Some first photos of this year!

 

SEPTEMBER NEWS

Greetings, Families!  We have had a great first 2 weeks of school!  Thank you for all the supplies, emails, and notes.  I hope you had a chance to attend the Class Coffee.  If not, please let our Room Moms know.  Our Room Moms are  Allison Melich (amelich@optonline.net) and Shelby Smith (shelbynyc@hotmail.com).

Annie and Owen are proud that their Moms are our Room Moms!

There is a lot going on at Ox Ridge this month!

MARK YOUR CALENDARS

Sun., Sept. 9^th, 4:30-6:30           Family Picnic

Mon., Sept. 10^th:              Scholastic Orders due

(*you can place your orders online, or send the hard copies back to me by 9/10/12)

Mon., Sept. 10^th:              First 2^nd grade official homework home (due Fri.)

Wed., Sept 12^th:              World Language Assembly for students

Fri., Sept. 14^th:               Favorite books, family photos, and bus contracts due

Mon., Sept 17^th:               No school, Rosh Hashanah

Mon., Sept. 24^th:             Word Study begins

Wed., Sept. 26^th:         No school, Yom Kippur
Thurs., Sept. 27th:          Open House for Parents, time to be announced

BIRTHDAYS

Wed., Sept. 19^th:             Michael Mostofi

Thurs., Sept. 27^th:           Mathison Hole

Sun., Sept. 30^th:              James Caliendo

SPECIAL NOTES

v  The students are doing a great job learning our 2^nd grade routines.  Occasionally, some mail ends up back in our mail slot that has not been seen at home, or it falls out of a mailbox.  If you are missing one of the following papers, please let me know:

·         Family Picnic flyer

·         Second Grade News and class list from Friday, 8/31/12

·         Lunch Bunch permission slip

v 
Sharing will be on Fridays on a sign-up basis, so that everyone gets a chance to share a treasure throughout the month.  As the year goes on, the sharers will be asked to write up a short description of their sharing (I will keep you posted as to when that starts).

v  All Ox Ridge students have been asked to have a “bus-time book or magazine” available to help maintain peace (and promote reading!) in our hallways.  Please have your child bring a small book for that time.  

v  Ox Ridge Snack:  The children have the opportunity to order an afternoon snack from our cafeteria.  I have encouraged the children to talk to their families about how often, and if, they can buy this extra snack.  The snack money will be deducted from the students’ lunch accounts. 

v  If you still have your child’s summer reading journal, please send it in to class this coming week, so we can send along the good reading news to the Library!

v  Photo Day is this coming Tuesday, September 11^th.  Please take a peek at the photo packet that went home earlier this week.  The Lifetouch Company is doing their orders a little differently this year.

v  Please check our blog periodically for class updates and photos.  The 2^nd grade reporters will start reporting very soon!

v  Please feel free to call me at school with any questions or concerns (655-2579, ext. 1142).   You can also email me at cmcgettigan@darienps.org; I will respond as quickly as possible, but sometimes, due to our class schedule, duties, or meetings, I might not be able to respond until the end of the day.

v  I hope to see you all at the Open House evening when I will explain in more detail about our schedule, curriculum, homework, and class routines.  Please bring your calendars, as I will have our Conference sign-up sheet available that evening.

Thank you so much!  I look forward to working with your children during this exciting, second grade year!

Cathy McGettigan

cmcgettigan@darienps.org

FIRST WEEK NEWS

August 31, 2012

Greetings, Parents!

We have had a terrific, busy, first week of second grade!  Thank you all for sending in the classroom supplies and the paperwork.  Please take your time in filling out the paperwork over the next week or so. Thank you also for your emails and notes.  I can’t wait until this year really gets rolling! 

 

I will send a more detailed newsletter next week, but I wanted to touch base on a things:

·         Many second grade tidbits were in the first day letter.  The letter can be read on our class blog.

·         I have included a class list of our amazing students!
Our Room Moms are Allison Melich and Shelby Smith.  I thank them for volunteering!

·         Our class coffee is next Friday at 9:30 – 10:15.

·         Our snack time is in the morning.  Please read our nurse’s room message for some extra details about snack:

Please be aware that there are children in our class with life threatening allergies to peanuts and tree nuts.  These include peanut, almond, brazil, cashew, filbert, chestnut, hickory, macadamia, pecan, pistachio, walnut and pine nuts.  Daily snacks are to be individual and not shared.  I appreciate you taking this into consideration when preparing your child’s classroom snack.

·         Sharing will be on Fridays.

·         Photo Day is Tuesday, September 11^th.

·         Monday is Labor Day, so I will miss seeing your children!  Enjoy the long weekend!

Thank you so much.  I look forward to a great year.

 

Sincerely,

Cathy McGettigan