We are planning on working on this standard for another week. Then, next week we will begin Lesson #18.
Our class will be celebrating the holidays in our room on December 18th. Due to COVID, we are not having any parent helpers attend. We will be staying in our room and having the teachers move from room to room with their activity. We have an early out this day (1:00) and students can wear a Christmas (ugly or cute) sweater.
If you are looking for Christmas gift ideas for our classroom…here are some ideas.
I love receiving and REALLY like giving back to my class. I always enjoy getting supplies to share in our room. Dry erase markers, thin or thick tip. Earbuds are in desperate need. A teacher can never have enough pencils. If you want to send a small trinket for the students, my class has 27 kiddos.
Amazon gift cards-I love to buy things for my room
My favorite drink ever made is: DIET MOUNTAIN DEW
One last idea, if you can afford it. I have families that haven’t paid their classroom donation fee of $25. I use this money to buy supplies, art projects, prizes, STEM, birthday gifts, and earbuds. I think because parents haven’t come in the building this year, it may have gotten overlooked. Our science this year has lots of hands on projects, but I can hold these activities without purchasing the supplies. Please, log in online and send our class some extra funds if you can. THANKS SO MUCH!
December 4th, is Dollar Dress Down Day! Students many pay $1 to wear street clothes. Please make sure their attire is in accordance to our school’s dress code policy;)
(Student participation is optional. Students are welcome to wear a Quest Spirit shirt with uniform pants or traditional uniforms).
Upcoming Dates:
Winter Break- December 21-January 3
HAPPENING IN CLASS THIS WEEK IN ELA AND MATH:
Notification from: Quest Academy
Good morning Quest families! Quick reminder: This Friday November 20th is our regular monthly dress down, students can wear nonuniform appropriate clothes just be sure to send a dollar with them. Finally fundraiser prizes will be sent home with your students Friday afternoon. Thank you for your patience and hard work! Have a wonderful holiday and Happy Thanksgiving! POQA
WE EARNED A SNUGGLE DAY! WHAT IS THIS? THE KIDS WORKED VERY HARD EARNING SEVERAL MASTERY SCORES IN THEIR IREAD ACCOUNTS. GIVE THEM A HIP-HIP-HURRY FOR THAT!!!
Quest Families,
Happy Halloween! We are planning on having a modified version of our annual Halloween parade on Friday, October 30th. Because the parade will start at 9:00am, we ask that students come to school already dressed in their costumes. There will be a virtual option and an on-campus option for parents and relatives to watch our on-campus elementary kiddos parade in their costumes. To watch our parade from home, parents will be sent a link to a YouTube live streaming session. Students will be recorded as they pass by the office, one class at a time, and you’ll be able to see them in all their Halloween splendor! For those who would like to attend the parade for their on-campus children, they should bring camping chairs or blankets and set them up along the outside of either building (see attached map—the yellow dots indicate where families can sit). Everyone watching the parade on campus needs to be wearing a mask and should position themselves as close to the building as possible to allow our students to parade on the sidewalks surrounding the schools. Families should also allow six feet between them and neighboring families. Although individual teachers may choose to have other Halloween festivities throughout the day, we will not be asking for parent volunteers this year. Also, afternoon kindergarten families will receive information from their child’s teacher regarding their parade.
E-learner students are welcome to dress up as well. Their teachers will let them know when they can show off their costumes from home via Zoom/Google Meet. So that the ENTIRE school can see our e-learners in their costumes, we ask parents to take pictures of their children and send them to Angelee Spader (aspader@questac.org) no later than Thursday, Oct. 29th. We will make a video compilation of these pictures and share it with all our students.
Costume guidelines:
Please note that costumes should be modest and without blood or gore. Also, face coverings must also be worn throughout the entire day. Students are welcome to paint their faces and wear Halloween masks; however, those masks will only be worn when directed to do so by the classroom teacher (e.g. during the parade, when a class picture is taken, etc). Weapons and anything that depicts violence are not allowed on school property (knives, guns, swords, spears, etc.). If you have questions about costume accessories, please contact us. Just to reiterate, no blood, either depicted on the costume or in makeup, is allowed.
We are excited to continue this tradition at Quest! We hope these precautions will allow us to celebrate in a fun, memorable way!
Quest Administration
We have started implementing a “new” class to help kids develop their character and attitudes. As your kiddo about this 😉
TAKING IT HOME: In your weekly communication to home, please include the following note: Our class talked about using proactive “can do” language this week. Ask your child, “What does proactive language sound like?” or “What is an example of proactive language?”
