Orientation

It's almost time to start our year!!

Please join us for First Grade Orientation

Thursday, August 14th

@10:00

Room 111, Beauclerc Elementary

Please bring $5.00 to join PTA!!

Moving to 1st Grade!

It's great to be in Room 111 as a First Grade Teacher!! I can't wait to meet each of my new students and parents.

Please don't buy any supplies until we receive our district list (we will be using journals this year for Math, Reading, and Writing).

Feel free to email me at : rowant@duvalschools.org

Looking forward to a great year!!

26 Days

Hi Parentals!!!

Can you believe that in 26 days your students will be 6th graders?! It is certainly a huge accomplishment for students and their families.

With that being said, we are busy working everyday to get ready for 6th grade. Make sure you are keeping up with Grade Portal!!! Progress Reports will come home next Friday.

In the next few weeks you will receive a form requesting information for middle school placement. This will be sent to assure your students records are sent to the correct school. All scheduling will be handled by the middle school teams.

Yearbooks are available for purchase - $30.00!!

5th Grade Awards will be June 6th at 9:00am.

Have a great week!

FCAT is here!!!

Parents,
We need you more than ever! Today in class, students wrote letters to themselves expressing their fears and worries over FCAT. Almost every student was afraid of letting their parents down with a low score, or a score that they feel you would not be proud of!

PLEASE

1. Tell your student you are proud of their accomplishments!

2. Encourage your students to do their personal best; that is really all we can ask for!

3. Remember they are in 5th GRADE!!!! What may seem easy to you can be very difficult for them, and they become deflated when they are chastised about "how easy something is."

4. Make sure they get a good nights sleep- after school go for a walk, play outside, or just hang-out- make them feel at ease!!!!

5. Send them to school fed, rested, and ready for the day!!! NO arguing on the way to school!!!

These little suggestions can make a huge difference in how your child FACES their test!!!

Don't forget your snack day, and let the testing begin!!!!

52 Days

I hope you had a wonderful Spring Break!! I know I did!! I took Macey to New York and we had so much fun in the city! We saw three shows, and went all over the place... well Mrs. Rowan and Ms. Holley did, because Macey was so busy dancing! It was so cold though. The highs were only in the high 20's or low 30's! The city is so much fun, I especially enjoyed Central Park, and riding all over on the subway. The 9 story Macy's was a lot of fun too!! And the bakeries... oh I could just go on!

When we came back we were greeted by Mr. Sunshine!! It has been a great few days back in Jacksonville. Mr. Rowan and I have worked in our yard, and cleaned the house to get ready for Spring. We are enjoying our last two days of break!

Do you know that when we get back there are only 52 days of school left?! I can't believe it!! It seems like we were just starting, not about to end.

We have a lot to accomplish in those 52 days. We will prep for FCAT, and get ready for all of our end of year activities for 5th grade.

Make sure you are in school Monday- See you soon!

Spring Break!!!

It's just about that time!! Please be safe and enjoy your Spring Break!!

The 4th nine weeks will begin shortly after our return!! We still have a lot to accomplish, so rest, play, and have fun on this well deserved break!!!

Mrs. Rowan will be in the big city of New York with Macey!!! I think it's going to snow, so I'll take some fun pictures!!

You take pictures too!!!!

Be safe!!!

Congratulations!!!

A Big Congratulations to the following Students!

Kate Wilson and Sofia Moran

2nd Place Science Fair Winners

Matthew May

4th Place Science Fair Winner

Our students did a great job with all our Science Fair Boards!!!!