Looking Ahead...Important Upcoming Dates - April 17, 2008

Get out your iPhone, Blackberry, datebook, calendar, paper and pencil, or whatever else you use to organize dates and times...Mark your calendar for these upcoming events:

Thursday, May 1 - Family Science Night at MPI

• Potluck dinner in classroom, 5:30-6:00 pm
  
• Science Festival in elementary dining room, 6:00-8:00 pm
• See detailed Note below
  

Friday, May 9 - Opera Performances at 9:00 am and 6:00 pm

• Opera Performances at MPI gym
• School day as usual
• For 6:00 pm performance, students arrive at 5:00 pm to get ready.
  

Saturday, May 10 - Opera Performance at 6:00 pm

• Students arrive at 5:00 pm to get ready

Friday, May 16 - No School for Students, Conference Preparations for Teachers

Thursday, May 22 and Friday, May 23 - Parent/Student/Teacher Conferences

Monday, May 26 - No School in observation of Memorial Day

Thursday, May 29 - Last day of school, Field Day

***Further details regarding Opera and other events will be coming as information becomes available.***

Family Science Night

Dear First- and Second-Grade Parents,

To celebrate our super scientists in first and second grade, we are hosting a Family Science Night on Thursday, May 1, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.  The Bishop Museum offers a special program called a Festival of Science, and our elementary dining room will be transformed into a “festival” of hands-on science activities.  During this “open house”- style festival, students and their parent(s) inquire and experiment together, making fascinating discoveries in Hawaii ecology, biology, health, and anthropology.       

Some logistics for the event:

• Each 1/2 class will have a potluck from 5:30 to 6:00 ip.m. in their respective classroom.  Stay tuned for details from your room parent.
• The event is JUST for first- and second-grade MPI students and their parent(s).  We love siblings, but there is not enough room to accommodate all the parents, students, and siblings.
• If your child is going to attend, he/she must be accompanied by at least one adult.
• Parking will be down by the gym or possibly on the football field.
• This is not a mandatory school event.  

Warm Aloha,   
The First and Second Grade Team
 
Thank You
Thank you to the Wong family for bringing in delicious cake for the students to enjoy after the premiere of their iMovie.  Thank you to the Jung family for treating the class to McDonald’s Happy Meals and yummy cupcakes in celebration of KJ’s birthday.  Thank you to all the children who have been supplying Jack and Sumo with crickets and meal worms.  The donations from LW, KL, MH, and ER the last two weeks have made our Jackson chameleons happy and satiated.  TC has also initiated a “coins for chameleons” collection jar.  The students are invited to drop in a few coins now and then to help fund the food. 

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