Our NJHS is hosting our annual Canned Food Drive from October 17th – 27th . We partner with Besst Realty group for this service project. Canned donations will be accepted all week long, but we will be having optional dress down days this week. Students that bring 5 cans of canned food, may dress down on Monday and Wednesday.
Parent Teacher Conferences are October 26th – 27th . These are early out days for everyone, with conferences held from 4-8 pm both days. If you need to book an appointment to meet with me, you may do it here.
October 24-28: Scholastic Book Fair
Monday and Wednesday, October 24 & 26: Food Drive Dress Down Days– Bring 5 canned food items
Wednesday, October 26: Say Boo to the Flu 4:00-7:00 pm in the Q1 library
Use the link above to sign up for PTC. They will be held on October 26th and 27th beginning at 1:40. We have short days these two days. Additionally, don’t forget that students do not have school on Friday, October 28th.
If you can’t make these dates, please let me know. I still want to find another date/time to meet. Thanks
Our 4th grade FIELD TRIP is finally here!!! Thursday, October 6 to “This is the Place Heritage Park” in Salt Lake City via bus.
We will leave Quest Academy at 8:35 and arrive back around 2:30. We will have about an hour of school left before dismissal. Students will need to bring a small backpack that can hold a small plastic water bottle, light jacket (we are next to the mountain and will get a breeze throughout the day), sunscreen (applied before arriving at school), and a small book or cards to read/play on the bus (optional). No cell phones, electronic devices are allowed on our field trip. All pictures will be taken by Mr. Jeff (my sub) or a chaperone and shared on the BLOG afterwards. Students will need to wear a Quest uniform this day. The color they choose, doesn’t matter.
If you would like to attend but are not one of our lucky chaperone winners, you may still attend. If you would like to meet us at the park, pay the regular admission fee, and be there at the same time we are, you may attach to your kiddos group. If you choose to drive your child to the venue, they will be marked absent and will need to pay the regular admission fee. Please don’t bring additional siblings on the field trip. Stopping in the gift shop is frowned upon. It isn’t fair to other kids. Please return at a later time to do your shopping.
If you ordered a sack lunch for the school, they will be ready to take that morning. No additional school lunches will be available for this field trip. If you didn’t sign-up for one, don’t forget your non-refrigerated home lunch. All students will carry their own lunch and water bottles. Chaperones will need to bring a home lunch too.
REMEMBER: Please pay your student’s field trip donation $5 at the office soon 😉 Let me know if you have any questions.
Mark your calendars for these things happening this month:
Wednesday, October 5: Picture retakes-Please email if your child needs retakes
Thursday, October 6: Field trip – This is the Place Please pay $5 to the office
Tuesday, October 11: Evacuation drill See email from Admin.
Wednesday-Friday, October 12-14: NO SCHOOL Fall Break
Monday, October 17: Cookie Dough and Beef Jerky pickup
Friday, October 21: End of Quarter Grades posted.
Wednesday-Thursday, October 26-27: Early Out and Parent Teacher Conferences
Friday, October 28: NO SCHOOL
Monday, October 31: Early Out and Halloween Parade & Party
EVACUATION DRILL INFO: You have received emails about the upcoming drill on Oct 11. Please fill out the evacuation form ASAP.Every student must have a form filled out before Oct 7th.EVACUATION FORM LINK
Alyxus, Aylin, Tyler, and Hallie !!!! The may invite one grown-up to join us on our adventure to This is The Place park.
Please pay $7 to the office to come with us. Plan on riding the bus and tending a group of kiddos. If you were not one of the lucky winners, you can still come! You will need to drive down separating and join your child at the venue.
REMEMBER: Please pay your student’s field trip donation $5 at the office soon 😉
We are selling Cookie Dough & Beef Jerky to help fund student activities (ie field trips) and school improvements. Below is the video that Dr. Dave presented today during our kick-off assembly.
All orders need to be entered into the Scoreboard app (code QUE266)
Teacher name is: Mrs. Clark
Watch this short, instructional video to get started on the Scoreboard app (there are also instructions in the student packet). The code you’ll need to enter in the app for Quest is QUE266.
Homework has officially started! Class novel books were sent home today. These books are to be treated as Quest property and will need to be replaced if they are damaged or lost. The book is called “How to Eat Fried Warms.” Maybe you read this when you were a kid.
Students are to read for 20 mins a night. This book is a 4th grade leveled reader. Some students in our class are not reading on this level but would like to participate in the novel study. We discuss the book in the mornings like a book club would. I encourage the students to read the book out loud to a grown up or older sibling. If you find that your child is struggling to read this text, and you can’t read it along side them. Please let me know. I will send a different book home for them to use for their 20 mins reading.
Lastly, students will report their readings on a Google form on Thursday evenings. The link to this form is at the top of the classroom BLOG or HERE.
They will also post how many IXL lessons they have completed in class on this form. I would love your help in checking your child IXL account. Their log-ins were sent home in their parent packets. I put a gold star next to the lessons that I would like them to complete. If they have completed it, it will have a gold ribbon to the right of the lesson. It would be a HUGE help to have them complete some of them at home.
TUTORING has begun. If your student needs tutoring, I will send you an email. I hold tutoring sessions every morning from 8:00-8:20 by invitation only. Watch for the emails. I also tell the student they have tutoring the next morning too. Hopefully, between the student knowing about it and an email, the message will get delivered 😉
IMPORTANT DATES:
Friday, Sept 16th – Cookie Dough Fundraiser Begins. We will attend a kick-off assembly Friday morning. Packets will be sent home that afternoon. Students will need to have orders entered into the fundraiser app in order to get prizes for selling items
Friday, Sept 23rd – If you are ordering a sac lunch for the field trip, today is the last day. Four lucky chaperone winners will be picked for our field trip
Monday, Sept 26th – End of Cookie Dough Fundraiser
Friday, Sept. 30th – Dollar Dress Down Day. Field trip donation dead line $5
Thursday, Oct 6th – This is the Place Field Trip 8:35-2:30. Depart from Quest via buses
REMEMBER – no large backpacks need to come to class. Only a bag with necessary items, and small playground toys. Home lunch can be sent in a lunch sack/box. The classroom novel study, only comes back to class after they have read it. If you child likes to take library books home, send a bag with them on Wednesdays to take them home in.
SMART WATCHES – If you child bring any type of device/watch/phone that receives text messages/calls. Those cannot be worn/used in class. They will have to be stored in a small bags on the coat hooks. If you need to talk to your student, or send them a message, you will need to call the office. Additional info about this policy can be found in our HERE.
