Farewell

It is with excitement and sorrow that I announce my resignation at SJS. I have thoroughly enjoyed working with you and your children this school year. I feel blessed to have experienced the last seven years at SJS. I am relocating with my family to Walla Walla where I will be teaching middle school Science for the remainder of the school year.
God bless and Merry Christmas!
Love,
Kathy Pickel
kathy.pickel87@gmail.com

Re-scheduling Conferences

I would like to meet with all of my parents. Please review the following list of dates and contact me at Kathy.pickel87@gmail.com to schedule. The conferences will be 15 minutes in duration and take place in the classroom. The conferences will begin at 3:15 and end at 5:00 allowing for seven conferences per day.
The conference dates are:
Tuesday, Nov. 15th
Wednesday, Nov. 16th
Monday. Nov. 21st
Tuesday. Nov.22nd
Monday, Nov.28th
Wednesday, Nov.30th
Thursday, Dec.1st

Electronic Hour

The class has earned their first Marble Jar prize-one hour of electronic time. We will have this on Wednesday, Oct. 19th from 2:00-3:00. Students can bring their hand-held electronic devices from home to play with and share.

No School-Friday

There will not be school this Friday as there is a teacher in-service in Yakima.
Have a great three- day weekend 5th graders!

This Week's Fun Run Challenge

A fantastic lady (Ms. Kim) who works in our daycare has laid out the following challenge:
the class with the most pledge money COLLECTED THIS WEEK earns a McDonald's lunch.
I have added to this challenge:
if our class wins, I will provide a McDonald's dessert.

"Go out and get those collected pledges 5th graders!"
Fun Run is Sunday, Oct. 2nd at 3:00 at the KEHS track. Please be there by 2:45 for sign-in.

Math M.A.P. Testing

We will have Math M.A.P. testing this Thursday and Friday afternoons from 1:00-2:30 p.m. in the computer lab. Please be sure your child is well rested and has a healthy sized lunch for these days so they can feel their best . "Good luck 5th graders!"

M.A.P. Reading completed

The M.A.P. Reading testing was completed today by the fifth graders and parents will see these results at conferences next month. If your child was absent, he/she will be scheduled for make-up testing in a couple of weeks.