Price & Dixon

May 8, 2009

No charges will be allowed in the cafeteria during the last two weeks of school.  It is important that you send in money for meals daily or through the end of the school year.  All extra items will be cash only unless account balance reflects an excess of more than enough to cover breakfast and lunch thru the last day of school. 

Report cards will be held if a balance is owed.

 

Field Day is Wednesday, May 20th.  Please send a water bottle with your child for field day.

Picture Day

Picture day is Wednesday, March 11th.

Newsletter

Click on the link below to view our newsletter.

Download Newsletter 2-24-09

Social Studies Project

I have attached the instructions for the Revolutionary War ABC Book and the rubric that will be used to grade the project.  The project is due Friday, February 13th.  The two sentences on each page should be in the child's own words, not copied from a book or the internet.

Download Page 1 SS project

Download American Revolution Alphabet Book Rubric

Reminders

Reminders:

Planners need to be signed nightly.

Students need to be reading 30 minutes every night and they need to complete their home reading log with at least 4 entries per week.

Please sign Friday folders and return them the following Monday.  Sign and return any papers with a grade of 75% or below and keep all other papers.

Revolutionary War projects were assigned today-- Project is due February 13th.  I will post the project details and the project rubric over the weekend.

A note from Food & Nutrition Services:

Due to the current status of our economy, we want to make all parents aware that free and reduced meal applications are available.

Applications may be submitted at any time during the school year and are available from the café manager at any school in the

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If you have questions please feel free to contact the school cafeteria or the Regulations Office at (770) 590-4531 or (770) 426-3380.

Upcoming Events

No School Monday, January 19th

** We will be watching the Presidential Inauguration on Tuesday. 

Reminders:

Please have your child study his/her multiplication facts daily!!  This will help them with fractions too.

Please remember to sign your child's planner every night!

Conference week (January 26 - 30)- If you have not returned your conference sheet, please return it Tuesday.  This week is an early release week.

The Home Reading log should have 4 entries per week.

AR Goal for this 9 weeks:

4 informational books and 2 chapter books

Election Day

Information about election day at Varner

Download november_3rd.doc

Red Ribbon Week

Red Ribbon Week

Red Ribbon Week is Monday, October 27 through Friday October 31^st.  During this week we pledge to lead a drug-free life.   Our theme this year is “I Elect to be Drug Free”.   To further recognize this special week, we will have a special dress-up theme each day.  Please encourage your child to participate.

Monday – Patriotic Day (wear red, white & blue)

Tuesday – Sock Day (wear colorful or mis-matched socks)

Wednesday – Wear RED Day (wearing RED signifies that we choose to lead a drug-free life)

Thursday – Hat Day (wear your favorite hat)

Friday – Spirit Day (wear Varner colors)

JRFH

Jump Rope for Heart

** Please return Jump Rope For Heart collection envelopes.

Open House Information

If you were not able to attend Open House, I have attached the powerpoint that we showed.

Download open_housefinal_project.ppt