Oh my goodness, I cannot believe that it is already February! I wanted to take a minute to thank everyone for coming in to conferences over the last two weeks. It has been great to share your children's progress this school year. They truly are a special group.
Here are some updates for next week:
Sitton Words: room, sea, against, top, & turned
Challenge Words: government, mayor, taxes, elect, & governor
Special Events:
Tuesday, February 5th - High Touch High Tech Georgiaology in school fieldtrip & PICTURE DAY
Wednesday, February 6th - Cobb County Early Release Day - Donate $1 to Relay for Life and wear your favorite hat
Thursday, February 7th - Curriculum Night and Spagetti Supper
Friday, February 8th - End of 4 1/2 week grading period.
That's the scoop! Have a great weekend.
Thursday, January 31, 2008
High School Musical School Dance February 22nd
This year’s school dance theme is High School Musical. It will be held on February 22 at Durham Middle School from 6:30-8:30.
This dance promises to be a huge hit with the students. They will be learning High School Musical Dances in PE. Along with dancing, there will also be High School Musical Karaoke at the dance. This is a great opportunity for the students to socialize and have fun. Don’t forget your cameras! We’ll have life-sized stand-ups of the High School Musical characters for photos and to auction off!
PTSA has designed two special t-shirts for the occasion. The girl’s shirt is a Raglan shirt with red cap sleeves and a white body. The shirt will have “High School Musical- starring Ford Elementary”. The boy’s shirt will be a baseball shirt with ¾ sleeves. The sleeves are red and the body is white. The boys shirt will have “Recess is my best subject.” These are not just plain shirts. Both shirts are very stylish and high in quality. The cost is $10 per shirt. If you are unsure of sizes to order, there will be a run of sizes in the office.
Admission to the dance will be $2 per person. Children ages 4-12 will receive a very special souvenir with admission. They will get a VIP pass with a lanyard for them to wear as their ticket. Ages 13 and up will receive a normal ticket. Children ages 3 and under are free. But if they want a souvenir VIP pass, they must pay the admission fee. You can pre-order your admission tickets to avoid the lines, or purchase them that night at the dance.
Chick-Fil-A Sandwiches will be available for pre-order only. The cost for the sandwiches is $2.50. There will be drinks and snacks also for sale at the dance.
All proceeds from the dance will go to Ford’s PE department. The money will be used to purchase new equipment for our students.
Please remember that all students must be accompanied by an adult. Durham is graciously allowing us to rent their facility and we need to take care of it. Any students causing disruptions will be asked to leave. Thanks in advance for your cooperation!
Forms were emailed out this week or can be printed from the PTSA website. There will be a special basket in the office for students to turn in their money. All checks should be made out to Ford PTSA. The deadline for all pre-orders is February 8. Some extra shirts will be ordered to sell at the dance, but not many. Tickets and shirts will be delivered to the student’s classroom the week of the dance.
This dance promises to be a huge hit with the students. They will be learning High School Musical Dances in PE. Along with dancing, there will also be High School Musical Karaoke at the dance. This is a great opportunity for the students to socialize and have fun. Don’t forget your cameras! We’ll have life-sized stand-ups of the High School Musical characters for photos and to auction off!
PTSA has designed two special t-shirts for the occasion. The girl’s shirt is a Raglan shirt with red cap sleeves and a white body. The shirt will have “High School Musical- starring Ford Elementary”. The boy’s shirt will be a baseball shirt with ¾ sleeves. The sleeves are red and the body is white. The boys shirt will have “Recess is my best subject.” These are not just plain shirts. Both shirts are very stylish and high in quality. The cost is $10 per shirt. If you are unsure of sizes to order, there will be a run of sizes in the office.
Admission to the dance will be $2 per person. Children ages 4-12 will receive a very special souvenir with admission. They will get a VIP pass with a lanyard for them to wear as their ticket. Ages 13 and up will receive a normal ticket. Children ages 3 and under are free. But if they want a souvenir VIP pass, they must pay the admission fee. You can pre-order your admission tickets to avoid the lines, or purchase them that night at the dance.
Chick-Fil-A Sandwiches will be available for pre-order only. The cost for the sandwiches is $2.50. There will be drinks and snacks also for sale at the dance.
All proceeds from the dance will go to Ford’s PE department. The money will be used to purchase new equipment for our students.
Please remember that all students must be accompanied by an adult. Durham is graciously allowing us to rent their facility and we need to take care of it. Any students causing disruptions will be asked to leave. Thanks in advance for your cooperation!
Forms were emailed out this week or can be printed from the PTSA website. There will be a special basket in the office for students to turn in their money. All checks should be made out to Ford PTSA. The deadline for all pre-orders is February 8. Some extra shirts will be ordered to sell at the dance, but not many. Tickets and shirts will be delivered to the student’s classroom the week of the dance.
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Six Flags Reading Program
Now through February 22...
Six Flags, Six Hour Reading Program
The Six Flags, Six Hour Reading Program will begin this week. A data sheet was sent home with your child today. The program will run through February 22, 2008. Each student who reads for a total of six hours and returns the given form signed by a parent or guardian on or before Friday 2/22/08 qualifies for one free ticket to Six Flags Over Georgia. Due to the strict guidelines, no forms will be accepted after that date. I can't wait to see how many people earn the right to go to Six Flags for free!
Six Flags, Six Hour Reading Program
The Six Flags, Six Hour Reading Program will begin this week. A data sheet was sent home with your child today. The program will run through February 22, 2008. Each student who reads for a total of six hours and returns the given form signed by a parent or guardian on or before Friday 2/22/08 qualifies for one free ticket to Six Flags Over Georgia. Due to the strict guidelines, no forms will be accepted after that date. I can't wait to see how many people earn the right to go to Six Flags for free!
Jump Rope for Heart
Febraury 1st...
Again this year, the PE Department at Ford is asking Ford families to raise
donations for the community service program "Jump Rope for Heart", which
benefits the American Heart Association. Students will jump rope in the gym
on February 1, 2008 during their regular specials time. Last year we
raised over $24,000 and we would like to improve that goal this year.
A packet of information came home with your child today. The packet included a collection envelope, a permission slip, and a special additional fund-raiser.
Thanks for joining us in the fight against our nation's No. 1 and No. 3
killers - cardiovascular diseases and stroke.
Don't forget: Please send the collection envelope in with your child on
the day of the event (Feb. 1).
The PE Blog also has permission slips, red hearts, etc. that you can print out at home if you need to do so.
Again this year, the PE Department at Ford is asking Ford families to raise
donations for the community service program "Jump Rope for Heart", which
benefits the American Heart Association. Students will jump rope in the gym
on February 1, 2008 during their regular specials time. Last year we
raised over $24,000 and we would like to improve that goal this year.
A packet of information came home with your child today. The packet included a collection envelope, a permission slip, and a special additional fund-raiser.
Thanks for joining us in the fight against our nation's No. 1 and No. 3
killers - cardiovascular diseases and stroke.
Don't forget: Please send the collection envelope in with your child on
the day of the event (Feb. 1).
The PE Blog also has permission slips, red hearts, etc. that you can print out at home if you need to do so.
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Greetings!
Hello to all! Just a few reminders about our school:
* CURRICULUM NIGHT with SPAGETTI DINNER
Thursday, February 7th
5:30-6:30 Spagetti Dinner to support Ford's Relay for Life Team
$5 per person with a $20 max. per family
If you would like to make an addition donation please feel free. Checks made out to The American Cancer Society are a tax donation. :-)
6:30-7:30 Interactive Events in selected classrooms
*OAS Parent Tutorial
This is a tutorial of the computer program to help your child be a success on the CRCT. PLEASE come and support!
When? Wednesday, Jan. 30th with 2 sessions to choose from:
Session 1 - 8:15 - 9:00
Session 2 - 9:00 - 9:45
100th Day of school is next Wednesday, January 23rd.
Next week starts Conference Week. The schedule is finally set. Thanks to all for your understanding working around the chorus trip that I will be on that week. Talk about a fun schedule. HA!
Don't forget that there is NO SCHOOL on Monday.
Please return your child's permission form for the High Touch High Tech in school fieldtrip on February 5th.
* CURRICULUM NIGHT with SPAGETTI DINNER
Thursday, February 7th
5:30-6:30 Spagetti Dinner to support Ford's Relay for Life Team
$5 per person with a $20 max. per family
If you would like to make an addition donation please feel free. Checks made out to The American Cancer Society are a tax donation. :-)
6:30-7:30 Interactive Events in selected classrooms
*OAS Parent Tutorial
This is a tutorial of the computer program to help your child be a success on the CRCT. PLEASE come and support!
When? Wednesday, Jan. 30th with 2 sessions to choose from:
Session 1 - 8:15 - 9:00
Session 2 - 9:00 - 9:45
100th Day of school is next Wednesday, January 23rd.
Next week starts Conference Week. The schedule is finally set. Thanks to all for your understanding working around the chorus trip that I will be on that week. Talk about a fun schedule. HA!
Don't forget that there is NO SCHOOL on Monday.
Please return your child's permission form for the High Touch High Tech in school fieldtrip on February 5th.
Saturday, January 5, 2008
Check out what I found tonight while playing on the internet. I came across a website that could be quite valuable at home. Bookadventure.com is an AR(Accelerated Reader) like program that you can use at home with your child. The site offers book quizes and leveled reading lists . Check this site out and let me know what you think. I've also added it to the link section of this blog.
Vulcan Fieldtrip
Here are the pictures that I've been promising. I was trying to put them into a slideshow, but haven't mastered that yet. Here is the group and a few others. We'll try for the rest at a later date. Hugs!
Friday, January 4, 2008
Christmas with my family
Just thought you guys might like to enjoy checking out my family for Christmas. My brother got called into work and didn't get to join us for breakfast with Santa, but here is the rest of us. Merry Christmas everyone!
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