K-C Kindergarten Class of 2018-2019 - Hurley Elementary/Middle (HEMS)

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K-C Kindergarten Class of 2018-2019

Welcome to K-C!

8 years ago

By Abby Stiltner

WeLcome to kindergarten

Welcome to K-C! I am looking forward to a new and wonderful year with your child and my class. I have a few things I would like to inform all my parents of.

1. I will be getting an activity schedule printed and sent home this week along with a sight word list. It is important that you review sight words with your child nightly. This will help your child become more fluent in reading.

2. We will be starting Unit 1 in reading titled "Back to School". Please have your child draw a picture or color a picture or even make something that reminds them of being in school.

3. In math, we will be working on writing and spelling the number one.

4. In Language Arts, we will be working on the colors red and blue. Your child will learn how to spell and recognize the color words red and blue. We will also be sending home a memo about red and blue snack on Friday. Please send red and blue colored snacks for our class.

5. Please make sure to return the green communication folder daily. This is my way of making sure you receive any make up work, memos, or important school letters.

6. I have a dry erase board above the wall of the cubbies. I will write important messages or have important papers hanging there. There are also some letter trays that will have extra memos or papers that are sent home from school in case you did not get one or something got lost on your child's commute home.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to call me on the school phone at 276-566-8523 or you may email me at abby.stiltner@buchanancountyschools.com. I have planning from 9:10-10:00 am. I look forward to a great school year!

Kindergarten Week 2 August 27-31

8 years ago

By Abby Stiltner

Well, we made it through the first week! Our class is doing very well with the procedures and routines. I am very proud!

Here are a few things we will be doing this week in class.

We will start working on number 2, the circle shape, and the letter A. We will be learning the color blue and have blue snack on Friday. Please send blue snacks for the class on Friday. Students will also be counting to 20 and recognizing letters in the alphabet. I have flash cards to test them on for report card testing.

I hope everyone got the memos I sent home on Friday. There should have been one about the 1st six weeks report card testing and our reading unit. We will start Unit 1 titled "Off to School". The memo about the concept wall/board is for your child to find a picture or draw a picture of something that he/she relates to school. We will post this in the classroom and discuss what each person brings.

We will also have the MAP test on Thursday. This is just a test to see what we need to work on for the rest of the year and see what areas are strongest and weakest. It is not a grade and we don't want to stress the students out about it. We will continue to complete these MAP test in the Winter and Spring. Please send a pair of headphones for your child to wear during the test. I have gallon size baggies to store each students headphones in. Your child will use these in our technology class as well. Each student having individual headphones helps keep germs at bay.

If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to message me or call me. I look forward to another awesome week! :)

Kindergarten Week 3 September 4-7

8 years ago

By Abby Stiltner

I hope everyone had a great Labor Day weekend! This week, we will be taking our MAP test and start learning two sight words (a,an). Be on the look out for the first decodable books coming home for your to work on reading with your child. We will be learning the triangle shape and working on the number 3. The color for this week will be green. Please send green snacks for Friday, Green Day. Next week wee will dismiss early (September 14) for Homecoming. I will post our dress up days and other important news on that.

If you have any questions, feel free to message me or call me on the number listed on the class block page under my name (it;s the school phone number).

Kindergarten Week 4 September 10-14

8 years ago

By Abby Stiltner

This school year is already flying by! Wee have some very important things going on this week...please read!

This week is Homecoming Week for our Rebels! We have a fun and packed week this week!

We will be learning the number 4, rectangle shape, and the color yellow! This week will be yellow week! I will try to see when for sure we will be having yellow snack. We may be having it on Thursday this week due to early dismissal on Friday. This brings me to my next announcement...

The dress up theme for the days this week are:

Monday- Pajama Day- wear your favorite pjs!

Tuesday-Cowboy/Cowgirl Day- we are dressing in our best Western attire to honor the Cowboy theme at HEMS.

Wednesday-Favorite Sports Team- Show your support for your favorite sports team by wearing the team shirts.

Thursday- Book Character Day- Dress as your favorite story book character

Friday- School Spirit Day- GO REBELS!

WE WILL BE DISMISSING AT 12 ON FRIDAY!

***Attention all 207 Bus riders and parents:

It's Homecoming Week in Hurley and due to the parade, HEMS and HHS will be released at approximately 12 on Friday, September 14, 2018. If your child rides the bus and meets another bus at Bevins, then please make arrangements to either pick your child up from school or meet Mr. Davis at Bevins. The Grundy buses will NOT be meeting him early that day.

I hope everyone has a wonderful week and I look forward to seeing all the outfits for homecoming week!

Important Changes for the Week of Sept 10-14

8 years ago

By Abby Stiltner

As most of you have heard, Homecoming has been cancelled. We will NOT be dismissing at 12 p.m on Friday, it will be a regular instructional day. We are still participating in the dress up days.

Wednesday- Favorite sports team

Thursday- Spirit day.

Friday- Career Day (dress as your future career).

Our school is participating in the United Way Fundraiser. Ms. Tester is asking all those that can to send $1 to represent each student at our school. Friday will be the day we dress as our future careers to honor the United Way fundraiser.

Kindergarten Week 5 Sept 17-21

8 years ago

By Abby Stiltner

We are winding down to finishing our !st six weeks!

This week we will be learning about the color Orange. Orange will be our color for color week. We will also be learning the number 5, writing the letter Dd and learning sight words a, and, an, the.

Please continue to work with your children on reading their decodables and review sight words.

Please help your child be prepared for report cards by helping them make sure they know how to spell their name ORALLY (we will write them next six weeks), recognize and write letters Aa-Mm. Students need to be able to write these letters from MEMORY.

Yearbook sales are going on and forms will be sent home on Monday.

Please register your ValuCard at Food City for Hurley Elem/Middle. This will help earn our school money for events and supplies throughout the school year. Also, please save your BoxTops and turn those in. This is also a way for our school to earn money.

The United Way fundraiser has been continued for another week. Ms. Ruth is asking for students to bring $1 to represent every student in our school. This will be a fundraiser for our entire county.

Please save twist on bottle caps for Mrs. Leanne Clifton. She uses these items for art projects on Earth Day. She also saves pop tabs for the Ronald McDonald House to help families in need.

I hope everyone has a safe week with Hurricane Florence moving in!

Important Announcements for Week of Sept 17-21

8 years ago

By Abby Stiltner

Parents,

This week we will travel to Riverview Elementary on September 19, to watch the One Life presentation. Please sign the permission slip we sent home and return it tomorrow.

School yearbook forms are in your child's folder, please read those flyers.

Picture day will be September 24, 2018 at school. Your child has a flyer about that information as well.

We also sent home a list of sight words for you to work with at home with your child. These sight words include color words and number words.

Kindergarten Week 6 September 24-28

7 years ago

By Abby Stiltner

We have made it through our !st six weeks!

This week, we will be learning the color purple, number 6, and a the shape of a diamond. Color day will be Friday, September 28, 2018. Please send Purple Day snacks.

Ms. Ruth would like for me to remind all parents that our classes begin at 8:15 and parents need to make sure they have left the building so we can start our day. She informed me that she was going to make a one call this weekend, but I am not for sure if she still intends to or not.

We do not have too many events planned for this week.

I would like to remind everyone that Picture Day is tomorrow, September 24, 2018.

We will be having vision screening on October 9, 2018. I will give more information on this as soon as I have it. I sent home a memo about it last week and have an extra copies of the memo if anyone needs it.

As always, if you have any questions, please feel free to send a note, message me, or call the school. I always have time for my parents! Thank you for all that you do to help our class and your child/children!

Kindergarten Week 7 October 1-5

7 years ago

By Abby Stiltner

Parents,

This week we will be learning about the color pink, number 7, and heart shape. Please remember to send pink snacks on Friday for Color Day.

We will be dismissing school at 12 on Friday, October 5, 2018. Our Color Day may be subject to change this week due to early dismissal schedule.

We also started a new unit in reading last week. This reading unit is about patterns. Please have your child come up with their own pattern or find a picture or pattern for our Concept Wall.

I look forward to another week in this school year. Its hard to believe it is already October!

Announcements for October 8-12, 2018

7 years ago

By Abby Stiltner

This week we will be learning the letters Hh and Ii. We will be reviewing all the shapes. Our number this week will be the number 8. Sight words for the remainder of our Pattern unit will be: he, I, see, has, had, and you. Our color for this week is White. Please send a snack for White Day this week. It will be on Friday as usual.

Vision screenings will be Tuesday, October 9, 2018.

Our school is holding a book fair to help raise money for our school. If you wish for your child to purchase something, please send money. They will have the opportunity to buy during their activity period.

This week is Homecoming! Our dress up days will be:

Monday- Pajama Day- Wear your favorite pajamas!

Tuesday- Cowboy/Cowgirl Day- dress up as a cowboy/cowgirl to support HEMS and their theme of Cowboy and Cowgirls!

Wednesday- Favorite Sports Team- Wear your favorite sports team's colors or logo!

Thursday- Color War- Each grade is assigned a different color to wear on Thursday. Kindergarten will wear white.

Friday- School Spirit Day- Wear your school colors to support us!

***Friday we will dismissing at 12 noon for the homecoming parade and football game!

Week 9 October 15-19 2018

7 years ago

By Abby Stiltner

This week we will have a field trip to the pumpkin patch at Crab Orchard Museum in Tazewell. We will leave the school at 8:15 sharp. Parents are more than welcome to follow the bus. The cost for students is $11, parents are $5. Me. Paul Dotson will be driving the bus for us. We will be back in time for students to ride the bus home or be picked up. We normally arrive back to school around 2:30-2:45. The school will provide lunch for us and we will picnic under the sheds at the Museum across the road. Don’t forget to bring a jacket and wear comfy shoes. It’s supposed to be pretty chilly this week.

Please sign and return the permission slip and $11 as soon as possible.

This week we will also be learning the letter Jj and working on writing our full alphabet and first and last name.

We will start a new unit in reading so please be studying the Unit 3 sight word list. I will edit this tomorrow and put those up for you.

We will also be learning the number 9 and reviewing all our shapes in math.

Our color for this week will be Gray and we will have gray snack on Friday.

The book fair will be extended for another week and a half. If you would like to send money, the students will be able to buy during their library time. The librarian asked that we do that so that the students will not lose any class time or other activity time.

I hope everyone has a wonderful work and I look forward to our fun filled week!

Kindergarten Week 10 October 22-26, 2018

7 years ago

By Abby Stiltner

This week we will be learning about the color black. I realize that our color weeks have gotten mixed up. I did not have any of the extra color week papers that we sent home at the beginning of the year. I asked one of the other teachers and she told me it was gray week by mistake. I realized this on Friday when we had color day. I figured maybe we could switch our color days around.

In math, we will be learning the number 10. We have been working on writing our numbers and recognizing them. Please continue to work on these at home with your child.

We have started a new unit in Reading. We have started Unit 3, Finding Friends. Please have your child draw a picture, or find a picture that shows what friendship means. We all have different definitions of friendship. We have been talking about what it means to be a good friend and what a bully is.

We have been and continue to work on parts of speech and the writing process in language arts. We have also been working on writing first and last names. Please practice and work with your child daily.

Our Halloween snack will be Friday, October 26, 2018. We sent a memo home about this Friday. The Halloween buckets have already been purchased for each child in kindergarten. Please send candy or bucket stuffers for each student in our class by Friday. We have 18 students in our class; 10 boys and 8 girls.

Our school district has been very fortunate to purchase the IXL program in language arts and math for our students to use. This is an online program that students can use for extra practice and remediation. I would love for our class to start using this. Students have a username and password that they must use to log in. Once on the site, students can choose different math concepts and language arts concepts to practice. The program keeps track of which concepts have been mastered at 100%. Students earn stickers and trophies once a concept has been completed, If you would like to see how the program works, you can visit the website at www.ixl.com and do a practice run with your child.

This program will help students learn how to operate the mouse and better control a computer. The program even reads the question and answer to the students. If you have access to a computer or table at home, I would greatly appreciate your help in working with your child. This will better prepare them for our benchmark testing in December and at the end of the year. If you do not have access to a computer at home, do not panic. I am going to let the students begin working on IXL in computer lab this week, Please be on the look out for usernames and passwords to be sent home.

As always, if you have any questions, do not hesitate to call, email, or message me. I always make time for my parents. I appreciate all you continue to do!

Kindergarten Week 11 October-29-November 2

7 years ago

By Abby Stiltner

This week we are celebrating Bully Awareness and Anti-Drug Awareness. We will be dressing up this week and doing activities around school to promote standing up against bullying.

Monday- Not In My House!- wear your house colors

Tuesday- Cowboys/Cowgirls are bully free- dress up as cowboy and cowgirls.

Wednesday- Scare bullies and drugs away!- Wear your Halloween costumes.

Thursday- Wacky/Pink Out Day- Wear your wacky outfits with as much pink as possible!

Friday- Rebels are bully and drug free- Wear your Rebel pride clothes!

We are going to be putting hand prints on the wall of the school to show that our school is bully free!

In Language Arts we are going over sentence structure and punctuation.

Please continue to work on sight words, number recognition to 30, writing numbers to 20 and writing the alphabet.

Week 12 November 5-9, 2018

7 years ago

By Abby Stiltner

This week we will be working on writing our complete alphabet and writing our numbers to 20.

We will be working on counting by 5s and 10s this week as well.

We will be beginning a new reading unit. I will let you know tomorrow what our project for concept and question board will be.

There will be no school on November 6, 2018 due to Election Day.

Daylight savings has ended so make sure to set your clocks back an hour.

We will still be working on getting all of the students handprints up on our wall at school. Please continue to talk to your child about bullying. This includes ways to prevent and stand up to bullying. If you need any helps or tips, the Department of Education has a great website for any questions you may have about bullying.

There will be a Veteran's Day program and our kindergarten classes will be performing a couple of songs for the veterans in our community. If anyone in your family is a veteran, please encourage them to come to our program. Please help us spread the word and invite anyone in the community that is a Veteran.

Kindergarten Week 13 November 12-16,2018

7 years ago

By Abby Stiltner

This week we will be working on sentence structure in language arts. Students should know that a sentence starts with a capital letter and ends with punctuation or as we call it in kindergarten, an end mark. A . is a telling sentence, ? is a thinking sentence, and ! is a yelling sentence.

Please continue to review number recognition to 30. Recognizing the numbers seem to be the challenge for our students. We will begin number charts to 50 and continue to work on number charts to 30.

We have been utilizing the spare computer labs to work on IXL the past couple of weeks. We have been doing computer work and preparing for the MAP test in December. We will continue this for the next few weeks.

As I mentioned before, we will be having a Veteran's Day program on Tuesday, November 13, 2018. Please remind your child to wear red, white, and blue to support our Veterans and our country. Our kindergarten classes will be performing 2 songs. Please encourage any Veteran you may know in our community or family to attend our program.

Parents, please remember to stop by the office in the evening to sign your child out. This helps keep your child safe and protected at all times.

Thank you for all your continued support and for everything you do! Lets have another wonderful week!

Kindergarten Week 14 November 19-23

7 years ago

By Abby Stiltner

Parents/Guardians:

Please continue to review sight words.

We are starting to write our numbers to 50 and started working on larger numbers (13 and 14) in math this week. Please work on number recognition to 30 still yet.

We will be having a fall festival on November 20. Please send $3 for your child to play games and have 2 snacks. There will be extra food and games that can be purchased. You may choose to send extra money if you wish.

Please continue to sign your child out or check them in the office. This helps us keep all our students safe!

Thanks for all you do!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Ms. Abby

Kindergarten Week 16 December 3-7, 2018

7 years ago

Wow! It's hard to believe it is already December! This year is flying by and almost half over!

This week we will be working on counting to 100 and counting by 5s and 10s to 100. Please work on these at home. We also will be working on writing numbers to 50.

Please continue to practice sight words. We will be starting a new unit in reading this week. I will try to update the web page again and post new sight words and the new unit. Be on the look out for our question/concept topic.

I am not for sure when our classroom Christmas snack will be, but I did buy stockings and stocking stuffers for each child in the room. I bought an action figure for the boys and a Shimmer and Shine doll for the girls. Each stocking has the child's name on it. Please send stocking stuffers for the stockings. I know it is early, but Christmas is approaching fast.

Our Christmas break will be December 21st- January 7th.

Thank you for all you do for our classroom!

Ms. Abby

Week 18 December 17-20, 2018

7 years ago

By Abby Stiltner

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

We have a very busy week this week!

December, 19, 2018-Wednesday-the Drama Club will be performing a Christmas play at 7 p.m. for everyone to watch. They would love to see all the wonderful faces in our community at their performance.

December 20, 2018-Thursday-this is our busy day. We will be having Christmas snack from 1:30 to 2:30. Please send $3 for pizza. If you can, please help us provide drinks and other snacks (Capri sun, Kool-Aid Jammers, cupcakes, chips,plates, cups, paper towels, etc.) for our snack. Please send stocking stuffers for our class. We have 10 boys and 8 girls. I purchased the stockings and wrote all the kids names on them and got them a little something for their stocking. Please make sure that all money for pizza is turned in TUESDAY along with stocking stuffers as we need time to prepare and get everything ready.

December 21, 2018- NO SCHOOL- start of Christmas Break

January 7, 2019- School starts back from Christmas Break

***Please do not send any candy or food with peanuts in them. We do have peanut allergies in our room!

We also wanted to let all our parents know that we will be starting spelling tests in January. These will be words your child has seen and know. Please make sure to study with your child nightly. These spelling tests will have a numerical grade and count toward their language arts grade on their report card.

I hope everyone has a very merry Christmas and a wonderful new year!!

As always, thank you for all you do for our class and students! I couldn't do it without you all!

If you have any questions, feel free to call me at school between 9:10-10 a.m. or send me a message.

Thank you again,

Ms. Abby

Kindergarten Week 20 January 14-18, 2019

7 years ago

By Abby Stiltner

This week we have our 2nd spelling test. I put a list of the new spelling words in each student's folder. This list has some nightly spelling homework. I also will be sending home 100 charts for the students to complete. I know some of my students have sports and practice through the week. I will try to send charts home when I know that they don't have practice.

Our spelling test will be Friday, January 18, 2019.

The spelling words are:

1. at

2. mat

3. sat

4. fat

5. rat

6. hat

7. bat

8. that

9. pat

10. red

Homework assignments are

Monday morning- 3 times each spelling words 1-5

Tuesday morning- 3 times each spelling words 6-10

Wednesday morning- put words in ABC words 1-5

Thursday morning- write all spelling words 3 times each

These words are rhyming words and we have talked about rhyming words in class. Just remind your child that rhyming words sound the same at the end of the word. This should help them remember and make spelling the words easier.

Thank you for all you do and continue to do for our class. Thank you all for the wonderful gifts! I loved them all! As always, if you have any questions, please call the school or message me.

Ms. Abby

Kindergarten KC- Week 23

7 years ago

By Abby Stiltner

This week we will have our spelling test on the last set of words (he, we,etc.). The test will be Friday, February 8, 2019.

Please continue to study the sight words on the page with the spelling words. We will test on these in mid March.

We will be sending home a memo about Valentine's Day snack some time this week, unless one has already been sent home. I am not 100% sure what memos have been sent home since I was out week before last due to the flu and we were not at school due to weather this week. I will try to update everyone about any more events coming up this week.

As always, thank you for all you do for our class. I hope everyone has a wonderful week. If you have any questions, please message me or call the school and I will answer them anyway possible.

Kindergarten Week 24 February 11-15, 2019

7 years ago

By Abby Stiltner

Parents:

We will be having our 100th Day of School on Wednesday, February 13,2019. Please have your student dress like an old man or woman. Your child should have brought home a blank 100 chart for them to fill in with 100 different items such as a stamp, sticker, shape, etc.

Our Valentine's Day snack will be Thursday. Please send red snacks, juice boxes, etc. If your child has valentines for the class, please send those as well. If you order an arrangement from a floral shop and have it delivered to the school, please remember that students are not allowed to have glass or balloons on the bus.

We will have a spelling test this week on Friday, February 15,2019. We only have 5 spelling words this week. The words are:

1. of

2. on

3. as

4. at

5. am

Please complete nightly homework for these words. It helps your child remember the words when we have our test. Our spelling tests do count towards language arts grades on our report cards.

February is Random Acts of Kindness month.

Our school is selling Little Caesars Pizza Kits for a fundraiser. This will help our school have enough funds for fun school events. Please try to sell all the pizza kits you can to help our amazing school! If you have any questions about the fundraiser, please call the school and ask for Mrs. Trish Addair.

Thank you for all you do for our class and school! As always, feel free to call or message me with any questions!

Ms. Abby

Kindergarten Week 26 February 25-March 1st

7 years ago

By Abby Stiltner

This week starts our 5th six weeks. Only one more to go after this!

The school Science Fair will be March 4, 2019. Each student can do their own project to enter in the science fair and the winners will be judged and announced that day. Students will then continue on to the county science fair.

We will have a spelling test on Friday, March 1, 2019. The spelling words for this week are:

1. his

2. had

3. has

4. in

5. up

Please study these words nightly.

The decodable "Liz and Tad" will be sent home on Tuesday, February 26, 2019 for you to practice reading with your child. The signature card is attached for you to sign when you have read the book with your child.

We have been working in the computer lab on IXL. I am typing a memo up with your child's username and password for you to continue working on this at home. When logged in to IXL please practice the addition section in math and the capitalization section in language arts.

Next week we will celebrate Dr. Suess Week. We will have several dress up days. March 1, 2019 (Friday) is dress up like your favorite Dr. Suess character.

Due to the high number of students that are still sick, we have covered the water fountains to keep down the spread of germs. The school does provide students with bottled water and we have a water dispenser in the cafeteria. If you or your child wishes, he or she may bring a bottle of water or thermos to fill up with water through out the day. I have used juice boxes that were left for our Valentine's Day snack as drinks for after gym. We are doing everything we can to help prevent the spread of germs and keep our students happy and healthy.

A memo about Cap and Gown for Graduation will be sent home Friday.

As always, if you have any questions, feel free to contact me or the school. Thank you for all you do! Here's to another great week!

Ms. Abby

Kindergarten Week 27 March 4-8, 2019

7 years ago

By Abby Stiltner

The school Science Fair is Monday, March 4, 2019. Each student can enter a science project if he or she chooses to do so.

I hope that everyone got the One Call about school being released later. The school board has chosen to add on extra minutes in the evening. First run buses release at 3:20 in the evening. The last day of school has been scheduled for June 7, 2019 with Graduation Commencements for high school students being on June 8, 2019.

Please look for the Graduation memo that was sent home Friday. This memo gives you the option to let your child hold the cap or wear it in the photo. Last year the photographer did not give the option for students to wear the cap, all students held the cap in the photo. This year, the option may be given for the students to wear the cap. If you choose for your child to wear the cap, coffee filters will be used to keep the caps clean.

Cap and Gown for graduation is $35. If you have an old cap and gown from a sibling that you would like to use, that is fine, Please notify me if you are using a sibling's cap and gown or your child's own from a previous year,

This week is Dr. Suess Week and we will have dress up days,

Monday- Pajama Day- wear your favorite pajamas.

Tuesday- The Cat in the Hat- Wear stripes or your favorite hat

Wednesday- Wacky Wednesday- Dress Crazy!

Thursday- Oh, the Places You'll Go- Wear a shirt from vacation or a place you have visited.

Friday- Green Eggs and Ham- Wear red and green.

The new spelling words for this week are:

1. rug

2. bug

3. mug

4. tug

5. hug

6. dug

7. jug

Our test will be Friday, March 8, 2019.

If you have any questions, please feel free to call the school and I will help the best I can. As always, thank you for all you do for our class! I look forward to another great week!

Kindergarten Week 29 March 18-22, 2019

7 years ago

By Abby Stiltner

There is a new art contest sponsored by the Grundy Women's Club if your child is interested. The deadline for art entries is March 22, 2019. Mrs. Leanne Clifton will submit them for us. The winner's artwork will be displayed in the main branch of Grundy National Bank.

Open House will be March 19,2019 from 4-7 pm. There will be no Boys and Girls Club on this day due to Open House.

For any parents interested, Tech Talk will be held at Riverview Elementary at 6;30. This is an informative meeting for parents to learn about the websites and internet that your child interacts with daily. This is a free meeting for Riverview PTO and for any other interested parents, the entry fee is $3.

Please continue to work on sight words.

The spelling words for this week are:

1. dig

2. big

3. rig

4. zig

5. wig

6. jig

7. pig

Our spelling test will be Friday, March 22, 2019.

Kindergarten Week 30 March 25-29, 2019

7 years ago

By Abby Stiltner

Parents,

You should have received a permission slip for your child's artwork to be entered into the Grundy Women's Center art contest. If you do not return this, your child's artwork can not be submitted in the contest. If you have any questions, you can contact myself or Mrs. Leanne Clifton.

Our spelling test will be March 28, 2019.

This week's spelling words are:

!. Ben

2. hen

3. men

4. ten

5. fen

6. den

Bonus words:

When and then

Kindergarten Week 32 April 8-12, 2019

7 years ago

By Abby Stiltner

Graduation pictures are April 17, 2019. Please return the envelope with the package you choose to purchase on April 17, 2019. The pictures are prepaid.

Kindergarten Graduation has been set for June 5, 2019 at 6 pm in the gym at HEMS. There will be a snack and party after the ceremony for the graduates and their families.

We have a field trip scheduled for May 1, 2019 pending approval. When our trip has been approved, we will send out a permission slip with all of the details.

We will not have school on Friday, April 19, 2019 in observation of Good Friday and our Spring Break.

We will have a spelling test on Friday, April 12, 2019. We will have a spelling test on last week's words tomorrow, April 8, 2019. Please continue going over sight words with your child. I will post this week's spelling words in the morning on this page.

If you have any questions, please call the school or send me a message! As always, thank you for all you do for our class.

The spelling words for this week are:

1. kit

2. hit

3. sit

4. bit

5. lit

6. pit

7. fit

Kindergarten Week 34 April 22-26, 2019

7 years ago

By Abby Stiltner

I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter and a nice spring break! Now that we have had our break, we are ready to get back in the swing of things.

If you miss the opportunity to order Cap and Gown pictures and would still like to do so, please send money by tomorrow, April 23, 2019. They will have extra order forms in the office. I tried to pull up the package prices, but the website would not allow me to do anything without an access code.

We will be taking a field trip to the Buchanan County Public Library and the movies on May 1, 2019. Permission forms were sent home today. We will be leaving at 8:20 and return to school at the end of the day. Parents are welcome to follow the bus and attend the movies, but they must purchase their own ticket. Students are asked to bring $6 for the field trip; $2 for the bus driver and $4 for the movie, popcorn, and drink at the movies. Money for the field trip is due by April 29, 2019.

Cap and Gowns will be delivered to our school mid-May.

Class t-shirts have been ordered and will be delivered within the next week.

We are selling Seaver's donuts as a fundraiser for the school. Please sell all you can. The money that is raised will go towards end of year activities. Collect money at the time of sell. Orders are due May 3, 2019 and the orders will be delivered May 8. If you need extra order forms, please contact me so I can get those to you.

We will begin MAP testing on May 1-10, 2019.

As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please contact me at school between 10:00 to 10:50 a.m. Parents, thank you for all you do for our class, it is greatly appreciated. Here's to another great week!

Kindergarten Week 35 April 29-May 3, 2019

7 years ago

By Abby Stiltner

We will be going on our field trip on Wednesday, May 1. We will be leaving at 8:20 am and go to the library first to visit with a special guest. The school will provide students with a bag lunch for us to eat at the picnic tables if it is sunny. If it rains, we will be able to eat lunch in the conference room of the library. After the library, we will watch a movie at the movie theater. We were originally supposed to be watching "Ugly Dolls", but the movie theater will not have that movie in time. Please make sure you return permission slips by April 30th with the $6 requested. If you wish to pack your child's lunch, please do so.

This week starts benchmark testing and MAP testing. We will have our test on Tuesday, May 8th. We will have dress up week to kick off testing.

Monday- Put Your Nerves to Rest- wear your pajamas

Tuesday- Use Your Super Knowledge to Succeed- Wear your favorite superhero shirt

Wednesday- Prepare to Test Like a Champ- wear your favorite sports team shirt

Thursday- Rebel Ranch Will Celebrate Success- Dress as cowboys and cowgirls

Friday- OUR House Will Rock the Test- Wear your REBEL clothes.

We will be practicing for our test all this week, please make sure your child is in attendance as much as possible for our practice sessions.

We will start Graduation practice next week. Students will need to make sure they are there as much as possible for practice. We will need parent volunteers to help decorate for Graduation. If you would like to help decorate, please let me know. You can write a note or call me to let me know if you would like to help.

Class t-shirts will be delivered tomorrow.

As always, thank you for all you do for our classroom. If you have any questions, please feel free to call me at school or send a note. Here's to another great week! -Ms. Abby

Week 36- May 6-10, 2019

7 years ago

By Abby Stiltner

We will taking our MAP reading test on Tuesday, May 7th. Please make sure your child gets plenty of rest and eats a good breakfast. We will be taking our test at 9:15 am. Attendance is crucial for Monday, May 6th, as we will be studying the biggest part of the day for our MAP test.

Mrs. Leanne Clifton has started practicing for graduation with all of the kindergarten classes. We will continue to practice after our MAP testing is complete for all of the kindergarten classes.

If you did not get to turn in your donut order on Friday, please turn those in on Monday, May 6th. The orders will be called in that day. You can send them in your child's folder for me to turn in, or you may drop them off in the office.

Cap and gowns should be delivered on May 13, 2019. We will send the cap and gowns home a week before graduation.

We will be starting our last unit in reading this week; unit 10.

Thanks for all you do for our class. Here's to another week in the books!

Week 38 May 20-24, 2019

7 years ago

By Abby Stiltner

Cap and gowns will be sent home on May 30, 2019 in your child's backpack. If you do not wish to have his/her cap and gown sent home in their backpack, please make arrangements to pick up your child's cap and gown before school, after school, or between 10:00 to 10:50 a.m.

Attire for graduation is the same as church attire. Please dress accordingly.

Graduation will be June 5, 2019. Please have your child to school by 5:30. We will have a group picture made before the graduation ceremony. Please pick up your child's folder with his/her actual diploma, certificates, and keepsakes before the ceremony.

Parents, please send chips and pop for the graduation party after the ceremony. We have already purchased the cupcakes.

We have started graduation practice of the evening before pack up time. Please make sure your child is there as much as possible for practice.

The will be no school on Monday, May 27, 2019 in honor of Memorial Day.

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