Dear Parents,
On Friday afternoon, we had the exciting kick-off to our
school’s annual Jump Rope for Heart event! Hopefully most of your students have
told you about it by now, but we are encouraging all our students to get involved. Jump Rope
for Heart has two components. One is a fundraiser for the American Heart
Association to aid in their research on heart defects, especially for kids’
hearts. Students will be asking their families, relatives, and friends for
donations for the American Heart Association. The second component is a jump
rope competition that will be held near the end of the month. All students
should be taking care of their own hearts by practicing for this event!
Regarding the
fundraiser, our school has a goal of raising $6,500. Last year we raised over
$6,000, so this is a very achievable goal.
If every student raised $5 for heart research, we would already be very
close to our goal. There are quite a few prizes students can earn for raising
anywhere from $5 to $150. However, the first two prizes are extremely easy for
students to earn. The first prize is a lanyard with a zoo animal students can
earn for bringing in a single $5 donation. The second is another zoo animal for
their lanyard students can earn for getting one donation online. They should
print the coupon they receive after the online donation is complete and bring
it in to school.
Anytime students have donations or coupons; these need to go
directly to the P.E. teachers at the beginning of the students’ next P.E.
class. Neither the other teachers nor the front desk staff will be accepting
donations or coupons. Last year, there was a great deal of confusion regarding
which students had earned which prizes. By having only P.E. teachers accept
donations and coupons, the matter will be simplified, and students will receive
their prizes more quickly.
This week on Wednesday, deficiency notices will be sent to
parents whose students are averaging C- or in any class. The deficiency notices
are intended to help parents are understand where their students are struggling
and to give students an opportunity to improve. Most of you should have a
pretty good idea where how your students are doing in my classes. I have been
sending their graded homework, quizzes and tests home on a regular basis, and I
have also sent regular emails when students are missing assignments. If your
student has received a lot of low scores and tests, quizzes, or homework, or if
you have received multiple emails regarding your student’s missing assignments,
there is a good chance they are in the deficiency range. However, if you have
any doubts about your students grades, please feel free to contact us.
In math we will continue our study of fractions. This week
we will place a special focus on mixed numbers, improper fractions, and the
relationship between fractions and division. We will be having a math test next
week. I will follow up with details by next weekend, at the latest. In science
we will continue our study of the atmosphere, and hopefully the lab will be
free for us to perform at least one experiment related to air this week.
These are all the notes I have for you this week. Please send
me a message through your Jupiter Ed account with any questions, comments, or
concerns you may have.
Sincerely,
Miss Wycklendt
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