Newsletter for April 6, 2018

What We Learned This Week

Word Study
We worked on hard /k/ sounds produced with closed syllables/short vowel sounds (e.g., kick), vowel-consonant e syllables/long vowel sounds (e.g., bike) and vowel teams/irregular vowel sounds (e.g., book). Students are encouraged to share what they see first (syllable type) and then what they hear (short, long, irregular vowel sound). I'm working to draw more connections from their word study to their applied reading and writing (e.g., Find one of each visual pattern in your reading and record it on a post-it note; Use one of each syllable type in your writing today.).

Reading Workshop
We are continuing to work on summaries and they are really improving. We are also going over a few practice tests to talk about test taking strategies (e.g., reading the multiple choice answers as part of the question to help us know what we are being asked to do and what to look for in the text) and to familiarize students with what kinds of questions and content will be on the test.

Writing Workshop
We are focusing on creating multi-paragraph informational writing pieces in Google docs on our iPads. Keyboarding is a real challenge for most, but I have most students typing with two fingers pretty adequately. I'm pleased with the class' writing. I'm looking for a specific title that indicates what they are writing about, a strong topic sentence, evidence from the text in their own words, and explicit explanations of why that evidence fits the prompt. Your student is welcome to share their writing with you, but I ask that you not make any changes.

Math
We are solving fraction story problems and learning how to simplify fractions by dividing by 1 represented as a fraction (e.g., 2/2, 3/3, etc.).

Science
We had a lot of fun in science this week. I used an apple to represent the small proportion of the Earth that is available for growing natural resources (e.g., crops, livestock, trees, etc.). This dovetailed nicely with our fraction study. See if your student can remember how we arrived at our usable land fraction.

We also used pinto beans (coal) and great northern beans (solar) to demonstrate the difference between renewable and non-renewable energy.

Finally, I used a leaf blower to model how powerful wind energy can be. We will continue with our natural resources study for the remainder of the quarter.

Important Dates & Reminders

It's Kid Fest Raffle Basket time again. Please click on this link for the 3rd Grade Star Wars sign up genius. You can donate items or money through April 18th.

Homework

Beginning next year, students K-3 will keep their devices at school. As excited as I was about the potential of online individualized homework, I also understand and support the reasons this decision was made. However, rather than investing a lot of time on my end learning about online homework options that I cannot use in the future, I am going to go back to paper based homework. Your student is welcome to continue to use Khan Academy until device collection in late spring, but I will not require it or check it. I hope your student has enjoyed it and may use it as a resource next year in 4th grade. 

April 2018

17 & 18 Spring 3rd Grade State of Ohio Reading Assessment (AIR)

24 & 25 Spring 3rd Grade State of Ohio Math Assessment - Students need headphones.

May 2018

April 30-May 4  Scholastic Book Fair

4 KidFest, 5-8 p.m.

8  NO School for students or certified staff - Ohio Primary Elections

11 Science field trip to Livingston Elementary - chaperones needed

18 Field trip to the Columbus Zoo - chaperones needed
21  Field Day

28 No School Staff:  Memorial Day

30  Last Day for Students

30 End of third trimester

Newsletter for March 30, 2018

Dear Families,

A short week and a brief newsletter:)

Important Dates & Reminders

It's Kid Fest Raffle Basket time again. Please click on this link for the 3rd Grade Star Wars sign up genius. You can donate items or money through April 18th.

April 2018

4  Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon at Windermere 11-12 in lounge.

17 & 18 Spring 3rd Grade State of Ohio Reading Assessment (AIR)

24 & 25 Spring 3rd Grade State of Ohio Math Assessment - Students need headphones.

May 2018

April 30-May 4  Scholastic Book Fair

4 KidFest, 5-8 p.m.

8  NO School for students or certified staff - Ohio Primary Elections

11 Science field trip to Livingston Elementary

21  Field Day

28 No School Staff:  Memorial Day

30  Last Day for Students

30 End of third trimester

Newsletter for March 23, 2018

What We Learned This Week

Reading 
We are continuing our work on summaries this week. Students are expected to be able to identify main characters, setting(s) and events. Events are noted in chronological order and with bullet points. Finally, they have to identify the author's message. As long as they can support their author's message, they are successful. I'm not looking for a single perspective. The difference in author's message between fiction and informational texts can be tricky so we will spend a few weeks on this to explore these different genres.

The new reading homework is going very smoothly, at least on my end. I hope this is independent and true on your end as well. I'm including the email I sent earlier in the week. Feel free to skip this section if you have already read it:)

In the spirit of continuing to raise the bar as the class progresses, I am going to challenge the class with a slight change in reading homework.

Students should still read 15 to 20 minutes Monday through Thursday and respond to one of 65 different possible responses. (Reading on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays is still encouraged, but is not mandatory.) Students have new reading homework spiral notebooks and a two sided list of possible questions for response. They will take these home each night and return them to school the following morning. 

The entire class wrote a model of how they are supposed to respond on the first page of their reading homework notebook. Each night's response will be on a new page and should look something like this...

March 20, 2018

Fablehaven

20. Describe the setting.

The story takes place in a deep ravine, the home of a troll who lives high on a cliff on the opposite side. There is a set of steep, dangerous steps to reach the troll's home. 

This is new and students will undoubtedly struggle initially, just as they did when I first assigned nightly homework way back in August. My intent is to ensure they are thinking deeply about their reading, build in accountability and formalize that process. I strongly object to homework simply for the sake of homework. It must be productive and intentional. I have tried many different approaches to reading homework over the years and I am confident this will pay huge dividends. 

We practiced this process today at school to ensure everyone understood what they were to do. However, there will be some bumps along the way. Ultimately, I would like their response to take no longer than five minutes. This will, however, be different for each student, more likely based on receptivity than ability. As long as students are reading appropriate text levels they should be successful. We will take this week to develop this new routine and skill. 

Students should highlight the night's question and read it before they begin their nightly reading so they know what to focus on while reading their book. 

Students should not take notes or read some, write some, read some. They should just read for their entire time and then respond at the end. This homework should NOT interrupt their sustained independent reading. 

Students should choose a new question each night and may not do the same question twice. 

If a student finishes a book and begins a new one, they may respond to either book. 

This should quickly become independent work. The only things you may need to do to support your student are to remind them to do it:) and to explain any tricky vocabulary in the list of questions. 

I've tried to anticipate all student and parent questions, but please feel free to contact me, or better yet, have your student write down their questions for me and I'll go over them the next day.

Rafael Rosado, Worthington illustrator and animator of many book and television series, visited us this week. (I must confess I'm a huge Teen Titans fan!) 

Writing
We are focusing on simply getting started and producing a lot of writing in a short period of time. We have spent a lot of time working on creating high quality writing, but we are now practicing getting a satisfactory draft completed every sitting. We are writing between 15 and 20 minutes and responding to text. We are also focusing on informational writing.

Math
We are continuing our study of fractions and I am SUPER impressed. We are moving into equivalent fractions, fractions on a number line, simplifying improper fractions into mixed number fractions, as well as adding and subtracting fractions with common denominators. 

Most students have been very successful with Kahn Academy. I'm finding a small number are not getting enough minutes in and I suspect it may be that KA does not include time spent watching videos in the student's working time.

Science
I introduced natural resources this week with all three classes and was really impressed with our discussion. It is apparent that many families have discussed this important topic. We differentiated between renewable and non-renewable resources and will be exploring most of them in detail through experiments in subsequent weeks.

We shared some inventions at this week's Town Hall Meeting. 

Here, our student council reps and the inventor of the cat scratch protector 

practice their public speaking skills. 

Important Dates & Reminders

It’s Kid Fest Raffle Basket time again and PTO needs your help sending out the SignUp Genius link below to your class and collecting the students’ donations.  Each classroom will have a box for donated items and a separate envelope for money.  We will be by to collect items every few days, so your classrooms don’t become too cluttered.  You may either keep all of the money until the April 18^th deadline or give it to us on collection days. Again, thank you for everything.  Our children are so very lucky.  Windermere is a very special place because of YOU!

Star Wars Raffle Basket

March 2018
27 Progress Reports available online & STAR Progress Monitoring Reports sent home

Progress reports are based on end of trimester assessments, STAR and state assessments, as well as daily performance.
28 Walking Wednesdays begin
30  Good Friday:  No School for Students or Staff

April 2018

4  Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon at Windermere 11-12 in lounge. All volunteers (field trips, room parents, party organizers and helpers, reading support, etc.), please plan to join us.

17 & 18 Spring 3rd Grade State of Ohio Reading Assessment (AIR)

24 & 25 Spring 3rd Grade State of Ohio Math Assessment - Students need headphones.

May 2018

April 30-May 4  Scholastic Book Fair

4 KidFest, 5-8 p.m.

8  NO School for students or certified staff - Ohio Primary Elections

11 Science field trip to Livingston Elementary

21  Field Day

28 No School Staff:  Memorial Day

30  Last Day for Students

30 End of third trimester

Newsletter for March 2, 2018

What We Learned This Week

Word Study
We continued our study of the -aw sound, made by -au (e.g., caught) generally used in the beginning or middle of a word and -aw (e.g., straw) generally found at the end of a word, or when followed by k, l, and n sounds (e.g., squawk, crawl, dawn).

Reading Workshop 
I spent most of the week continuing our informational text study and assessing students for growth with the Developmental Reading Assessment (DRA). I assessed students in fiction and will end the year with informational DRAs in May. I will share the results of these assessments on your student's upcoming progress reports, available March 27th. I've been very pleased with the class' growth across engagement, fluency, and comprehension.

Writing Workshop
We are using multiple passages in writing, comparing and contrasting them. This has been hard for the class, but will become easier with practice. I am encouraging them to write about one passage in a paragraph and then write about the second passage in a second paragraph. This should help them focus their writing and keep it organized. I am also emphasizing using evidence from the text in our own words.

Math
I've been busy exploring online math programs that are meaningful and have settled on Kahn Academy. I'll be studying it over spring break and will begin assigning it for homework. Not only will it give students valuable experience working online, but will allow for differentiated homework based on student mastery of standards. I will teach students how to use it at school before assigning it for homework and will send home student login information.

We started fractions this week, probably my favorite standards to teach. Students are learning that the denominator represents the the total number of units in the whole or the one. The numerator represents the number of units being considered (e.g., pieces of pizza eaten, cookies left, students still eating at a lunch table, etc. ).

Students are also learning three important equivalent relationships: one, one-half, and zero. When the numerator and the denominator are the same, the fraction is equal to one (e.g., 4/4 = 1). When the numerator is half the value of the denominator, the fraction is equal to one-half (e.g., 2/4 = 1/2). When the numerator is zero, the fraction is equal to zero (e.g., 0/5 = 0).

We are also starting to explore improper fractions, when the numerator is greater than the denominator (e.g., 7/4) and mixed number fractions, when we have a whole number and a fraction (e.g., 1 3/4).

I don't plan to introduce anything more next week, but will continue to review this content.

Science - Invention Convention
I was blown away by students' boards this year. As an entire grade, this is the greatest collection of inventions and presentation boards I've ever seen. I cannot wait for you to see the assembled work next Friday.

Completed boards and prototypes are due next Tuesday, March 6th. Prototypes should be demonstration models or mock ups of student inventions. They do not have to be fully functioning, but instead will be used for demonstration purposes. They should be no larger than a paper box (a little smaller than a laundry basket). 

The Invention Convention will be March 9th from 10-10:30. Families are invited to see the amazing inventions these young students have generated. Just a heads up, if you are planning taking your student out for a celebratory lunch (and to take their presentation board and prototype home), please sign them out. School policy does not allow you to take classmates with you unless you have written permission from that other student's parent(s).  

Important Dates & Reminders

March 2018

There will not be a newsletter next week. I hope you have a relaxing and/or adventurous spring break!

9 End of Second Trimester

9 Invention Convention 10-10:30am in the Multipurpose Room/Cafeteria. Families are invited to help us celebrate student inventions and then take your student (and their materials) to lunch.

12-16  Spring Break

19 No School for Students:  Teacher Grading Day

27 Progress Reports available online

30  Good Friday:  No School for Students or Staff

April 2018
4  Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon at Windermere 11-12 in lounge

17 & 18 Spring 3rd Grade State of Ohio Reading Assessment (AIR)

24 & 25 Spring 3rd Grade State of Ohio Math Assessment - Students need headphones.

May 2018

April 30-May 4  Scholastic Book Fair

4 KidFest, 5-8 p.m.

8  NO School for students or certified staff - Ohio Primary Elections

11 Science field trip to Livingston Elementary

21  Field Day

28 No School Staff:  Memorial Day

30  Last Day for Students

30 End of third trimester

Newsletter for February 23, 2018

What We Learned This Week 

Word Study
We concluded our study of "ow" sound and started our study of the "aw" sound, represented by -aw and -au. -aw is generally used at the end of a word (e.g., paw, caw, saw, etc.), whereas -au is genrally used at the beginning or middle of a word (e.g., nautical, fraudulent, caustic, haul, etc.). If the "aw" sound is followed by k, l, or n, however, the pattern is spelled with -aw (e.g., crawl, etc.).

Reading
We are continuing our study of informational texts. I did multiple explicit walkthroughs of different informational texts, highlighting specific features of non-fiction: table of contents, text boxes, charts, graphs, maps, glossaries, indexes, etc.

We also looked at several informational passages that highlighted different informational text features.

Writing

We wrapped up our African American research this week. Students had to go back through all of their notes, categorize them, organize/sequence the cards within a category and then put them into their own words. Each category represents the material for a single paragraph.

We linked this to our informational reading study by summarizing paragraphs in non-fiction passages.

Math 
I concluded our study of multiplication facts. Students should have a strategy for every fact except for the following three (7 x 7, 7 x 8, 8 x 8), which they'll memorize. Facts strategies are:
zeroes 0 x 6
ones 1 x 6
doubles 2 x 6
doubles plus one (3 x 6) = (2 x 6) +  (1 x 6) Uses distributive property.
double doubles 4 x 6 = (2 x 6) +  x 6)
fives 5 x 6
fives plus one 6 x 6 = (5 x 6) + (1 x 6) Uses distributive property.
nines 9 x 6
tens 10 x 6
*I've bolded the key number in each example above that should trigger each particular strategy. Many facts have multiple strategies. Whichever is strongest is what the student should use, which will be different for each individual. For example, 5 x 10 could use the fives strategy or the tens strategy. We will start in on division next week by connecting products and factors as the inverse relationship to multiplication.

I also introduced multiplication with factors of ten.
7 x 8 = 56
70 x 8 = 560
7 x 80 = 560
70 x 80 = 5,600
Notice I've underlined the basic fact 7 x 8 = 56 in each and then brought the factor(s) of ten over to the product.

We concluded our study of polygons, focusing on quadrilaterals. Students should know the following math specific vocabulary: quadrilateral, parallelogram, parallel, sides, angles, vertices, opposite sides, adjacent sides. Specific quadrilaterals include: rectangles, squares, rhombi, kites, trapezoids, and right angle trapezoids. We also learned to identify triangles, pentagons, hexagons, heptagons, octagons, nonagons, and decagons. Lastly, we identified regular polygons (all sides and angles are the same) and irregular polygons (sides and angles are different measurements). We played a simple game where we roll a ten sided die and shout out the name of the shape that has that number of sides (0 = ten sides, 1 and 2 = do over).

Science - Invention Convention
Students completed their presentation board plans. They should have started making their boards. Boards should be brought to school on Tuesday, February 27th. It is OK if they are not completely finished, but they should have their board started and should bring it to school on the 27th for class critiques. Inventors may want to include photos of their prototype construction process or may simply not be done with their content. The purple planning sheet is to help layout their board. The white sheet has "must have" items. Students are welcome to add other items and materials. Whatever they have should be large and legible.

*Most, if not all, of the students' inventions already exist in one form or another. However, as long as the solution is new to the child, then it is a great invention.

Students will bring their unfinished boards home on Tuesday to continue their work and make changes and additions based on feedback. You may want to send a trash bag if we keep experiencing rain :( 

Presentation boards can be purchased at United Art and Education in the Mill Run Shopping Center. Students should get a full sized three panel board and header. 

Completed boards and prototypes are due March 6th. Prototypes should be demonstration models  or mockups of student inventions. They do not have to be fully functioning, but instead will be used for demonstration purposes. They should be no larger than a paper box (a little smaller than a laundry basket). 

The Invention Convention will be March 9th from 10-10:30. Families are invited to see the amazing inventions these young students have generated. Just a heads up, if you are planning taking your student out for a celebratory lunch (and to take their presentation board and prototype home), please sign them out. School policy does not allow you to take classmates with you unless you have written permission from that other student's parent(s).  

Important Dates & Reminders

February 2018

23 Team KEVA Talent Show

28 Early Release 1:00

March 2018

5 Spring Pictures

9 End of Second Trimester

9 Invention Convention 10-10:30am in the Multipurpose Room/Cafeteria. Families are invited to help us celebrate student inventions and then take your student (and their materials) to lunch.

12-16  Spring Break

19 No School for Students:  Teacher Grading Day

27 Progress Reports available online

30  Good Friday:  No School for Students or Staff

April 2018

4  Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon at Windermere 11-12 in lounge

17 & 18 Spring 3rd Grade State of Ohio Reading Assessment (AIR)

24 & 25 Spring 3rd Grade State of Ohio Math Assessment

May 2018

April 30-May 4  Scholastic Book Fair

4 KidFest, 5-8 p.m.

8  NO School for students or certified staff - Ohio Primary Elections

11 Science field trip to Livingston Elementary

21  Field Day

28 No School Staff:  Memorial Day

30  Last Day for Students

30 End of third trimester

Invention Convention Update

Dear Families,

This will be a brief newsletter, focused on the Invention Convention. Thank you in advance for your generous donations to the Ohio Wildlife Center.

Invention Convention

This is just a joke. I hope giving you dates and deadlines will help your student stay on course:) 

Students should have settled on their problem and three (or fewer) possible solutions. I challenge students to come up with multiple problems to solve to give them options. One usually stands out from their others. I then ask for three solutions to challenge their thinking, but many students only come up with two solutions and a handful only have one, which is fine. This project is very flexible and is designed to challenge every student at their level. If possible, students with multiple solutions can try to combine them into an even better solution. My guidance on solutions is they should be inventions, rather than behaviors or purchases. For example, a student this year came up with a great problem: ice cream is hard to scoop from the container. Many young people, and probably older adults, share this tasty conundrum. I then challenged him to come up with solutions which produced behaviors: leaving the lid off for awhile to thaw, running the scoop under hot water. While helpful, these are behaviors, not inventions. Once he understood, he came up with the idea to make a scoop that is powered with a heating element. That is an invention! I haven't checked, but this invention probably already exists somewhere on the internet, but that's fine. He isn't aware of it, so it truly is his invention, and a great solution.

We will work on planning the layout of our presentation boards next Tuesday, February 20th. Students will bring their plans home and should begin working on their design boards. Students will hopefully have a good start on their boards by the following Tuesday, February 27th. It is OK if they are not finished, but they should have their board started and should bring it to school on the 27th for class critiques. They can bring it home that same day to continue their work and make changes and additions based on feedback. Presentation boards can be purchased at United Art and Education in the Mill Run Shopping Center. Students should get a full sized three panel board and header. 

example of three panel board and header

Completed boards and prototypes are due March 6th. Prototypes should be demonstration models  or mockups of student inventions. They do not have to be fully functioning, but instead will be used for demonstration purposes. They should be no larger than a paper box (a little smaller than a laundry basket). 

The Invention Convention will be March 9th from 10-10:30. Families are invited to see the amazing inventions these young students have generated. Just a heads up, if you are planning taking your student out for a celebratory lunch (and to take their presentation board and prototype home), please sign them out. School policy does not allow you to take classmates with you unless you have written permission from that other student's parent(s).  

Important Dates & Reminders

February 2018

19 No School Staff or Students:  Presidents’ Day

23 Kiva's Got Talent Show - 6:30pm

28 Early Release 1:00 (NO LIFT)

March 2018

5 Spring Pictures

9 End of Second Trimester
9 Invention Convention 10-10:30am in the Multipurpose Room/Cafeteria. Families are invited to help us celebrate student inventions and then take your student (and their materials) to lunch.
12-16  Spring Break

19 No School for Students:  Teacher Grading Day

27 Progress Reports available online

30  Good Friday:  No School for Students or Staff

April 2018

4  Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon at Windermere 11-12 in lounge
17 & 18 Spring 3rd Grade State of Ohio Reading Assessment (AIR)
24 & 25 Spring 3rd Grade State of Ohio Math Assessment

May 2018

April 30-May 4  Scholastic Book Fair

4 KidFest, 5-8 p.m.

8  NO School for students or certified staff - Ohio Primary Elections
11 Science field trip to Livingston Elementary

21  Field Day

28 No School Staff:  Memorial Day

30  Last Day for Students

30 End of third trimester

Newsletter for February 9, 2017

What We Learned This Week

Word Study
I introduced the "ow" sound. Students learned that if the ow sound ends the syllable or is followed only by an -n or -l sound (and nothing else), then they should use -ow to spell the word. Otherwise, they should use -ou. We also studied a few exceptions (e.g. thought uses -ou, but does not make the "ow" sound).

We reviewed parts of speech (nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs) using MadLibs, always a favorite and a reminder of how much joy young people have. The small group I worked with was full of laughter.

Reading Workshop
We are focusing on informational texts and their elements. We are also beginning to research our African American subjects on iPads.

Writing Workshop
Students completed drafts of multi-source opinion essays. I gave them the challenge in the second half of the week of supporting the opposing opinion using the same source materials. This is a very challenging exercise, but I find it is equally beneficial. I am continuing to stress the importance of explaining evidence in the student's own words.

Math Workshop
We used the distributive property to help us learn our multiplication facts. Students should be able to recall all multiplication facts with a factor of zero, one, two (doubles), five or nine. We are using the distributive property to help us learn the rest. For example... if we have to solve 6 x 7 we can build on our strength with fives and the distributive property.

6 x 7 = (5 x 7) + (1 x 7) = 35 + 7 = 42  builds off our strength with fives
4 x 8 = (2 x 8) +  (2 x 8) = 16 + 16 = 32  builds off our strength with doubles

I introduced parallelograms and their associated attributes: angles, sides, adjacent sides, opposite sides, parallel sides, and lengths. We will continue this next week. Students will learn to distinguish parallelograms, rectangles, squares, rhombi by looking at the lengths of adjacent sides and whether or not they have right angles.

Science 
Invention Convention

Click on the image to see this young inventor's interview.

She's from Hilliard, OH and the granddaughter of one of our interpreter's friends.

Your student has thinking homework this weekend. They should come up with three uniquely different solutions. I realize some students will not come up with three, but it is a good exercise to push themselves to think about this.

3 Solutions - Due February 12
Presentation Board Plans - Due February 20 
Presentation Boards - Due February 27 
Prototypes - Due March 6 

Invention Convention - March 9  

Ohio Wildlife Center Donations

Donations are due on Monday. Many thanks in advance. Thank you for supporting this unique experience.

In lieu of the fee they normally charge, we donate items the OWC needs. Your student brought home a wish list of items you can donate to the OWC. Please consider choosing a few items from the list to bring to school on February 12th. Your donations help ensure we can continue this unique up-close experience. You can also click on the following link: Ohio Wildlife Center Wishlist

Valentine's Day Cards

Some Harry Potter Valentine's Day fun:) 

Sorry - I couldn't choose just one:) 

My favorite:) 

We will exchange cards on Valentine's Day ~ please, no food or candy. Thank you.

Important Dates & Reminders

February 2018

11-14 Ohio Wildlife Center donation drive

12 Ohio Wildlife Center Donations due
14 Ohio Wildlife Center visits for Valentine's Day

19 No School Staff or Students:  Presidents’ Day
23 Kiva's Got Talent Show - 6:30pm

28 Early Release 1:00 (NO LIFT)

March 2018

5 Spring Pictures

9 End of Second Trimester
9 Invention Convention 10-10:30am in the Multipurpose Room/Cafeteria. Families are invited to help us celebrate student inventions and then take your student (and their materials) to lunch.
12-16  Spring Break

19 No School for Students:  Teacher Grading Day

27 Progress Reports available online

30  Good Friday:  No School for Students or Staff

April 2018

4  Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon at Windermere 11-12 in lounge
17 & 18 Spring 3rd Grade State of Ohio Reading Assessment (AIR)
24 & 25 Spring 3rd Grade State of Ohio Math Assessment

May 2018

April 30-May 4  Scholastic Book Fair

4 KidFest, 5-8 p.m.

8  NO School for students or certified staff - Ohio Primary Elections
11 Science field trip to Livingston Elementary

21  Field Day

28 No School Staff:  Memorial Day

30  Last Day for Students

30 End of third trimester