My Kindergarten Teacher

Sadly, the elementary school I went to is closing after this school year. Friday, the school had a celebration for all the former and current teachers, staff, and students. I was chosen to be the former student to give a speech about my time at the school during the ceremony. It was so nice to see all my old teachers and tell them all about the class I am teaching now. I though you might enjoy this picture. Here I am with my own kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Habbic!

More Outstanding Exhibitions

I really want to congratulate all the students for their wonderful exhibitions! I was so impressed at what they learned about their animal and how they met their learning goals! I also want to thank the parents and families who helped at home and were present to support the students. Great job everyone!

More Excellent Exhibitions

I am so impressed this trimester! So many students are completing wonderful presentations and are meeting all the exhibition requirements! Here are some more students who shared today.

Spring Exhibitions

Wow! What a great start to our exhibition week! Check our some of the students' presentations about their favorite wild animals!

UPA Carnival

The 5th annual UPA Carnival was Friday. Many students in our class came with their families for games, food, prizes, and lots of fun! Ms. Sangeorzan, my husband, and I ran the fish toss game. Check out all the good times!

Butterfly

In science we are learning about living things. The past few weeks the students have watched caterpillars make a chrysalis and now turn into a butterfly. Yesterday, we let our butterfly go.

Fun Run!

Over the long weekend, UPA hosted the first Fun Run at Belle Isle. I didn't get everyone, but check out some of our friends exercising and having fun in the sun!

Michelle Obama at Wayne State

One of our students was able to see and listen to Michelle Obama's speech yesterday at Wayne State. After she told us about it, we watched parts of it as a class. The students were really interested in her message about staying in school, doing your best, and being a role model to others. We had such a great conversation about it, and later in the day I even overheard students saying, "Obama wants us to be good in school." It made me smile!

Please take a few minutes to watch the video at home with your student. It is a great conversation starter and very moving!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Rl6DMf3vQs

Updates

Wednesday, May 26: UPA Art Show from 5:00-7:00pm

Thursday, May 27: Some animals will be visiting our school for the students to see.

Friday, May 28: Free Dress for $1.00

Saturday, May 29: 5k Run/Walk on Belle Isle

Monday, May 31: Memorial Day- No School

Friday, May 4th: After School Carnival

June 7-11th: Exhibition Week

June 15: Awards Ceremony

June 18th: Last Day of School

We NEED parent help!

We are asking for parents to donate $1-2.00 to help put together the baskets that will be raffled off at the carnival.

We also need parent volunteers to help students pick out books for our summer reading club. Let me know if you are interested in coming to school during the day to help out on Wednesday, May 2nd.

Farm Trip Movie

Today, we put together the pictures and our favorite memories from our trip to the farm. We hope you enjoy our movie!