Hello Room 17 parents,
I hope you all had a nice weekend and had a chance to
enjoy some holiday cheer. Yesterday, my
daughter and I enjoyed plans for making holiday candy apples – A new tradition
I hope to continue throughout the years.
I wanted to let you know about how our Friday was last
week. When students first came into
class, we made a schedule of activities for the day. Students wanted to take some time to reflect
on the incident that happened on Thursday, hear my side of the story, do some
outdoor P.E., enjoy the scheduled student winter presentations, make cheerful
cards for Sullivan, learn about Physics, silent read, and rehearse for the
School Winter Program. Amazingly, we
were able to do everything on our Friday list.
Counselors did take time to talk about how to process
the events of Thursday. I remembered two
important key thoughts - 1.) Know that there is a good community of support at
Mt. Washington that we can go to if needed and 2.) People process trauma in
different ways, so if you’re feeling sad, angry, or even nothing, it is
okay. I feel fortunate that I teach in a
school where the community is strong and very supportive especially during a
crisis.
We have a very busy schedule of activities ahead for
us this week. First, students will be
performing in our Winter Program on Monday.
We will also continue our winter presentations. So far, I have seen some amazing
presentations where students have given our class real experiences of cultural
celebrations in winter! I am looking
forward to what this week will bring during our presentation time. We are also expected to receive our donors
choose books in the mail. Students will
have a chance to take a book home and will be assigned a book report to
complete for the winter break.
In closing, I’d like to thank Franki Cox and Heidi
Falconer for coming to our class on Wednesday to do a wonderful harvest garden
lesson with Room 17. Kids made vegetable
rolls with their garden harvest and fragrant herbal sachets. Moms, you rock! I’d also like to thank Sherry Young for
volunteering in our class. Your help is
much appreciated.
Remember that science camp applications are due this
week. If you have any questions or
concerns about the science residential camp, please reach out to me.
I am looking forward to a great week of winter
celebrations and learning.
Sincerely,
Michele
