Monday May 5th

Well, STAR tests are underway.
Hopefully, the kids have been hanging in there.
They are very close to being done
unless they were absent on a testing day.

They have had a lot of extra snacks and recess,
so hopefully they are not stressed.

Tuesday afternoon, there will be a presentation from
Redwood Roots farm that will prepare the kids
for their trip to the farm on May 19th.

Looking ahead to next week, we have some fun plans
and we will need some parents to help out with driving.

First, you are invited to join the K-2 class on Tuesday May 13th.
They are hosting an island celebration and performing a play
as the culmination of their island studies.

The students will be making food to share
from islands around the world.
If you want to come in the morning to help with the preparations,
we are always happy to have extra help.

Otherwise, just come and enjoy the play at 1:30.

Then, on Thursday May 15th,
the 3-5 class has a hike planned
to Trillium Falls near Prairie Creek Park.
We need parents to drive and hike with the kids.

We will be ordering sack lunches for students,
and adults will need to bring a lunch.

Also on Thursday, the K-2 class
has their own trip planned to the petting zoo
at Arcata High School.

We need parents to drive for this as well,
and you are welcome to join in.
Wendy is planning to leave after morning snack at 11:00,
and stay at the event for about 30 minutes.

On Friday we will have a special in-class presentation
from the Wild life Care Center
.
They will bring live birds to school-
usually on nocturnal and one diurnal bird,
and will give presentations in each class about the birds,
their habitat, what they eat, etc.

The students may even get to pet them.

We are in the final stretch of the school year,
and we are always super busy.
We will try to keep you updated-
check the board out front and the blogger.

I will be putting information about the
end of the year trip next week.

We will need a head count of kids who will come
and those who may need to be at school
during those days.
Sign ups will be at the bottom of the stairs.
Please sign up as soon as you know.

This trip is always a great ending to the year-
all kids and parents have an excellent time.

This year we will be at Pamplin Grove on the Van Duzer River.
Because we explored Avenue if the Giants last year,
we are planning to take the requests of parents over the years
and close to camp.

We are planning hikes, projects, and activities at camp.
We hope you can all come.