Patriot Day

Today we started out our day with an assembly. We were able to see our school flag retired. It was an awesome experience and the flag was presented to Mrs. Alhstrom. She has been teaching at Vineyard for over 30 years.
It was a very neat experience and it was followed by President Obama's speech. He talked about staying in school, being responsible for ourselves, and working hard. It was a great speech to help all the students be more motivated about the upcoming school year.
We are finishing up our Number Sense unit which includes: Place Value, Rounding, Comparing Numbers, and Number Patterns. We played a game of Jeopardy to review for our test next week.
In the afternoon for art, we used pieces of colored tin foil to cover a picture of the flag. It was a lot of fun, and something new for the class. Hope you enjoy the pictures!

Friday September 11th

Dear Parents and Students,
This Friday, September 11th, we will be showing President Obabma's speech addressing the nations school. We have previewed the speech and found it relevant to our students understanding of their own responsibilities in their schooling. We do appreciate your concerns and hope that you have also previewed it. If you would Not like your child to watch with the school please sign and return this slip to your child's teacher by Thursday. Thank you!

Principal Sylvia Allan


(If you would like to read what was said during the Presidents speech, please click here.
The Note will be going home this afternoon. If you don't want your child to view the speech, please send the note back signed tomorrow 9/10. )

Thanks,

Mrs. Barber