Week 13


Weekly Greetings!

October is over, and as we moved into November it was time for the Student of the Month awards. One of the October students being recognized was from our class! Ruben Constantine was well deserving of the honor, and I am sure you will read all the great comments in the next edition of the Mukluk News.
At the assembly last Tuesday, it was also time to acknowledge students for good grades and attendance for the first quarter. From 4th grade there were three students that earned an academic award for having all As and Bs for the quarter.
Also, our class had two students with perfect attendance. 
A little later that day, we participated in an AK Teach Scientists in Action virtual field trip. The students joined paleontologists behind-the-scenes at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science as they shared their discoveries of dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures.There were a number of classes involved from all over the United States, so our class could only ask a couple of questions when it was time to discuss what they had watched.
Everyone in the class seemed to want a chance to talk with the scientists, but they had to come up with a thoughtful question since we only get a couple spots allowed during the time slot.
The final highlight of the week was the Veterans Day assembly on Thursday. Colten Bitz did a beautiful job of singing the National Anthem after the Cub Scouts posted the colors.
Titus David followed with a lovely and moving poem honoring veterans.
All the elementary students had been practicing a number of patriotic songs and a melody for each branch of the military.  They really performed wonderfully, and it was pleasure to see numerous veterans in attendance.
Thank you to all of you that made it to the conference last Friday. I had almost everyone show up, and I appreciate all the positive input and support shown during the visits. As I mentioned during the meetings, we will start the district writing assessment this week, and will also have another round of MAP testing after Thanksgiving. In addition, the class will have art with Shauna Lee this week and Tim Lorenzini from the Tetlin Refuge will be visiting again on Friday.

I hope you have a great week!

Kind Regards,

Julie Brown

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