End of Year Events

Wednesday 22 - 10:30-12:00 - End of Level Test - Science 2

Friday , May 24 - 8:30-11:00 - End of Level Test - Math 2

Friday, May 24 - DARE Lagoon Day

Lagoon opens at 10:00. Ticket prices are around $26.29 with the student in their DARE shirts.  We will be giving the DARE shirts out on this day. Please make sure the students come to school at least long enough to complete our final test. Lagoon is throughout the night, so even if they wait until lunch time to get checked out, or even after school, they will still have plenty of time inside the park.

Monday, May 27 - Memorial Day, No School

Tuesday, May 28 - DARE Graduation

Parents are invited.  Guests will be our DARE Officer, Erin Behm, and hopefully the Police Chief and Mayor of Syrcuse.  It will run from 8:45-9:45

Thursday, May30 - 1:00-3:30 - Field Day

This is just a fun day for the kids to go out to the fields and play various games put together by the POEC. They may still be looking for volunteers.  If you're interested, contact the office.  Each year, at the end of Field Day, the Syracuse Fire Dept. comes out and sprays water from their trucks.  I might recommend those who are interested in getting wet don't wear white, bring a towel, and even possibly a change of clothes.  Usually, we allow this to be a surprise, but I think it's happened often enough that it doesn't surprise them anymore, and a little heads up goes a long ways.

Monday, June 3 - 1:30-3:30 - Talent Show

Tuesday, June 4 - Morning Time (In hour rotations) - LEGO In-School Field Trip
The kids are going to get the opportunity to work with some LEGO professionals to build and keep a LEGO car.  The cost per student is $11, however, the school is able to fund much of that with Dollar Dress Day funds.  We are still going to need to collect $2 per student.  This is another limited volunteer opportunity as well.

Tuesday, June 4 - 1:00-3:30 - Graduation

All parents are invited.  It will probably end closer to 2:30.  Parents are encouraged to come, and then check their students out at the end to celebrate!

Wednesday, June 5 - 8:30-1:00 - End of Year Celebration, Field Trip

Time and date are set but the rest of this might change from what I had, so we'll pretend I didn't have anything for now. 

7000?!?!?!

I feel a little celebration is in order!  I don't know exactly what it means, or how special it is, but it feels kind of cool to me!  This blog has broken 7000 page views.  I realize in the grand scheme of things, that's not a lot considering there's billions of people in the world who could look at it, but considering this is only my fourth year teaching, I'm happy with that!

There's not a whole lot to report this week.  This biggest thing would have to be that testing starts next Wednesday, May 15 and runs until Friday May 24.  Please, please, PLEASE! Do not have your students miss any school during that time unless absolutely necessary.  If you have to schedule an appointment for them, I can let you know exactly when our tests our certain days, and you could work around it, but it's so much easier on all of us from students through administration if there isn't any make-up tests to be given.

We have a lot of information on the horizon.  I will get it to you as soon as I know details.  In short, we'll behaving field day, a talent show, graduation, and a calebration field trip.  A lot of that comes in the last week of school, so as I said, as I know more information I'll get it to you.

One thing I do have some information on is DARE graduation.  Previous years, we've done this as a part of our overall graduation, but Officer Behm is going to be out of town that day, so we're moving up so she can be at it.  DARE graduation will be on May 28 at 8:45 in the morning.  Parents are invited.  I would guess to plan about an hour, though that's just  an estimate.  Officer Behm and Mrs. J. will be speaking, she's trying to get the Mayor and Police Chief to attend as well. It should be a fun little celebration.

It is with DARE that I will bring the blog to a close with a few pictures.  Last week, the students got a chance to put on some "Beer" goggles, which simulate the effects of drinking.  With them on, they had to walk the line, and then they got a chance to pedal the karts around the cones.  It's always a fun thing to see!  Enjoy!  And I will get you more information on things as it becomes available.

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