…SO many times over the next month, you may want to come and camp out in the tent I’ve put up in our classroom!

However, there are a couple of events I’d really like you to attend if possible.

May 22nd is our soccer day, the last one for elementary, the 6th and final soccer day for some of those kids that have been here since 3rd grade. Games kick off around 10 and whether or not you attend is up to you and your child; you can come for a little while too, it doesn’t have to be the whole day. More details to follow on Soccer Day.

That morning, from 8.15, we are having our final writer’s celebration for our Memoir Unit which the kids have been working on for the last two weeks now. I would LOVE for you to attend that session in our classroom.

The Friday before that, May 18th is our Field Trip to Jinshan Peasant Painting Village and I am short of volunteers, meaning, I have not heard from anyone, so please e mail and let me know if you can chaperone 5KP with me that day, I am excited about this trip.

A big thank you to Annette for recommending the book Letters from Rifka by Karen Hesse to me last Thursday. I finished the book this morning Annette, I couldn’t put it down. Although this book is now twenty years old and I had heard of it over the years, it took a student telling me enthusiastically how much they enjoyed it, for me to finally pick it up and read it. Thanks also to Aavia and Erika who told me about the Jean Craighead George book, My Side of the Mountain. I read it earlier last week and thoroughly enjoyed the adventures of Sam Gribley as he set off alone into the wilderness and look forward to reading the next two books in the series.

Enjoy a great long weekend 5KP families. Read something wonderful! Enjoy your time together.

Here is the latest list of dates for you to keep in mind… Busy days ahead!

• No School for May Day – Monday, April 30 and Tuesday, May 1
• Girls Scout Presentation – Thursday, May 3rd at 8 a.m.
• Eagle Leaders Retreat with Puxi Eagle Leaders – Friday May 4^th
• Battle of the Books – Final Battle – Friday, May 4^th
• Band and Orchestra concert – Friday, May 11^th at 1:15 p.m.
• All Day Field trip to Jinshan Peasant Painting Village – Friday, May 18^th
• Memoir publishing party – Tuesday, May 22nd at 8:15 a.m.
• Grade 5 Soccer Day – Tuesday, May 22^nd
• China Alive all-day field trip – Thursday, May 31^st
• Fifth Grade United Nations Day – Friday, June 1^st at 10:30 a.m.
• Step Up Day – Friday, June 1^st
• The Wonder Years: Puberty Week – June 4 to June 8
• Summer Sizzler – Thursday, June 7^th
• Moving Up Day – Friday, June 8^th
• Last Day of School – Tuesday, June 12^th – School closes at 11:30 a.m.