Friday Howl!
November 1, 2024
Hello Timber Wolves!
We did it! We made it to November. So many fun and exciting things are on the horizon.
We only have 2 more IDEA Time classes for this first session followed an all-school assembly just before Conference week led by students from one of those IDEA Time classes. Soon all students will be asked to pick their preferences for our next IDEA Time session that launches on December 4th.
Thank you to the staff on the PBIS Team and an extra thanks to Ms. Mary and Mr. Jose for hosting coffee and conversation for our Spanish speaking families. Are you a Spanish speaking family? We are now hosting this gathering for Spanish speaking families every Tuesday at 8am. If you missed our last one, please come to the library on Tuesday. I will reach out to our Spanish speaking families soon with additional resources and to get feedback soon. We appreciate your partnership and hope that we can grow this into supports for more of our families.
We have our Fall Family Traditions Class Celebrations on Friday, November 8th. This will be a time to have students talk about and share some of their fall family traditions. Contact your classroom teacher if you have not heard from them about your class celebration.
This weekend is the end of Daylight Savings time. Remember to set you clock back one hour before you go to bed Saturday night.
There is NO SCHOOL on Monday, November 11th in observance of Veteran’s Day.
Picture Re-take Day is Tuesday, November 12th. This is for anyone who was absent on the previous Picture Day or for families who want to have the picture re-taken and re-ordered.
Remember, conferences are scheduled to take place on Monday and Tuesday, November 25th and 26th. Your student’s teacher has started to send out sign up links. Everyone should receive a link to sign up for a conference time sometime next week.
Here is a bit of joy from our week: A student walked into the office with a handful of plastic dice saying, “I found these in the boys’ bathroom.” Mrs. Kolias said thanks and held out her cupped hands saying she would take them. As the student dumps them into her hands he adds, “They’re wet.” Ms. Kolias gives the subtlest of pauses and says, “…Thanks.” Ms. Kelley is just shaking her head back and forth and I am stifling a laugh as Mrs. Kolias heads straight to the sink to wash up. Let’s just not think about how they got wet. I hope you have a wonderful weekend and enjoy that extra hour of sleep as we “fall back” and set our clocks back one hour tomorrow night. I don’t know about you, but I feel like we all deserve it!!
Principal Z