Reminders for the Week

Good Afternoon! We have several important things going on this week, so I wanted to remind you of them all:

- Since we have had so many absences, Flower Power fundraiser has been extended until this Wednesday. All money and orders MUST be turned in by Wednesday morning.
- We will have the Aesop Fables program on Thursday afternoon at 1:00. For your child to attend this, you must send $3 to school by Thursday morning. Please send in an envelope with your child's name and Aesop Fables on the outside.
-This is the last week we will take Red Cross donations. For every dollar donated, that child will get one foot of duct tape to tape Mr. Waits to the gym wall. For every $5 your child donates, they will get a week off Reading Homework (the weekly reading passage) in my class.

I know it seems like all we are asking for is MONEY, MONEY, MONEY, and I understand that some may not be able to donate or buy as much as others, or any at all. Please know that we are only doing this to help our school and community. The money raised from the Flower Power sale will all go to the new playground. Since we did such a great job raising money for the Haiti Relief through the Red Cross, we were asked to help raise money for the local Red Cross fund. This money goes locally to help those around the Etowah County area who may have a disaster, like a house fire, etc. So with that said, we do really appreciate all you and the Mitchell families do to help our school and community.

We will have a teacher inservice day on Friday, March 12, so you may start your Spring Break vacation early! Please watch for important papers, and be sure to do all homework this week. Hopefully we will all get and stay well!

Congratulations!!!

We had our assembly this afternoon for Mr. Waits to announce the "Math-aletes" from each class for World Math Day 2010. The winner from our class was Jaylen! Great job, Jaylen. I am very proud of my entire class for working so hard on this!!! Tomorrow, Jaylen will be in the computer lab all day competing with students all over the world! Wow! We are very proud of our entire Math team, and school for all of their hardwork. Good Luck tomorrow Jaylen and Mitchell Math team!

Reminders - Please remember that all Flower Power Fundraiser money must be turned in by this Friday, March 5. Also, we are helping the local Red Cross by donating money again. Remember for each dollar brought in, that will buy one foot of duct tape which will be used to tape Mr. Waits to the gym wall!!!

Our Class Pet - Valentine

Here he is...our class pet, Valentine! This is the beta fish I got from Jaylen on Valentine's Day, and it is going to be our class pet. The kids (and myself) are very excited about this!

Happy Valentine's Day Weekend!

On Friday we had a hectic day with the early dismissal and trying to finish all of our Friday testing, but we still managed to have a great Valentine Party. Luckily, Mrs. Burns, was able to come to the school a few hours early and give the class a terrific party. Thank you so much for all you do!!! Also, thank you all so much for all of the sweet cards, and goodies that you gave me for Valentine's Day. I had a ton of chocolate and candy all weekend and enjoyed it all! I also got a very unique gift from one of my sweet boys, Jaylen. He gave me a beta fish and vase to keep it in. This is going to be our new class pet! How exciting!!! We had a little contest to decide his name (each child got to write one name on a slip of paper), and with the help of about 7 other teachers, it was decided that our fish would be named Valentine. Thanks Garrett for that great idea! I have posted some pictures from our party, and will post one of Valentine soon! Hope you all enjoyed your day off today! Too bad we didn't get the snow to play in! :(

See you all tomorrow!!!

The class with their cute "Love Bug" hats that Mrs. Burn made for them.

The winner of the Girl Valentine Box - Julie

The winner of the Boy Valentine Box - Trace

Big Thanks!!!

I just wanted to share with you some great and exciting news! Gadsden Job Corps has "adopted" our entire first grade at Mitchell, and they are really doing some great things! On Tuesday afternoon they came and completely emptied our rooms to sweep, mop and buff our floors. On Wednesday, they came and changed our big bulletin boards that are outside our rooms in the hallway (which is very time consuming to do). Today, they sent their culinary students with freshly baked cookies as snack for all of the students, and gave all four of the first grade teachers a huge basket filled with things we need. In this basket, we had ink (black and color) for the printers in our rooms, tons of sharpies, a case of copy paper, high lighters, page protectors, several other goodies, and the biggie - a bulb for our digital projectors (these are extremely EXPENSIVE and I use my projector many times throughout the day)!!! This is truly a blessing to have such kind and generous people in our community that enjoy helping others. They will be coming monthly to clean our rooms, decorate bulletin boards, and bring snacks for the students. We are very appreciative and so thankful that Gadsden Job Corps chose us to adopt!

Hopefully the weather forecast is wrong, and we will be able to be at school all day tomorrow without any SNOW! Our Class Valentine Party is at 1:30 in the classroom, and all parents are welcome to come. Our room mother, Mrs. Wendy Burns, has been working very hard for several weeks on this party and I know it will be great! Thanks Wendy for all you do!!! Hope to see some of you there! I will post pictures over the weekend for those of you who can't come. Happy Valentine's Day!!!

Fun Friday

Since we have been reading about art and artists all week, I decided to let my class become "artists" this afternoon. We had lots of fun! I will be sending their masterpieces home soon, I just want to display them here for a few days. :) It was crayola washable paint, just in case anyone went home with some on their clothes. We were very, very careful and those who had art t-shirts wore them. Here are some pictures for you to see how much fun we had! Have a great weekend!!!

This week we are studying about family traditions. Talk to your parents about a tradition your family has. Click "comment" under this post and write a sentence about your family's tradition. This can be anything from weekly outings to big yearly events! Have fun! There are directions on how to leave a comment on the side column. Remember to sign your name so I can make sure you get credit for this! See you in the morning!!!