November 10-14

 

Teachers and students learning together

Amazing and happy kids

Collaborative teachers

Every day I am reminded what an amazing gift it is to be part of the Star Academy community. Both Regina and Kate shared last week that if they were to go back to the classroom, they would want to come to our school. The warm, fun, and collaborative environment doesn't happen by accident. It happens through hard work, keeping an open mind, being willing to share, and by being positive. And you make it better every day. I'm so excited for our future! Thank you for all that you do. I am thankful for all of you!

What are you thankful for? Be a guest blogger on the Star Academy blog during the month of November. Check out the blog post for this month to add your thankful thoughts :) The link is here.

Dates & Details
November 10th- No Office Day! I'm looking forward to getting into classrooms so you can get out and visit some others. Here's the link to sign up http://goo.gl/r122DT
November 11th- No school 
November 12th- Wreath orders due and Cadre meetings
November 13th- Genius Hour: What would you like to share? What would you like to learn? Click here to add your ideas!



November 14th Kate Messner Skype 11 AM for grades 1-5 in the gym
November 17th: No Office Day I'm looking forward to getting into classrooms so you can get out and visit some others. Here's the link to sign up http://goo.gl/r122DT
November 18th: Star Family Book Club-- Kate Messner! 6:30 in the library
November 24-28  Thanksgiving break
December 3rd- Bullock to Angel Island
December 4th- Rohrbacker to Angel Island

Tech Tip: Sphero
Are you wondering about the little glowing ball that we were trying to drive at last tech time? It's actually a robot! Here's a great post by Jo-Ann Fox about these cool new coding tools. Ten are coming to our school! Also, the Hour of Code is happening December 8th-14th. Check out http://code.org/learn for more info and to sign up to participate. We'll be trying out some coding this week at tech time.