Wednesday, August 12th

As many of you know,
we like to begin the school year with a family gathering
so families can meet one another
and the staff can share information about the upcoming year.

Because we are in the midst of major rennovations,
we have decided to do something a little different this year.

Rather than meet before school begins,
we are having a family potluck and informaiton sharing afternoon
on the first day of school.

Lunch will be at 12:30
and we will be serving school lunches as usual,
but we are inviting parents to join us for a potluck lunch, as well.

We will have paperwork available:
free and reduced lunch applications,
school calendars,
emergency contact updats,
aftercare paperwork,
etc.

PLease join us.

We will be at the school every day getting ready to open
on Monday, August 24th.
Feel free to come by and lend a hand.

Thanks!

August 10th

Can you believe summer is almost over?
We open in two weeks!

There is sooooooo much to do before then,
so we are still trying to recruit help
to pull it all together and make the school look great.

As of this week, we need help with:

* Finishing painting-
girl's bathroom,
kitchen cabinets and trim,
boys bathroom trim,
front hallway.

* Lay floors in Aly's classroom,
magic room, and bathrooms.

* Move furniture and supplies back into classrooms.

* Dump run.

If you can help, please don't wait. We need help tomorrow
and every day until school starts.
The sooner we can get the construction finished the sooner
the teachers can get back in their rooms and get ready to teach!

Thank you all in advance,
especially those of you who have been already working so hard.

This Friday is Arts Arcata, and the 3-5 grade class will be showing their
bird art projects from last spring at the Co-op.
Come on out and support our young artists.

See you there!