First, thank you for the beautiful tulips that Ms. Pond and I received this morning for Teacher Appreciation Day! Our room parent, Jessica Polizzotti surprised us with them this morning!
Thank you
also for allowing your child to interview you about your job. They are so
proud to share information about how you all contribute to your Community!
You will see the “fruits of this labor” when you come in for our Open
House! It is on May 31 from 8:30 until 9:00 am. Siblings are welcome.
This week
(and next) we want students to prepare items for a class “Yard Sale”.
Information was sent home Monday 5-7-18.
Our
plants spent their first “overnight” in the Greenhouse last weekend! We
will be putting them into the ground during the week of May 20… if you’d like to
join us please let me know asap and I’ll schedule it around your availability.
It’s a great lesson in math, science, the environment, and creative
expression!
Speaking
of creativity, students have begun writing their own Poetry! It is really
fun to see them look at things “through new eyes”. If you find any children’s poetry at home or
at the library, enjoy it together. It builds fluency as well!
Thanks to
a grant from the Wayland Public School Foundation, last Friday morning we
welcomed author Grace Lin. She talked about the importance of reading
books that are mirrors of your own experience and windows into the lives of
others. Grace Lin is the author and illustrator of more than a dozen children's
books.
Grace
developed a Community Bookstop at Sunnyside School to bring the topic of race
into the home and beyond. She is the inspiration for developing our very
own Community Bookstop, which will be located in the main lobby. It is a
collection of books for students and parents to read together that features
characters from different cultural and racial backgrounds. We believe that the
more discussions that our whole community is having about race and cultural
backgrounds, the better educated students will be about the world and those
around them. Grace will perform a ribbon cutting to open the
Bookstop. We expect books to be ready
for circulation in about two weeks.
A
permission form will be coming home this week for our trip to North End of
Boston. All chaperones are welcome to attend. We will need you to check with the office
about your CORI status this week.
I think
that’s it for now! The end of the year gets so exciting!! Remember to
breathe, stay mindful and enjoy this precious time with these delightful young
children. :)
Deborah
Niles & Julie Pond
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