Weeks of Feb. 15-Mar. 7

• Thank you to Wendy Rice, Brett Hegna, Andrea Burrell, and all of the parents who contributed items to our Valentine's Day party.  The children had a delightful time passing out their Valentines and decorating  their cookies.
• Thank you to Amy Danish for coordinating the class auction donation.  Amy approached local artist, Kimberly Hardin, and asked for help.  Kimberly spent 2 hours with our children designing and painting a beautiful canvas.  We were so lucky to have Kimberly and the masterpiece is stunning! Thank you for donating to the project.  Rio del Mar School will benefit greatly from our class creation!
• We still have outstanding permission slips and $1.00 donations for the field trip to the play at AJHS on Wednesday, March 14th.  We also have spaces filled for only 15 students.  We are looking for parent drivers.  
• We have duck eggs incubating as we speak!!!  If all goes well, we should have 6 baby ducklings in Room 1 in about 27 days!
• Please continue to practice the math facts nightly.  The second graders will greatly benefit by getting all of the addition and subtraction facts memorized as the third grade math moves quickly, and the third graders MUST have the multiplication math facts through X9 memorized by the end of the year.
• We can always use more prizes from the Dollar Store.  We have such a nice group of respectful and academic students.  We seem to go through the prizes quickly...which is a good thing!:)
• That is all for now!  Have a fabulous four day weekend!