our Word of the Day, have a role in the Reading Celebration, run a Community Service event, and plan other activities as well.
Fifth Grade Safety Patrol is up and running. The Safety Patrol helps to make sure that all students get to the correct bus in a timely fashion. Speaking of buses, bus safety drills were held last week.
Please remember that next Thursday, September 29th, is a half-day with an 11:30 dismissal. If you are planning on picking up your child, please plan to arrive at 11:15 as they will be dismissed at 11:20.
Next week you will be receiving information about School Picture Day which will be held on Wednesday, October 5th.
Lastly, the PTA directory forms are due tomorrow. The class directory enables families to communicate for social purposes as well as for room parents to organize classroom activities and many PTA sponsored events. If you have any questions about the directory, please contact Edelika Becker at edelika@aol.com.
Enjoy the beautiful fall weather we have coming!
- Lisa
