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Upcoming End of the Year Events

It's hard to believe there are only three weeks left!  I wanted to make sure you know what's coming up so you can plan accordingly.  Oh, there will also be no more lunch charges allowed after May 11th.  Please pay in advance!  And...don't forget to pick up your child's medications before the end of the year.  They will not be kept over the summer.  We hope you'll be able to join us for some of these events or at least send in items that we need.  Thanks in advance!

Parapro Breakfast

The Parapro Brunch is scheduled for Tuesday, May 5 at 9:00 am in the cafeteria.  As usual, we are hoping that you will be as generous as always and help cook/bake on this day.   We will be serving about 35 people to include the parapros, cafeteria staff, custodians and bus drivers.  Some all time favorites are: quiches, egg bakes/casseroles, hash brown casseroles, grits, bacon, sausage/sausage balls, dips/chips, biscuits and gravy, pigs in a blanket, fresh fruit platters, sweet breads, bagels and cream cheese, muffins, cheese platters, cookies/baked items and juice/bottled water. 

These are just the items that come off the top of my head.  If you make something special that you would like to share, please bring it.  If you could email me what you plan to bring, we can then set up a list so that we don’t have a lot of duplication. Stephanie McMurray - stephanie@theMcMurrays.com

If you could have your food item to the cafeteria no later than 8:30 am – that would be great!  When the brunch is over, we will place serving dishes in the teacher’s lounge for you to pick up.

 Kings Springs Hospitality Committee

 Book Fair

The Book Fair is back!  Please visit the school's website for more information!  http://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bookfairs/cptoolkit/publish/kingsprings

Yearbooks

Just wanted to let you know that the yearbooks are in and will be distributed to your children who ordered them on Tuesday.  Yearbooks will be available at the ASP desk for those that would like to purchase a yearbook starting Tuesday, May 5.  We will also have yearbooks for sale at the PTA meeting May 7.

Field Day

Field Day will be Friday, May 8th.  We're really hoping it doesn't rain, because there is no rain date.  We need volunteers still!  Please contact Elaine Eisley, if you can help elaineisley@bellsouth.net.

 

Habitat Project

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Awards Day

 

Grade level awards and classroom awards will be given out on Tuesday, May 19th.  Invitations will be sent home on May 12th for grade level awards.  Only a select few will receive awards at this ceremony, which is why you will receive an invitation, but you are all welcome to come to the classroom awards, which will be held at approximately 1:00 that day. 

Second Grade Picnic

Also on Tuesday, May 19th, the second grade will have an end of the year picnic.  We hope that by combining these two events, you can perhaps take the day to participate in these fun events.  Our picnic will be very laid back and fun, and will begin at 10:30 and end at 12:30.  Your child will receive an information sheet tomorrow detailing what they need to bring for that day.  I'm also attaching it below.  We would really be grateful if anyone has a grill that they can bring up to the school.  PTA has one, but we really need more than one.  Everything else we need is listed by student on the sheet below. 

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CRCT is next week!!!

As you know, the CRCT is next week. Please make sure your child is here ON TIME every day and has had breakfast! Try to avoid sugary breakfast foods, because with a sugar high, comes a sugar crash...right in the middle of the test. Protein items are best.

They will not be required to do any homework (I will tell them tomorrow), so that will ensure that every child gets to bed early and has plenty of rest. Just keep the calendar in the folder for the following week please.

I'm hoping that we could collect some snacks and water for next week. Peppermints and red grapes engage the mind, and water hydrates the brain and really helps with test taking. If you are willing to send in any of those three items, please do so. I'd greatly appreciate it.

Your kids are going to do a terrific job on the test. They are very well prepared. I can't believe it's already here!

Next Year

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Brain Fitness Night and Golf Tournament

Please check out these very cool events that are coming up!

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Download 2009 King Springs Golf Classic take home flyer

March PTA

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Download PTA Newsletter

New Homework

As you know, this week's homework will be different.  Please read the information at the top carefully!  It will be very important for your child to keep this sheet in their folder, even over the weekend, since it's a MONTHLY homework sheet and will be initialed by you each time an activity is completed.  While some activities will not require paper/pencil and will therefore not require your child to turn something in, those that do should come in your child's folder to be checked by me. I have emphasized to the children that it is not okay to complete all assignments in one or two nights.  The purpose of homework is not simply to "get it done", but to encourage daily practice of concepts we're learning at school.  I've also told the children that if something has not yet been taught, they should not choose that activity until it has been taught.  This will be rare, but may occur, especially with math, science and social studies.  Thank you for your help with this.  Assignments can and should be turned in as they are completed, however, homework for the week is due each Friday.  You will see that there is a weekly requirement of 7 activities (3 spelling and 1 from each of the other content areas) plus 1 math worksheet due each Friday.  That is the requirement EACH week and begins again each Monday.  We think you will have fun doing this as a family, and we know that your child will benefit from the variety of learning types used.  Losing the homework calendar is obviously not the ideal situation because it will have all the activities that were already completed initialed by you, but in the unfortunate event that this happens, you may print a new copy from the link below. 

Download HomeworkMarch  

Reminders for THIS WEEK!

Remember how I mentioned Weight Watchers right here at King Springs?

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Also, Jump Rope for Heart fundraising ends Friday.  Please send those in by the 27th at the latest.

Family Night in the Media Center

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Download Unplugged Parent Letter

Economy Crisis

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Ahh…the economy crisis…It seems there’s been a little mishap with the state of Georgia’s education funds, and to make a long story short…Cobb County had some of it’s funds taken back and frozen.  All counties have been affected by this, it’s just a county decision as to how it will be handled.  Many counties have cut teachers and other personnel and had to divide up classrooms.  In other counties, support personnel were cut.  Fortunately, Cobb has not made any personnel cuts.  This benefits your children GREATLY.  As a school, we have decided to try and save money through our use of paper, toner and ink cartridges.  Unfortunately, it also means that there will be no field trips until further notice because the bus transportation was partially paid for by the district, and the prices are up.  None of this means that your child will be learning less or receiving a less than stellar education...it just means that we need to think differently.  In some ways, we will be more innovative, doing more project based learning, and in some ways, we will have to be more "old school", writing problems on the board and copying problems from the board, probably into our journals that we have.  You may be thinking, "I can donate paper to the class!"  We certainly appreciate that thought, and will take paper donations for the use in our classroom printers.  However, this will not change the fact that we have to limit our copies, because of the toner cost as well as wear and tear on our machines.  We would be able to use the donated paper to continue doing Accelerated Math, which the kids love, but it uses A LOT of paper.  You will also notice on Monday, that your child will have a new kind of homework in their folder.  We are in the process of making a homework calendar that will have a list of activities for your child to choose from, similar to what we've already had in place for spelling.  This will save us a lot of paper and will offer more creative and fun activities!  We may also decide to post some activities on our blogs.  This is still in the works, so we'll let you know if we decide to do that.  It’s so important for you to recognize the fact that your child’s education will still be of the utmost quality!  This is a school-wide decision to think differently at a time in our lives when we have no choice but to embrace change.  We don’t always like it, but I promise you…we will take into account the latest research in every decision that we make, and doing simple worksheets at school and for homework are not the best ways to educate your child.  I hope you are all staying positive in a time that is the toughest most of us have seen...but we WILL come through this and be a stronger nation of people as a result!  You know the old saying...what doesn't kill us makes us stronger!  I hope you will embrace the changes that we are making for the benefit of our children, the environment and our budget.

Reminders

1.  This is a reminder that the Six Flags Forms are due tomorrow...NO EXCEPTIONS!  I hope to receive some more so that you can have a FREE ticket to Six Flags in the summer!

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2.  Also, I forgot to send the Gocabulary packets home with the kids today, so we will have our quiz on Monday instead.  Look for them in the Friday Folder tomorrow. 

3.  Family Fitness Night is Tuesday, February 24th.  Did you know that we have a Weight Watcher's meeting held right here at King Springs every week?  You can join us for a small fee!  What a convenient and healthy way to lose a few pounds!  Look for a sign up sheet on Tuesday night.

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