April 25th, 2017

Greetings,
     We are down to less than 4 weeks of school. I can hardly believe how fast this year has went by. Our last day of school is scheduled for May 18th. We will be asking students to turn in their library books and chromebooks by May 5th. Students will need to turn in their charger with their
chromebooks.
      Please try to have your child at school every day over the next two weeks for testing. We will complete our end of year DRA and SRI testing. Students that have earned every blue ribbon in Study Island for math and reading will earn a blue ribbon the last week of school. Several students have already accomplished this goal. Students may work on their Study Island ribbons at home in the evenings. Be sure to ask your child about his/her progress with their ribbons. They can show you what they have earned so far on their chrome books.
      Summer School will be May 30-June 23 at Mathews. You can find more information and the registration can be found here: http://www.nixapublicschools.net/domain/384 We hope you can join us!
       We have some special ABC days scheduled for the remainder of the year. Each day we will do a special activity with a letter in the alphabet. For example; B-bubble day, C-chalk day. This week we will have bubble day on Tuesday and chalk day on Wednesday.
       I want to thank all of the parents who joined us on the field trip last week to Smallin Cave. We got a little wet, but we still had a good time. We learned some interesting facts about the Osage Indians and the Civil War. I hope you enjoyed the photos that were sent to you through Seesaw.
      I will not be making behavior charts for our red folders for the remainder of the year. If there is an issue with a student, I will contact parents through email. Due to being a paper free school we have not used our red folders much this year and we will probably not need them to much for the rest of the year as well. So no worries if you do not see a red folder sent home.
     We will have the mile run in P.E. on Wednesday of this week. Please be sure that students wear tennis shoes.

Important Dates

4/20 2nd Grade field trip to Smallin Cave

4/24 to 4-28 MAP testing for grades 3-4

4/24  SOARing Assembly

5/12 Field Day
5/19 1/2 Day of School--dismiss @ 12:40--Last day of school

5/30 to 6/23 Summer School

April 3rd

 Greetings, we are off to a great week. We are learning about soil erosion this week. We will be doing some experimentation with different types of soil throughout the week. Our 2nd grade program went really well! Everyone did such a nice job! We also had a really good time at our Parent Palooza. Thanks to everyone who came out. Don't forget to turn in your Spring picture money and photos that you are not going to purchase by Wednesday of this week. Summer School will begin on May 30th and goes until June 23rd. You can find more information on this link. http://www.nixapublicschools.net/domain/384

We have been working on earning blue ribbons in math and ELA in Study Island. Students can work on earning blue ribbons at home using their chrome books. Students who earn a ribbon in every area will get a real blue ribbon at the end of the school year. 


Robotic's Club is here.....
We are now offering robotics club to students in grades 2-6. If your child is in grades 4-6 this is the link to find out more information on tryouts. https://tinyurl.com/RoboticsTryouts 
Tryout information for 2nd and 3rd grades has not been created yet. More information on that will come out in the fall.

Field Trip News- Please check your email for the permission slip and payment link
Date: April 20
Location: Smallin Cave 
Background check form is located at the top of our blog. Parents must complete before attending a field trip.

Important Dates

4-14 No School--Good Friday

4-20 2nd Grade field trip to Smallin Cave

4-24 to 4-28 MAP testing for grades 3-4

5-12 Field Day
5-19 1/2 Day of School--dismiss @ 12:40--Last day of school

5-30 to 6-23 Summer School