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Primary Families,

Isn't it hard to believe that it is already March? Before we know it, the 23/24 school year is going to be behind us. Thank you all for coming out this week to your child's parent/teacher conference. We were excited to share the wonderful things our students are doing each day. We are excited to give our students more opportunities to show off their leadership skills with our new Ambassador program. Our Ambassadors were selected by their teachers/peers to be a voice for our students. The Ambassadors meet with Mrs. Day and myself once a month during our club time. They are providing us with not only their leadership skills but with valuable feedback from the perspective of our students. We are excited to see this program grow next year.

We have several events/activities coming up this spring. Here is a quick look ahead:

• March 4th-8th-Read Across America Week
• March 8th-Food Day
• March 12th-Kindergarten Graduation Pictures
• March 18-22-Spring Break
• March 29th-Easter Egg Hunt -more details later
• April 24th-Rising Parent Night
• May 16th-Kona Ice
• May 17th- Field Day
• May 24th-Kindergarten Graduation

Sincerely,

Darah Bennett

It was so good visiting with everyone who stopped by and visited our Literacy Nights and the

Paper Pie Book Fair! I hope you were able to find some great resources to help your child get

excited and stay engaged with reading.

Let’s talk about Graphic Novels…many parents think these “comic books” are not real books,

but experts say that is far from the truth! Here are three reasons experts say you should

encourage your child to read graphic novels.

1. Graphic Novels are full of text. Sure, they have drawings, illustrations, and sometimes

photos, but they also have text that readers must decode, analyze, and comprehend.

2. Graphic Novels are engaging. Often, especially for reluctant readers, graphic novels

add the extra support kids need to help them through a text. The combination of text and

pictures can be particularly captivating, providing context for stories that kids might not

completely understand otherwise.

3. Graphic Novels are high-quality reading material. Just like traditional novels, graphic

novels have exciting and complex plots, characters, and conflicts. The only difference is

that graphic novels have more images to support the development. (Scholastic, Oct 16, 2023)

So, whatever book your child chooses, rest assured that if they are reading, they are building

habits that will benefit them for a lifetime. Happy Reading!

I hope you all are enjoying this crazy weather. With the warm weather one day and cold the next it has everyone’s allergies flared up. We are still seeing several with the flu and some with the stomach bug more than anything.Please remember if your child is sick or has been sick (fever, diarrhea, vomiting) they will need to stay at home until they are symptom free without medication for 24 hours.

We still have several coats in the lost and found that no one has claimed. If your child is missing a coat, jacket, water bottle or lunch box, please have them look in the lost and found. I will look for names inside the jackets and will do my best to get it back to the student.

We are running low on clothes due to potty accidents. If you have gently used clothes that you would like to donate, please reach out to me or the front office. Some items we are needing are underwear and sweat bottoms for boys and girls sizes five/six and seven/eight. If possible you can keep a change of clothes in your child’s backpack incase of a potty accident. If your child has a potty accident at school, please wash and send the clothes back.

Thank you all that have donated this year and a huge shout out to Bright Futures for all that you do. You all have truly been a blessing.

Nurse Rhonda

Hello Primary Families!

As Spring is quickly approaching, I wanted to take time during my lessons this month to focus on acts of kindness. In all grades, we will be reading "The Kindness Quilt" by Elizabeth Wallace. This story demonstrates the power of showing kindness and how just one act can spread from person to person. We will also be making our own classroom "kindness quilts" to display in the halls to help spread kindness through the school!

I also wanted to take a moment to say THANK YOU to all the generous donations through our SchoolStore fundraiser! The teachers have been ordering some wonderful things for their classrooms!

Thank you for your continued support! Please reach out if you have any questions or concerns. :)

Ms. Brodie

School Counselor