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Frog News
H.D. Thoreau Elementary
School
8224 NE 138th Kirkland, WA 98034 425-823-4350 FAX: 425-814-4986
Steve Roetcisoender, Principal Email: sroetcisoender@lwsd.org |
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June 10, 2005 June 17 Frog Day 20 6th
Grade Graduation 1:00pm 21 11:45am Dismissal
– Last Day of School Staff vs 6th Grade Student Baseball Game Important Dates for 2005-2006 School Year August 16
Office Re-opens 8:00am-4:00pm 24
Kindergarten Parent Mtg. 7:00pm 29
Class Lists Posted on outside doors 4:00pm 31
First Day of School September 15
Curriculum Night for
Intermediate Grades, 7pm 22
Curriculum Night for Primary Grades, 7pm 29 Curriculum Night for Kindergarten, 7pm PRINCIPAL’S PERSPECTIVE King County Library Summer Reading Program On Thursday of next week,
students will be treated to a “magical” assembly, presented by the King
County Library System. The presenter will use magic tricks to inspire
students to read and promote the KCLS Summer reading program. Please read on
to find out more about this fun way to engage your child in books over the
summer. The KCLS Summer Reading
2005 program theme is: Dragons,
Dreams, and Daring Deeds. Please
visit your community library to sign up or there is also online registration
at www.kcls.org. At the library you can pick up your summer reading booklet to
keep track of the minutes your child reads or is read to. The more you read,
the more fun prizes you can earn! You
can earn up to 3 prizes: one after 300 min.(5hrs), another after 600
min.(10hrs), and a final prize after 900 min.(15hrs). Each library will have a Prize Chart
posted. So, head to your local
library or check out the KCLS website for more details, great reading lists,
and more! Also, look for more
information coming home with your child after our summer reading assembly,
Thursday June 16. Have fun and Happy
Reading! LUNCH MONEY?
LIBRARY BOOKS? If you owe lunch money, please send in money to bring your balance to a positive amount. The cost of a lunch is $2.00. Please plan to have enough money to cover the rest of the school days if your child buys lunch every day. Any left over money will carry over to next year’s lunch account. All library books and materials are due back to the library no later than June 14. Please, we need your help! |
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SUMMER
FLYERS Be sure to stop by the Information Table located just outside Thoreau’s
Main Office. Many organizations have brought in flyers advertising summer
activities and camps for children. Due to the mass number we receive, we no
longer send them home in backpacks.
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Check out our
website for the latest information! We have sold about 70 tiles so far! We will continue
to sell them through the summer and next year until the tiling is installed
next Spring. The price for a 6x6 tile is $50.00, a 12x12 tile is
$250.00 (this can be personal or a corporate logo), and a commemorative bench
is $500.00. Please share this with your relatives, employer, and other
connections you may have that would be interested! Also several parents
have purchased one tile and then used the matching grant program with their
employer to purchase a second tile. This is easy; just get the form
from your resource center and turn in with a tile form. We have room
for about 400 tiles…. Together we can do it! Questions? Valerie Quinn at
398-7939 or Polly Blanchard at 820-8909. The students have had a great time with the various art projects from the new curriculum. It’s been very fun working with a variety of mediums – watercolor, wire sculpture, oil pastels, tempera, print making, etc. The curriculum is designed to introduce the students to art concepts, using various mediums and having fun. They don’t always come home with a finished looking project because that is not the aim of the curriculum. We have had several dedicated parents who have
been docents this year. To them we
say a big “THANK YOU!” They are Cynthia MacDuff, Lucy Robles,
Silviann Johnson, Linda Thompson, Regina Bock, Nancy Biery, Laura
Doerflinger, Tony Bock, Margaret Adams, Julie Sogge, Jami McVicker, Laura,
Bernard, Grace Kane, Dianna Pierro and Suzanne Morris. So… what does an art
docent do? Some of them prepare
materials, set up, help kids with the lesson and clean up. Others add information along with the
teacher as the teacher does the lessons and a dedicated few teach the lessons
while the teacher is there to help.
It takes about 2-4 hours a month average. We are looking for more
docents for next year. If you like
art, but don’t know a lot about it, you can still help with preparation and
clean up. If you really want to teach, there are teachers that want
that, too. Mostly, I think that art and developing the right brain (for most
people) is so important. Studies have shown that when art is
incorporated into learning that students learn faster and better. I’m
also looking for a co-chair for next year, so please let me know if you are
interested! Suzanne Morris slg.morris2@verizon.net
821-3505 K-3
PIZZA PARTY Kindergarteners through 3rd
graders have an opportunity to participate in an end of the year get together
at Chuck E. Cheese Pizza. Kindergarteners and first graders may meet Monday,
June 13 and 2nd and 3rd graders may meet Tuesday, June
14. It is an opportunity for the kids to get together with their families,
outside of school, and enjoy the company of other school families, while
ordering dinner and playing games. Chuck E. Cheese will donate 10% of the
register sales towards the playground, so be sure to identify yourself as
being from Thoreau! Hope to see you there! ALBERTSONS COMMUNITY PARTNERS Thank you for shopping Albertsons and making our
school money! This year we made about $750.00 with this program. It is
easy to register. Just take our number #4900012955534 to the store and
have the checker link it to your Preferred Card. Then every time you
shop and use your Preferred Card, Albertsons will automatically pay us up to
4% of your purchase. You may wish to cut the number out and keep it in your wallet. The number is all you need! |
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