Hello!
This week has been very busy planning some upcoming events and figuring out if we have to make up any snow days. I guess the state has not officially granted us the extra calamity days to use for all of the days we have missed. As of right now, we will be making up 3 of the snow days during Spring Break (March 24th-26th). I will change this on the class website as well.
This week we celebrated Dr. Seuss' birthday by reading about him, some of his books, and watching Horton Hears a Who! We also made Truffula Trees (from the Lorax) last week to decorate the hallway with for this week. They turned out great!
I have scheduled many IEP meetings for the next few weeks. If we have not had a meeting this year yet, please check your mail and child's backpack for invitations to the meeting. I will need a signed copy returned and checked if you will be attending the meeting or not as soon as possible. I started giving Alternate Assessments this week, as you all may remember from past years, this takes several weeks to complete. I will be doing this one-on-one with each child until finished. Eighth graders are taking reading, math, and science. Sixth graders only take reading and math.
We are planning several field trips for the next couple months to various places. I am waiting on approval, once they are set in stone, I will send out more information. After talking with Mr. Humphreys and a few other staff members, we have decided to have an 8th Grade MC Graduation to celebrate moving to high school! The date is set for Thursday, May 15th at 9:30am in the library at Rock Hill Middle School. Parents of the graduates are invited to attend. I will send formal invitations as time draws near.
I want to encourage each of you to visit our class website! I have posted photos, all the weekly notes home, a calendar of events for the ready of the year, as well as ways to contact me easier. I update this frequently, so please check it out! You can access it multiple ways.
By the URL: http://rockhillmiddlemc-marasek.weebly.com/ or, by going to the Rock Hill website, click Middle School, then click Academics. Scroll down to my name and there is a link beside it to the website!
I hope everyone has a fantastic weekend! See you all Monday!
Mrs. Marasek