Mrs. Pickett's Kindergarten Class 2017-2018

Today the children are bringing home coin boxes.  Legacy Student Council is raising money for research into a cure for leukemia and lymphoma.  Students can ask for donations from family and friends to put in their boxes.  When the boxes are returned, we will send them to the Student Council.  Their goal is to raise $3000.  If every student brought $5 in, they could reach their goal.  You are not obligated to donate, but you have the opportunity. Please be sure to send your child to school with weather appropriate clothes.  I worry about children going outside in a sweatshirt when it is 20 degrees out. 

Welcome back after a week's vacation!  I hope everyone is staying warm!  Here are a few things to think about over the next week or so: We had a wonderful Valentine's Party.  Look at the end of this post for some of the pictures! Book Orders Book orders are due on Friday.  You can either fill out the form and bring it to school with a check, or go online to order and use our class code. These are terrific books at great prices and they help our classroom! Snacks Our classroom supply of snacks is running low!  As the children are growing, they feel like they need a snack during the day.  If they did not bring a snack from home, they will ask me for one.  At the moment, our community supply of snacks is running low.  If you would like to help us and contribute to that, it would be appreciated. Kleenex Our classroom supply of Kleenex is running low.  Sniffle season hit our kleenex supply hard!  Now we need to replenish it.  If you could help us with this, it would be gr

I am embarrassed that it has been a month since my last post.  It is important that you know what is happening in our classroom and I have dropped the ball on passing that information along.  I apologize.  Here's what you need to know. Wednesday, February 7 is a Late Start Day .  School will start at 11:30 and dismiss at 3:40.  When the children arrive, we will go directly to lunch.  NO SCHOOL -We will not have school on Friday, February 16 or Monday, February 19.  LONG DAY - Since we are not at school on Monday, February 19, we will be at school ALL DAY on Friday, February 23. Valentine's Day - We will have a Valentine's Day Party on Wednesday, February 14.  It will be from 9:20-10:30.  Children are welcome to bring Valentine's for every child in the class (we have 20 children).  Please do not worry about writing who the Valentine is for, only write who it is from.  If you write who the Valentine is to, children spend an enormous amount of time trying to find