
We have a PJ day at school tomorrow, Thurs, Feb 27. A $1 donation is suggested for House Neighborly Service. HNS supports our community & local families in need. This event goes with PJs and Pancakes at Gardner Elem in the evening. HNS thanks you for your support!

Monday Message:Our Community Blood Drive is this Wed,Feb 26. If you haven't signed up, please consider it. Papa John's is offering a fun incentive for our Wed. Pizza Night. If our total sales exceed our largest one last year, all students will receive a FREE Medium Pizza Coupon.

Correction: Family Game Night is March 11th. I hit send too soon.

Monday Message(Tues):Looking ahead.There is a community blood drive at WJZ on Wed, Feb. 26, 3:30-7:30.Go to RedCrossBlood.org & sign up. Family Game Night is Wed, March 5, 5:30-7. Spring is almost here! Reminder to look in folders at night & visit the Virtual Backpack for events.

It is an early dismissal day on Friday, February 14th. Pick up is at 11:10 am. There is no school on Monday for Presidents Day.

Monday Message: This Friday, Feb. 14 is an early dismissal day at 11:10am. There are no afternoon EC and PreK classes on Friday. There is also no school next Monday, Feb. 17 in observance of Presidents Day. Our word of the month for Feb. is Courage. Make a great week!

Thank you for your care & attention to safety at drop off & pick up times with the snowy & wet weather. We appreciate this!
We are in need of the following for Makerspace: paper towel & T.P. rolls, egg cartons & scrap cardboard. If you have these, send these in with your child.

Monday Message: We were without phone & internet for the day.Thank you for your understanding for any delays in communication.Today is the 100th day of school! Courage is our Character Word for Feb. and students are earning Silver Spoons this month at lunch for a special treat!

Monday Morning Weekly Message
Reminders: Please do not to use your cell phones in school zones & drop off & pick up lines, & please use the crosswalks on kindergarten & 1st grade lanes.This is for safety, yours & the students.It looks like a 5 day week! We all need this routine!

Tomorrow, Friday, if you'd like, wear GREY or BLUE in support of Elsa! For those new to our schools, Elsa is a strong,beautiful 4th grader who starts another fight to beat cancer this Saturday. Her sister, Claire, is in 1st grade at Zahnow & her mom is a teacher in our district.

Weekly Morning Message
Reminders for this week: K & 1st Math Benchmark Assessments are tomorrow, Tuesday. Jump Rope for Heart is this week during P.E. Send your child with warm outer wear:coats, hats, mittens. If windchill temp is 21 we go outside.
Stay warm & have a good week!

Monday Message:Our Jump Rope for Heart has started. All money raised is due Jan 31.Thank you ahead of time for sharing the joy of helping others with your child.Tomorrow is Reading Benchmark Assessments. Reading with your children is a wonderful gift to give them.Enjoy your week!

School resumes tomorrow, Monday, Jan. 6th. We hope everyone has had a wonderful break and look forward to seeing our students tomorrow. As a reminder, if your address or any contact info changed over break, please contact the office. Happy New Year Everyone!

Students should please wear tennis shoes with their PJs to school tomorrow. First Grade will be going to Polar Express at the high school & Kindergarten will have Reindeer Games in the gym. These activities require tennis shoes. Thank you!

Change in lunch menu for Thursday. There will be Christmas Tree-shaped chicken nuggets with fresh veggies and peaches.

Change in Kdg Christmas Program Reminders: Both Groups will perform on Thurs morning & eve at the high school. Buettner,Carlton, McAliser,Miller is at 9am & 6:30pm. Students arrive at 6:15. Beck, Hoffmann, Jensen, Moehrs, Rolerkite is at 9:45am & 7:30pm. Students arrive at 7:15.

No school again tomorrow, so let's try this one more time. Our K Christmas Programs are rescheduled for Thursday morning & evening at the same times we sent earlier today. Just the date is changed. So both groups Thursday. We will send a reminder again tomorrow. Stay warm!

Group #2- Beck,Hoffmann,Jensen,Moehrs, & Rolerkite:
Tues, Dec.17, Morning performance at 9:45, evening at 7:30. Students should be there by 7:15. Families, & friends from the first performance, please exit when show is done so the second group can be seated.

Kindergarten Christmas Programs are as follows on Tues, Dec. 17th:
Group #1 Classes- Buettner,Carlton,McAlister, Miller will have their morning performance at 9:00.The evening performance is being moved to 6:30.Please note this is a little earlier.Students should arrive by 6:15.

The last message was 1 of 3 going out and was set to go out after the first two. Expect 2 more notices regarding the K Christmas Programs. Thank you.