Are you getting your costumes?

• Monday, October 31st is the Rio del Mar costume parade.  The event usually begins around 8:30.  Please send your child to school dressed in his/her costume.  Costumes are encouraged but not required.  If your child does not want to spend the day in costume, please have him/her bring an extra set of clothes and a bag to keep his/her costume in.
• Mrs. Fort and Mrs. Southall have been busy planning the Halloween party.  Please contact them if you are planning to donate food, decorations, or money to buy food. 
• I thoroughly enjoyed meeting all of the parents and discussing your delightful children.  I love conferences.  My only wish is that they were longer.  If you felt that all of your questions were not addressed, please feel free to send me a note and we can set up a time to meet after school.  There is a lot to discuss in 20 short minutes.
• The children are busy writing Halloween stories. The focus of the assignment is setting, details, and adjectives.  We have creative stories with  a grotesque ghouls, goblins, ghosts, gargoyles, and unoccupied graves.  Ask your child what the setting is in his/her story.
• Monday, October 24th is our field trip to the Aptos Museum.  We have 10 extra spaces in cars.  We welcome all of the parent volunteers but should you choose to take this field trip off, please let me know asap.  Otherwise, we welcome all of our drivers and we will double up to save on gas.
• Finally, thank you for the prize box donations.  The children were thrilled to cash in ten red tickets and pick a prize.  We will always need prizes so feel free to keep them coming.
• Thank you and have a happy Halloween.  Boo