Dear Parents,

Early this week one of our teachers came into the office and reminded me that we have only been in school for three weeks.  I couldn’t believe it.   

Our new furniture has arrived in the library, and our book room is stocked with new nonfiction material thanks to our PTA.  Eagle Scouts have built planter boxes into our kindergarten areas, and are getting ready to build a sandbox in the garden area.

Teachers have been busy building positive classroom cultures throughout their classrooms by reading books about the first day of school and having classroom meetings.  In addition, they have been working on administering our new district wide assessment in grades K-6 using  iReady in reading and mathematics.  These diagnostic assessments are only ONE measure we will be using to inform our understanding of a student’s current strengths and areas of growth.

Earlier this week as I made my rounds into classrooms,  I read Nate the Great in a second grade class and observed the students expanding their understanding of the story by capturing a scene from the story in a drawing and later writing about that event.   Later in the week I taught a lesson on hominids and had a blast discussing the evolution of man in a sixth year class.  I learned a lot.   

Ask your children about their day and/or week:

“What’s the coolest thing that happened? What wasn’t so cool?”

“Pretend you’re the teacher.  How would you describe the day?”

“What made you laugh?”

“What was the most creative thing you did?”

“How were you kind or helpful today?  Was anyone kind or helpful to you?”

Lynn Boskie

Principal

Buzzzz…. Did you know that I was born in Del Ridder, Louisiana near Fort Polk.  My father was stationed there.