Dear Families,
Hope you are all
managing the cold wintery weather, not to mention the alternate
arrangements for child care when school is closed. Gotta love it. Last
week's snow days took me by surprise. Now I long to get on with our
regularly scheduled program. Even so, tomorrow's closed and Thursday is
in question with the forecasted temperatures. Here is a link to the Winter Weather Guidelines
for AAPS. I think the chart to show how wind chills are determined is
cool. I went over it with the kids today as a teachable moment for how
to read tables.
The school closings have messed up our focus study schedule as well. Check messages form Karen Siegel to keep abreast of that.
Alexis, our music teacher, is trying to prepare the kids for the Coffee House coming Feb 7
at 6. She only has our class one day a week. Today she handed out the
recorders that were ordered so kids could practice at home.(lucky you).
It's time to prepare for the upcoming Science Fair,
scheduled for February 28. I spoke with the kids about it today. Next
time we have school I will have "I-Search" contracts for the kids to
fill out. The I-Search this time will be science or maker fair related
and we will display them at the science fair. VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR
VOLUNTEER SIGN UP, STUDENT ENTRY FORMS, AND HANDBOOK: Science Fair Handbook and volunteer link
In October I tried to establish dates for Camp Dainava.
We have a slight complication. The Camp is upgrading their bathrooms,
which is great news. However, the completion date is May 1. My contact
for camp rental is worried about the possibility of construction not
meeting its deadline, so she asked if we could wait until April to
secure a date. I was looking for camp dates May 8-10, May 15-17 or May
22-May 24. I usually like to give families more lead time for making
arrangements to be available for camp. If anyone is skilled at creating
online surveys I'd like to get feedback from families about this. Let me
know.
The salmon are doing great. We're
still working on multiplication and division. This will be ongoing, but
we will start geometry when we reconvene.
