The Garden School Tattler

The winner of our beautiful baby contest is Kylie!!! Yeah Kylie!!! :-))))

Kylie won with a whopping $20.45. Andrew was our beautiful boy with a whopping $20.02 Runners up were Austin and Jaylen. Congratulations. Our proceeds will go to buying a new piece of playground equipment. Thank you all for such a beautiful event. Pictures will be returned tomorrow.

We want to thank the parents for supporting us during the conference. Without a great group of parents, it would not be possible. Teaching needs a breath of fresh air once in a while, and this conference really hit the mark. All of us are using what we learned and the kids are having a lot of fun with their new words. It is always surprising what children don't know. Too often we take for granted that they understand what we read and what we say. Many times that is not so. So we are being very aware of what words we use. We want our children to have the very best vocabularies in the city.

This week is Fire Safety Week. We will be going to the Survive Alive House on Wednesday. It's a great experience for the children and makes them very aware of home safety. We will be giving out grids for parents to help children draw their home and create a fire escape route. Parents will be encouraged to work on a family escape plan. Children will be given information about getting out of the house safely. We hope this can be a family learning experience.

Report cards will be going home with children on Monday. In many respects they are the kinds of report cards children will receive for years. In other respects they are a specialty of the Garden School. Please read the key. It says the children's work ethic, ability and contribution to class are either excellent, good, average or poor. Nobody fails!

Please notice the new "French Word Wall." These are the French words your child is learning this week. They have to do with fire and fire equipment.

An English vocabulary word wall will begin soon. We are very excited about our new focus on vocabulary.

This week will be extraordinarily hot. Please be kind and send your child in long pants.