Spirit Day This Saturday: Yesterday you received in Monday folders a flyer about this Saturday's Spirit Day at Chik-Fil-A to support "The Wide Open Charitable Foundation". This cause is very dear to the Douglas community because we lost two of our Douglas students to childhood cancer in the summer of 2010. This foundation raises money for research of Neuroblastoma and other childhood cancers. If you plan on attending the Spirit Day, please bring the white half sheet with you. Mr. Moskauski, Jordanna and I are planning on going on Saturday at 11. We hope you are able to make it out and say hello! If you are planning on going at 11, please email me so we can look for you. :)
Book Orders: I am sending home some Scholastic book order catalogs today. If you would like to order online, there are directions on the side of this blog. If you would like to send a check in, please make your check out to Scholastic Book Clubs. Book orders will be due Tuesday, March 6th.
Field Trip News: The children are super excited about our field trip to The Planetarium next week!! A big thank you goes out to Ms. Greene (Matthew's mom) and Ms. Sturm (Ellie's mom) who will be serving as our wonderful chaperones for the trip. The busses will be arriving to Douglas by 9:15, so if your child is a walker or carrider, please make sure that he or she arrives to Douglas by 9 to ensure enough time to use the bathroom and prepare for the trip. We will be having lunch when we return to Douglas around 1:30-1:45, so please make sure your child eats a big, healthy breakfast. Since we will be taking two classes back to back, there will not be the opportunity to have snack at our regular snack time. The third grade team is hoping to have snack after our second class, right before we get on the bus at 12:30. We were hoping to have a donation of a snack so this way everyone in our class will be eating the same snack (something quick like individual packages of pretzels or breakfast bars). If you are able to donate a nut free snack for our class for the field trip day, please email me. Also, because of taking Wake County school busses, we have to leave The Planetarium right after the second show to ensure the middle school busses have enough time to return back to do their regular bus routes. Therefore, there is not any time to go to the gift shop. If you have any other field trip questions, please let me know. :)
Thank Yous: Boy, can I just say that I have an amazing class family?! You all have been so generous and giving, and I appreciate each and every one of you so much. It was such a big help to me to get donations for the science projects last week. Buying all of these ingredients on my own in previous years gets pricey fast, and this was such a tremendous help. Also, the donations of community snacks has been such a wonderful support, too. I also appreciated the donations for field trip scholarships. Now, everyone is able to go on the trip--thank you! Thank you all so much for your donations and support to our class. I am so grateful!! :)
Important Upcoming Dates:
Saturday, February 25th from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00: Spirit Day at Chik-Fil-A
Wednesday, February 29th: Field Trip to The Planetarium
Wednesday, March 21st: 3rd Grade Dance and Music Informance at 9:35 a.m. (will last until about 10:45)
Thursday, March 15th at 7:00 p.m.: Douglas Variety Show
Friday, March 16th: Early Release
Thursday, March 22nd: Coffee House from 11:40 to 12:30
SAturday, March 24th: Douglas Carnival
Hope to see you on Saturday! :)