Good Evening,

  We had a great first day of school.  It certainly was one of the hotter 1st days that I can remember.  The students were great and we made sure to give plenty of water breaks and we took a mask break outside near the garden.  It was a bit cooler and shaded.  Thank you for making sure your child had a water bottle.  

  This morning, we were treated to the talented voice of Wanda Sullivan.  Wanda is a former Waitsfield graduate and current Harwood student. She traveled around the outside of the building stopping by each classroom to keep the 1st day tradition of live music by a former Waitsfield student.

  This afternoon we read the book, The School's First Day of School by, Adam Rex.  "It's the first day of school at Frederick Douglass Elementary and everyone's just a little bit nervous, especially the school itself. The school has a rough start, but as the day goes on, he soon recovers when he sees that he's not the only one going through first-day jitters."  If you wish to listen to the story with your child please watch he video below.

  To wrap up the day, I introduced the students to Twitter and we talked about what it is used for.  We talked about handle names and each child came up with their own.  The only requirement is it had to have their first name included.  Some got creative and some stuck with just their 1st name.  Don't worry though the kids will not be creating actual accounts but rather writing or drawing posts to put on the bulletin board outside our classroom.  Check out some of the pictures below.

Notes:

Some of the kids brought home their Ziploc bags today.  There was a green folder inside it.  These forms are from Susan Laskaris (our new admin assitant) and can be returned in the bag and I will get them to her.  Please send the bag back tomorrow.  If your child didn't have a bag, it is because another sibling received it for your family.  

Please send in a reusable grocery bag if you have not done so.  

That is all for now, I hope you have a great evening.  I will post more tomorrow.

Peace,

Tommy