Mrs. Vella's 1st Grade Super Stars

We are preparing for end of year assessments.  We will be offering the following 3 snacks during each of our 3 main end of year assessments Gummy Bears, Goldfish and smarties. If there are any health concerns OR you have any questions please let me know ASAP. As a reminder, at the beginning of the year you all filled out a permission slip with the following information:


Please review and sign the permission slip below in order for your child to participate in all the fun educational school/classroom activities we have planned throughout this school year. *Students in our classroom will also have the opportunity to participate in extra classroom activities by completing required tasks.
Scheduled events and dates listed below may be subject to change.  AGAIN, they are NOT limited to but will include the following:  

Field Trips:  9/12?  Hogle Zoo, 1/? Community Helpers On-Site, 5/21 Hill Aerospace Museum, 10/ 18 and 5/22 Ogden Nature Center On-Site  
**We ask for a $15 donation to cover the cost of the field trip payable to the office.

1st Grade Parties:  10/31  Halloween Party, 12/15  Winter Party, 2/1 100th Day Celebrations, 2/14 Valentine’s Party, 3/16 St. Patrick’s Day Celebrations, End of the Year Activities  
**We ask a $12 donation to cover supplies, treats, drinks for the class parties payable to the office.

Movies rated G with Educational Activities:  Ramona & Beezus, Charlie & The Chocolate Factory, Polar Express, The Tale of Despereaux, and Charlotte’s Web


**By e-signing this form, I agree to allow my student to participate in the activities listed above, consume food including but not limited to sugary treats and drinks. 

1- FRIDAY:  Early Out 1:30pm
   Homework due
$1.00 Dress Down Day (Student participation is optional. Students are welcome to wear a Quest Spirit shirt with uniform pants or traditional uniforms).

2– Arts Festival-Friday, April 26th from 5:00-8:00PM @ Quest Academy
3- Please look for BOX TOPS on the items you use every day, then clip and send to school.

4- Stock up on great books for summer from Scholastic Books. Click here for easy online ordering, our class code is JBTR2: Scholastic Book Club

 

THANKS SO MUCH!!!!
We will be talking about Day 2 and 3 this morning. Below is a quick look at what Day 2 looks like as well as where our school is in meeting our goal. OUR class is in the top 5 which means if we keep it up we will be able to “CREAM our Administration.” Ask your student what that means LOL they should be able to tell you ;0)!

You can also donate by texting 71777 and writing Drink26, you will be given a link to donate money to provide safe drinking water to these children.  

We have been collecting money since Tuesday and have received $1,135.51 so far. We are trying to get to our goal of $5,000, which will purchase a whole well for a community. We look forward to seeing how much we collect. Thank you for your help!

Top 5 classes:

Marten- $101.57

Waddell- $96.28

Sampson AM- $67.22

Vella- $51.48

6th grade- $49.62

Grand Total: $1,135.51

Did you know that girls in Africa often walk 3-4 miles every day to fetch water? It is one of their family chores. Fetching water can take all day, so many girls are not allowed to attend school. We can help more girls attend school through our donations this week.

Thank you for remembering your dimes today. If you forgot, just bring them tomorrow with your quarters!

Dear Parents,
 Thanks so much for you help and support today with our service learning project!!! The kids are really excited to help the kids in Africa get access to clean water to drink. As part of the service project, each day we will present information in an effort to help create a sense of awareness and appreciation. Please visit with your student about what they learned, and if possible, earn some money to help with our efforts to provide the much needed equipment and supplies for clean drinking water. Tomorrow they are encouraged to bring dimes but, pennies and nickels are still very much appreciated.

The children in the picture are eating mashed cassava, a starchy, inexpensive root vegetable that is a good source of nutrients. Because it is very stiff, it is used like a spoon to scope up the greens (similar to spinach) served with the meal. 

Spring pictures will be taken on Tuesday, April 16th. Thus, uniforms are not required on this day. Please note that students should still follow dress down day guidelines by wearing appropriate attire. All students, unless you indicated otherwise, will have their picture taken. A picture packet will be sent home later for you to review before you purchase.

Today we attended a fun assembly by WHOlives. Their mission is to bring water, health and opportunity to children in developing countries that are at great risk, due to scarce and contaminated water.

We discussed the world water crisis and were invited to participate in the Change for Water Challenge. The Challenge invites students to bring in coins throughout the week to help create a well in Africa.  Students are encouraged to do chores at home or for friends and neighbors to earn the coins to bring to school each day.

Help us donate the coin of the day:
Tuesday= Pennies and Nickels
Wednesday= Dimes
Thursday= Quarters
Friday= Dollars (Dollar dress down day)