The coming week...

We will not have school on Monday, October 11. The teacher will be attending workshops throughout Warren County.

On Wednesday, we will be making dirt pudding to celebrate a student's birthday. Then on Monday, October 18, we will follow the directions to make individual no-bake pumpkin cheesecake to celebrate another student's birthday.

DIRT PIE

1 large bag oreo cookies

1 c. 10x sugar

1/2 stick softened butter

1 (8 oz.) pkg. softened cream cheese

2 boxes instant vanilla pudding

3 1/2 c. milk

1 (12 oz.) container cool whip

1 pkg. (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
1 cup canned pumpkin
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 tsp. pumpkin pie spice
1 tub (8 oz.) COOL WHIP Whipped Topping, thawed, divided
1 HONEY MAID Graham Pie Crust (6 oz.)

Welcome, October!

We are so excited it is October. We enjoyed the month of September. We are finally getting into a routine. The students had a blast at the Hispanic Heritage dance on September 24.

On Tuesday, we will have Spirit Day at OCS. Students may dress in their pajamas or school colors. There are two birthdays to celebrate in our classroom this month! We will also be celebrating Halloween at OCS on Friday, October 29.

A few things to keep in mind

I want to remind parents to check you child's agenda book when he or she arrives home from school. Help them to check off each assignment as they complete it. Allow for short breaks during homework time, but make sure your child returns to complete the entire assignment. Then assist them with placing it in his or her appropriate folder. Especial during this first month of school, help to make sure they place what they need for school in their backpacks the night before. This is important because homework is often reviewed and graded the next day. They need to learn to be responsible, but they might need some help developing a plan.

Also, there will be a school dance on Friday, September, 24. Grades 4-6 will have their dance from 4-6 o'clock. I can stay after school with your child if you are unable to give him/her a ride to the dance. I can also stay at the dance to assist your child. Please let me know at Back to School Night on September 28, if your child will be attending the dance. Thanks!

Scheduling

Therapists have been in and out of our room all week trying to develop the best schedule to meet the students' needs. You will receive a final schedule by Monday, September 13.

Welcome Back!

The past 3 days have flown by!!! The students are so excited to be back at OCS! The staff is so happy to see them back. I am in the process of completing scheduling with therapists. A finalized schedule should be sent home with your child on Tuesday.

You child will have a folder for every subject he/she has in my classroom. Classwork, homework, and tests will be sent home in this folder. Graded papers will be located in the back pocket of the folder. You may keep these papers at home. Inside the front of the folder, you will find a taped table to display the grade you child received on classwork, homework, and tests. Next to each grade, you will need to initial that you saw the grade. This will give you more advanced notice of how your child did on the work he/she completed. You will still receive Friday reports each week, as well.

I hope everyone has a wonderful Labor Day weekend! Earl is not invited to the party this year!!!

Luau Lunch

We would like to send out a big THANK YOU to the PTA and the volunteers that helped to feed the students and staff at the OCS Luau lunch!!! Thank you for giving your time to make an enjoyable lunch for all!!!

June is Here!!!

We are nearing the end of the school year. Our Language Arts class is finishing up Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. They are working on designing their own candy invention. This project will be due June 11. There will be an idiom benchmark test on Wednesday, June 9.

Our math classes are working on multiplication facts (4th/5ht) and fractions (5th/7th). We will have a test on Thursday, June 10. This test will contain items for our benchmark assessment.

7th grade Social Studies will have a benchmark test on Thursday, June 10. They will finish out the year by reviewing the war of 1812 and the Civil War.

The 7th grade left today for Tuckerton, and will be gone for three days. Monday, June 14 is field day. Students are not allowed to ride their bikes to the lake. Dismissal is at 12:30. Ocean night begins at 6:00 that night. Please come and experience all that your children have been learing about.

We will have a week off in between the end of the 2009-2010 school year and our ESY program. The ESY program runs from June 28 - July 23 (no school on July 5). The hours are 8:30-12:30.