August 10, 2009

Dear Students and Parents,

Welcome to your fifth grade year at Euchee Creek Elementary! We are looking forward to working with each and every one of you! Before we get started, let us take a moment to introduce ourselves and explain a little about our fifth grade program.

Fifth Grade Staff:

Miss Anne Anello – EIP/Title I Mr. Jones –EIP/Title I

Mr. Phillips – Resource Mrs. Jana Williams – paraprofessional

Mrs. Andrea French – Language Arts, Social Studies, Math

Ms. Wandless – Language Arts, Science, Math

Miss Sarah Wilson – Reading, Language Arts, Math

Our School Day

Students arriving at 8:00 a.m. will benefit with working on math with the teacher’s assistance until 8:30. Following the morning news show, to include the Pledge of Allegiance and morning announcements, students will begin Reading Intervention until 9:15 a.m. It is imperative that students arrive at school prior to this time to be ready to begin the day at 8:30 a.m.

Field Trips

Students who are up to date with all of their assignments and have initialed highlights in their agenda may go on field trips. Students who have fallen behind in homework or class work assignments will be allowed the opportunity to use the field trip time to work on their studies at school. To go on the field trip, all work must be turned in to the teacher who assigned the lesson by 3:30 p.m. on the day prior to the trip.

During the month of May, fifth grade takes a special field trip. It is very important for parents and students to know well in advance the guidelines for attending the trip.

1. Students must have all assignments completed by the given deadline.

2. Students that continuously demonstrate unsatisfactory conduct will be required to have a parent chaperone on this field trip.

Papers sent home

Graded papers will come home each Wednesday. The student will create a cover sheet listing grades included in the packet and strikes received on the clipboard for the week. A parent signature is required and cover sheets are to be returned to school on Thursday. A student not returning the cover sheet on Thursday will walk at recess until their cover sheet is returned. Every other week an informational newsletter will accompany the signed papers. Newsletters and graded papers are our route of regular communication. Please read thoroughly as upcoming events, assignments, and tests are listed.

If you ever have a question or concern, you can contact us by phone or e-mail. School phone: 556-4002.

Mrs. French –ext.5822, andrea.french@ccboe.net

Ms. Wandless-ext. 5821, teresa.wandless@ccboe.net

Also, visit our website for news and events: http://www.ccboe.net/ece/fifth.html

We are looking forward to working with all the fifth graders this year.

Sincerely,

The Fifth Grade Teachers of Euchee Creek Elementary