**Please let me stress that this is optional practice for your student, not required.  We do ask for students to read 20+ minutes every day to develop their love for reading.  

Why an annual fundraiser?
Our annual fundraiser helps fund field trips, after school clubs, other fun activities and best of all, this will help build a school for students in another part of the world!

Our class will be bringing home order forms for the “Schools Building Schools Fundraiser” today (sorry they’re later than other classes…our class somehow got overlooked).  Our goal is to sell an average of $100 worth of items per student (10 notebooks, 7 sketchbooks, or 5 wall art prints). If we are able to reach this goal then we will be able to have a dance party with Dr. Dave!  You are welcome to take order forms to work or around the neighborhood and the notebooks and journals make great Christmas or birthday presents.  Feel free to email with any questions.  Thank you for your support with this!

Students can earn a prize for each item sold and can pick those up before school on Mondays, Wednesdays, or Fridays during the fundraiser.

For more information, please watch these 2 short videos:

Fundraiser Info.
How many items do I sell?

We had a great first week and love our amazing class!  Besides homework, we are also looking forward to starting STEM this week with Ms. Cookie and Ms. Carrie, library with Mrs. Anderson and going to the keyboarding/CODE lab with Mrs. Fischer.

Please look for your child’s math homework in their blue take-home-folder on each day. Below is the math we are doing this week. If you would like to do extra practice at home, please feel free to use the letter to know what to help your child with. 



Please start reading 20 minutes per night (Monday through Thursday) with your child. You do not need to keep track of your minutes, nor report reading homework. 

1- Check your child’s blue folder nightly.
2- Thursday, Aug. 29: Picture Day.  Wear Quest Uniform (no spirit shirts) 
You can pay online at: Bell Photographers
Online password is: questes2019
Print your receipt & enclose in payment envelope (attached to flyer)
See flyer for additional payment options.
2- FRIDAY:  Early Out 1:00pm
   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).

What a wonderful first day of school we had today! If you can take a second and fill out this google form to help me better understand what you’d like to see this school year for your child, I would appreciate it! 

Google Form

I am so excited to welcome you into first grade! We are going to have so much fun!
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In addition, under the “Parent Information” heading you will find our Class Disclosure and  2018-2019 Supply list,   as well as e-signing the Yearly Permission Slip.    All cash donations can be paid to the Q1 Office on or before Back to School Night, or you can pay online here: ONLINE PAYMENTS marking “other” and typing what the donation is for such as: Knight Supplies, or Knight Parties, or Knight Field Trips. 

Our first week of school will be August 19-23.  These will all be short days.  Short days will now be dismissed at 1pm. 

Please continue to read to your child and have them read to you during the summer!  The more he/she reads, the better prepared they will be for the upcoming school year  

I look forward to meeting with you at Back to School Night 5:30-7:30pm on Friday, August 16.  Have a wonderful summer break!