Lucas, Walker and Sarah at the top of Spruce Mountain

Pen Pals!

We have been matched up with our new pen pals in Orlando, Florida. They are in 5th grade, we have just started writing our first letters today. Ask your child about his/her pal!
Mrs P

Bake Sale Friday!

We will have our bake sale this Friday, September 25. Bring items in by 8:30 am. Thanks!

Upcoming Events

Tuesday, September 15: USPG Meeting, cafeteria, 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday, September 16: Melissa Pierce’s Class to Spruce Mountain

Wednesday, September 16: Board Meeting

Thursday, September 17: UES Open House, 6:30 – 8:00 p.m.

Friday, September 18: All-School Assembly

October 6 - School picture Day




Homework Club will begin on Monday, September 14th. The new time is 7:50 until 8:20 when the bell rings. The new location is in the cafeteria. It is not a social time-HOMEWORK ONLY! All grades welcome!

5th grade picnic

There will be a 5th grade potluck picnic on Friday, September 11, from 5-7 pm in the Old Shelter. This was organized by parents and they hope to see you there!

Upcoming Events

9-16 Tentative hike to Spruce Peak
9-17 Open House at UES
9-25 Bake Sale

We survived the first three days!

What fun it has been for me to see you all again! Fifth grade will surely be busy! This week, we'll be starting Math and Writing and Reading - get ready to roll!
Mrs P

Almost Time for School!

As you've noticed, I've changed the name of our class blog to reflect the fact that you are now FIFTH graders! See you soon!

Mrs. Pierce's News!

Hi Everybody,
In case you haven't heard already, I am expecting another baby! Chris, Somerset and I are thrilled. We will welcome the addition in late January, so I'll take a maternity leave and then be back by May. I am busy this summer with working on our driveway of our eventual new house, and Somerset and I have been going to museums, playgrounds, to the beach, etc. I am taking a Math course in August and then I'll be getting the room spruced up for fifth graders! See you soon!
Mrs. P

LAST DAY OF SCHOOL!

Wow! It's hard to believe it's the last day of school for the year! What a terrific time we've had. I'll be keeping up with the blog over the summer, so keep in touch. See you in the fall!
Mrs. P

Field day!

Yesterday was the fourth grade Field Day and boy, was it fun! We spent the day at the Recreation Fields playing kickball, volleyball, tennis, sack races, etc. We were hot and tired by 2:30!

Egg Drop and Vermont Play

Today is a busy day - we have the play at 9:45 and 7:00 pm , and we have the 4th grade Egg Drop at 1:00!

WOW!

The fourth graders did a fantastic job presenting their Vermont projects today, We learned about the CCC in Vermont, George Dewey, Vermont counties, food in Vermont (and sampled some maple apple bars!), the history of skiing, etc. Nice work!

Vermont Projects

The NEW due date for the Vermont Projects is JUNE 1, 2009.
Have a wonderful Memorial Day weekend!

Mrs. Pierce reading a poem!

Upcoming Events

5/20, 5/22 - Science NECAPs
5/20 - Band Concert
5/22 - Last spelling test of the year
5/26- Vermont projects due
5/27 - 4 Winds trip to Hubbard Park, 9-12
5/28 - Poetry Reading, 1:30
5/29 - Shelburne Museum
6/3 - VT Performance, 1:30
6/4 - VT Performance, 9:45 am and 7:00 pm
6/4 -Egg Drop, 1:00
6/10- Field Day

Technology Conference

I attended the always fabulous Dynamic Landscapes conference at Champlain College on Friday. I learned some cool blogging tools and took a workshop on creating Personal essays through digital storytelling. Fun stuff for next year!

Hubbard Park today

We had a picnic and nature hike at Hubbard Park today!

DCF Blogging

If you want to be able to view your child's post on the official DCF website, go to www.dcfaward.org

DCF Book Conference

I attended a wonderful set of workshops at the Lake Morey Inn on Friday. I learned about the new 09-10 book list and took a class about using technology to support the DCF books - we'll be posting comments to the DCF blog this week and we'll start designing comics based on a DCF book next week.