DUNES FIELD TRIP POSTPONED

The decision has been made to postpone our field trip until Tuesday,  June 3.  Students will need to bring a sack lunch to school today.  Please call, text, or email friends who also need to know this important information!  Thanks!

Track and Field Day

Track and Field day has been cancelled for Friday, May 9. 

April 30, 2014

Tuesday, May 6, will be our Poetry Brunch.   This event will be held in our classroom.  We hope you can make it at 9:00 a.m. for the presentation!

Track and Field Day is scheduled for next week Friday, May 9.  Information regarding this event were sent home last Friday.  Please read over the details carefully with your child.  

Revolutionary War

http://revolution.mrdonn.org/games.html

March 14

I'm so sorry.... I mistakenly posted this to my personal blog earlier this week!  Here is the information you need for upcoming events.

Thank you all for coming to conferences last week.  It was great talking to all of the parents and having some of the students there as well.  I am looking forward to continuing to work with your children and finishing the year strong.  We will be having a few special days this month, so please take note of the following:

Destination Education Fridays - Students and staff are encouraged to wear shirts with college logos on Fridays in March as we will be exploring opportunities for education beyond the high school years. 

Early Colonies Day -   Wednesday, March 19.  Students are being asked to dress up for school as if they were children in the 1700's.  Much of the day will be spent learning more about how the early colonists lived.

Yellow Day - Fifth graders are celebrating (hopefully!) spring by wearing yellow on March 27.  Join the fun!!

Field Trip

OUR FIELD TRIP FOR FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28 HAS BEEN CANCELED.

February 23, 2014

Snow, snow, and more snow!  Due to the number of snow days we have had, I’ve had to make some adjustments in my plans.  Please take note of the following updates and as always, feel free to contact me if you have questions.

Field Trip:  We will be going on a field trip on Friday, February 28.  We were scheduled to attend the Grand Rapids Symphony and then head over to Calvin College.  Calvin informed us that they also had to make up some events that were cancelled due to weather and would no longer be able to host us.  We have been busy exploring possibilities of how we could use our time in the afternoon.  At this point, we are planning to visit Aquinas College for the p.m. portion of our field trip.  We also became aware of a grant opportunity that we may be able to utilize that would cover the cost of both bussing and lunch.  Hopefully we will have a response to our request on Monday.  As soon as we know if there will be a cost for your child, we will let you know.  Please have students dress nicely on Friday as they will be representing Hamilton Elementary at both the Symphony and Aquinas. 

Conferences:  Thank you to those of you who have responded to your scheduled conference time.  While I would really like the students to lead their own conference, we have not had enough time in the classroom to put together student led conferences.  Your child is invited and encouraged to join us at your scheduled time.