Short, yet busy Week

Today we have a packed day that includes a PE field trip to Woodridge Nursing Home to perform a dance for the residents, and a "Tasty Testers" activity in the afternoon with a parent volunteer.  Students will learn about nutrition and sample various types of pumpkin to give input that may influence what gets served in the cafeteria.

Tomorrow afternoon we will have our 1000 Hoot celebration.  Students chose to have an ice cream party with stuffed animals and a movie.  Please send in snacks and G-Rated movies for the event.  

Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday school will be closed for Thanksgiving break.  I hope that families enjoy a relaxing and safe holiday break.

Delayed Openings

UES DELAYED OPENING PROCEDURES 

9:30     Teachers arrive 

10:00   UES doors open; buses begin to arrive; we're open for business!

10:00-  Students will begin arriving to class; transition time; Morning Meeting.

10:25

10:25   UES schedule officially begins.  Students will proceed as normal where the schedule would be normally at 10:25.  Lunches will not be affected.

Thanksgiving Lunch Today 11/19/14

Today is the annual UES Thanksgiving Lunch!  Our class is scheduled to go through the lunch line at 1pm, and prior to that we will be on the playground enjoying recess.

If you prepaid for a meal, please get your proof of purchase sticker from the office upon arrival.  If you did not order a lunch you are welcome to come and spend time with your child, but you will be unable to buy school lunch.  The cafeteria will be stretched as far as it can go to meet the demands of serving almost 500 students and their families.

We will enjoy the Thanksgiving lunch in our classroom.  Hope to see you there!

Snowy ECO Fun

We celebrated the snowy fall day by creating snow balls to roll down the sledding hill for one of our activities this ECO.  We also examined the landscape to see how topography affects where we find water, hiked, and noticed many animals tracks in the fresh snow!

Book Fair Today

Our class will visit the school book fair at 1:30 this afternoon.  Kids are able to visit the fair during their recess time tomorrow as well.  Proceeds from the book fair benefit the Parents' Group which funds a lot of opportunities at our school.

Book Fair next Friday Night

Parents Group is hosting a Family Movie Night featuring The Muppets Take Manhattan with book fair hours between 5:30 and 8:30 on the 14th.

School Directory

If you plan on including your family in the school directory, but haven't done so yet, then click on this link to complete the information online.  http://goo.gl/forms/RW97k99Juc You can also complete the directory information on paper.  Please let me know if you need a new form sent home.

First Winter ECO

Brrrr... It is starting to feel like winter.  We have ECO this morning, and students need to be prepared!  Please send your child with a jacket, long underwear or snowpants, a hat or earmuffs, gloves or mittens (it helps to have an extra pair in case of moisture), wool socks, and boots for every ECO until Spring.

Please let me know if you need help obtaining any of these items.

Thank you.