Happy Halloween

First Nine Weeks Awards.

All A's First Nine Weeks 

KyAra, Shunyah, Logan, and Bradley 

A/B's Furst Nine Weeks 

Jaysee, Shelby, Michael, and Jaquavious. 

Accelerated Reader First Nine Weeks 

Shunyah, KyAra, Jaquavious, Logan, and Bradley. 

Congratulations to all of these students on all of their hard work. I am so proud of them. Keep it up!! 

Red Ribbon Week 2014

Red Ribbon Week

October 23-31

Thursday, Oct. 23- Put a Cap on Drugs. (Wear a hat)

Friday, Oct. 24- “Sock it to Drugs” (Wear silly Socks )

Monday, Oct.27- “Team up Against Drugs” (Wear your favorite jersey or team shirt)

Tuesday, Oct. 28- “United We Stand for a Drug Free America” (Wear red, white, and blue)

Wednesday, Oct. 29- “Drugs are Tacky” (wear tacky attire)

Thursday- Oct. 30- “I’m A Jean-ius!” (Wear jeans)

Friday, Oct. 31- “Drugs are scary” (Dress in a costume) *NO Scary costumes or mask!

Pumpkin Parade

Storm Team 9

This week our students had the opportunity to listen to a presentation by local meteorologist Elizabeth D'Amore from WTVM Storm Team 9. She shared lots of information with us about her job, pictures of severe weather, and severe weather safety tips. 

Local Government

This week, City Council member Gail Head and City Clerk Charolett Sierra came to speak with our third graders about local government. They shared about how government works. They also showed us an old Phenix City law book and the city budget. Ms. Sierra even shared some unusual laws that exist here in Phenix City. 

Fall Break

Have a happy fall break!

See you Wednesday morning!

Farm City Poster Contest

Information went home about this last week.  All posters are due no later than Wednesday, October 23, so that they maybe graded and turned in on time.

The Alabama Farm-City Poster, essay and multimedia theme for 2014 is “Agriculture: 365 Sunrises and 7 Billion Mouths to Feed”.

As the sun comes up on Alabama agriculture each day, we find farmers feeding cows, walking through chicken houses, working on farm machinery, planting crops, harvesting fields, greeting customers at the farmers market, watching the weather and praying for blessings from above.  But, if we look closer, we’ll also see them creating habitat for wildlife, protecting streams from erosion, helping neighbors, leading communities, teaching children and creating jobs for thousands in nearby towns and cities.

Each sunrise is a new opportunity for Alabama’s largest industry.  It’s a chance to explore new varieties and technologies; educate future generations about the land; and experience the joy of a hard day’s work, a perfectly ripe peach or a bumper crop.

For farmers, however, each day also brings responsibility and challenges.  Seven billion people worldwide depend on agriculture for sustenance, and the number is expected to reach 9 billion by 2050.  That means each farmer must not only continue feeding about 155 people, but he or she also must find ways to be more efficient and productive.

“Agriculture: 365 Sunrises and 7 Billion Mouths to Feed” reminds us that we should never take our food for granted.

The local contest is sponsored by the Russell County Farm-City Committee, Russell County Farmers Federation and the Russell County Extension office.  The state contest is sponsored by the Farm-City Committee of Alabama in cooperation with Alabama Ag in the Classroom and Alabama Farmers Cooperative.  More information is available online at www.AlfaFarmers.org, www.AlabamaAITC.org and www.AgEducate.org.

The 1^st place winning poster will be sent to the state for competition there.  State winners will be featured in the Alabama Farm-City Committee’s 2016 Farm-City Calendar.

Eligibility and Rules

1.    Entry is open to all students in grades kindergarten through sixth grade and must be the original work of the student.

2.    There are two categories of competition: K-3 grades and 4-6 grades.  First, second and third place winners will be named in each category.

3.    Posters must relate to the theme.  The name of the theme must be on the poster.

4.    The size should be horizontal on poster board paper sized 28” x 22”.  Please use standard thickness poster paper. Vertical posters will not be considered.

5.    Any flat medium can be used (such as pen and pencil, crayon, watercolor, ink or oil).  No three-dimensional posters (such as gluing products on to a poster) will be eligible.

6.    Each student is required to complete the information form and attach it to each poster entry.

7.    All entries will be judged the first week of November.

8.    Criteria for judging include: creativity, originality, neatness, overall appearance and relevance to the theme.

9.    Deadline for entry is Friday, October 24, 2014.  1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd place winners will be notified by mail no later than Wednesday, November 12, 2014.  Award winners will be invited to the Russell County Farm-City Breakfast along with parents, family, teacher and principal.  They will be recognized during the breakfast.

October

October is a very busy month.  Here is a list of some of the things we have going on this month.

Friday, October 3- Multiplication Test (0’s-5’s)

Friday, October 3- Unit 2 Week 2 Reading/Spelling Assessment

Tuesday, October 7- Scholastic Book Orders Due

Tuesday, October 7- Science: Simple Machines Quiz

Tuesday, October 7- Social Studies: Ch. 7 Test

Wednesday, October 8- Last Day of First Nine Weeks

Monday, October 12- FALL BREAK

Tuesday, October 14- FALL BREAK

Thursday, October 16- Science: Ch. 15 Simple Machines Test

Thursday, October 16- First Nine Weeks Report Cards

Thursday, October 16- Book Fair Begins (Book Fair ends October 28.)

Monday, October 20- Parent’s Visitation Tea (9 a.m. in the Cafeteria)

Wednesday, October 22- First Nine Weeks Awards Ceremony

 (8:30 in the Cafeteria)

Thursday, October 23- Friday, October 31- Red Ribbon Week

(See additional post to come for Dress Up Days and other information.)

Friday, October 31- Fall Festival (12:30-2:30)

**Please check your student’s planner, class newsletters, and this blog for any additional information or any changes. **
*** Parents we are in the need of volunteers for our Book Fair and Fall Festival.  Please le me know if you would be interested in helping. ***

Have a wonderful month!