Thing 1 and Thing 2

Hello Parents,

Just two things for you:

Tomorrow is Free Dress Friday.

The mission churches your children have been working on in art are finished. They all look great. They are drying in the classroom. Due to their fragile nature, we will not be sending them home to be put on the mission and come back. The students will place them on their mission board when they bring it on Monday. I measured the churches and they are all a little different sizes. Most are about 4" x 4" but some are 4"x 5". There are a few that are 5" x 5". If you need exact measurements, your child should measure their church tomorrow in class and bring the measurement home.

Thanks for all your support at home with this project. I know exactly what you are going through as my son has his due tomorrow - not quite complete yet!. I hope your child is having fun with it.

Best wishes,
Mary Welsh

Free Dress Friday! (11/21/2008)

Just a reminder that tomorrow, Friday 11/21 is Free Dress Friday, so yes, your children are telling the truth when they tell you this!

Thanks,
Karen

Reminders

A couple of quick reminders for parents:

• Please remember today, Wednesday 11/19 is a minimum day, school gets out at 11:30am so please be on time to pick up your children, thank you so much.
  
  
• If your child is going to be absent from school on any given day, please contact us to let us know. The preferred method is via email at info@ismonterey.org, just a quick email to let us know the name of the child and that they will be absent, that's all. You can also call us at (831) 583-2165 as well.

Thanks so much for your help!

Sincerely,
Karen Kushel
Office Administrator

Family Association Meeting Thursday Night

It's that time again. Thursday night, Nov 20th at 6:30pm in the Library. We welcome you to attend our working meeting.

Vision Statement: All families will participate in activities that enrich the educational experience at The International School of Monterey (ISM).

Mission Statement: The Family Association will build a community of families by:
Working with school staff to develop motivational and fun events that complement the ISM academic program. Encouraging and coordinating family talent and effort.

If you are interested in finding out ways you can support ISM or just want to know what the Family Association is working on to ensure our vision and mission, please attend our meeting. Hope to see you there.

Best Regards,
Wendy Bluhm
Family Association Chair
wendy@wendybluhm.com

Parent Update 11/16/2008

I hope you had an enjoyable weekend with this incredible weather we are having.

Here are just a few things for this week:

Wednesday, Nov. 19th will be an early dismissal day due to a staff development meeting. The students will be out at 11:30. There is after school care available if needed. Please contact Lisa Wichel-Loomis if interested.

The following week, there are only Monday and Tuesday as school days. The Thanksgiving holiday begins on Wednesday the 26th through the 28th.

All but one of the students went home with a 12-inch pizza box this week for the mission building project last Friday. The due date for our class is next Monday, November 24.
Presentations will also begin on that day. I hope the students are having fun with the project and learning a few more details about the missions. Let me know if you are running into great difficulties.

We will have a regular spelling week this week.

In math, we will continue with decimals. We will be estimating decimals for addition and subtraction and working with decimals and money. You can assist their learning by doing any of the "Do-Anytime Activities" on page 69 of their Study Links. Find decimals in the store and compare prices or you can look for decimals in sports statistics among other activities.

Homework this week:

Math: Monday: Study Links 4.4, Tuesday 4.5, Wed. 4.6, Thursday 4.7 Social Studies: work on mission project.
Reading: Read 20 minutes and record in planner
Spelling: sort and write words or other activity to spend time with the spelling words

Best wishes,
Mary Welsh