Quite an Artistic Bunch!

I would like to extend a HUGE thank you to the families who helped decorate literacy bags at our work party this afternoon. It was so wonderful to have your help and the bags came out better than I ever could have imagined! So much hard work was put into them and they look awesome!

A big thanks to:

Ron Sapp

Kristin Trerise

Nikole, Gabe, and Ellie Emerson

Keri and Grace Larsen

Sheri LeDrew (our Literacy Specialist)

Quindlan, Kim, Rowan, Tristan, and Gareth Kelleher

I have requested a little more funding from the PSO in order to ensure that I have one bag per child, so that each week every child gets to take home a bag. I will find out this week if that funding has been granted. If so, I will need to get another class set of bags (so there will be more bag decorating in the future!) and with some more organizing, I am hoping to get these bags in motion by the end of the month or first week in December!

Also, speaking of great art work, some of the letter page projects that have come back have just blown me away. The creativity is astounding! I hope that you are having fun creating these projects because it sure looks like a lot of work is going into them. Some kids are drawing pictures, some are coloring, and others are getting really creative with different art mediums and techniques. Here are a few of the really interesting ones that have come in (and there are many more!)

I will be out of the classroom Tuesday and Wednesday for my Courageous Conversations work with the district. I hate to be away from the kids, but I believe very much in the work we are doing and I feel privileged to be able to work with so many other great educators and administrators within TTSD. Tomorrow I will be continuing work on the PASS team (Partnerships for the Academic Achievement of Students) and Wednesday our Equity teams are meeting. This work correlates a lot with my passions as an educator and my doctoral work as well, so I am looking forward to these days of teamwork and collaboration.

If you need to contact me in the next few days, I am still reachable by email. I am always checking in!