Firstie News
Dear Parents,
How are you? Yesterday, our class had a great time at Mother Nature’s Farm. By now, I am sure you heard all about the bus and the pumpkins. A big shout out to all volunteers! Thank you for your help with our firsties!
This week, in class, we are writing and learning lots about pumpkins. In class, the class worked on writing fact about pumpkins and we added transition words to our work. For math, our class has been working on basic subtraction facts. As children master the addition facts, I am asking all children to learn the subtraction facts, becoming fluent with the concept. It will be easier as your children learn double digit addition and subtraction.
There is oodles of information below. I am going to send a separate email out for more camp information.
Month at a Glance
- Paper Drive- 10/10- 12/9
- EF 2023-2024 Trip Night- 10/18
- Domestic Trip- 5 pm
- International Trip- 6 pm
- Half Day of School- 10/31
Important Announcements
Learning Celebration
Learning Celebration is a time-honored tradition that we have at San Tan where families are invited into each student’s classroom to celebrate all the hard work and learning the students have done. We will run Learning Celebration from 1:00-3:30 (1130-12:00 for half day Kinder) on Friday November 4th.
Disguise Your Pumpkin Competition
Click the following link to join us for our Annual Disguise your pumpkin competition. This is such a fun family event that brings out our competitive and creativity sides, but most of all some fun with our families.
https://yqysjrrxph.formstack.com/forms/recker_pumpkin_competition
Guidelines:
- Pumpkin size: 2lbs or less
- Pumpkins cannot be carved
- No scary Halloween decorations (Preschool friendly)
- 10/24 Turn pumpkins in to the front desk and a number will be assigned.
Families will get a chance to vote for their favorite pumpkin 10/24 – 10/28.
Favorite Pumpkin will be announced on 10/28
Cultural Fair- Volunteers Needed
We are hosting our annual Cultural Fair at the Recker campus on November 7th from 9:00-1:30. We typically ask for parents to come in and volunteer to run a table based on your family’s culture. We would love for families to host a table to share artifacts, foods, and stories that reflect your family’s culture. This is such a fun and informative event for our elementary students.
Here is our sign-up link and thank you so much for considering!
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0e45adac22abf94-cultural2
Paper Drive
Our annual beginning of the year PAPER DRIVE is in full effect starting Monday, October 10th– December 9th. The class with the MOST points will receive a teacher reward for participating is $100 classroom fund. Write your teacher’s name on the paper and send it to the front office.
White Ream of Paper =1 point
Don’t have time to run out to the store? No worries!! San Tan Charter School partners with Amazon Smiles! Amazon Smiles is fast and easy… Shop Amazon as normal and 0.5% of your purchase supports educational enrichment right here at San Tan Charter School!
Visit: smile.amazon.com/ch/56-2610311 to start shopping now! You can ship your order directly to the school and add a “gift receipt” with your child’s teacher’s name on it!
School Address
3959 E Elliot Rd
Gilbert, AZ 85234
Family Engagement Committee
At San Tan, we do not have a PTO, we have the Family Engagement Committee! The FEC will be helping with school events, parent groups, fundraising initiatives and organizing parent support within the classroom.
If you are interested in joining, please email at fec@santancs.com
Social Media Links
Facebook- San Tan Charter School Family Connection
Have a great weekend!
Ms. Trowbridge
