Hi! I hope everyone had a good weekend!

I will send home a partially completed schedule for parent teacher conferences. (We will have our conferences the week of September 30 rather than the week of October 14.) If you have not done so already please write your child’s name in three available spaces indicating times that you would be able to come in and return it as soon as possible. I will send home a note with your scheduled conference time on Thursday. I look forward to meeting with you! 

Report cards for the first quarter will be sent home Friday, October 4. 

Our Pancake Breakfast with the Principal will be on Friday, October 4, as well.  The kids love to eat pancakes – with the principal!

Monday, October 7, through Friday, October 11 will be Fall Break. There will be no school that week.

This week’s spelling words are attached to this week's newsletter.  Please be sure that your child reads and practices these words every day. Your child’s spelling test scores directly reflect the time they spend reading and practicing the words.  

Also, the attached reading log must be completed and is due on Monday. It is essential that your child read as much as possible to strengthen her/his reading skills. 

This week's spelling words:

lift

lifted

lifting

drop

dropped

dropping

hugged

hugging

smile

smiled

smiling

excited

exciting

talked

talking

Have a great week!

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J  “Let us not say, ‘Every man is the architect of his own fortune.’ but let us say, ‘Every man is the architect of his own character.”     George Dana Boardman