Newsletter for August 29, 2014

What We Learned This Week

It was great seeing so many of you at Curriculum Night! We're off to a great school year.

English Language Arts

I was able to complete fluency assessments on all students. I will send these results to you next week. Fluency represents speed and accuracy, which contribute to student comprehension. This will support my ability to help students choose just-right books. A just-right book should be read at an accuracy rate of 98% and within a time frame that promotes comprehension and expression, somewhere between 75 to 125 words per minute depending on the text type (fiction or informational) and complexity. I will focus on four areas within all reading: comprehension, accuracy, fluency, and expanding vocabulary. I will use this as baseline data to track student growth and inform my instructional strategies.

I will continue to emphasize reading a just-right book. It is essential that students read just-right books to maximize their growth in reading. I've asked the students to be patient. If you really want to read Harry Potter, but aren't ready, wait. It will be there for you when you're ready.

We explored fluency as a class with the classic, Green Eggs and Ham. This seemingly "easy" book presents many challenges when attending to ending punctuation (. ! ?). Try it for yourself:)

Students wrote their first paragraphs. These first writing efforts will serve as a valuable watermark for student reflection.  I have not given anything more than the most basic instructions for this first writing so it will be a true initial writing.

Don't forget to read with or have your student read independently 20 minutes a night (the weekends are great catch-up time). I know every family's schedule is unique, but get it in whenever and wherever you possibly can. Research supports the importance of this practice over all others in predicting students' future success.

Finally, I conducted the Developmental Spelling Assessment (DSA). This reliable assessment will indicate which stage of spelling and phonemic awareness your student is currently in and which spelling features (generalizations such as vowel-consonant-silent e, "ice") your student knows and needs explicit instruction in. I will send home this information next week.

Math

Your student will bring home a math quiz on Monday. It represents the key concepts we covered this week:
- fact strategies (zero more, one more, two more, and sums to ten)
- representing numbers in standard (e.g., 42), written (e.g., forty-two) and expanded (e.g., 40 + 2) forms
- expressions (e.g., 3 + 2) and statements (e.g., I read three books. I read two more books.)

I introduced multiple strategies for determining the number of possible combinations given two variables. For example, Ted had a red shirt and a blue shirt. Ted also had green shorts and white shorts. How many and what clothing combinations does Ted have?

red shirt - green shorts                     rs - gs         
red shirt - white shorts                     rs - ws
blue shirt - green shorts                   bs - gs
blue shirt - white shorts                   bs - ws

2 shirts x 2 shorts = 4 combinations

We also talked about the importance of being organized in writing combinations so we don't skip one or write the same one twice.

I also administered an initial fact fluency assessment. I will send the results of this assessment home next week as well. Students who have not mastered their addition and subtraction facts must practice these at home. Mastery of fact fluency is crucial for multi-step and authentic story problem success.

Important Dates and Reminders

Fall conferences will be the second week of November. Please visit the signup genius page to choose your date and time by clicking on this link.

FALL CONFERENCES

I love Halloween! I also love Star Wars. I would like to combine both to build community in our classroom. Over the years, I've tried to come up with a class theme that would be a shared interest. I've asked the class to consider dressing up as Stormtroopers or for Halloween. I think it will be fun for us and will also build community in our shared identity. I don't expect everyone to do it, but the more the merrier. It will make a real statement that we have a class identity and are all working together. I think these will be pretty easy to find and not terribly expensive. Click on the link to visit the Amazon.com page for costumes.

STORMTROOPER COSTUME

Important 1st Quarter Dates & Reminders

Lots of new dates this week! We would LOVE any and all help we can get for our upcoming field trips. I know everyone is very busy and I know it can be a real sacrifice to take time away from other work and obligations. Your volunteering makes our trips successful so thank you in advance! 

New dates and times are indicated in red. 

September 1, 2014 - No School in honor of Labor Day
September 2 through 26, 2014 - STAR Reading and Math Diagnostic Testing
September 3, 2014 - Walking Wednesday (See PTO website for future Walking Wednesdays)
September 4, 2014 - Fall Picture Day
September 5, 2014 - Blue and Green Day: Show your Windermere Hawk Pride
September 9, 2014 - PTO General Meeting at 7pm (See PTO website for future meetings)
September 10, 2014 - Early Dismissal/Teacher Development at 1pm
September 12, 2014 - Thompson Park Tree Trek Field Trip
September 19, 2014 - Black and Gold Day: Show your support for UA's homecoming
September 22 through 26, 2014 - PTO Book Sale
September 26, 2014 - Wacky hair day
September 26, 2014 - Fall Family Fun Night from 5 till 7pm

October 3, 2014 - Hat day
October 6 through 10, 2014 - Hawk Walk for the Playground
October 8, 2014 - Ohio Reading Achievement Assessment (Please avoid scheduling absences on this date)
October 10, 2014 - Blue and Green Day: Show your Windermere Hawk Pride
October 13 through 17, 2014 - Collection days for Box Tops for Education
October 17, 2014 - Blue and Green Day: Show your Windermere Hawk Pride
October 17, 2014- Field Trip to Thompson Park (please email if you would like to volunteer)
October 23, 2014 - Fall picture retakes
October 24, 2014 - End of the first quarter
October 27, 2014 - No school, teacher grading day

Important 2nd Quarter Dates & Reminders

October 30, 2014 - UA Trick or Treating from 5:30 till 8pm
October 31, 2014 - Halloween party (extended lunch from 12 till 1:30pm, most students go home to change into costumes)

November 3 through 7, 2014 - First quarter conferences
November 4, 2014 - No School for Students, Teacher Development Day
November 5, 2014 - Progress Reports sent home
November 6, 2014 - Early Dismissal/Conferences at 11am
November 10 through 13, 2014 - Fall conferences
November 17 through 21, 2014 - District Gifted Screening
November 25, 2014 - Scarlet and Gray Day
November 26 through 28, 2014 - No School Thanksgiving

December 1 through January 9, 2015 - STAR Reading and Math Diagnostic Testing
December 3, 2014 - Early Dismissal/Teacher Development at 1pm
December 19, 2014 - Holiday parties 2pm
December 22 through January 2, 2015 - No School Winter Break

January 16, 2015 - End of second quarter
January 19, 2015 - No School Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
January 20, 2015 - No school, teacher grading day

Important 3rd Quarter Dates & Reminders

January 27, 2015 - Progress Reports sent home
January 29, 2015 - Early Dismissal/Conferences at 11am

February 2 through 13, 2015 - Ohio Wildlife Center donation drive
February 4, 2015 - Early Dismissal/Teacher Development at 1pm
February 9 through 13, 2015 - Collection days for Box Tops for Education
February 16, 2015 - No School Presidents' Day
February 17, 2015 - Math State PBA
February 23, 2015 - English Language Arts State PBA
February 23, 2015 - AASCD

March 9 through 13, 2015 - PTO Book Sale
March 17, 2015 - 3rd Grade Musical
March 20 through 27, 2015 - No School Spring Break

April 2, 2015 - End of third quarter
April 3, 2015 - No School
April 6, 2015 - No School, teacher grading day

Important 4th Quarter Dates & Reminders

April 8, 2015 - Early Dismissal/Teacher Development at 1pm
April 9, 2015 - Spring Picture Day
April 13 through May 22, 2015 - District Writing Diagnostic Testing
April 14, 2015 - Progress Reports sent home
April 21 through 22, 2015 - English Language Arts State EOY
April 22, 2015 - Ohio Reading Achievement Assessment
April 24, 2015 - Kid Fest
April 28 through 29, 2015 - Math State EOY

May 1 through 29, 2015 - STAR Reading and Math Diagnostic Testing
May 9, 2015 - Wish Run
May 25, 2015 - No School Memorial Day

June 1, 2015 - Field Day
June 3, 2015 - End of fourth quarter/Last day for students, Classroom parties 12:05 till 1:05pm
June 9, 2015 - Progress Reports sent home



Homework Help

Homework Philosophy & Practices

Homework can be a challenge for every family and as students enter third grade, the homework expectations increase. This post is intended to give families and students an idea of what to expect for third grade homework. This post will also provide you with a reference to refer to throughout the year. I will discuss homework at the Parent Information Night as well. As each student is unique, this information may not reflect your student's homework as I will try to differentiate it to make it as beneficial as possible.

Homework has changed significantly over the years, both in purpose and amount. I strongly support the research based recommendations of 3rd graders having regular homework to primarily develop  positive time management and work habits and reinforce previously introduced content, rather than to learn new material (which will become the focus in later years). The exception to this is in word study, where regular practice develops mastery, retention and recall. I also support the recommendations of approximately 10 minutes of homework per grade level. However, as the school year begins and students return from summer, homework can take considerably longer than this until they get back into the swing of things or develop important skills. Seeing this through, as hard as it can be, is important for students' success and will make future homework much easier for them. We have practiced homework at school so students understand my expectations and have had experience being successful in an appropriate amount of time.

Some students may need modified homework depending on the current academic levels. Please communicate with me if you find your student's work is simply too hard or too much and I will work with you to support them. They may need modified homework or simply modified practices, e.g., a quiet environment to complete it or change in routine.

More homework is not the same as differentiated homework.

It is important to note that students who are currently performing below grade level, will indeed need to do additional work at home to help close any academic gaps. Doing the same amount as their peers simply will not provide enough practice to catch up. The hard work they do now, will pay off later. However, overwhelming students who already feel behind is not productive either. I am happy to partner with families to develop strategies for accomplishing an increased workload and to help your student understand this as they often, understandably, are frustrated by this fact and may even feel it is unfair. I will stress that while we work and learn together in a community, it is important to me that I know each student as an individual and am able to support them based on their individual needs.

I do not grade homework in the traditional sense as it is often not done independently, but I do check to ensure it has been attempted.

Homework habits are important to your student's success as well. Most research (and parents) find their students are more successful when they have clear, predictable, and routine homework habits. This can be hard these days as many of our children are very busy with additional activities such as sports and social organizations after school. I recommend:

- Consistent routine: Your student may do better to come straight home and finish their homework, or they may need a break and a snack. You know your student best. The goal is to aim for consistency. I do recommend using a carrot, e.g., computer time, as a reward once homework is finished.

- Place: Your student will do best with few distractions (e.g., away from electronics, pets, and siblings) in a quiet environment. You may even plan to take them to the library after school to do their homework.

- Time management: Your student should develop a sense of how they spend their time when they are "working." My own two students are vastly different. One will knock out their homework with concentrated effort in ten to twenty minutes. The other had to overcome a habit of balking at their work longer than the actual work took. I simply timed their on and off task work and shared it with them once they were done. I also had to be very firm in demanding they finish their homework prior to doing anything else. This can be difficult. I know from personal experience. There are no magic short cuts. My only advice is to stick to it and feel free to involve me in discussions with your student to reinforce that this is work I've assigned and its purpose. This can help alleviate any homework fights you may endure.

- Independence: I will explicitly model my homework expectations and strategies and expect your student to attempt it on their own. Let them try before you jump in to help or they may become dependent. However, if your student is struggling, please let me know and I can make modifications. 

Nightly Homework - What To Expect

Students will receive homework Monday through Thursday. I do not assign weekend homework. Homework is always due the following day. I find it is easier for students and families to manage nightly homework than packets, which can get pushed till the end of the week for a long night of homework, which defeats the purpose of developing good work habits and time management.

Word Study

Once the school year has gotten under way, your student will be assigned specific spelling words (and more importantly, patterns and rules) to practice nightly. We will also have weekly vocabulary words (along with their parts of speech) and an idiom. We will not start spelling for the first few weeks of school as I will be assessing students developmental spelling levels during this time to determine their needs. I will share specific strategies to help your student practice these patterns in their word study notebook, which they should bring home nightly, at Parent Information Night.

Reading

I love to read! I read fiction and non-fiction, from biographies and history to fantasy and science fiction. I will try to share my love of reading for pleasure and we will develop many deep thinking reading skills at school.

However, my homework focus will be on reading for information, the primary reading activity your student will engage in for the remainder of their education. Each of these short stories will be on a non-fiction historical event. To start the year, your student will receive a one page reading and response passage, The Daily News, nightly. I've provided a sample below to show you what these look like and how I expect them to be completed (although I suggest pencil). The first week's homework goal is simply to get students into a routine and I will accept most homework regardless of the skills demonstrated. I will work hard to identify students' reading levels as quickly as possible, but will start the year assigning everyone the same homework.

 Nightly Reading Homework Sample
(Click to enlarge.)

The backside includes a more complex comprehension assignment to deepen student understanding. The assignment is to write a first person narrative of the historical event they are reading. If possible, please have your student type their extended response. This will give them nightly keyboarding (see below) practice and kill two birds with one stone.

I will always recommend additional daily reading, including the weekend, but will leave that to each family's discretion. I am happy to help if you find you would like to do this, but need support finding appropriately leveled books that interest your student.

Math

Math instruction has probably changed more than any other academic area since most of us were in school. Where we learned algorithms and memorized linear math, today's students are taught to truly understand math and to problem solve using a variety of possible strategies to arrive at a single common answer. Your student's math homework will review common core math standards and problem solving. I also encourage you to support your student's fact fluency. I will share strategies for this at Curriculum Night. These strategies, which I will also share explicitly on the blog as I introduce them, will be your student's anchor to recalling or quickly solving these facts. It provides them with a way of organizing facts into groups (e.g., spelling patterns) without having to memorize 100's of seemingly independent math operations. Your student's familiarity with these more basic concepts will support their ability to do far more complex math at school.

I will discuss multi digit operations at our Parent Information Night. Please hold off on teaching your student traditional algorithms until we've had a chance to discuss these.

Keyboarding

Keyboarding is becoming an indispensable skill for all students, especially for those with fine motor challenges. Beginning this year, many assessments will be taken solely on computers and students' ability to concentrate on their composition and operations, rather than hunting for the appropriate key, will make a significant difference in their ability to show what they know. I will do weekly keyboarding instruction, but encourage consistent at-home keyboard practice. Students can try any of the following self-instruction keyboarding sites:
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/
www.typingweb.com/teacherportal
www.freetypinggames.net
www.mcs.k12.in.us/Page/7673

Sick and Vacation Homework

I do not assign homework for students who are ill or take planned absences during the school year. If a child is ill I want them to rest, recover and rejoin us as soon as possible. For those who are travelling, I hope they will read and fully enjoy their trip. Much can be learned outside of the classroom and I fully support developing young people's awareness of the wider world's diversity.

Newsletter for August 22, 2014

What a great start to the year! We have a wonderful class this year and I'm looking forward to teaching and learning with them.

What We Learned This Week

We spent a lot of time establishing routines and expectations. The first few weeks will be slow and steady as we create the community and environment necessary for a successful year. We will dig into our academics as we develop independence.

Safety Check
As a safety check, I asked students to write down their address and parents' phone numbers. Many in the class do not know one or both of these contacts. Please review these with your student.

Homework
We will begin homework in earnest next week. I have modeled the reading homework extensively with the class and they should know my expectations. I will go over this in detail during Curriculum Night, next Thursday. For the time being, please have your student write their name, the full date (no abbreviations), number and underline their evidence, and use the text for spelling (no misspelling of frequently used words in the passage). Students should spend no more than thirty to forty-five minutes on their homework, provided they are concentrating and focused. Please let me know if your student's reading homework is too difficult as it will take some time for me to get to know their appropriate reading levels. I will adjust their homework as necessary for their specific reading level needs. Encourage your student to write the first person narrative on the back. For the first week, I just want to see what they can produce. I have modeled this as well and will be sharing student work as a learning opportunity to take our work from good to great.

Science and STEM 
The class  tried a unique cooperation and communication activity based on the Apollo 13 CO2 filter crisis.

Click on the image to watch a short video clip from Apollo 13.

Students were paired and had to create a figure using Keva planks. They then had to talk their partner through the same construction using only their words. Varying degrees of success were reached, but the larger point of the value of communication was the priority as we develop a collaborative community.

Students took turns building.

Their partners then had to replicate the builders' work using the same materials and only words.

This complex design was reconstructed with great accuracy. 

The structure above was communicated to a partner who built the structure below. 

Finally, we introduced our physical science theme of matter through film canister rockets. Our solid (Alkaseltzer) was transformed into a gas (carbon dioxide) via our liquid (water) with fun results.

Important 1st Quarter Dates & Reminders

August 28, 2014 - Parent Information Night from 7 till 7:40 (new time) in Room 128, the art room (parents only please). Grade 3 will be presenting together.
August 29, 2014 - Black and Gold Day: support the opening of the Bear's football season by wearing black and gold

September 1, 2014 - No School in honor of Labor Day
September 2 through 26, 2014 - STAR Reading and Math Diagnostic Testing
September 3, 2014 - Walking Wednesday (See PTO website for future Walking Wednesdays)
September 4, 2014 - Fall Picture Day
September 5, 2014 - Blue and Green Day: Show your Windermere Hawk Pride
September 9, 2014 - PTO General Meeting at 7pm (See PTO website for future meetings)
September 10, 2014 - Early Dismissal/Teacher Development at 1pm
September 19, 2014 - Black and Gold Day: Show your support for UA's homecoming
September 22 through 26, 2014 - PTO Book Sale
September 26, 2014 - Wacky hair day
September 26, 2014 - Fall Family Fun Night from 5 till 7pm

October 3, 2014 - Hat day
October 6 through 10, 2014 - Hawk Walk for the Playground
October 8, 2014 - Ohio Reading Achievement Assessment (Please avoid scheduling absences on this date)
October 10, 2014 - Blue and Green Day: Show your Windermere Hawk Pride
October 13 through 17, 2014 - Collection days for Box Tops for Education
October 17, 2014 - Blue and Green Day: Show your Windermere Hawk Pride
October 17, 2014- Field Trip to Thompson Park (please email if you would like to volunteer)
October 23, 2014 - Fall picture retakes
October 24, 2014 - End of the first quarter
October 27, 2014 - No school, teacher grading day

Important 2nd Quarter Dates & Reminders

October 30, 2014 - UA Trick or Treating from 5:30 till 8pm
October 31, 2014 - Halloween party (extended lunch from 12 till 1:30pm, most students go home to change into costumes)

November 3 through 7, 2014 - First quarter conferences
November 4, 2014 - No School for Students, Teacher Development Day
November 5, 2014 - Progress Reports sent home
November 6, 2014 - Early Dismissal/Conferences at 11am
November 10 through 13, 2014 - Fall conferences
November 17 through 21, 2014 - District Gifted Screening
November 25, 2014 - Scarlet and Gray Day
November 26 through 28, 2014 - No School Thanksgiving

December 1 through January 9, 2015 - STAR Reading and Math Diagnostic Testing
December 3, 2014 - Early Dismissal/Teacher Development at 1pm
December 19, 2014 - Holiday parties 2pm
December 22 through January 2, 2015 - No School Winter Break

January 16, 2015 - End of second quarter
January 19, 2015 - No School Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
January 20, 2015 - No school, teacher grading day

Important 3rd Quarter Dates & Reminders

January 27, 2015 - Progress Reports sent home
January 29, 2015 - Early Dismissal/Conferences at 11am

February 2 through 13, 2015 - Ohio Wildlife Center donation drive
February 4, 2015 - Early Dismissal/Teacher Development at 1pm
February 9 through 13, 2015 - Collection days for Box Tops for Education
February 16, 2015 - No School Presidents' Day
February 17, 2015 - Math State PBA
February 23, 2015 - English Language Arts State PBA
February 23, 2015 - AASCD

March 9 through 13, 2015 - PTO Book Sale
March 17, 2015 - 3rd Grade Musical
March 20 through 27, 2015 - No School Spring Break

April 2, 2015 - End of third quarter
April 3, 2015 - No School
April 6, 2015 - No School, teacher grading day

Important 4th Quarter Dates & Reminders

April 8, 2015 - Early Dismissal/Teacher Development at 1pm
April 9, 2015 - Spring Picture Day
April 13 through May 22, 2015 - District Writing Diagnostic Testing
April 14, 2015 - Progress Reports sent home
April 21 through 22, 2015 - English Language Arts State EOY
April 22, 2015 - Ohio Reading Achievement Assessment
April 24, 2015 - Kid Fest
April 28 through 29, 2015 - Math State EOY

May 1 through 29, 2015 - STAR Reading and Math Diagnostic Testing
May 9, 2015 - Wish Run
May 25, 2015 - No School Memorial Day

June 1, 2015 - Field Day
June 3, 2015 - End of fourth quarter/Last day for students, Classroom parties 12:05 till 1:05pm
June 9, 2015 - Progress Reports sent home

Welcome to Room 120

Windermere Hawks

Welcome to Room 120 for the 2014-2015 school year. I'm Mr. Hudson, your home-room teacher this year. I'm so excited to work with you this year. We have many fun and challenging learning experiences already planned.

Please take time to visit the many links at the right. There are many helpful resources I have found over the years.

Please bring a chapter book you would like to start reading on the first day of school.

You may want to bookmark this page for the following calendar.

Special Area Schedule

A Days - Library
B Days - PE
C Days - Art
D Days -  Music
E Days -  Music & PE

(Right click on the ABCDE schedules above to print.)

 

We do not have specials on the first or last days of school. Your student will need athletic shoes on all gym days and should plan to leave an art smock in their locker. We will not have library for several weeks as they are updating the library catalog and re-barcoding all of our books.

I will highlight new and changed dates on subsequent posts in red.

Important 1st Quarter Dates & Reminders

August 18, 2014 - New Family & Kindergarten Ice Cream Social and Spirit Wear Sale at 6pm on the new Primary Playground
August 19, 2014 - Meet Your Teacher Night and Spirit Wear Sale from 4 till 5pm in Room 120
August 20, 2014 - First day of school. Breakfast on the Green at 7:45. School starts at 8:10.
August 28, 2014 - Parent Information Night from 7 till 8:30 in the art room (parents only please). Grade 3 will be presenting together.
August 29, 2014 - Black and Gold Day: support the opening of the Bear's football season by wearing black and gold

September 1, 2014 - No School in honor of Labor Day
September 3, 2014 - Walking Wednesday (See PTO website for future Walking Wednesdays)
September 4, 2014 - Fall Picture Day
September 5, 2014 - Blue and Green Day: Show your Windermere Hawk Pride
September 9, 2014 - PTO General Meeting at 7pm (See PTO website for future meetings)
September 10, 2014 - Early Dismissal/Teacher Development at 1pm
September 19, 2014 - Black and Gold Day: Show your support for UA's homecoming
September 22 through 26, 2014 - PTO Book Sale
September 26, 2014 - Wacky hair day
September 26, 2014 - Fall Family Fun Night from 5 till 7pm

October 3, 2014 - Hat day
October 6 through 10, 2014 - Hawk Walk for the Playground
October 7, 2014 - Ohio Reading Achievement Assessment (Please avoid scheduling absences on this date)
October 10, 2014 - Blue and Green Day: Show your Windermere Hawk Pride
October 13 through 17, 2015 - Collection days for Box Tops for Education
October 17, 2015 - Blue and Green Day: Show your Windermere Hawk Pride
October 23, 2015 - Fall picture retakes
October 24, 2014 - End of the first quarter
October 27, 2014 - No school, teacher grading day

Important 2nd Quarter Dates & Reminders

October 30, 2014 - UA Trick or Treating from 5:30 till 8pm
October 31, 2014 - Halloween party (extended lunch from 12 till 1:30pm, most students go home to change into costumes)

November 3 through 7, 2014 - First quarter conferences
November 4, 2014 - No School for Students, Teacher Development Day
November 6, 2014 - Early Dismissal/Conferences at 11am
November 25, 2014 - Scarlet and Gray Day
November 26 through 28, 2014 - No School Thanksgiving

December 3, 2014 - Early Dismissal/Teacher Development at 1pm
December 19, 2014 - Holiday parties 2pm
December 22 through January 2, 2015 - No School Winter Break

January 16, 2015 - End of second quarter
January 19, 2015 - No School Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
January 20, 2015 - No school, teacher grading day

Important 3rd Quarter Dates & Reminders

January 29, 2015 - Early Dismissal/Conferences at 11am

February 2 through 13, 2015 - Ohio Wildlife Center donation drive
February 4, 2015 - Early Dismissal/Teacher Development at 1pm
February 9 through 13, 2015 - Collection days for Box Tops for Education
February 16, 2015 - No School Presidents' Day

March 9 through 13, 2015 - PTO Book Sale
March 17, 2015 - 3rd Grade Musical
March 20 through 27, 2015 - No School Spring Break

April 2, 2015 - End of third quarter
April 3, 2015 - No School
April 6, 2015 - No School, teacher grading day

Important 4th Quarter Dates & Reminders

April 8, 2015 - Early Dismissal/Teacher Development at 1pm
April 9, 2015 - Spring Picture Day
April 24, 2015 - Kid Fest

May 9, 2015 - Wish Run
May 25, 2015 - No School Memorial Day

June 1, 2015 - Field Day
June 3, 2015 - End of fourth quarter/Last day for students, Classroom parties 12:05 till 1:05pm