Sunday, March 19, 2017

March Updates

It is a busy time of year in 5th grade.  Below are some updates for you and your fifth grader.

Middle School Course Selections

The counselor from Sarah Banks Middle School came to Walled Lake Elementary on Friday to talk to our fifth graders about scheduling classes for next school year.  Yes!  We are actually scheduling for middle school already.  Your fifth grader brought home a course selection sheet with directions.  Please go over this sheet with your child and help them to select the courses he or she would like.  All courses need to be selected in Skyward Family Access and on the paper form.  Please make sure all of the steps are complete by Tuesday, March 28th.  If you need assistance with your Family Access Login, please let me know as soon as possible.

There is a Sarah Banks Parent Orientation on Thursday, March 23rd.  Please consider attending this orientation to help your child transition to middle school.


Spring Pictures

Spring pictures were sent home March 7th.  Spring pictures work a little differently than fall pictures.  Here is what you need to know:

-If you do not want to purchase pictures, just send all of the uncut pictures back to school.

-If you want to purchase pictures, great.  Keep the ones you want and return UNCUT pages and payment back to school.  You only pay for what you keep.

-They DO NOT do retakes for Spring pictures.

-The Fall picture will be the picture in the yearbook.

If you do not wish to purchase pictures, please return your uncut pictures as soon as possible.


Report Cards

Report cards will be available on Skyward Family Access after 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 22nd.  Please go over your child's report card.  Talk to your child about his or her progress.  Praise his or her hard work and set goals with your child. If you have any questions, please let us know.  We are happy to talk with you about your child's progress this year.

Charity Volleyball Game

Tuesday, March 21st
6:30 p.m.
Geisler Middle School

Come cheer us on as we play our annual charity Volleyball Game this Tuesday, March 21 at 6:30 at Geisler Middle School. This year, we are partnering to support Team Joseph. Students are encouraged to bring their donation boxes to the game! The class with the highest attendance at the game wins a pizza party! It's not too late to drop off donations of individual sized snakcs like crackers, pretzels, chips and water bottles. All proceeds benefit Team Joseph! Last year, we raised $2,975! Can we beat our record? Go Tigers!


Laugh Factory

We had a fun assembly on Thursday.  The Laugh Factory came and entertained us for an hour.  There were many little laughing faces on Thursday afternoon.  Our own Tyler was called up to help with a little trick.