February 27, 2022 School Newsletter
February 27, 2022, Newsletter
Dates to Remember:
- February 28-March 4- Read Across America Week
- March 3- Dress Like Your Favorite Character Day & All School Meet
- March 9- Early Release-11:50
- March 17 & 18- Parent-Teacher Conferences
- March 23- Early Release- 11:50
Dear Gill Community,
We are ready to welcome students back tomorrow from their February break. I hope that staff and students have had a restful, and most of all enjoyable and healthy week.
This coming week is Read Across America Week! We have activities planned for each day of the week, beginning tomorrow with a school wide DEAR moment- Drop Everything and Read. Wednesday is “Dress Like Your Favorite Book Character” day. Students are welcome to dress like a favorite book character, or to wear something that is related to a favorite book. We will have some supplies at the school for students to make items, but students may want to bring in items from home. Other activities this week include guest readers, Story Walk, making book bags (courtesy of the Friends of Gill PTO), receiving free books, and other literacy related events.
I would like everyone to be aware that on Tuesday morning at drop off and pick up, we will have some visitors from “Safe Routes to School” onsite observing our drop off and pick up procedures to see if they can assist with any improvements to our current system.
I am waiting for the March menu to be shared with me and will share it with all of you promptly upon receipts. The menu for the last day of February is included below.
Warmly,
Lisa Desjarlais
Principal
News from Music and Art:
In second grade the classroom teacher, art teacher and music teacher collaborated on a project. Students read “Sky Tree” by Thomas Locker in class. We answered the question How does Sky Tree show the cycle of seasons? in writing.
In art, students explored using tempera paints to create a seasonal tree with a colored sky in the background. 2nd grade artists enjoyed a clay day and experimented with simple tools to create their textured owl.
In music students sang and danced “The Tree Song” by Lorraine Lee Hammond. Students created instrumental accompaniment to the song. “The Tree Song” is used by kind permission of the composer.
The final project is a slide show of the student artwork accompanied by an audio recording of students performing “Tall Tree”. This slide show can be viewed on the Gill School’s website.