Thank you so much for all the donations, Parents!

Our toy drive ends in just 5 days. Please help us fill up the truck!

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We hope everyone has a safe and enjoyable evening.

If your child asks to bring candy to school tomorrow or to eat it for breakfast, you can TOTALLY throw me under the bus and tell them that Mrs. Rachel asks that all candy is eaten after school 🙂 It’s just a Mrs. Rachel thing that can’t be helped!

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Hello, dear Parents,

The results are in and….

The Peaceful Poodle Moths voted to bring 30 toys.

The Helpful Hyraxes voted to bring 45 toys.

The Quick Quokkas voted to bring 75 toys.

We’ve already had some donations–thank you so much, Parents!

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Thank you, Parents, for the plethora of purple clothing at school this morning!

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Hello, dear Parents!

The SafePlace Toy Drive has officially started and the classrooms have voted on their totals.

I will share their final decisions tomorrow (and pictures of the other two classrooms’ trackers). Please know your children are extremely generous and big-hearted 🙂 I think Ms. Jerical talked the Quick Quokka class down a goal of 480 toys where everyone would bring 20 donations to a more reasonable 75.

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Happy Friday! We hope you all have a relaxing and wonderful weekend!

Ms. Jerical, Ms. Gabi, Ms. Yenifer, and I are off to New Ulm for a 12-hour training in a beautiful camp setting. Here’s to always seeking that next level and to being a lifelong learner 🙂

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Thank you so much, Parents, for your help with all of the amazing pumpkins that your children brought in to school today.

Your Natural Pumpkin will be waiting on the front benches for your family at pick-up time 🙂

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I hope you all have fun designing your pumpkins and are able to see some other amazing examples from your friends when you arrive at school tomorrow!

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We’re so excited!

I will also send out an email today about our next event, the SafePlace Toy Drive. It won’t start just yet, but I want everyone to have the details 🙂

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Hello, dear Parents!

I am so excited to see the parade of pumpkins march into the school with their creators on Thursday!

There will be a small language arts tie to the pumpkin project, so please make sure your child has their friend! Each child will complete a page for the classroom book that has their pumpkin’s name and what they like/a brief description of their personality.

The guidelines for the Great Pumpkin Show are attached to the blog.

On a related note, please save all Halloween costumes for home as Halloween approaches and on the actual holiday. They are a distraction in the learning environment and are often not sturdy enough to withstand hours of play. Children who arrive in their Halloween costumes will be changed. We really appreciate it!

Please let me know if you have any questions at all.

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