Report Card Reminders

Today was an exciting day of meeting many future OES students in admissions day. When the dust settled, families had left and discussions were finished, I sat down to finish editing and submitting my report cards.

I wanted to let you now how proud I am of the class. They are working very hard in class on how to work together, show compassion, work independently without distraction and controlling their impulses. They are also working on building fluency and complexity to their mathematical computations, read deeper into the text, analyze author's craft, write full sentences correctly, write proper paragraphs, and think of new perspectives and ideas with an open and analytical mind. This is a lot to accomplish!

We are halfway through the year and your child's report card will reflect that we still have a half a year to work on some concepts and skills. I encourage you to sign up for a conference if you have not already. I am excited to talk about each student and our plans for the rest of the year.

Potters For Peace

This morning Michael, the US ceramics teacher, talked to us about an organization he belongs to called Potters for Peace. This organization helps 3rd world countries create businesses make water filter systems that last 7 years and cost about $20. The class was respectful listeners and asked great questions.

Margaret Haddix Vistis

Today Margaret Haddix visited and talked about her books. Many of us, including myself, had never read her books before and it was a wonderful opportunity to learn about a new series. Everyone in the class left the talk with at least one book we wanted to read. The library has many of her books and will be ordering more!

Spelling Bee

We gathered today to cheer on Lahna during the 4-8 grade Spelling Bee. She did a wonderful job. We were so proud of her. 4th grader Yuankai Gao was the OES winner.

Happy birthday Willa

Unicycling Schedule

The PE teachers have requested that students listed below bring in a helmet for a unicycle opportunity. The helmet would be needed on the dates below. I can make room in the class for helmets if you want to just leave them at school for the whole time period.

1/20, 1/21, & 1/26 

Gregory, Porter, Kaan, Renee, Owen, Sophia

1/27, 1/28, & 2/2

Ari, Julian, Lahna, Ria, Solomon, Tatum

2/3, 2/4, & 2/10

Alex, Anna, Arthur, Linnea, Lou, Willa

Please contact me or the PE teachers with any questions.

MLK Assembly

For the past two weeks, the whole 4th grade has been working on a common vision for our Martin Luther King Assembly. Today, we presented our assembly. Here is some of the feedback we have received from our audience:

2nd graders thanked us for reminding everyone that..

• We can always remember him.
• His words still travel through the wind and our world.
• Martin Luther King Jr. died, but his ideas didn’t.

Mrs. Rheingans said,
The children's words, art, and music touched me deeply. Truly magical, wonderful work!!

Mrs. Johnson Mounsey said, 

Beautiful assembly.  I was inspired and proud of all the children.  Many thanks for all the hard work and time that went into this.

Mo Copeland said, 

Absolutely. A wonderful, moving, genuine and heartfelt program. A ton of work--thank you. Mo