The National Junior Honor Society is having a “SOUPER” bowl canned food drive from February 1st-February 8th.  The collection bins are located just outside of the Q1 and Q2 libraries.  Their goal to collect at least 250 canned food items before Monday, February 8th, will result in the administration doing something WACKY. The NJHS will be donating all of the food collected to the Ogden-Weber Community Action Partnership Food Pantry.  Food must be non-perishable bagged, boxed, or canned.  

They are always running low on the below items if you would like to donate: 
*Macaroni
*Macaroni & Cheese
*Spaghetti Sauce
*Tuna
*Chili beans
*Rice
*Juice
*Soups
*Canned Fruits  

1– TUESDAY:  Library Day
*Library books due if checked out

2-FRIDAY: 
    *Homework due
    *Spelling and sort test

3- Scholastic Book Order due February 29th.  Your Scholastic orders help our classroom library earn FREE books.  Orders can be sent to school or click here for easy online ordering, our class code is N8TKQ: Scholastic Book Club

4- We have received a large basket!  MANY donations are still needed to fill our 1st Grade STEM Gala basket. Anything goes on this!  Anything, and I mean anything big or small ties into Family Fun.  Please help us make an amazing basket by donating whatever you can.  Click here for more information:  Family Fun Gala Basket

5– Help us earn playground equipment by collecting Box Tops and Campbell’s soup labels.

6-  Shopping on Amazon?  You can help our school, no extra cost to you, when you make purchases through Amazon, they will donate a percentage to Quest. Click here for details: Amazon

7- If you would like to meet with me for Parent Teacher Conferences for February, please click here for the Sign up:  
February Parent Teacher Conference Sign Up

8- Don’t forget to send your child with their 100 items for the 100th day of school on Wednesday! Click here for more information:  100th Day of School

Please fill out the Valentine’s Party permission slip form below so your student can participate in the daily events. In order to pay for the party supplies we are asking for a $2 donation to be paid to the office. Please click on the permission form here:  
Valentine Party Permission Slip Form 

Stores are now stocked and ready for Valentine’s Day!  To help you properly prepare for our in-class celebrations, here are the Quest guidelines for Valentines:

VALENTINES
“Per Quest’s wellness policy, all food in the classroom must be pre-approved. Furthermore, parental permission is also required for students to consume food during class parties. Due to this policy—as in years past—student Valentines cannot contain edible items. Suggestions for non-food Valentines include pencils, erasers, bubbles, stickers, etc. Please note that such items, including Valentine cards, are in no way required.”

We have 26 students in our class.  Please, please, please: only write who the Valentine is from – please do not address the Valentines to specific students.  Try to imagine 26 six and seven-year-olds frantically circling the class, struggling to pass out Valentines to specific students’s desks, and likely struggling with reading the spelling of many students’ names, and imagine one frazzled teacher trying to assist these 26 children in identifying specific students’ names and locating specific students’ desks!  🙂 This mental image will help you to understand why I request that you please only fill out the “from” part of the Valentine card and not the “to” part.  Thank you for your help with this!  

VALENTINE BOXES
Your child is welcome to decorate a box at home and bring it to school for storing Valentines.  It is not a requirement, however, and those students who come without a Valentine box will be given a Valentine folder or bag to keep their Valentines in. 


PLEASE BRING ALL CARDS AND BOXES TO SCHOOL ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12TH.

I just wanted to let everyone know that POQA has already randomly picked three students from our class to participate in the First Grade club. If you did not receive an email from me unfortunately your child was not selected to participate. If these students for whatever reason can not pay the $2 fee on time to the office by Thursday, January 21st or can not follow the contract POQA will randomly select another student to take their place.