Weekend Update Oct 18

Halloween
With Halloween right around the corner... the children are growing so excited.  I wanted to share a few helpful guidelines:

• Classrooms will be having parties (times vary throughout the day) 
• You may send in a bag with a costume 
• costumes should be appropriate for school. Remember our little ones frighten easily, please no scary masks, blood, or weapons
• only adults who are designated helpers will be permitted in the classrooms during parties
• If you should be in need of a costume, please reach out to Mrs. Sheehan (school counselor) at 315-487-4633. She has many to give out. 

Personally, I am excited for Pumpkin Hedge on October 25, 2019.  The pumpkins for the classrooms arrived this week.  Each class will be decorating a pumpkin for display. You can display a pumpkin, too (drop off is Thursday 10/24 3:45-5:30). To accommodate parking we have suggested times, but feel free to come when it is convenient for you:

K-1: 6:30

2-3: 7:00

4-5: 7:30

Fire Safety
We had our Fire Safety Assembly with Firefighter Dave Mazzoni and other members of Fairmount Fire Department.  The fire department discussed the importance of "stop, drop and roll," having a safe meeting place, checking your smoke detectors regularly, and calling 911.

Attached to the email you received, updating you that a new blog post had been posted, are a few fire safety activities for your family.  You can click on the attachment in the email to open the Fire Safety activities file.

GUEST READING has been a JOY!
I have enjoyed reading to many of our classrooms for PARP.  It is not everyday you get to wear your superhero cape and read My Principal is a Superhero.  Working with your children brings me such joy and happiness.  I am truly grateful to do this work.  Thank you Mrs. Colburn's class for the priceless pics!  (I'll save them forever)

I also read the Incredible Book Eating Boy by Oliver Jeffers.  Which lead to Isabella Dickinson bringing me a book recommendation!  I can't wait to read all about Nibbles the book eating monster. Thank you for your excitement, 1st graders.

Positivity Project
For P2 this week we focused on Integrity.  Students talked a lot about saying "what you mean and meaning what you say" and "doing the right thing even when no one is watching."  Next week, we'll focus on the trait of Perspective.  Perspective helps us make sense of the world around us. It gives us a sense of what truly matters. 

Coming up next week...
Thursday, October 24 - Open Library Night - 6:30 pm -7:30 pm
Friday, October 25 - Author Troy Cummings visits Stonehedge
Friday, October 25 - "Pumpkin"hedge - 6:30 pm - 8 pm

In the near future...

Tuesday, October 29 - Picture Day Retakes - 6 pm - Gold Lobby
Thursday, October 31 -  HALLOWEEN
Friday, November 1 - Turkey Trot