Halloween Character Parade

Our Character Parade this morning was a lot of fun! As Teacher of the Year, myself and the rest of the Superstars got to help lead the parade! Check out all the great costumes!












































































































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I Will Survive

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Reminders for Upcoming Week

We have a lot of really exciting things happening this week - so a few reminders about the week.

• Permission Slips for the November 14th field trip are due on Friday!  Remember to send them in ASAP so that they're not late!  
• We still need a few more pumpkins for our special science/math investigation - The Great Pumpkin Caper - on Thursday.  Send your pumpkin in by Wednesday if you can help out! 
• Character Dress Up Parade is on Thursday!  Students should come to school in costume.  Parents are welcomed to come and watch between 9:00 and 10:00 that morning!
• Children will also need to bring a change of clothes (with gym shoes) on Thursday, as it is our PE day.  
• We will be having a pizza luncheon for students and parents on Thursday at 11:45.  Parents please RSVP to let me know if you will be able to join us.  
• The Great Pumpkin Caper will be moved to the afternoon, right after lunch, at 12:40.  I could use the help of at least one or two parents with this.  If you can help out, please let me know ASAP.  

Roller Coaster Physics

This week we learned about potential and kinetic energy by building roller coasters out of pipe insulation. The children were challenged to find a way to make either a hill or a loop somewhere in their roller coaster. Two groups discovered that to make it work, they needed to start the roller coaster as high as possible to give it enough potential energy and to place the hill close to the start so that the marble has enough kinetic energy to go over the hill or loop.