Lots happening in co-op as we enter our first full week of classes.
1) Goal Setting Conferences. Please sign up for student-led goal setting conferences in September. Sign up by clicking here.
2) Field Trip Permission form. If you haven’t filled out CHOICE’s Field Trip Permission form, please do so asap by clicking here.
3) Monday afternoon — we will be creating masks in co-op. This involves vaseline and lots of mess. Students should have appropriate clothing (an old t-shirt is perfect). Also, if your student has longer hair, hair-clips or hairbands are recommended.
4) We are headed out for community day on Friday. Students should bring a sack lunch, water bottle, sun hat, and sunscreen.
5) Portfolios. We have started creating our portfolios. At this point, students should have completed the following.
- Cover page
- “Spine” page
- Dividers with labels of the 8 portfolio sections
- Copy of Portfolio Sign-off sheet and Community Service Log inserted into portfolio.
6) CHOICE Donations. If you haven’t made your annual CHOICE donation, please do so via revtrak. Thank you so much for your support of our program.
7) Community Service. We haven’t talked about community service requirements yet, but the expectation is that 6th graders complete 20 hours of community service, 7th graders complete 30 hours of community service, and 8th graders complete 40 hours of community service before May, 2019. With that in mind, Community Fruit Rescue may be a great way to get community service hours (and eat a lot of apples too!). If your student is interested, they can check out the website here.
This week, we’ll continue to get to know one another, sign up for integrated classes, plan lollipop Thursdays, and (if time allows) introduce goal setting and community service, We’ve also started our read-aloud book, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian.
Lastly, I LOVE our co-op. We have a really amazing group of kids in our class. Thank you for the opportunity to be their teacher this year.
Have a great week! -JF