Happy Halloween! We are having our annual Halloween parade and party on Tuesday, October 31. Please note that this is an early out day. Because the parade will start at 9:00am, we ask that students come to school already dressed in their costumes. Our party will immediately follow the parade from 9:30-10:30.

For those who would like to watch the parade, please plan on bringing camping chairs or blankets. You are welcome to set them up along the outside of either building (see map below—the yellow dots indicate where families can sit).

Costume guidelines:

Costumes should be modest and without blood or gore. 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. Quest Administration

Parent Teacher Conferences will be held on Wednesday, October 25 and Thursday, October 26.  Please note: These will be early out days (1:10pm). We would like to meet with each of you. There are enough appointments available if a child needs more time slots to accommodate parent/guardian situations. Please sign up by clicking the following link: Conference Signup Form

We are now beginning Unit 2 in Language Arts. Below are the power words, oral vocabulary words, letters, and sounds we will be mastering during the next 3 weeks. We will continue working on syllables, rhyming, identifying the beginning and ending sounds of words, and blending sounds to read words. We have learned about half of our sound wall sounds and use our sound wall to help us spell and read words. In math we are learning about numbers 0-5 and 3D shapes. We will continue to work on our independent math pathways which will allow us to work on our math lessons at our own pace. And in science, we will start exploring forces (pushes and pulls).

Upcoming Dates:

• Friday, October 6: Station 63 Firefighters Visit Kindergarten
• Tuesday, October 10: Safety and Abuse Prevention Presentation
• Wednesday-Friday, October 11-13: NO SCHOOL Fall Break
• Thursday, October 19: Cookie Dough and Beef Jerky Delivered
• Wednesday-Thursday, October 25-26: Early Out and Parent Teacher Conferences
• Tuesday, October 31: Early Out and Halloween Parade & Party
• Wednesday, November 1: NO SCHOOL

Students were so excited to check out their first library book! They are allowed to keep them for one week. Please reiterate the importance of taking good care of them and being responsible by returning them each Tuesday. Talk about safe ways to store their library book in their backpack, keeping water bottles out of the backpack and in the water bottle pocket on the side.

We’re so lucky to have the privilege of accessible books and I hope you create happy memories reading them together! 🙂

1- TUESDAYS: Send take-home folders to school. We exit through the front doors of Q1 on this day at the end of the day.

2- FRIDAY:  Early out 1:10pm
 *Students are welcome to show their Quest pride by wearing their school spirit shirts (with uniform pants)

3- LABEL belongings. Please label sweaters, jackets, water bottles, etc. (especially Quest hoodies…they all look the same 😉 )

4- Scholastic Book Order. When you place an order, not only do you get fabulous books for your home library, but you also help our class earn points that we can exchange for classroom books. Click here for easy online ordering, our class code is WTH94: Scholastic Book Club

5- We appreciate our lunchroom AND classroom volunteers! Spots still available

Upcoming Dates:

• September 18-26: Cookie Dough School Fundraiser
• Tuesday, September 26: Picture Day
• Friday, September 29: Dollar Dress Down Day
• September 30: Scholastic Book Orders Due
• Friday, October 6: Station 63 Firefighters Visit Kindergarten
• Wednesday-Friday, October 11-13: NO SCHOOL Fall Break

We have partnered with Lifetouch for our yearbooks this year, so all yearbook purchases will be made through their link HERE. The school code will populate once you open the link.

We are now beginning Unit 1 in Language Arts. Below are the power words, oral vocabulary words, letters, and sounds we will be mastering during the next 3 weeks. We will work on syllables, rhyming, identifying the beginning and ending sounds of words, and writing our name. In math we are starting individual pathways, sorting and counting objects, and counting, showing, and writing numbers to 5. And in science we are completing our weather unit and will soon begin our unit on forces.

We are excited to utilize the Scholastic Reading Club program in our classroom this year.  Ordering books for your children through this program gives our class points towards free books that your child will utilize in the classroom throughout the year.

Our first book order will be due September 30th.   The Scholastic Book order link is located at the top menu of our class blog or simply click here: Scholastic Reading Club.  Ordering online is fast and easy, our class activation code is: WTH94.  Online ordering allows you to shop all the books, not just the select books in the current flyer.

Place an order of $25 or more and you can pick a FREE $5 book (use code READS at checkout) to add to your reader’s TBR pile!