Category › Julie and Megan

Oct 12

Dear Parents, We are learning more about North America and have learned the symbols of the USA; the bald eagle, Statue of Liberty and American Flag.  The children are working on booklets of the Pledge of Allegiance to learn the words and meaning. Birds are abound in the classroom.  We are excited for our trip [...]

Sept 21

Just some quick highlights of the week: ·        We are continuing our work of Air.  We did a potato experiment and an air pressure experiment. And ended the week with some fun…pinwheel making! ·        We introduced our weekly spelling routine and will continue that routine throughout the year. ·        1st years practiced the concept of [...]

Friday, Sept. 23

Dear Families, We have had another wonderful week of work and getting used to each other. We have introduced more classroom routines and have had some special events. We had our first all school assembly. The children sang the peace song, “Sing Peace around the World” and we observed a ceremony for lighting a candle [...]

April 1

Hello, Happy April 1st. The children did a fantastic job presenting their Science Fair work and research to the class. Public presentations are such a valuable skill and the children did so well. It is so nice to be able to give them that opportunity. We learned so many amazing things and got to know [...]

March 11

Dear Families, We have had a very busy couple of weeks since our return from vacation. The children are working feverishly to complete copies of their writers’ workshop stories. They have written drafts, copies and are completing final copies (in pen) and illustrating some wonderful stories. These publishing kits will be sent out and returned [...]

Jan 11

Happy New Year Everyone!   We started our week back by welcoming a new student to our class.  Frank Mendoca is a second year student and new to the Albany area.  His twin sister, Yolanda joins Sandy and Olga’s class. Our class is now 21 students.  We welcomed Frank and got reacquainted after break by doing [...]

November 16

Hi Everyone,   It was great to see so many of you at Parent/Child Night last week.  It is a wonderful time for me to observe the children in action.  They impress me so much with their enthusiasm for learning.  Parent/Child Night is one of my favorite events because it validates that the children know their [...]