February includes so many holidays, observances, and special events, it's hard to choose what to focus on during class visits! This week our attention turns to Presidents Day, always observed on the third Monday in February. It is for this holiday that we have no school on Thursday, Friday, and the coming Monday. Many classes have rescheduled, so please bear with me if your son or daughter has library on an unexpected day. Readalouds this week have to do primarily with Abraham Lincoln, whose birthday is February 12, but there are a few other presidents represented too. After the break we will spend a week or two on Black History Month. On display this week are books about the presidency but also related to Valentine's Day and to "inclusiveness," which is this month's character trait.
Today we had a terrific Shakespeare assembly: members of the Theatricum Botanicum managed to present the complicated A Midsummer Night's Dream in under an hour while involving many students in the performance! It was a hit on so many levels, and I am so proud of our school and the PTA for making this unusual educational experience available to our students in grades 4 and 5. Special thanks go to Jiyeon and Julie, chairs of this year's PK literacy event.
Today we had a terrific Shakespeare assembly: members of the Theatricum Botanicum managed to present the complicated A Midsummer Night's Dream in under an hour while involving many students in the performance! It was a hit on so many levels, and I am so proud of our school and the PTA for making this unusual educational experience available to our students in grades 4 and 5. Special thanks go to Jiyeon and Julie, chairs of this year's PK literacy event.
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