Welcome to 2011

Several things are coming home today in Homework Folders.

• Field Trip permission slip for the Atlanta trip to the Law Education Center on January 19. Sign and return this form. Please mark if you will or will not be able to drive. Please note that we are leaving at 7:15 A.M.

• Parent information form for our next trade book, Mr. Popper's Penguins. Sign and return this form. Your child will also have a list of vocabulary words from the book with definitions.  This is an aid for reading comprehension; your child will not be tested on the vocabulary.  

• Book Report Packet for our next book report, due on February 9.  All that your child will need to complete this book report project are basic school supplies (crayons or colored pencils, scissors, glue and clear cellophane tape.) Your child may use Mr. Popper's Penguins for this book report if the last book report was not from the fiction genre.

Looking Ahead

No Honor Choir today, Wednesday, December 15.

Dismissal time on Thursday, the 16th, and Friday, the 17th, is 11:45.

Christmas isn't even here yet, but there are a few things coming up in January that you need to know about:

• Sunday, January 9, will be the first of three Open Houses for prospective families.
• Geography Bee will be Tuesday, January 11th at 9:00 A.M. Chase McClure and Pate Smith are representing the 4th grade.
• Spelling Bee will be Tuesday, January 18th at 9:00 A.M. Garrett Earls and Paul Kelley are representing the 4th grade.
• 4th Grade Field Trip to Atlanta on January 19th (We will leave before school and return about 3:30. We will need parent drivers.)
• Book Report #2 due will be due Feb. 9th. You may want to go ahead and choose a book and get started reading it.  More details will come home Tuesday, January 4, 2011.

From Mrs. Wallace . . .

Dear Elementary Choir Parents,
      Our Christmas musical is quickly approaching and I just wanted to communicate some details to you before we head into the next few weeks. As you all know, the 4th, 5th, and 6th graders will be performing “How the Grouch Found Christmas.” The performance is Thursday, December 2nd at 6:30 in Trojan Hall. The 6th grade cast members will need to report to the lunch room in costume by 5:45 that evening. The 4th and 5th graders will need to report to the lunch room by 6:00.
      All 4th and 5th grade choir members will be required to wear khaki pants and either a Christmas sweater or short-sleeved polo in red, green, yellow, or white. Embroidered polos that are part of your child’s uniform are fine as long as they are either red, green, yellow, or white. I do not want anyone to have to go out and purchase anything if at all possible.
      I am so looking forward to the show. The students have worked so hard to prepare and it is going to be a wonderful evening. Thank you in advance for your support and attendance that evening. It means so much to the children and to me that we have such tremendous “fans” in the audience every year. If you have any questions about the evening of the 2nd or about what your child needs to wear, please feel free to contact me via email at cwallace@tattnall.org.

                                                                Thanks!
                                                        Carrie Beth Wallace

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