It was great to meet with all of you last week for Parent-Teacher conferences.  Your children have made so much progress this year and I enjoyed sharing examples of their work with you.  Thank you all for taking the time to come and meet.  As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to come talk with me.

The Kindergarten-First Grade Play will take place on Thursday, May 1 at 2:00 pm.  It is a dance/drama version of The Lorax by Dr. Seuss.  Everyone picked two different characters that they hoped they could be and it worked out that each student was able to get one of their choices.  A few parts have a lot of words, most parts have a few words, and some are non-speaking, but everyone is involved and every part is important.  On Wednesday we had our first reading of the play and the children were quite excited by it.  I think this will be a great experience for the children.

While you are marking your calendar for the play, please don’t forget our Kindergarten Poetry  Assembly on Friday, May  16 at 11:00.  This will be followed by a Class Potluck Lunch.  It, too, will be a very special day!

We’ve been doing some pretty great math this month, culminating in the Venn diagrams that I hope all of you saw during conferences.  The class has really enjoyed this unit and sorting was one of the most popular choices at rest time.  While we’re on the subject of math, tomorrow’s date, March 14 or 3-14, is alternatively known as Pi Day!  Mr. Perkins has put together a morning full of math activities designed for the youngest students to the oldest.  This is a new event for BCD and we are looking forward to participating in it tomorrow.

This week, all enjoyed a beloved tradition – Pajama Day!  Our day was filled with cozy fun, games with flashlights, activities with glow-in-the-dark stars, a “bedtime snack” of hot chocolate and popcorn, and some wonderful bedtime stories.  It was a fun day, to be sure!

The slide show below gives a little glimpse of our activities:

I hope you all have a wonderful March break.  I look forward to hearing everyone’s stories when we return for school on Tuesday, April 1 (Monday March 31 is a professional development day for faculty).   As for myself, I’ll be heading to San Francisco to meet my twin granddaughters.  (I will have a lot of photos to share when I return, so beware!)

Enjoy the break – hope it’s filled with many fun and relaxing times!

Andrea