Fall Fest Volunteers Needed!

We are still in need of several volunteers for Fall Fest on October 7th to help run stations! There are four shifts available:

Shift 1 - 6:00 - 6:30

Shift 2 - 6:30 - 7:00

Shift 3 - 7:00 - 7:30 ***we especially need volunteers during this 3rd shift***

Shift 4 - 7:30 - 8:00  

If you can help, please send an email to Ms. Rayner, lrayner@richland2.org, with the shifts you are available to work.

Thanks for your help!

Bojangles Sale in the Car Rider Line

We are partnered with  Bojangles this year for our morning car rider sales to raise money for Arts Day. We will sell Bojangles sausage biscuits once a month from 7:30 - 8:00 am in the car rider line.

Our first Bojangles Biscuit morning is this Friday!

The cost for the sausage biscuit is $3.00. We will also have water bottles available for $1.00.

DonorsChoose Arrives

DonorsChoose Project Arrives We want to say thanks to wonderful giving of all those that supported our school’s MakerFaire Project on DonorsChoose! A special surprise made it to our school today. The kit of Littlebits will be an awesome addition to the MakerFaire we are planning in December for the entire school. In the meantime, students will get a sneak peak at inventive thinking using the Steam Kit in our rooms. We will post soon some of the ideas we begin testing.

  

Global Read Aloud Book Order Update

Mrs. Haltiwanger has informed us that she can do pre-orders for Pax through the book fair. She already has 20 copies that will be delivered tomorrow. If you would like to purchase a copy through the book fair, we ask that you send in $18.35 by Thursday morning, and your order will be placed.

Thanks, can't wait to start this Global Read Aloud with you all.

Global Read Aloud Starting Soon…

On October 3, Upper Montessori Students will begin taking part in a unique reading experience. The Global Read Aloud is project to connect students around the world through the pages of a book. This year students in our classes will read the book, “Pax” by Sarah Pennypacker. 

We will read the book in class together and connect with different classrooms using Twitter and video chats. Students usually love having their own copy to read along in class. We are trying to put together a way to order the book through school. Don’t buy a copy yet. We will have more information soon.

Who Stole Mr. Bear?

Crime Scene Science Inquiry This week students are excited to take part in an interactive Mystery! We will be working as scientists to solve the mystery of “Who Stole Mr. Bear?”

We have created a realistic crime scene and Deputy Santa Cruz is even helping us gather our clues. We will use our skills of observation and inference as we test different artifacts in an effort to find out which of our suspects most likely caused the trouble.