Mark Your Calendars

With the busy days of spring quickly approaching, I wanted to be sure families had as many dates on their calendars as I have available as of today. I will, of course, add dates as they arrive!

February
27: Middle school counselor visits our classroom
27: Pajama Day (Box Tops winner reward)
29: Chapter 9 Social Studies test
29: Hat day (Box Tops winner reward)

March
2: TOP SECRET LETTERS due to Mrs. Hill
2: The Lorax debut!!!!!
5-8: ISTEP TESTING (before noon each of these days)
9: End of 3rd Nine Week's Grading Period
16: Report Cards available
15: Challenger Learning Center field trip--permission slips coming home soon
23: The Hunger Games debut!!!!!
31: First day of Spring Break!

April
9: Return from Spring Break
25-May 4: ISTEP testing window (more details later)

May
3: Data Night at Reagan Elementary
18: Last day of 5th grade

Box Tops Celebrations

Our class will participate in a Pajama Day on Monday, February 27 for bringing over 500 Box Tops for Education dollars to our school!

We will also particpate in a Hat Day on Wednesday, February 29 for bringing 250 Box Tops!

Thank you to all families for donating!

All Pro Dad's Meeting

Message from Mr. Laycock:

The 3rd All Pro Dad breakfast is this Friday at 7 a.m. in the school cafeteria.  Racecar driver Dillon Welch and Sheltering Wings CEO Maria Larrison will be the guest speakers to discuss this month's theme of Being Courageous.  Each student was given an event flyer and one of Dillon's autograph cards to take home a few weeks ago.

All Pro Dad Breakfast
Day/Time: Friday, Feb. 24, 7-8:15 a.m.
Location: Reagan Elementary School Cafeteria
Theme: Being Courageous
Guest Speakers: Racecar driver Dillon Welch, Sheltering Wings CEO Maria Larrison
Web sites: www.dillonwelch.com, www.shelteringwings.org
Food: Light breakfast
Cost: $0
RSVP online at www.allprodad.com/dd/2980

Call or write with any questions. Last breakfast, every person got a free lower-level ticket to a Pacers game.  What is this month's surprise?!?

Thanks,

Josh Laycock
317-796-3289

Riley Caring and Sharing Week

From Mr. Chambers:

Kids Caring & Sharing for Riley Hospital is February 21-24.  Riley Hospital offers amazing services and support children around the world.  In fact, we currently have a Reagan student that is receiving care from the staff and doctors at Riley.  What they give to children touches so many lives, including ours, and the Reagan Student Council would like to sponsor and Spirit Week for Riley Hospital.  We are asking families to voluntarily send in monetary donations which benefit the patients of Riley Hospital in many ways.  To show our school spirit we will have a color theme each day.  All children can participate in the Spirit Week Color Days.  We will have daily prizes for the class that brings in the most money each day.  The grade level that raises the most money during the week will receive a pizza party on March 2^nd!

The color and prizes for the week are:

Tuesday:  Red Day – The class raising the most donations will receive a Rice Krispies treat.

Wednesday:  Green Day – The class raising the most donations may each a “Hat Day” on Thursday.

Thursday:  Blue Day – For all you Butler and Colts fans (Mr. Chambers is both)…..  The class raising the most donations will receive an extra gym time with Mr. Chambers at the end of the day.

Friday:  Purple – The class raising the most donations will receive a special visitor in the class at the end of the day…… Mr. Chambers will be dressing in some humiliating way!  Details to come!

We appreciate your support during our upcoming Spirit Week to support Riley!  We are looking forward to an enjoyable week.

ISTEP Snacks

We have been preparing for ISTEP and LIFE all year! It's almost time to SHOW WHAT WE KNOW! In order to provide plenty of brain fuel for our class that week, I'm requesting a different snack for each day for the week of March 5-9.  We have 25 eager learners! Please be sure to abide by the healthy guidelines for our snacks. Please also consider choosing one of the following items so EVERYONE in our class can enjoy a treat each day:

Cheez-Its
Cheese Balls
Fruit Roll Ups
Peanut packs
Pretzels
Lays potato chips
Bugles
Pringles original

PLEASE DO NOT SEND:
Goldfish
Fruit snacks
Rice Krispie treats
Ritz crackers

2/1 Update

We have NO math homework tonight! We do have a spelling test tomorrow and our story quiz on Friday.

Please view the letter attached to an earlier email sent today regarding Acuity testing. This is a very important test that helps guide my instruction for preparing the kids for ISTEP. Our first round of ISTEP testing will be the week of March 5. The second round begins at the end of April.

Enjoy this amazing weather!

BEMS Band/Orchestra/Choir

Information and forms went home today with every 5th grader regarding their musical choice for middle school. These forms are due by Friday. The students will be assessed on an instrument mid-February. Please, please return your child's form by Friday.