Heading into the home stretch!

As we head into the final 7 weeks of school, I have a number of things I want to share with everyone. Our book fair runs through the 24th of this month. This is the Half-price book fair so it is an excellent opportunity to stock up on summer reading for the family! Our Relay for Life team will participate in the Walhalla area relay event this Friday, April 25th beginning at 7:00 pm at the Walhalla High School football stadium. We invite all of our students and their families to join us. Our team and school have done an excellent job of raising money for the American Cancer Society again this year. From what I understand, we have met our goal and that means I will become an ice cream sundae on field day! I am sure everyone is looking forward to that but me!
On the academic side, our students and staff continue to work hard. Third, fourth and fifth grade students and teachers are busy preparing for the PACT tests while kindergarten, first and second grade students and teachers continue to work to ensure everyone is well prepared for the next grade level. I continue to feel blessed to work with such a dedicated group of students, families and staff. One example of this is that we were recently recognized by the Education Oversight Committee for Closing the Achievement Gap for our free and reduced lunch students. Only about 12% of the elementary and middle schools in the state received this award.
Teacher Appreciation Week is May 5-9 and I hope you will take the time to say thanks to a teacher who has made a difference in your life and/or your child's life.
If you haven't visited with us lately, please stop by and see all of the wonderful things that are taking place at our school.

Spring Happens

Spring is a busy time of the year for our school. We have Spring Break coming up the week of April 7-11. I hope you and your family enjoy a restful and fun Spring Break! When we return to school we will have 4 weeks before PACT testing begins for grades 3-5. Please do all you can to ensure you child is at school and on time each day. We want to do all we can to ensure our students are well prepared for the PACT.

Our half-price book fair will be the week of April 21-24. We will also have a PTST meeting on April 21st at which we will announce our PTST board members for the 2008-2009 school year, our Chorus will perform and we will have Family Write Night activities. The meeting begins at 6:30 and we hope you are able to join us. The Book Fair will be open for extended hours the night of the PTST meeting.

We continue to raise money for our Relay for Life team. We are selling t-shirts that we will also use as our field day t-shirts. These can be purchased for $10. We are also selling footprints for $1. Our goal is to have footprints throughout the hallways of the school. Students are also getting sponsors for our mini-walk that will be part of our field day activities. Our participation allows our students and staff to participate in a community service activity that will benefit the American Cancer Society. If you are interested in serving on our team or helping in any way, please contact the school.