Dear Parents,

 

February has been a fun month in many ways.  Thank you for helping us celebrate our birthdays (Ms. Franco and Ms. Hellstrom), both with cake, card, flowers and gift. It was greatly appreciated from both of us.

Some of the things happening have been:

Mr. Alamillo, Isaiah’s dad, came to visit and told us about his job delivering mail in our neighboorhood. Yesterday a dentist, Dr. David S. Nikfarjam, came by to show us how to brush our teeth. Both Mr. Alamillo and Dr. Nikfarjam left gifts for us to take home.

Mrs. Sebastiani, Vanessa’s mom, showed us how to make pasta yesterday. That was a lot of fun. We also danced with Ruddy in the eight grade classroom. The eight graders were impressed.

Thanks for all your support!

Love,

Ms. Hellstrom, Ms. Franco and Mrs. Meyer

Monday, March 2- Dr. Seuss’ Birthday

On Monday we will celebrate Dr. Seuss’ Birthday by reading books he has written. Please bring books to school for this event. All books will be well taken care of and returned at the end of the day.

Thanks:)

Thursday, Feb. 26

A local dentist will visit the primary grades (pre-K-2) on Thursday morning.

Field Trip!

We will be taking a field trip on Tuesday March 3, 2009 to The Page Museum at The La Brea Tar Pits. It is located on 5801 Wilshire Blvd.

Our scheduled entry time is 9:45 but we need to arrive 15 minutes before. Time to leave Good Shepherd TBA.

There is no cost for the feild trip, however each child must bring their own lunch in a brown bag. (Please no tupperwear or thermos) 

Children may wear their spirit shirst and blue jeans on this day.

We will also need parent volunteers to drive and chaparone for our trip. If you are interested please let Ms. Franco know.

We can’t wait!

Family Fun Night at Island!

Come and support our school at Island on Monday night, 5:00pm-9:30pm. 20% of the bill goes back to the school. Don’t forget to bring the flier.

Thanks:)

Thank You!

Thank you everyone for making me feel so special on my birthday!My Card was precious, cake delicious, and my gift very much appreciated you are all so kind and good to me. I feel so loved!

With Love,

Ms. Franco =D

Humpty Dumpty Project

On Friday, February 20th  we will be conducting an experiment in  Pre-k. Its an experiment that the children have been wanting to conduct since we first started learning the “Humpty Dumpty” Mother Goose Rhyme,can we piece humpty dumpty back together again?!?! Why couldn’t the all the kings horses and all the kings men put Humpty Dumpty together again? 

 We will need two egg shells from each student to conduct this experiment. One to decorate As Humpty Dumpty and one both decorate, to fall off the wall, and try to piece back together. No hard boiled eggs please, just two washed egg shells. Thank You in Advanced! This should be really interesting and  fun!

Friday, February 13th

On Friday February 13th children may dress in Valentines Day Colors (Red, Purple, white or Pink) !

Valentine’s Day Celebration

On Friday, February 13^th we are celebrating Valentine’s Day. Students are asked to bring one card for a card exchange.  A list of names is sent home to help you get started. You can purchase cards or be creative and make your own. There are 18 students in the class, 8 boys and 10 girls. Your child needs to bring 17 cards to participate. The cards need to be filled out before they are brought to school.

This is a good writing experience for the children, please help them pace it and write a few cards each day. Remind them to write as neat as they can since they are giving the cards away, but remember that we just started writing letters and mistakes such as reversed letters are accepted. Parents can also assist in the writing. For some, writing their own name is a challenge.  Have fun!!

Love, Ms. Hellstrom, Ms. Franco and Mrs. Meyer

Pre-K Showing Some Lovin’

       As you all know February is the Monthof Love and Friendship! In our class this month we will be making lots of hearts, using the color pink(rosa) and lots of red(rojo). I would really Love if the children would please bring in a picture from home where love can be seen.Please keep in mind when choosing a picture that I will be using two staples to put these up.

Also this month . . .

• We will be learning about Our Nation’s Presidents as we do have a holiday on Monday, Feb. 16th for them. No school on this day!
• Our Highreach topic for this month is Discoveries in the Grass.
•  We have two community workers A Mailman and Dentist.We will have these two community workers coming in to speak to our class on differentdays in February.
• February is Dental Hygiene Awareness Month! 
• For one of our Learning Activities we will need each child to bring in An envelope addressed to your home and stamped.Please do not seal these! We will be sending something home to you in these. Please give these to Ms. Franco no later than Tuesday of next week. Thank You!