Dear Parents,

The walkathon is tomorrow and I can’t wait to experience the event for the first time. Mr. Monopoly, originally known as Rich Uncle Pennybags came to kick off the walk-a-thon.  I’m looking forward to seeing everyone out there walking and just having fun.  Be sure to have your children layer and bring a rain jacket just in case.   Remind your children to drink lots of water, bring sunscreen but please no umbrellas.  

What’s Happening in our Community

Last weekend was The Half Moon Bay pumpkin weigh off.  ABC 7 News was there  and a family from our school was interviewed and their pumpkins were shown at the end of the clip--take a look: http://abc7news.com/1548102/

For those of you who are wondering who won, it was a woman from Washington. Her pumpkin weighed in at 1,900 plus!

Reading Buzzz…. Just read an article about how to nurture the motivation to read and thought I would share the article.  Please click here to read the article.

Math Buzzz… Check out these websites:

Number Cruncher -- Fast facts in addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.  There are three different skill levels which make this site appropriate for grades 1 - 6.  Select from the following four sites, and then select a level:

Addition - http://www.edbydesign.com/maths/number_cruncher_add.html;

Subtraction - http://www.edbydesign.com/maths/number_cruncher_subtract.html ;

Multiplication - http://www.edbydesign.com/maths/number_cruncher_multiply.html ;

Division - http://www.edbydesign.com/maths/number_cruncher_divide.html ; and

Challenger (all four operations in one) - http://www.edbydesign.com/maths/number_cruncher_challenger.html

Mindset...Carol Dweck, "Developing a Growth Mindset" to view the youtube about developing growth mindset click on the above title.

Buzz… Did you know that Mrs. Boskie has lived in the bay area for over 30 years.   

Lynn Boskie, Principal