What's Going On

BLACK HISTORY MONTH Celebrate Black History Month with your children this February, and spend some extra time learning about the extraordinary accomplishments of African-Americans. Read more on FamilyEducation: http://fun.familyeducation.com/black-history-month/holidays/32871.html#ixzz1CTexMVze SPRING INTERSESSION The Spring 2011 Intersession Catalog is now on our school website, campusschool.org! You will find the course schedule and course information, as well as links to download both the Application Form and the Scholarship Request Form. UPCOMING EVENTS January 25: Slave Haven Field Trip February 8: Chick-fil-A Night February 14-18: Scholastic Book Fair February 16: CiCi’s Family Night February 17: Scholastic Book Fair Family Night February 21: No School

This Week in 3rd Grade...

• I hope everyone enjoyed the snow day!
• Citizen projects are now due on Monday, January 24th.
• Our field trip to the Burkle Estate is Tuesday, January 25th. We will leave school at 12:30pm and return around 2:15pm. All chaperones should be at school at 12:30pm.

• Upcoming Events: January 25: Burkle Estate Field Trip February 8: Chick-fil-A Night February 16: CiCi’s Family Night February 17: Scholastic Book Fair Family Night February 21: No School

This Week..

• Great job on working through those mulitplication facts! Since the students have been working so hard, I am pushing back our deadline to Wednesday, January 26. This gives the students 7 school days to get through their facts. YOU CAN DO IT! After the deadline, the students will begin taking weekly Mixed-Up Multiplication Facts" quizzes. Please continue to practice multiplication facts together every day, until your child knows them “backwards and forwards!” Practicing multiplication facts daily will not only increase students’ confidence with division skills, it will also set them up for success when they begin their “Mixed-Up Multiplication Facts” quiz this week.
• Our field trip to the Burkle Estate is scheduled for Tuesday, January 25th.
• Please make a note that Family Fun Night, which was scheduled for January 20th, has been cancelled. Also, please be advised that the make-up day for our snow day on Monday, January 10 will be Friday, June 3. Should we have another snow day, the make-up day will be Monday, April 25, which is the day after Easter.

3rd Grade News

• Our field trip to the Burkle Estate is scheduled for January 25th. We currently only have two parents signed up to drive. Unfortunately, we will only be able to make the trip if we have enough parent drivers to accommodate the whole class. Please check your schedules to see if you can join us. (If you can drive and have not already registered in the library on the computer, please do that as soon as possible.)

• Citizen Projects are due January 21st.

• Report Cards go home on Wednesday, January 12th.

• Awards Assembly on Thursday, January 13th at 8:10.

• Report Cards are due back on Friday, January 14th.

Happy New Year!

• Welcome Back! I hope your family had a joyous holiday break. We have lots of learning and growing to do in 2011.
• Time to get started...
• The EPGY Challenge is due Monday, January 3rd. This was an optional activity, though highly encouraged. :) In order to be entered in the drawing and receive a home fun pass, the students need to complete 9 sessions of EPGY math by Monday.
• Also, when we return from break, the students are going to have 2 weeks (10 school days) to complete the multiplication facts through 12. This will require lots of practice at home and at school. Please practice with your child daily. I am sure they can tell you what facts they are on.
• Finally, we have a new addition to EPGY! There is now a LAW(Language Arts and Writing) component. Starting our first week back, the students will now be required to complete one Math and one LAW session at home each week by Friday morning. The students are welcome to come to school at 7:30 if they have computer troubles.
• Looking forward to seeing everyone soon!