Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Important Updates and Last Week Schedule!

It is truly crazy for us to fathom that we are in the midst of our last full week of school!  There is so much going on in the next few days, so here is an update of our schedule and important events!

Wednesday, June 14-9:15-11:45 a.m.-TOMORROW!  Our East Montpelier Tour Field Trip-It looks like the weather is going to be perfect!  We'll leave school around 9:15 and will return in time for lunch.  Students should have an easy to transport snack and close toed shoes.  We'll be in and out of the sun, so sunscreen is important as well .

Wednesday, June 14-4:00-6:00 p.m. EMES Retirement Celebration in the cafeteria.  Families are welcome to come and say good-bye!

Thursday, June 15-6:00-7:30 p.m.  EMES Technology Night.
Dear Families,
The EMES Tech Club is proud to present Tech Night 2017. Join us on Thursday June 15th from 6 to 7:30 pm for Tech Night.  This is a drop in event and you do not need to stay the entire evening (we know some of our presenters have early bedtimes).
 Schedule:
    6:00 - 6:30 pm 1st -6th grade presentations
    • 1st graders will share their Robot Monkeys and drums
    • 2nd graders will share their Character Trading Cards (and trade)
    • 3rd graders will share original narrated Traditional Tales
    • 4th graders will share their book trailers
    • 5th - 6th graders can show families PSAs and robotics work.
      6:30 - light refreshments
        6:30 - 7:15 Coding and Storytelling Challenges (visit 7 different stations to learn how to code robots and use storytelling apps)
          7:15 Door prize drawing and wrap up

           Special thanks to: Woodbury Mountain Toys and Bear Pond Books for contributing door prizes
           We hope you can join us!
          -Arlyn and the EMES Tech Club!

          Friday, June 16-EMES Field Day!  Students will be outside the majority of the day. The raindate is Monday, June 19th.

          Mr. Blanchard has created mixed grade color teams-we shared with students their colors today.  It helps if students wear their team color, or as close to it as possible.  Sunscreen, close toed shoes and labeled water bottles are a must!  Students might also want to consider sunglasses, hats, bug spray.

          Team Colors for CC-3

          • White:  Nate, Lauren, Rilynn
          • Light Blue:  Jesse, Caleb, Lexi
          • Orange: Isobel
          • Yellow: Adeline
          • Maroon: Ben
          • Green: Taegan
          • Striped/Camo/Pattern:  Duncan, Aaron, Ellery
          • Gray: Claire
          • Black: Stella


          Tuesday, June 20-12:30 p.m.  Our last day for students!  This is an early dismissal at 12:30, it will be tough for us to say good-bye to this amazing group of kids!

          We'll be organizing our classroom and preparing for a move down the hall for CC-3 next year.  In preparation for this, we'll be sending many things home with students during the next few days. Please be on the lookout!

          Report cards will be mailed after the last day of school.  The name of your child's fourth grade teacher will be included in the comments section of his or her report card.

          Things to keep in mind for the summer.  The summer slide is real!  Please keep your kids involved doing a variety of fun learning.  They have all made TONS of progress in all academic areas this year, so we don't want them to lose any ground.

          • Reading~ Encourage your child to read a variety of text.  Hopefully they all will bring home an EMES book bag!  
          • Math~ Practical real life connections to math are really easy to do from telling time, figuring out distances and differences on trips, planning for vacation expenses, practicing math facts, etc.  
          • Writing~ Do a variety of writing!  Examples might be: letters to family members, sending postcards, or keeping journals/diaries. 
          • Spelling~Students will also be bringing home unfinished portions of their spelling books which is a great way to review and keep the ideas of spelling, reading and following directions fresh.  
          • Kindness~We've had a theme of kindness all year, this is a very kind, caring, thoughtful group of kids.  What might they do this summer to show their kindness toward others and their community? 


          Thank you all for your wonderful support this year. Thank you for sharing your amazing kids with us! Thank you for making EMES the very special place it is.  It has been a terrific year, we are grateful for all of you!

          Sincerely,
          Christine and Kathy

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