Parent Volunteers

I hope everyone is enjoying the last few scraps of summer vacation!  Please review the list below for different roles parents can take in the classroom.  If you have any other suggestions for parent roles or questions please let me know via email (cblack@csdecatur.net) or in person at the meet & greet.  Thanks!

Communications Team

--Come to the school every Monday afternoon to stuff the students' communications folder. 

--Folders must be done before dismissal at 2:30pm.

Room Parent(s)

--Be the communication liaison between me and the other parents.

--Coordinate monthly birthday celebrations.

--Coordinate classroom parties (we had 1 reward party and an end of the school year party)

Field Trip Chaperones

--Accompany us on field trips as needed.

Please check this blog periodically.  I will update it as needed.  Thanks!

Welcome Back

Believe it or not the summer's almost over... but don't despair, the 2012-13 is going to be AWESOME.  The first day of school is Wednesday, August 1st.  I want to hit the ground running as soon as school starts so please see the list below for what to have.  Thanks!

Ms. Black's Class Supply List

4 Composition notebooks (one for each subject)

Pencils & Pens (for personal student use)

2 and 1....

This school year was amazing.  We were blessed to have a brand new school, a fabulous principal, great teachers, enthusiastic students, and dedicated parents.  I couldn't have made it through my first (real) year of teaching without all of those elements.  


Here are a few photos from the last two days of school.  I will be at the school for post-planning on Tuesday-Thursday.  Please feel free to contact me if you want to pick up any of your child's work.  Lastly, students and parents are more than welcome to contact and visit me in the upcoming years.  The 2011-12 Brainiacs will always hold a special place in my heart.

 Students helped to clean on the last day.... some helped me organize and some helped "dispose" of the opened snacks.

Lucky Auction winners at Twist watching me DJ

3:45pm --- The bell rings... summer vacation begins!

3:47pm... the kids are GONE!

#3

The Falcon Finale and Exhibition went superbly today.  Tomorrow is our class party and we'll be doing some cleaning so expect your child to come home with a backpack full of stuff Thursday and Friday.

#4

Today students worked on finalizing their Exhibition projects.  Additionally, they practiced in front of the class while the other students provided feedback.  


If you are coming to the lunch tomorrow please bring a large towel, blanket, lawn chair or something else to keep you and your child free of schoolyard dirt and grass clippings.  My class will be called to eat lunch at approximately 11:50am and when you arrive you will receive a schedule of the afternoon's events.


Lastly, I had to deal with several behavioral issues yesterday AND today.  Some children, even after receiving guidance, directions and multiple warnings, kept misbehaving during the Falcon Finale practice.  Some were slouching and kicking the chair in front of them and others were purposefully singing the IB song incorrectly thinking it was funny.   Another child found it impossible to sit through the 20 minute ceremony without sighing and rolling her eyes and some of my boys couldn't stop giggling like 5-year-olds.  The final straw was when several students pushed and shoved each other trying to get off the stage after I clearly called for the first row.  


Please talk to your child about their behavior.  The MAJORITY of my students behaved and followed directions; however, there were about 10 students who continually chose to not follow directions.  As a result, the entire class had to sit in silence for the last 10 minutes of the day because I had had enough.


The last few days of school should be fun... for everyone.  Hopefully the rest of the week will be better.

#5

Today students completed their Budget Written Reflection and they worked on finalizing their Exhibition projects.  We also had a practice session for the Falcon Finale performance.

#7

Students worked on their Exhibition projects, their individual projects and their President booklets today.  They had a combined music class with Mr. Taube's students and they concluded the day with a science lab lead my Ms. Karably.