Dear Families,
Well, the snow is finally gone! Flowers are in bloom and spring is in the air. With that in mind if you'd like your child to be able to have cough drops during school hours, there is a form you can fill out in the office. Then if you send a bag of cough drops with your child's name on it, the nurse can give them as needed. Also, it would be really helpful if your child has a 16oz. water bottle for the classroom, this would allow them to have water when needed, but not have to leave the room.
The Grout Run is happening soon, pledge forms are due April 15th. We will be at Cleveland Track on April 16th...please contact me if you are interested in walking over with us (I will have to drive and meet you there) or just meeting us there. The Grout Auction in Saturday, April 20th. We've completed a beautiful wall hanging of Portland and Oregon icons. Plus we've decorated an outdated globe with positive sayings and student pictures. I hope you can make the auction. If you cannot afford the admission for the event, but would like to go; PTA is looking for volunteers to work shifts, contact PTA or the office if this would be helpful for you. It is an adult only event.
With the time change tardies have really become an issue. We have had days of 13, 11, 7, or 8 children late to class. Just a reminder breakfast is served at 7:30 in the cafeteria, first bell rings at 7:50 and they are to be in class at 8:00. Please remind them to come to class on time and ready to learn. This will help them start their day off well.
Portland bridges are on display in the library for the month of April. Please come by and check out all the amazing creations! Thank you families, for helping your child with this project! Their speeches are available for review on SeeSaw. We will be taking our annual bridge walking tour with Nathan Hoover. We've split my class in half (I am unable to do the long walking involved on this trip); so some children are going on Thursday, April 11th and the rest will go on Friday, April 12th; the classes will be going with Ms. VanClock. Ms. Williams and I will remain back at Grout with various activities for the rest of the students.
We have many other activities coming up in May...MAPS testing, more field trips, character studies in reading and fairy tales in writing; so please stay tuned!
As always if you can volunteer, any day, just check in with me. Would love to have the company!! Any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to contact me.
Thanks for your support,
Carolyn Neal
cneal@pps.net
503-916-6209
