Hi families,

I am so sorry for my absence on the blog lately! There are quite a few updates to share with you all:

• Report cards have gone home. Please go over them with your child and sign and return the envelope. Please contact us (the teachers) with any questions you have.
• This Friday, May 1: there are 2 important events going on!
  • Charles Barrett Earth Day celebration: Please have your child stay after school on Friday to help beautify and improve our already-beautiful grounds. Activities will include lots of planting, transplanting, and re-planting, as well as mulching, watering, weeding, and trash picking.
  • PE Adopt-A-Gym Fundraiser Fun Run: at 3:45. Pledge forms have gone home. Please encourage your child to get pledges to help a school in NW Washington, DC build their collection of gym equipment.
• Next week is Screen-Free week here at school. Please encourage your children to refrain from using screens at all, just for the one week. In addition to the myriad benefits to your children’s mental and emotional growth that can be had by taking a break from screens to use their imaginations, it is better for our environment for them to not be using electronics! Here is a great website with TONS of nature-based, awesome activity ideas to keep your kids entertained and to stretch their imaginations.
• SOL test dates have been planned. Please mark your calendars as follows:
  • Tuesday, May 19: Reading
  • Monday and Tuesday, June 1-2: Math
  • Thursday, June 4: Science

Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you!