Monday, February 22, 2010

AR Reminder


Just a quick reminder that students are required to get 10 AR points this nine weeks. We now have a new AR computer program. The great thing about the new program is we now have more availabe AR tests. That means students now have more books to pick from to get AR points. Also, the books we read in class have AR tests to help students earn points.

Friday, February 19, 2010

Americanism Essay Contest


Room 212 is once again taking part in The Americanism Essay Contest. This contest is sponsored by Dehart-Rossman-Wenner American Legion Auxiliary of Lamartine. This year's title is "What Is My Patriotic Role As A US Citizen." Each student will compose an essay with this title. The essay must contain 250 to 300 words. Each essay should be typed or written on compostion paper. The essays are due on Wednesday, February 24, 2010. Please encourage your son or daughter to share their essay with you.

Friday, February 12, 2010

Olweus Assembly

Congratulations to Room 212 for performing an excellent skit at the Olweus Assembly on Tuesday. The assembly focused on remembering to be kind to others. Students who have been caught being kind this year were recognized at the assembly. Please ask your son or daughter if they have been caught this year.

Monday, February 8, 2010

Jump For Heart and Fuel Up To Play 60

Students at KES are celebrating Jump For Heart Month. Along with Jump For Heart, students are tracking their physical activity and healthy eating choices for the next 6 weeks. Please sign your child's tracking sheet each week. Every week that your child returns the tracking sheet he or she will be rewarded with some extra physical activity.

Friday, February 5, 2010

Caring Week

Next week Keystone Elementary will be celebrating "Caring Week." During the week students will learn to be "Bucket Fillers" not "Bucket Dippers." Are you wondering what that means? Let me explain. . . . Each of us carries an invisible bucket. It gets filled up when someone says or does something nice for us, or when we say or do something nice in return. The opposite of a "Bucket Filler" is a "Bucket Dipper." A "Bucket Dipper" is someone who tries to fill their own bucket by "dipping" from others' buckets. They do this by being unkind. We are striving to be a class of 6th grade "Bucket Fillers." Each week we will share with each other how someone else helped to fill our bucket or how we were "Bucket Fillers." Please talk with your child about how he or she can be a "Bucket Filler."