Classroom Updates

• Tomorrow is the last day we will write for our thankful project, it's been a lot of fun working on these each day.
• Happy Birthday, Mrs. Flynn!
• Shoeboxes are needed for the students to work on their dioramas next week.
• It's likely that this week's work plan will extend into next week as we are also managing our project work.  Don't be surprised if work plans don't come home for a signature on Monday night!
• This Thursday night is the classroom art fair at Waukazoo.  Enjoy your child's beautiful work!
• We've had several new hermit crabs added to our classroom environment.
• We will be discussing our holiday project this week.  Each year our classroom chooses a service project/organization as our holiday "gift."  Last year we collected over $300 in children's books for the DeVos Children's Hospital in Grand Rapids.  I would appreciate that this project be in place of any gifts to Mrs. Perrien (Thank you, though!) or the class.  My gift is to work with some truly amazing children each day!  :)

IMPORTANT!  It's official.  Mrs. Perrien is losing her memory.  This week I have managed to mess up three different schedule changes that were emailed or delivered by note.  What to do...If you are changing a normal daily schedule and your child doesn't know, please call the office and tell Mrs. Coney or Mrs. Zeinstra.  Not only are you lessening the risk of Mrs. Perrien forgetting, but at least once the problem occurred because Mrs. Perrien didn't get a chance to access her email until it was too late!  If your child already knows about the scheduling change it's less of a problem if you don't call the office.  

To put it into perspective Mrs. Perrien receives between 3 and 5 emails or voice mails per day changing a child's end-of-day routine.  This can be a challenge if the children don't know about the change.  If you call or email before lunchtime (12:15 p.m.), Mrs. Perrien is usually able to get the message to the children since she is able to read her emails during lunch.  Mrs. Perrien is sorry that her memory is going but hopes you'll understand.

**Thanks for your help with this!