Hello!

There will be lots of paperwork coming home today!

1.  Students will be bringing home an application to be filled out at home.   Please make sure the writing is legible.  If your son/daughter is not able to write on their own, you may fill it out for them.  In the reference section, please use someone other than a relative.   These are due Monday, January 28th.
2. For those who have not registered for Class Dojo yet – you will be receiving your 2nd/final notice.  (It’s actually the third notice because everyone was sent an invitation to their phone as well)   I really don’t want you to miss anything, so I hope everyone will take time to connect over the weekend.  We will not be using multiple platforms to share the same information.  We will use the blog for weekly updates, and Class Dojo for reminders and announcements that need to get out really quick.
3. Our Special Director has invited everyone to the 2nd Special Education Parent Advisory Committee.  The flyer is coming home and is also posed under “Class Stories” in ClassDojo.

Please remember, due to the size of our classroom, we are much busier and are moving around the building more.  We have small groups going on daily with each of us working with one of those groups.    What that means is we are not able to answer calls or texts as fast as we used to be able to – but I promise we will get back to you as soon as we can.  Please try to give us an hour notice if you plan on picking your student up early – this gives us time to see the text and make sure the student is ready.   All students will be placed on the bus to go home unless we have spoken with a parent, if you wait to text us at 2:45, we are already loading the buses and will not see your message.   The student will be placed on the bus.   If you are in a bind and unable to give us much notice, please try, just understand we might not always see the text.   Also, we have received several calls with no messages.   If you need to contact us, please leave a message on our voice mail or text.  We do not return calls to unidentified callers.   If your student has our classroom number (a few do), please advise them to only call once time.  If we do not answer, they are welcome to leave a message.  Thank you for your understanding.

We have received 30 Chromebooks and we have started using them!  Please have students bring in a set of headphones to keep in class.   30 Chromebooks going at the same time can get pretty overwhelming!   We will store them here so they do not get damaged in their backpacks.

Smart Bus Applications – Ms. Cote is still actively working on the Smart Bus passes.   If you receive information regarding the Smart Bus, please send it to Ms. Cote so she can keep track of everything.   Thank you!

Upcoming Dates:

February 6 – Late Start

February 14 – 1/2 Day 11a.m. dismissal

Feb 15 – 18 – No School

Feb 22 – DIY Weekend Activity Homework Due

Feb 23 – Weekend Activity at Zap Zone (details will come home Feb 1)