First Grade Rocks

This is a direct quote from Erica Berry after we had our sixth volunteer to help with tallying for the Read-A-Thon.

Thanks so much to Tracy Rice, Michal Weiss, Carol Schirmer, Li-Ling Hsiao, Tory Apolito and Jenn Cronk for volunteering to help with this.

Thanks to Lori Phillips and Kathy Lauder for the incredible party they planned for last Friday. Thanks also to Jessica Altemara, David Trent, Beverly Schieman, Susan Peterman, Ella's grandparents, Kathleen Lapp, Li-Ling Hsiao, Jenn Cronk, Jennifer Macri, Liliana Guillen, Michal Weiss, Missy O'Connor and Sherry Yakorsky for helping out with the party and all the parents who helped out by sending in supplies and snacks.

Thank-you for helping with the field trip: Laura Neagle, Nicole Sbaiti, Kathy Lauder, Liliana Guillen, Karen Hall, David Ross, Raqi Guy and Melanie Thompson.  The field trip was great; however, the behavior of many of the students was not up to first grade standards. One of the theater employees had to come and talk to the students about bouncing on the seats and putting their feet up on the seats. There was a lot of talking during the play - and not quiet talking either. One student even got up and ran part way across the theater before I caught him. Please talk to your children and explain to them that this behavior is not acceptable. We have another field trip to the theater again in two weeks. If we have a repetition of this behavior, we will be forced to cancel further field trips there.

If I forgot someone in my list of thank-yous, I apologize. We have been very impressed with the volunteer commitment of the parents in our classes this year!