December 8, 2009 Dear Parents, Students are going home today with the last mini deadline for the Holiday project. The project(the report, poster, and recipe) is due on December 21st. Again, props and food are due on the 22nd. The fair is open to parents and family members and will be held on the 22nd from 9-10:30. Please let me know if you have any questions along the way. Study Island time is not being assigned for the next two weeks. We will pick up with Study Island as an assignment after winter break. As you are most likely aware, students earn homework passes when they've reached certain math and reading milestones. These passes allow the students the opportunity to take the night off from doing 2 assignments such as the math/ELA/spelling pages. However, homework passes can not be used for QARs, read alouds, Study Island, or any long term assignment. In additon, I am discouraging students from using homework passes for math review sheets as this is not going to adequately prepare them for the test. Let me know if you have any questions about this. As a reminder, this is the last week for the Food Pantry! Thanks! Kerry Sullivan