Greetings Armstrong Parents!
Two weeks of testing down and only one to go! We are officially in the home stretch with only 18 days of school left (3 of which the 5th graders will be gone to St. Louis!). The students have shown a great amount of patience, flexibility and perseverance throughout all of this testing and it is very much appreciated! We are very proud of all of their hard work both with testing and preparing for our Armstrong Program next Thursday April 28th. Keep it up everyone!
FYIs and Reminders:
- There will be no Celebrations this Friday because the Edisons will be out of town on their Overnight. The Giraffes and Sharks will be leading Rendezvous on Monday, April 25th at 7:55
- Staff Appreciation is April 27th – May 3rd! Please see attached flyer for more information.
- There will be no Early Release Friday in May but May 6th will be a Spirit Day.Your Armstrong can wear a Mayo spirit shirt with regular uniform bottoms on this day. Since no inclement weather days were used this year, the last day of school will be Tuesday May 17th.
- Chess Tournament- Mayo will be sponsoring a chess tournament on April 23rd. Please see the attached flyer for more information.
- Returning Mayo Students – If you child is a 4th grade Armstrong and planning on returning to Mayo next year, please let us know by filling out the attached form and returning it to the office.
- Summer School enrollment has started, please check with the office for more information.
- Please remember to return your home ‘n backs to the tubs in the cafeteria or the front lobby. Please make sure to get these returned every week before Thursday morning. There is a tub in the office and one in the cafeteria where you can drop them. Thanks so much!
- Don’t forget to check the lost & found and the lunchbox table on a regular basis!
- Dismissal Reminder – If you pick your student up, you should always enter through the North cafeteria door and exit through the South cafeteria door. This allows for the safety of everyone and is not meant to inconvenience anyone. Thanks for your cooperation and consideration.
Armstrong Program – The Armstrong Program is scheduled for Thursday, April 28th at 6:30PM. The program will be performed twice on the 28th. The students will do their dress rehearsal in the Wilson auditorium for the whole school towards the end of the day and then a second time that evening (exact time TBD). Parents may come to either (or both) performances. Hope to see everyone there!
*We are asking for any and all donations of materials to help with costume-making, our show is Western themed*
*The Props committee is requesting any large cardboard boxes or cardboard pieces and any bedsheets that can be donated*
State Testing – We have finished our Math and Reading tests (except those students who are testing in small groups)! The remaining 2 tests are for 5th graders only. Below are the remaining days that we will be testing as a large group. We will be testing in the mornings, starting at 8:15/30. Please make sure that your child is on time to school during those days, gets good sleep the night before, and has a good breakfast the morning of.
- Tuesday 4/26 – 5th Grade Science (Part I and II)
- Wednesday 4/27 – 5th Grade Social Studies (Part I and II)
One of the things that we do in the Armstrong area to lift students’ spirits and take some pressure off of testing is write encouragement notes to our students. We also let students write letters of encouragement to each other and we love for parents to join in! This is nothing fancy; you can simply write a little note to let your child know that you are thinking about them on the day of the test. Before we test each day, we will let students read their notes. To make this process a little easier, we are going to have folders set up outside of Mrs. Smith’s room for you to place your letters in. There will be one set of folders for Hewitt, Najera and Moore homebases and one set of folders for Smith, Guss and Molina homebases. The folders will be labeled by test (ex. 4th Reading Pt. 1, 5thReading Pt. 1, 4th Math, etc.). Just put your letter in the folder of whichever test you are wanting to encourage your child on. If your child is a 4th grader, you will need to write 3 notes, as there are 3 days of testing. If your child is a 5thgrader, you will need to write 5 notes as there are 5 days of testing. If you have any questions, please email Mrs. Moore (mooreco2@tulsaschools.org) or Mrs. Smith (embryel@tulsaschools.org).
5th Grade Promotion – 5th Grade Promotion is scheduled for Thursday, May 12th at 6:30 PM. We will be holding the promotion in the Wilson Auditorium with more details to come closer to the day. Thank you to the 4th grade parents who have already volunteered to help! If you are willing to help and haven’t told us, please contact Mrs. Moore (mooreco2@tulsaschools.org) or Mrs. Smith (embryel@tulsaschools.org)
IMPORTANT 5TH GRADE INFORMATION:
-Our last meeting is Tuesday April 26th at 6:30PM in Mrs. Moore’s area.
-We have been working on rooming assignments and will hopefully have those finished by next week. Due to the number of students coming without a parent there will be some rooms that will have 7 people in them instead of 6. The teachers will be taking some students into their rooms, but there are just too many that are coming without parents to put them all with the teachers. Thanks so much to the parents who marked on their paper that they are willing to take an extra kid. If you did so, then you will most likely have 7 to a room (most likely 3 adults and 4 students). We appreciate you making this trip the best it can be for our kids!
As always, if you have any questions please feel free to email your child’s homebase teacher, myself Mrs. Smith (embryel@tulsaschools.org) or Mrs. Moore (mooreco2@tulsaschools.org). Have a wonderful weekend!
Upcoming Dates:
April 11th-29th – State Testing Window
April 27th-May 3rd – Teacher Appreciation Week
April 28th – Armstrong Program
May 2nd – 4th Grade Field Study to Gilcrease (Any Given Child)
May 2nd – All Library Books Due
May 3rd – Literacy Night at 6:30PM
May 4th-6th – 5th Grade Trip to St. Louis
May 12th – 5th Grade Promotion in the Wilson Auditorium
May 13th – Volunteer Breakfast and Lifeskills Awards
May 16th – 5th Grade lead All-School Rendezvous at 7:55AM
May 17th – Last Day of School!
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