Testing

Thank you parents for your support this week during testing week!! I am glad that the boys have been on time and seem focused.  Please make sure to have them in bed each night at an early time... Thanks.  Also, if you would allow your son to bring a simple memory game at school or to share a favorite coloring book that I can copy and share, it would be a huge help.  Once again I appreciate you and all you do.

Mrs. Critz

It's time!

It's time for testing at CCSE!! Are you ready?  In order to help your son do his best on the test, please help me by getting him to bed early and ensuring he is ON TIME for school every day this coming week.   We will begin testing immediately and I don't want any of my students to miss out on any of the tests.  If you signed up to be a proctor, please come early so that you can get to the classroom right way.  If you can, a light healthy snack that he can share with others would be a great thing to send in to school...

Our boys are going to do very well on the SAT10.  I know that with Mrs. Chacon working very hard in reading and social studies and with me working very hard on math and science, your son should be very prepared to go "above and beyond" in the test.   Thanks for all of YOUR hard work and support this year.   I appreciate you!

I am a teacher...

I Am A Teacher


I am a counselor and psychologist to a problem-filled child,
I am a police officer that controls a child gone wild.
I am a travel agent scheduling our trips for the year,
I am a confidante that wipes a crying child's tear.
I am a banker collecting money for a ton of different things,
I am a librarian showing adventures that a storybook brings.
I am a custodian that has to clean certain little messes,
I am a psychic that learns to know all that everybody only guesses.
I am a photographer keeping pictures of a child's yearly growth,
When mother and father are gone for the day, I become both.
I am a doctor that detects when a child is feeling sick,
I am a politician that must know the laws and recognize a trick.
I am a party planner for holidays to celebrate with all,
I am a decorator of a room, filling every wall.
I am a news reporter updating on our nation's current events,
I am a detective solving small mysteries and ending all suspense.
I am a clown and comedian that makes the children laugh,
I am a dietician assuring they have lunch or from mine I give them half.
When we seem to stray from values, I become a preacher,
But I'm proud to have to be these people because ...
I'm proud to say, "I am a teacher."

by
Stacy Bonino 

Homework, math, Mondays

Hello parents,

I hope you had a great weekend!  I am thinking about my little class and the issue of homework!  I am trying to make sure for the rest of the school year, to staple into the journal any homework that the boys may have.  Hopefully this will ensure it gets home and can returned done!

Tomorrow we will be sending home Monday folders.  Thanks for your patience with me on this.  Mondays are a very busy day!  Spelling words will also be stapled in the agendas!

Thanks so much for your support! I look forward to seeing each of the boys in the morning, bright and early... :)

Friday treats and "punch cards"

The rest of the year we will have "punch cards" on our desks for behavior.  The boys have to earn 20 punches in order to come to the behavior party.  Last Friday we had popsicles and Game day! The boys who earned their "punches" got to go to the party.  They had a ball.  If you can donate any microwave popcorn or Little Debbie treats to use for future parties I would really appreciate it.  Also, juice boxes would be helpful as well! Thanks so much!

Mrs. Critz

Oceans and floating eggs!

Today was a good day in the Critz classroom.  We had a fun science experiment where we made eggs float!  We discovered density and how that the ocean water is salty and more dense than fresh water.  We tested density by floating an egg in the salt water and then seeing the egg fall to the bottom of the fresh.  It was very interesting and hands on!

Ask your boys all about it!

Game day!

I am on the way to the store for popsicles! We earned a game day and popsicle party today.  Most boys have earned 20 "punches" and get to play games and relax in the afternoon!  If you see this and want to send a game for them to share, please do so!  Think board games... No video gaming systems... Thanks!! So happy and excited for my sweet boys.  Goodnight!