I am sorry to just be getting to this now (10:00 pm on Sunday night) but it was a very busy week and weekend and I used today to get our house ready for winter, watching football, and relaxing. I am the chair of the Harwood Hall of Fame Committee and we had our annual induction ceremony, at the Round Barn, on Saturday evening.
I want to start by thanking all of you who were able to volunteer (in some way) for the Ski & Skate Sale. The event was a huge success and was very efficient and well run. I would like to give a special shout out to these people: Aliison Wertgen, Becca Newhall, Eben Goodman, Susie Goodman, Eileen Turner, Elissa Meier, Lynn Noble, Kelly Schavone, Sophie Tretiak, Luke Foley, Stephanie Hartnett, & Sarah Lusso. They all went above and beyond and their hard work and generous donation of time, allowed for the event to run as smoothly as it did and be successful as it was. If you see any of them, please give them a "shout-out."
Each morning we have our Morning Meeting. I find this time to be an amazing way to start the day and it allows everyone to connect, to greet each other, share and participate in an activity. It's a great way to build a classroom community, discuss things that come up, and build relationships. This week's greetings were: Color Greeting, High FIve, Knuckle Bump, and Handshake. Our activities were The Tuesday Song, Koseeki, 4 Corners, and Silent Dodgeball (a favorite and tradition). Ask your child to share their thoughts on our Morning Meetings.
STUDENT OF THE WEEK: This week's Student of the Week is pictured here. This super start is in 1st grade and is 6 years old. Her favorite food is cotton candy and her favorite color is turquoise. She loves to color and visit the ocean. She has 5 people in her family and two of them are her siblings (I have taught all of them). Last week she was recognized at our all School assembly for beating acknowledges for being so respectful (part of our Waitsfield expectations). Congratulations to this week's Student of the Week.
This past week we finished our Financial Literacy Unit and the students took the assessment on Thursday and Friday. As a reminder, our "Movie Night" is on Wednesday of this week. It looks like everyone will earn the $17 needed for a ticket. I have a meeting at Harwood right after the event. Please pick your child up between 4:45-5:00 so that I can scoot over to Harwood and not be late. On Friday, the students choose the movie for the event, unfortunately the title expired on Prime (over the weekend) so we will re-vote on Monday. The students did a great job with this unit and I think they had a lot of fun with it too.
NOTES:
*As a reminder, your child does need boots, snow pants, coats, a hat, and gloves/mittens for recess time.
*The book order due date is 11/22/25. In order to order, use this information: Shop our class page: Class code: K3277. This will be the last order until May.
That is all for now. I hope you all have a great week and that we don't have a delay or snow day tomorrow!
Peace,
Mr. Young
