Posted by MrLynch | Posted in Weekly Newsletter | Posted on September 3, 2016
Students survived the first three days of school, completing a 60% week. This week we’ll acclimate them a bit more with an 80% week, followed by an 80% week after that. We’ll get to one of those five day weeks sometime at the end of September. Unless a hurricane hits. Or some crazy fall snowstorm. Then we’ll go with power failures and no full weeks until November. Good times.
The Grade 5 Parent Open House is on Tuesday, September 13 at 7 PM. This is your opportunity to hear about all the ways you could get your child into both Harvard and MIT, where they will attend both schools majoring in seven advanced degrees all at the same time. If you miss the Open House you’re out of luck. Be there. All the cool parents are coming.
We spent the first three days doing all the preparation activities, getting kids ready to be successful once I barrage them with all the academics that start on Monday. Well, I snuck in a lot of academics last week, too, but shhhhhh…. don’t tell them that.
On Thursday, September 22 I’ll be taking any interested students on a bike ride to school. We leave from the Avon Free Public Library at 7 AM, and take a scenic and mostly flat ride into school. This event is optional, but students who decide to come along will need a working bicycle (not the one they got when they were four with the training wheels still attached), properly inflated tires, and a helmet that fits. Every year someone shows up with either a helmet that doesn’t fit, flat tires, or a bike that is far too small/far too big. I also need parents to join us for the ride so if you would like a great way to start your day and get some exercise, please come along!
The Egg Drop will take place on Friday, September 23 at 11:20 AM. Basically, I get on the roof of Thompson Brook School and throw down students’ egg containers, trying to break them along with all their hopes and dreams at the same time. They try to stop me. We’ll see who wins. Parents (and little ones not in school yet) are welcome to come watch. Everyone loves smashing things.
Below is the students’ schedule for the year. Targeted Instruction time is when students leave for Orchestra, Band, and Chorus (and a variety of different activities) on these days. Basically, Targeted Instruction is like a train station – students in and out of the classroom in droves depending on their particular schedule for the day.
7:55-8:20 Homeroom
8:20-8:40 Morning Meeting
8:41-9:31 Math
9:33-10:25 Specials
10:25-10:50 BRUNCH
10:51-11:15 RECESS
11:17-12:07 Language Arts
12:09-12:59 Language Arts
1:01-1:51 Targeted Instruction
1:53-2:43 Science (3 days a week)/Language Arts (2 days a week)
Mondays–Music; Tuesdays–Art; Wednesdays–PE/Spanish; Thursdays–Library; Fridays–Spanish/PE
Upcoming Events
Grade 5 Parent Open House – Tuesday, September 13 @ 7:00 PM
Winding Trails – Thursday, September 15
Bike Ride to School (optional) – Thursday, September 22 @ 7 AM
Egg Drop – Friday, September 23 @11:20 AM
School Picture Day – Monday, September 26
