Important Dates to Remember

May 28^th Passport Testing

June 5^th Father’s Day Breakfast

Mr. Weber posted a new video of our robotics class on this facebook page today… be sure to check it out!

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What’s Happening in Class?  

·        Bible

Memory verse: I Thessalonians 4:7,8  ESV version

Quiz will be on Friday, May, 29^th.  

·        Spelling and Vocabulary

Spelling lesson 26 and Wordly Wise Lesson 12 will be due and tested this week on Thursday, May 28^th. That is the same day as passport, but the students voted for that day since it is our last spelling and Wordly Wise lesson.

·        Science

The garden planning is a little slower than expected, but if anything is worth doing… It is worth doing right! Hopefully we will finish before school is out. Grant Lindstrom and Todd Kassler have graciously volunteered to prep the area for the beds and will assist the boy’s science class as they build the beds. Lord willing we will have this finished before the end of the year! We will be gardening this summer in our new raised beds, and we do have a one week STEM camp designed around gardening from July 20^th-July 24^th. Hope to see you in the garden this summer.

·        Reading

We will be finishing up Bomb in the next couple of weeks. Students will also continue to have opportunities to raise their reading grades on comprehension tests.

·        Writing

Students will be presenting their writing projects in class on Wednesday, and Friday of this week.

What’s Happening in Class?  April 27th-May1st

·        Bible

Memory verse: Ephesians 2:8,9 ESV version

Quiz will be on Friday, May, 1^st.

·        Spelling and Vocabulary

Spelling lesson 22 will be assigned on Wednesday, April 29^th, and it will be due on Wednesday, May 6^th. Wordly Wise exercises D and E will be due on May 6^th as well. Both Wordly Wise and Spelling lesson 22 will be tested on May 6^th. There is no spelling or Wordly Wise due this week.

·        Science

This Thursday, April 30^th the boys’ science class has the project board and model/prototype of their inventions due for Invention Convention, which is on Friday, May 1^st. The boards are being assembled in class, no problem!

The part that is getting down to the wire is their models/ prototypes. I’m a little nervous about these getting completed. The boys need to bring materials they still need for their models to class tomorrow. These do not have to be working models/prototypes, just a 3D labeled model of their invention. I will be giving them time to work on this in class, and I am willing to stay after school so teams can use the classroom to get this project completed. I will be staying until 5:00pm for any teams that want to work together on Tuesday and Thursday.  Grades will be adversely affected by incomplete projects.

·        STEM community garden

Two weeks ago the sixth grade students planted seeds for a community garden that we are creating. We planted organic beans, spinach, tomatoes, zucchini, squash and four types of lettuce. Our sprouts are growing in our windows! We need a place to plant our starter plants!

A local businessman, Greg Hayes, has donated lumber, soil, and rocks we will need to build four raised beds. The lumber for our beds is being milled and will be ready by the end of the week. We need some volunteers to help us see this project through. We need the lumber to be picked up from the mill and delivered to school. We need some volunteers who know how to build raised beds to show our students how these can be built, and involve students in the building. I will be there to assist also!

If you are willing to volunteer to help us see our project through, please contact me at either (425)239-1760 or dawncarrillo@me.com .

Important Dates to Remember

May 1^st- First day students can wear shorts. Shorts may not be worn on Tuesdays (chapel day)

May 14^th Spring Music Program 7:00 pm- students arrive 6:45- student attire, ties for the boys, dresses for the girls.