Thank you to everyone who came to Literacy Night on Tuesday night, it sounded like everyone had a great time and the pictures were awesome! Don’t forget that the Cheetah Family is on stage Friday for Celebrations. For those of you who are new to Mayo, every Friday we have a Celebrations assembly in the gym. Each week it is led by a different family, and we celebrate student and staff achievements throughout at the week as well as weekly birthdays. When it is your child’s turn on stage their family teacher will send a reminder note home. Please feel free to join us on Fridays; we have a lot of fun!
Attached is the Talent Release form that we send home annually. Please sign and return to the Mayo front office ASAP. Click here for the form:
Home and Backs come home on Thursdays (today)! We have a lot of Armstrongs who are forgetting to return their home and back envelopes. Please make sure to have your child return their envelope promptly. The home and back committee put a lot of time and effort into these and we really appreciate their dedication and hard work.
SCHOLASTIC BOOK ORDERS ARE DUE TOMORROW, SEPTEMBER 18TH, to your child’s homebase teacher. If you have any questions please contact your child’s homebase teacher.
Literacy Homework - Mr. Guss, Mr. Najera, and Mrs. Hewitt’s literacy homework is being sent home tomorrowSeptember 18, 2015. Your child will receive a novel and a choice board (attached); it is due back in 3 weeks, October 9th, 2015. They need to read the novel in its entirety and complete ONE choice board option. The novel should be returned on the due date. Please email Mrs. Hewitt, Mr. Najera or Mr. Guss if you have any questions.
Science Homework - We are starting science homework next week; expect to see a science book with your student. Each week we will send home the page numbers and due date. Your student will need to keep the book at home and just return the appropriate pages. Next week 4th grade will need to do pages 255-259 and 260-265 and 5th grade will do pages 185-186 and 192-197. Each week there may be a small experiment that needs to be completed. We will inform you each Thursday of any necessary supplies. Please let Mrs. Hewitt, hewitna@tulsaschools.org or Mr. Guss, gussal@tulsaschools.org know if you are unable to come up with the supplies for your child. For next week you will need a small plastic cup, a Ziploc bag (Quart size), and tape.
Strings started this week! We apologize for the lack of communication about the starting dates. The beginnings strings (first year) classes are on Mondays and Tuesdays and the advanced strings (second year) classes are on Mondays and Thursdays.
The Jog-a-Thon will be a fall event this year! Mark your calendars for Friday, October 9 for Miles for Mayo-Made in the Shade! We will be raising funds to construct a shade shelter on the Mayo playground. Your child's pledge envelope will be in this week's Home and Back. Look for the blue letter that is inside of the pledge envelope. It has lots of important information about the event! We hope you will help your child secure lots of pledges so that we can make our dream of a shady place on the playground come true this year!
I can’t believe it, but our Fall Student-Led conferences are just around the corner! At Mayo, we have student-led conferences; it is an opportunity for your child to show you what they have been learning in their classes. Our conferences this year will be held on Monday, Oct. 12th and Tuesday, Oct. 13th. Come to the Armstrong area between 3:15 and 5:45to have your child lead your through their classes and talk with their teachers about any questions or concerns you may have.
We have scheduled our field study to JA Biztown! We will be going February 8th (Moore, Hewitt, Najera homebases) and February 9th (Smith, Guss, Molina homebases). JA Biztown is an awesome opportunity for students to explore their future interests in the business place and learn more about how our economy functions. It is a great experience for our students because it builds on their background knowledge of micro-society as Goodalls and bridges the transition to micro-society at Thoreau. More information will come home as the dates get closer.
The field study to the Tulsa Air and Space Museum coming up on October 26th (it will be here before you know it!). We aren’t sure of a time yet, but would love parents to come with us. We also aren’t sure if parents will need to pay or not, but if they do, the maximum expense would be $8 and we would need everyone to drive themselves (or carpool). Once again, as we get closer to this date I will send home more information. Attached is a release form required by the Tulsa Air and Space Museum (TASM). Please fill out and send back ASAP. Click here for the link:
Attached is a release form for our field study to Helmzar Ropes Courseon March 21st and 22nd. Although this isn’t until after Spring Break, we would like to get the release forms returned ASAP. Click here for the form: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B9tK7eFBM-uPM0ZURlU4eHFxOFE
Don’t forget that our Armstrong Overnight is scheduled for February 18th and 19th in Oklahoma City. This is our big field study for the year and although it isn’t a requirement, a majority of the parents come. We really appreciate parental support on these trips and would love for everyone to come who can. Your child is encouraged to come even if you cannot because there will be plenty of adults and this trip is a direct tie-in with our curriculum. As we get closer to this time we will be sending out more details.
Reminders:
- The Spring 2015 OCCT reports will be shipped to the school the week of September 21st. Once we get those in we will send them home.
- Gum and candy are not allowed at Mayo (unless you have a teacher’s permission or it is consumed only in the Cafeteria at lunchtime). Also, if your child brings their cellphone to school, please remind them to leave it with Mrs. Jennings in the front office.
5th GRADE: You have several important dates coming up –
• WE NEED EVERY FIFTH GRADER TO DONATE ONE BAG OF MIXED/VARIETY CANDY FOR THE FALL CARNIVAL AND FOR FALL PARTIES CANDY-GRAMS. PLEASE TAKE THESE BAGS TO MRS. MOORE OR MRS. SMITH.
• On September 28th the 5th graders will be participating in their Human Growth and Development class and on September 29th they will participate in their HIV class. Remember, you only need to sign and return the forms we sent home if you want your child to OPT OUT of these classes. All 5th graders will be attending both classes unless we receive in writing that you would prefer otherwise.
• 5th Grade Trip Fundraising Meeting – Our next meeting will be Monday, October 5th at 6:30PM in Mrs. Moore’s area. We will be discussing upcoming fundraisers and possible trip dates. if you are unable to make it and have any ideas, please email Mrs. Moore (notes from last night’s meeting will be sent out by the beginning of next week) (mooreco2@tulsaschools.org), Mr. Guss (gussal@tulsaschools.org) and Mrs. Smith (embryel@tulsaschools.org).
• Candy Gram Extended Day!– Mallory Sanstra will be holding an extended day class on Friday October 9th to help the 5thgraders make candy grams to sell for Family Fall Parties. If you or your child are interested in signing up for this one-time extended day class, please email Mrs. Moore (mooreco2@tulsaschools.org) or Mrs. Smith (embryel@tulsaschools.org)
• Thoreau Shadow Days! – Every year the fifth graders spend a day shadowing at Thoreau. This year we will be going over a 2-day period due to our growth in size. The dates scheduled are December 8th(Moore, Hewitt, Najera) and December 9th (Smith, Guss, Molina). Look for more details to come.
As always, if you have any questions please feel free to email your child’s homebase teacher, myself (embryel@tulsaschools.org) or Mrs. Moore (mooreco2@tulsaschools.org). I hope everyone has a great weekend!
Elyse Smith
Armstrong Lead Teacher 4th/5th
Mayo Demonstration
Upcoming Dates:
September 18th – Book Orders Due to Homebase teacher
September 28th –Human Growth and Development for 5th grade
September 29th – HIV for 5th grade
October 1st – Any Given Child for 5th grade – Ballet
October 2nd – Early Release at 1:00PM
October 3rd – HUGE 5th Grade Garage sale!
October 5th – 5th grade meeting at 6:30in Mrs. Moore’s area
October 9th – Miles for Mayo Jog-A-Thon
October 9th – 5th Grade Candy Gram Extended Day (one time only)
October 12th and 13th – Student-Led Conferences (3:15-5:45PM both nights)
October 15th – 19th – Fall Break (No School)
October 26th – Field Study to Tulsa Air and Space Museum
October 29th – Family Fall Parties 2:15-2:50
October 30th – Fall Carnival (5th Grade Fundraiser)
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