5th Grade Newsletter

Friday, October 11, 2019

IMPORTANT DATES:

Mon., Oct. 14- All missing work from 1st quarter due

Tues., Oct. 15- Worker’s Holiday

Thurs., Oct. 17- Volcano Day @ 2:30

Mon., Oct. 21- NO school. Harvest Holiday

Wed., Oct. 23- -Reflections entries are due

Thurs., Oct. 24 - Picture retakes

Mon.-Fri., Oct. 28-Nov. 1- RED RIBBON WEEK

Wed., Oct. 30- next newsletter/grade report

Thurs., Oct. 31-HALLOWEEN-Costume allowed-no masks or face paint

Tues., Nov. 26- Maturation programs @ 2:00

Wed.-Fri., Nov 27-29- NO school..Thanksgiving Holiday

          Thank you so much for meeting with us last week.  You have wonderful children, and we think you are pretty great parents as well. We have reached the end of 1st term.  Wow!!    All missing work is due Monday in order to earn Worker’s Holiday on Tuesday. Please go to PowerSchool and check your child’s grades.  We have sent category totals with all missing assignments listed on it(if your child has anything missing). Students also received a missing assignment list this past Wednesday, October 9.  Worker’s Holiday will be on Tuesday, Oct. 15.  We will have a Read-A-Thon in the morning.  Students may wear PJ’s, if they would like and bring a blanket or pillow, a few healthy snacks (NO drinks), and of course a book or books to READ.  Students not earning the activity will work in another room to work on missing assignments.

         If you received a purple paper from Power School at your conference and have NOT signed the forms, your child has been blocked from using computers. The only way for them to be unblocked, is to sign the electronic forms.  Mrs. Griffiths, in our front office, can help you do this.

         ORCHESTRA WILL BEGIN ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15.

         Students are running the mile run next week in PE.  Please remember to wear good running shoes and bring a water bottle.

         Picture retakes will be Thursday, Oct. 24. 

         You are invited to come have a BLAST with us as we explode our volcanoes next Thurs., at 2:30(Oct. 17) on the south playground.  Please do NOT park in the bus loading zone. You may  park on 500 S. behind the playground, or in the parking lot.  Exploded volcanoes may not come back in the school, so students need to take them home or take them around to the dumpster at the north end of the school. 

         We are excited that the DARE program is going well here at South. Our students are enjoying Officer Uresk. *Just for your information, our DARE graduation will be Tuesday, December 10 at 2:30 in the gym. Students will be writing a DARE essay in November, which will be required in order to graduate from DARE.

         Remember that we do not have school Mon., Oct. 21. 

Reflections entries are due on Wed., Oct. 23.  You can get rules and entry forms at http://www.utahpta.org/reflections.  The entry must include the “artist’s statement”.  The theme is “Look Within”.

                  The fifth grade Maturation Programs will be on Tues., Nov. 26 @ 2:00.  The boys are in the gym and the girls are in the library.  We hope that a parent will be able to attend with each child, however a child may attend without a parent.  We DO need a permission slip returned in order for your child to attend.  Most of you signed that at our conferences.

          Please feel welcome to email, call, or come in anytime with your concerns.  The next newsletter will be posted on Wed., Oct. 30.

                                            

                                     Thank you,

                                    Mrs. Williams, Mrs. Little, & Mrs. Sherratt

    

*****Please sign the verification slip that your child brought home and return it to school.*****