Happy Last Day of School!

Have a great summer!

I will miss your sweet kiddos so much!

I hope to see everyone at the playdates this summer!

Right after the kiddos left, the mail was delivered and we received letters from our friends in Budapest, Hungary, that we Skyped with during International Week!  Just hours too late!  If your child attends summer school I will be there the last two weeks and get them a letter.  If they want to write to them this summer you can bring me a letter at the playdates, they can bring it to me at summer school or we can arrange a way to get them to me and I will send a packet back to Hungary later on this summer. If your child isn't attending summer school, but your child would like a letter feel free to let me know and we can arrange a way to get one to you. Please let your child know and show them this picture! Mrs. Hopper, in the office, said it was so cool to get international mail and she even had to sign for it!

Enjoy a few pictures from our last day in Kindergarten.

Our completed Service Learning board

Hope to see you on June 11th at 6:00 at Cosmo Park!

(Dino Park)

End of the year

Wow!  What a whirlwind of a week!

The last week of school is always bittersweet; excited for summer, but sad our year together is ending and I have to let these sweet babies move onto to first grade.  They are more than ready though and will do great things!  Please keep in touch over the years and keep me up to date on all the wonderful things they accomplish!

Thank you to everyone who attended our Kindergarten program this morning.  It means so much to us and your children!  We hope you enjoyed the singing, slideshow, recess and lunch with your little one.

Feel free to share the slideshows with family and friends

**the Kindergarten one is an updated version of what you saw this morning with just a few more pictures...turn up your sound when watching all 3 videos**

Kindergarten slideshow

Service Learning slideshow

BEU Year 3 slideshow

Countdown to summer

W is for Water Day

We played "Drip, Drip, Drop" and then Mrs. Concannon tricked them!  I told them I wanted a group picture but then once they were all together I really just soaked them by dumping the bucket of water on them! Boy were they shocked haha!  Then I really did take a group picture!

X is for X-tra recess

This day was originally X for X-change autographs, but since we did that school wide on Tuesday we changed it to X-tra recess. We enjoyed the extra recess with our Buddy Class, Mrs. Freese, and we found a HUGE frog!  Dr. Majerus even came outside with us!

Y is for Yard Sale Day

Today we started cleaning up our room for summer.  They are coming home with lots of goodies from our "yard sale."  Please check their backpacks!

5th grade Walk

It is a Beulah Ralph tradition to line the hallways and congratulate the 5th grade graduates as they move onto middle school.  We joined in on the fun this morning!

Classroom Awards

Every child in our class is coming home with a special award just for them, from me.

Kindergarten Program

Dear Parents,
Tag, You're It!

Love,
The Teachers

Book give-a-way and Service Learning

Book-give-a-way

Today we had a book give-a-way that we hope can become a tradition.  Mrs. Fitch sent home a few notes over the past couple of months in Friday Folders asking for gently used books that families may no longer use for this book "exchange" . We wanted to make sure every child had books to read for the summer.  Every child in the school was able to "shop" and take home at least 3 books today(or tomorrow) that are theirs forever and don't need to be returned. I hope they were excited to share them with you tonight.

Gift for Dr. Majerus

Today our class gave Dr. Majerus a book called "What does the principal do all day?"  Each kiddo wrote their thoughts. Some were spot on and some were quite funny!  We also gave him a stuffed timberwolf that a dear friend made for me so that he could remember his time as a Beulah Ralph timberwolf.  Dr. Majerus also dressed up in a lei to go along with our "V for vacation day" theme!
We gave Mr. Woods his book and gift last week.

 

Countdown to summer

V is for vacation day was so cute and fun!  The kiddos looked great and we were all wishing we could head straight to the beach! Check out our beachy background in the photos.  I made sure every child had a lei to wear as well.  I loved their creativity today when picking out their clothes to wear to school!

Teacher of the year letters

Today at our final faculty meeting I was given the letters of support that several of you (and many others from my former school, BEU staff, etc.) wrote in support of me for "Outstanding Educator of the Year."  Dr. Majerus took the time to put them all in a nice book for me.  I continue to be in shock that I won such an amazing award in April and reading all of the letters this evening has been wonderful and brought many tears to my eyes.  Teachers don't do this job for the accolades or big paychecks, but we do it because we truly love children. I am glad you see how much I love your children and all of you.  I am beyond grateful for the kind, wonderful things you wrote about me and will treasure these letters forever.  

Thank you, again, from the bottom of my heart. 

I especially love the ones from kiddos!

Melt my heart!

Lastly, check out this adorable video that Mrs. Layla made to go along with our service learning project.  It was shared with the entire school yesterday during the Monday Morning Meeting.  We are so proud of our Kinders and their big hearts.

https://youtu.be/RGWpySwWL3Q

Turn up your sound!