A Hui Hou!
Well, we are nearing the end of the school year, and so it is a time for reflecting on all that we have accomplished and dreaming about the lazy days of summer ahead. The children have finished compiling evidence of their learning in their portfolios. I will send them home on Monday, May 19, for you to look over and discuss with your child. Please bring them back to school with you on your conference day, after which you may take them home for keeps.
Our class won a Pizza Party for decorating their Pennies for Patients box as an awesome owl! So we will have pizza lunch next Wednesday, May 21. I have asked Mrs. Washio to ask for a couple of volunteers to donate drinks or fruit as well. Please contact her if you can help.
Today, at an all-school assembly, we remembered two long-time friends, Mrs. Gail Fukumoto and Mr. Louis Rivera. Both are retiring at the end of May. Mrs. Fukumoto has been teaching at Epiphany-MPI for 41 years! And Mr. Louis has been serving the children for 21 years! They were celebrated with lei, gifts, song, and fond remembrances by students, faculty, and staff. It was a very heartfelt gathering. We will miss them. Please give them your aloha when you see them again.
I want to sincerely thank Sheila Washio for her wonderful job as room mom for our class. She has helped me in numerous ways and has always been so gracious. I hope you will also thank Sheila for all her efforts on behalf of “The Bailie Bunch,” as she has christened us.
Keep in mind that there is no school tomorrow as teachers prepare for student conferences. Next week Thursday, May 22, and Friday, May 23, are Student/Parent/Teacher conferences. I look forward to meeting with each family again. There is so much to share. There is also the sad business of saying good-bye to some of you. What a wonderful group of children and families I have been blessed to know. Thank you for your help in the classroom and at special functions, gifts to the class, books, food, crafts, encouragement, and kindness. You’re the best!
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