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Meet our new class pet, Echo the Gecko!

5th Grade Job Opportunity

5th graders may apply, in writing, to be school store salespeople!  5th graders should submit a letter of application by Friday stating why they'd like to work in the school store, why they would make a good and trustworthy salesperson, and how the school store work experience would be good OVERALL work experience.

All 5th grade workers will be paid $50 in classroom economy dollars for each day worked!

Candy Canes for sale Friday

We have a few leftover from the December 19 sale as well as some I purchased the day after Christmas!

Upper Montessori students may purchase these on Friday for $0.25, with all proceeds continuing to go toward the Harbor Humane Society.

Waukazoo Thank You

The following message is a segment from an email directed to the organizers of the Thanksgiving Food Drive:

Please express my humble ‘Thank You’ to each person who helped to make your 2012 Community Action House Holiday Drive donation a reality.  I am truly blessed to live and work in a community with so many people of outstanding character.  People who genuinely care about the well-being of their neighbors.  People who understand that by living a little more simply, others are able to simply live.

I wish you a new year filled with many opportunities to leave positive marks on those who cross your path.  BLESSINGS!!!

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Thank you again for your donations and your time in supporting all our community giving activities!

--Mrs. Perrien

Echo the Gecko

Boys and girls,

Be sure to add your comment to this posting.  What is a new fact you learned about the African Fat-Tailed Gecko?

Resources for Learning:  (Read for at least 30 minutes about the gecko and it counts!)

• The Urban Gecko 

• Pet Care Portal 

• Reptiles and Critters

Email Mrs. Perrien if you have any questions or concerns about the assignment.
croelperriena@westottawa.net

Have fun learning about our new pet, Echo!

--Mrs. Perrien

$1000 Winner!

Yay!  We have a winner of the holiday reading log contest.  Congratulations to Abby O. for reading EVERY DAY over break!

All students that turned in a reading log received a economy bonus of $50 or $100, depending on whether they read every day or the minimum eight days.

Way to go Readers!

Sign Up to Help in the Classroom!

Link to sign up to work the classroom store: https://docs.google.com/document/d/18dEz9CwKd23VQuYV4LeqBUzECDv9Hk9wdk0Fx7dM4R8/edit

Link to sign up to correct the Wednesday night 5-minute timed test:  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1P7VVFO0zuuIm6RgnnrWxLGTjePV6Na4H1ssJykKelPA/edit

Link to sign up to help with spelling tests:  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1A9hoNDbBTDxVHJw30TcC_-_TPFvZkeBccBCUdxAx_Nc/edit

Be sure to let me know if you have any questions or if something isn't working correctly!  I'm off to a weekend of DANCE with my youngest; but while she's groovin' I'll be sitting in a coffee shop with the other moms...hopefully with a bit of wifi!

Happy New Year!

-Mrs. Perrien