Such an Exciting Time...

We thank the many parents who attended open house on Tuesday night. Thank you for spending your evening with us! We enjoyed seeing all of you again and sharing school activities with you. As many of you saw, there was a video playing in the classrooms and the Eagle's Nest. That video is now on the blog. If you look right above this post, you will find a link to click, and the video will be right there to watch! Enjoy! **Thank you, room moms and PTO parents, for all of your hard work! You are appreciated!**

Yesterday, we took our school pictures. We gave our best smiles, and we can't wait to see our pictures!

Wow! We had 41 terrific ticket winners this morning(see "Terrific Ticket" tab to see updated winners). It was such a blessing to see all the parents and family members come and join us for chapel. Mr. Sam Yinger, our Vice President, spoke a great lesson on LOVE. He told the students how much their parents love them as well as the teachers but most importantly how much God loves them. What a wonderful thing to hear first thing this morning. Thank you Sam and thank you parents for joining us! 

This year, we will be e-mailing our report cards instead of printing them out. 1st-4th grade will receive report cards at the end of the school day next Friday via e-mail. Since we can all check grades on RenWeb ahead of time, you may choose to print off the report card from your e-mail if you would like a paper copy. Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten will receive reports cards as usual, due to the nature of their work. 

Just a reminder parents if your child come in after 7:45 a.m. you must come in with your child to sign them in. Thank you!

Kindergarten took a field trip this Morning to kick off our Apple Unit. While we were there we had the opportunity to learn about apples, using all five senses. We tasted things made from apples. The kindergarteners smelled the sweetness of apples, apple cider, and honey. The sense of hearing and touch was used while we were making apple cider. We also saw how they could core, cut, and peel an apple at the same time. In the end, each kindergartner was able to go home with a bag of apples and an apple cup. There is a video below that you can watch of their field trip. LOOK UNDER THE "EAGLE NEWS" TAB TO SEE PICTURES OF THEIR FIELD TRIP.

This week on the blog, you will find several news things. There is a new link for "pal" time where you can see what stories I am reading with your child's class each week. There is a "teacher feature" page as well, where you can see and learn about our staff. The VIDEO from Open House is located on the right side of the blog. It says,"school video-click here". Lastly, there are some new pictures up in "Eagle News" about book buddies, and some in "Work/Friends" where you can find our children building relationships. 

Mrs. Walters's 3rd-grade class discussed the events of 9/11. Few adults have forgetten where they were on 9/11. However, ten years on, a new generation is growing up whose members have no personal recollection of the attacks. To them, 9/11 is something that belongs to their parents' era. Mrs. Walters, like many of our families, has a military son, and she felt it was important to discuss the events of that day and how it impacted the lives of many Americans and our country as a whole. For most of us, regardless of how we discuss the events of that day, the experience will never be forgotten.

Coming up NEXT Thursday, we have had a change in plans. The first Thursday of every six weeks is now a School-Wide Chapel. This is such a great opportunity for our entire school to worship and sing praise to God as one group. Therefore, our fourth graders will be leading chapel service Thursday, September 29th. We look forward to the lesson they will share with us. If you want to see who is speaking each Thursday, click on the link right above the date of this post. The link is in red and says, "Click Here for Chapel Speakers".

Paul Heggen with channel 4 news is now coming on Wednesday, September 28th. The students will love the weather presentation.

Dinner Discussion winners are ice cream and invisibility! Let's see what those questions are this week!