DAISY DAILY FOR WEEK OF JANUARY 2, 2017

January 2, 2017

Daisy Staff,

I sincerely hope that everyone enjoyed the holiday break!  I look forward to welcoming you and our students back to school on Tuesday, January 3.

Such a festive spirit permeated Daisy prior to the break.  Thanks to ALL who put the time and energy into creating delightful door decorations for us all to enjoy.  Please feel free to leave these up through Literacy Night (Jan. 12) as long as the windows on classroom doors are not covered, for safety sake.

Thanks to all who added to the fun at our Holiday Sing-A-Long and especially to our talented music teachers Michele, Jen and Rachael Allen from WHS.  It was a fun day for our students and staff as we welcomed record numbers of families and community members to our Sing-A-Long.  I sincerely appreciate everyone's efforts to save the Rose Family Christmas Tree after the Bumpus Hound Debacle.  Many thanks to all of you---and your students---for the myriad of wonderful ornaments, many of which were handmade, which adorned our tree throughout the holidays.  My husband keeps reminding me that "they're still puppies," but at more than 100 lbs. each and 10 months old, I'm thinking I can't wait until they're calm, tired, old dogs : )

It was a very quiet week last week at Daisy, but maintenance, cleaning and a "face lift" to the front office were completed.  We also hosted our student campers for three days last week.  Thanks to our office staff, Math booklets were completed and spiral bound for grade 3 and the good news is, we have placed an order for the grade levels requesting bound Bridges materials for the rest of this school year.

I'm hoping that you find the information in this "Daisy Daily" helpful to you as you plan for your students.  I'm trying something different in this new calendar year, in order to improve the efficiency and legibility of all of our calendar events.  Rather than provide you with a list of events, please click on the calendar link below.  I will continue to update this calendar so that you can look ahead as well as keep track of A, B, C or D days.  I welcome your feedback on this new feature:

DAISY STAFF CALENDAR




As you peruse this calendar, please make note of a few important events:

• Daisy's Second Annual Literacy Night is scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 12.  The "trailer" video and link for sign-up is currently on our website.  Please talk this up with our students.
• We are also scheduled for a Cultural Arts treat from the PTO on Friday, January 13 at 9 am.  "Seussical the Musical" will be coming to us.  It is a live performance with a large stage set-up and will take place in the gym.  Please remember that Jan. 13 is an Early Dismissal Day at 1 pm for Professional Development.

Please continue to check back to the calendar link because this is where I will update all Daisy happenings, including grade-level meetings, special events, etc.

Thanks for ALL you do!  Wishing you the very happiest of New Years!!!

Warmly,

Ruth

Enjoy your students this week;

remember, they're the reason we're all here : )