Mrs. Fraser, May 19, 2014

CHARACTER TRAIT:  Accomplishment

 Reference:  II Timothy 4:7

Bible Verse:  I have fought the good fight.  I have finished the race.  I have kept the faith.

Definition:  Successfully finishing what I set out to do

Opposite:  Doing a job carelessly or incompletely

PARENT CORNER

AS THE YEAR DRAWS TO A CLOSE. . .

Yes!  The last week of school has arrived!  Hard to believe?  This week is still an important one as we wrap up all the training and guidance.  It’s a time of reflection about  our year.  The activities we do are designed to bring closure to our experiences.  Thank you for stressing the academic importance of this week in staying focused.

As we ponder our past year, our third grade class has experienced God’s faithfulness and bonding together as a family.  We have brought together our individual and unique personalities while the Lord has caused each of us to trust Him through the triumphs and challenges.  I praise God for His presence in the spirit of each student.  We will feel the heart-tugs as we part our ways for the summer.

The parent support and involvement through prayer, cards, notes, and volunteer work as room-parents, carpoolers, and chaperones has been a tremendous encouragement and blessing to me.  Your lives have deeply enriched mine.  Thank you for your generous spirit.  Blessings from above for a wonderful, relaxing summer!

MIGHTY PRAYER WARRIORS FOR MICAH

Please continue to lift up Micah daily in his recovery from foot surgery last Friday, May 16 in Sacramento.  We wish to pray for comfort and easing of pain.  Remember Preston, Kori, and Mallory in your prayers.  We look forward to seeing Micah on Thursday at the swim party.  Please contact Emily Phillips or Patty Steele if you would like to help with provisions for the party at the Friesen home.

NO PARENT HELPERS

Other than Monday , we will not be using any parent helpers this week.  Thanks you for your tremendous help throughout the year in the classroom. We couldn’t have done it without you!  You are amazing and it was wonderful to grow to know and love you dearly!!

YEAR END REWARDS

There will be an ice cream treat on Monday, May 19 at lunchtime in Mrs. Fraser’s classroom for those students who met their goal of 100 points in Reading Counts and/or became a member of the Third Grade Math Club.

Tuesday, May 20th students who met their goal of 500 points in Reading Counts or became a Lifetime Member of the Math Club will walk across the street with Mrs. Fraser for an off-campus pizza lunch at Me ‘N Eds.

 TEXTBOOK INVENTORY

Please return all hard bound textbooks by tomorrow including math books, social studies book, science, or language textbooks.  We are conducting textbook inventories.  These books are quite expensive and students will be charged for textbooks they do not return.  Thank you for helping your child be responsible for all school books needing to be returned.

BACKPACKS

Please continue to bring your backpack to school each day this week.  We will be bringing home several things.   Please keep your school box in your backpack.  You will need it for several activities this week.

MINIMUM DAYS

Just a reminder that Thursday and Friday are MINIMUM days with release time at 12:00 PM.

PERSONAL CLASSROOM LIBRARY BOOKS

Please look under your beds and in bookshelves at home for any books with Mrs. Fraser’s name or Miss Lepp’s name on the inside cover.  I would greatly appreciate all personal books returned to my own classroom library this week.  Thank you so much!

NOTICE FROM THE LIBRARY MEDIA CENTER

As we approach the end of the school year please note that there is a $25.00 fee for each item that is not returned by the last day of school. Please encourage your student to meet this responsibility.

Thanks, Lin Brown,

Librarian

END OF FOURTH QUARTER

Fourth quarter grades will be finalized this Tuesday, May 20.  Final report cards should be posted by the school the end of this week or early next week.