Monday, November 23, 2015

Coming up....!




Coming up...!

November 24th..........Stone Soup Celebration.........Endeavour Elementary Cafeteria
November 25th-29th..Thanksgiving Break..............Happy Thanksgiving
December 4th.............Donuts with Grandparents....Endeavour Elementary
December 4th.............Early Release........................Teacher Work Day
December 11th...........Early Release........................Teacher Work Day
December 21st-January 1st......................................Christmas Break

Tuesday, November 10, 2015



Kindergarten is having a Thanksgiving food drive to support our Family Resource Center.

In additon to our food drive we will be celebrating the season of giving and kindness by hosting a "Stone Soup" get together on 
Tuesday November 24th 2:30-3:30pm

Please consider donating...

* Boxed Potatoes
* Main Meals (Beef Stew, Chili, Canned Meat, Canned Tuna)
* Pancake Mix & Syrup
* Cereal
* Canned Fruit
* Canned Vegetables
* Granola Bars
* Ketchup
* Mayonnaise
* Pasta & Pasta Sauce
* Coffee
* Tea
* Peanut Butter & Jelly
* Beans 
* Rice

Friday, October 23, 2015

What's happening at school...





Great parenting class oprotunity to build new skills and to fine tune your old ones.

Parenting the Love and Logic Way!
Marion Elementary school media center
Mondays 11/2/15-12/7/15  6pm-8pm
Cost $5.00 per person.

Register by calling 604-4082 or online at http://www.evergreenps.org and follow the links to community education.



DOES YOUR STUDENT NEED HELP IN READING AND MATH? 

Who: K-5 students who qualify for free or reduced lunches 
What:  SES Afterschool tutoring 
When: Before or after school 
Where: Your home, library or school 

Applications are coming home.
Julie Lewis 
Julie.lewis@evergreenps.org 
360-604-4170
Emergency forms and students compacts coming home!  
Please fill them out and send them back this week!

Upcoming dates...
November 2nd...Green Team Assembly
November 10th...Veterans Day Assembly
Novemeber 11th....No School-Vetrans Day
November 25th-November 27th...No School-Thanksgiving Break



Friday, October 16, 2015

Classroom Update!




Wednesday October 21st 5-7pm
Please join us Wednesday for our annual PTO Fall Festival!

-Popcorn and snacks available for purchase
-Caramel Apples
-Raffle Tickets
-Fun Harvest picture backdrop
-Face Paint
-Cookie Walk

Conference Week Oct. 20-23.
Monday: Full Day
Tuesday - Friday: HALF DAYS

Kindergarten is not holding conferences next week since we just recently met for WAKIDS conferences. If you would like to schedule a conference, just e-mail me at kenneth.dekker@evergreensps.org for a conference time.


Pumpkin Palloza is comming!
October 26th-30th from 2:30-3:15

Volunteers are welcome!  Let me know if you want to volunteer.

We will not be going to the pumpkin patch this year because we wanted to think of a more enriching feild trip for the kids.  We are looking at taking the kids to a play this year.  More to come on that.

We will be having our annual pumpkin palooza this year...
The kids will rotate to each class where they will do a different activity involving pumpkins.

Activities include

Pumpkin Math (Measuring)
 BINGO + Compare and Contrast
 Seed Counting
Pumpkin Life Cycle
 Pumpkin Art

Monday, October 5, 2015

Classroom Update!


Dont' forget....

Class pictures are this Thursday.

No school on Friday!

Wednesday, September 23, 2015

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What we are working on...

  • writing our names with all the correct upper case letters
  • writing letters with the correct formation (our letters start at the top)
  • correct pencil grip
  • Thinking strategies while we read a book...predict, re-tell, connect
  • representing quantities 1-5 with pictures and symbols.


Coming up...
We will be checking out our first library book in October.  Please look for the library sheet coming home in your child's backpack.




Upcoming dates to think about...

October 9th.....No school. teacher workday.


Monday, September 14, 2015

Upcoming event!





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Endeavour PTO night!  This is an open house event. 
Open house is from 4:00pm-5:00pm where the classroom will be open.
BBQ and family fun from 5:00-6:30pm
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Same Day...
Walk 'n' roll event.
We encourage kids to be healthy by walking or riding to school that day.  Please remember that bikes, scooters and skateboards are not allowed on the bus at the end of the day.  You can pick the scooter, skateboard, or bike up at the BBQ. 

Thursday, September 10, 2015

First week of Kindergarten

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First week of Kindergarten was very successful.  The students have been making new friends and learning new routines.  The excitement of something new has begun to wear off and I am finding the students getting tired towards the end of the day.  Perfectly normal.

Weekly schedule has changed!
Monday.........Library
Tuesday.........Music
Wednesday....PE
Thursday.......Music
Friday............PE
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Please check your students backpacks this week...

  • Pay back coupon books are coming home.  This is a great fundraiser for our school.  Please take the time to read the information
  • Bottom line letter is coming home.  This talks about the rules.  These need to be signed and returned.
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Saturday, September 5, 2015

Welcome to Kindergarten!!!



Welcome to my classroom blog!  I wanted to welcome everyone to Kindergarten.  We are going to have a great year. 

Our Specialists schedule...
Monday.........Library
Tuesday.........PE
Wednesday....Music
Thursday........PE
Friday.............Music

Things to remember for the week...
  • School starts at 9:05
  • Everyone is welcome to bring their students to the classroom, make sure it is a quick good bye
  • Have the bus card filled out with all the information and attached to your students backpack
  • School ends at 3:45
  • If you are picking your student up, please wait by the kindergarten pick up area.
  • Do not take your student until I have made eye contact with you and give your student a "high five"
Again, I want to welcome you to our classroom and I look forward to getting to know my new students.


Wednesday, June 3, 2015

Updated schedule!

Friday, June 5th....           Early Release
Friday, June 12th...          Early Release
Wednesday, June 17th...  Last day of school (2 hour day).

Monday, April 20, 2015

Coming up on the end of the Year!

Here are some dates to remember...



May 13th...Endeavour Big Science Event
May 25th ...No School-Memorial Day
June 12th...Early Release
June 16th...Last Day of School (2 hr day)

Wednesday, April 1, 2015

A quick reminder!


Spring break is next week.  This mean report cards will be coming home on Friday.

Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Quick reminder




  • Tomorrow is picture day
  • Friday is early release
  • Friday March 3rd report cards are coming home

Friday, March 13, 2015

More Events




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Donuts with Mom!
Friday March 20th at 8:30am

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Spirit Week!
March 30th-April 3rd
Monday - Pajama Day
Tuesday - Sports Day
Wednesday - Endeavour Pride Day
Thursday - Decade Day
Friday - Crazy Hair Day