Dear Parents,

I can’t believe this is my last Friday letter for the year. I have thoroughly enjoyed watching your children grow since August, both physically and academically. They are a wonderful group of kids and I will miss them so much. I have told them that with parent permission they can email me this summer and I will write them back. It will provide them with an authentic writing experience. Thank you all so much for everything you have done for us this year. The school can’t do it alone. It takes parents and teachers working together to produce successful students.

We had an exciting week this week. Monday we participated in a program called Wheel Wise presented by Wellstar. We learned about how to be safe on or in vehicles with wheels. Tuesday we had great fun at our yearbook signing activity. We also got to do some watercolor painting and had 10 minutes to write all over our big white board. Wednesday we spent some time in the computer lab. Today we heard about the summer reading program at the Cobb County library and had our pizza lunch which was a special treat. Thanks to Mrs. Cooper and Mrs. Devine for sending in some extras for lunch. Tomorrow we will participate in the school sing-a-long in the morning and then will go outside for the 5^th grade’s final walk.

We celebrated one birthday this week. Matthew had a birthday on Thursday and his birthday treat provided us with a nice dessert for our pizza lunch. Congratulations also to Matthew for being the only one of us who had perfect attendance this year. We have a few friends celebrating summer birthdays. Bradley will celebrate on May 24^th. Will celebrates on May 25^th. Reece will celebrate on June 22^nd, and Cheney celebrates on July 10^th. Happy birthday to all of you.

I hope you all have a safe and restful summer. I look forward to seeing you in the hallways again before we know it.

Sincerely,

                                                                        Mrs. Graska J