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| Students roasted hot dogs over the fire on a chilly morning at ECO this week! This serves as an update for the past two weeks as the week before Thanksgiving was only two days. Our first trimester is in the books and we are officially one third of the way through the school year! Friday we had a half day so teachers could enter grades for our first mastery report of the school year. As I am sure you have already heard, the mastery reports will look different this year. The district has been working hard to get these new reports into your hands. The biggest difference is that you will now see individual narratives, which you will hopefully find informative. We have also moved from a 5 point grading system (G, MP, BP, P, PD ) to a 4 point number system (1= emerging proficiency, 2= approaching proficiency, 3= proficient, 4 = Exceeds proficient). The next few weeks will be busy at the Elmore School. During the month of November we spent time reflecting on the things we are thankful for. The month of December will focus on giving. We will be exploring several ways to give back to others. Next week we will begin our annual Secret Pal projects. On Wednesday students drew names from a "hat" to choose their secret pal. Next week we will begin planning our projects. then we will be in full project mode for the next couple of weeks. I would love to have a couple of parent volunteers to help with these projects. If you have time in the afternoon from 1:00 - 3:00 and would like to help, please let me know what days you are available. Just a reminder that volunteers need to have a background check. If you are not sure if you are on the list, please check in with me. Secret Pal Projects will be given on December 22nd. Another way we will focus on giving will be to hold a non-perishable foods and products drive for the Lamoille Country Food Share. Students will decorate two boxes: one for foods, and one for products to be donated to the food share. We will be holding our food drive during the week of December 12 - 16. Students will be asked to bring donations throughout the week. They will be encouraged to reach out to local family and neighbors for donations, as well. I will be talking about this project with the class next week and will send information home. Please click on this link to email me you lunch orders ( do not reply to my update email as you orders may get overlooked). Please remember that lunch and breakfast are currently available to all students at no charge!  Friday Family Hot Lunch will be provided by the Gabaree family. Lunch will be Tuscan Italian Soup & Crusty Bread! Announcements: |
See photos from our morning at ECO where students explored properties of insolation, made tree cookie ornaments, whittled sticks, and toasted hot dogs.        Students enjoyed some collaborative fun at Fun Friday this week!   |
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