Beach Day

Thank you! I am so thankful for your love and support during this year! Your encouragement has blessed me so much...thank you. Thanks too, for entrusting your children under my care...they have been a joy to teach!

This will be the last blog update for the school year! I might just post some end of the year pictures on the last day! We had fun at the beach today, check out some pictures at the end of the blog. 

End of the Year Chapel

Save the date! We will have a special end of the year Chapel to send off our 2nd graders on the last day of school, Wednesday, June 4. Come gather with us from 10:25-11:15am for a time of worship together. We’ll be out on the playground, so bring a lawn chair if you’d like (if there’s rain we’ll move it to the gym).  After chapel, Preschool students will be dismissed, and K-2 students will have a quick 15 minutes to close out the year in the classrooms with their teacher, and their dismissal will follow at 11:30am.

Bags:

Please have your child bring a large grocery bag to school on June 3, to take home all the goodies we have in our desks and lockers! We will keep a few things for our last day but most everything will come home on June 3.

MOVIN' UP DAY:

Monday, June 2 will be a special day in 2nd grade. It's MOVING UP DAY! This means that your child will get an opportunity to visit Pine Ridge, meet next year's 3rd grade teacher, and go on a school tour. This has always been a great experience in the past, and it helps settle the nervous butterflies that students may have about the changes to a new building. I'm sure you'll hear lots of great stories about the students' visit!

Summer Packets:

I have summer packets available for your child to keep up with reading and math skills over the summer. These will be coming home on our last day of school. Lots of fun activities to use over the summer!

Summer Tutor List:

If you are interested in having your child tutored this summer please check the link for some who are available to tutor this summer. Check out the link below called this list

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LIBRARY BOOKS:

If you have any library books at home please send them to school ASAP as it's helpful for the volunteers in the library to have all books back for their end of year work!

IMORTANT DATES:

June 2: Moving Up Day-visit to Pine Ridge

June 4: Last Day- half day, End of Year Chapel

A great week in 2nd grade! We continue to wrap up some things and continue to learn new things each day! The students can feel summer break is close! Thanks for sharing your child each day! We had a great time at Windmill Island and Dutch Village and Sassafras this morning!

MOVIN' UP DAY:

Monday, June 2 will be a special day in 2nd grade. It's MOVING UP DAY! This means that your child will get an opportunity to visit Pine Ridge, meet next year's 3rd grade teacher, and go on a school tour. This has always been a great experience in the past, and it helps settle the nervous butterflies that students may have about the changes to a new building. I'm sure you'll hear lots of great stories about the students' visit!

Beach Day:

1st graders and 2nd graders are going to be gathering together at Tunnel park on Friday, May 30. Your child will need a sack lunch and a beach bucket for sand castle making for this day. We are planning to stop at Captain Sundae on the way back. (I'm so excited for this!). The kids can choose between chocolate, vanilla, or twist soft serve in a cup. I will mark down their choice here at school. 

End of the Year Chapel

Save the date! We will have a special end of the year Chapel to send off our 2nd graders on the last day of school, Wednesday, June 4. Come gather with us from 10:25-11:15am for a time of worship together. We’ll be out on the playground, so bring a lawn chair if you’d like (if there’s rain we’ll move it to the gym).  After chapel, Preschool students will be dismissed, and K-2 students will have a quick 15 minutes to close out the year in the classrooms with their teacher, and their dismissal will follow at 11:30am.

Miss Soderman's Last Day:

On May 27 it will be Miss Soderman's last day. We will have a small party and say goodbye to her. If your child would like to make a special card for her they are welcome to make one at home and take it to school. I can hide it until that day if they want to bring it in earlier. :) 

Lost and Found

Our South Side lost & found items are in a gray tub in the office. If you are missing anything, please stop in and take a peek, or check out our South Side Lost and Found Photo Album before summer break, as we will be donating the remaining items. 

IMORTANT DATES:

May 26: Memorial Day- no school

May 27: Miss Soderman's Last day

May 30: Beach day with the 1st graders

June 2: Moving Up Day-visit to Pine Ridge

June 4: Last Day- half day, End of Year Chapel

Field Day

Happy Friday! How are we in the final stretch of school, approaching our last 12 days together? We still have lots of fun things to pack into our time together. God is SO good--we have SO much to celebrate! We have lots of fun end of year things going on in the next couple of weeks! Had a great time at Field Day! What beautiful weather! Thanks Mr. Kool for a fun afternoon! Pictures throughout the blog.

Homework:

Math and Reading slips are done for the year! 

We will have a test on our last 15 words next week Thursday May 22!

MOVIN' UP DAY:

Monday, June 2 will be a special day in 2nd grade. It's MOVING UP DAY! This means that your child will get an opportunity to visit Pine Ridge, meet next year's 3rd grade teacher, and go on a school tour. This has always been a great experience in the past, and it helps settle the nervous butterflies that students may have about the changes to a new building. I'm sure you'll hear lots of great stories about the students' visit!

End of Year Field Trip:

Our class will be going to Windmill Island and Dutch Village as a part of our Social Studies Unit on Holland history and as our end of year field trip. We will head to Windmill Island first and explore, then head to Dutch Village for a tour, Dutch dancing, and some free time in the park. Students should wear good walking shoes and dress for the weather. Students will need a sack/home lunch as well. I have enough parents for our field trip! Thanks to those who signed up to go along! If you signed up to go along please turn in your money ASAP!

Beach Day:

1st graders and 2nd graders are going to be gathering together at Tunnel park on Friday, May 30. Your child will need a sack lunch and a beach bucket for sand castle making for this day. We are planning to stop at Captain Sundae on the way back. (I'm so excited for this!). The kids can choose between chocolate, vanilla, or twist soft serve in a cup. I will mark down their choice here at school. It costs $2.70. Please send this money to school by Friday, May 16.

Sassafras Ridge:

1st and 2nd grade will be heading to Sassafras Ridge for the last time this year! We will heading out there to take in God's creation and have some fun learning. We will be there over our lunch time so students will need a sack/home lunch that day!

End of the Year Chapel

Save the date! We will have a special end of the year Chapel to send off our 2nd graders on the last day of school, Wednesday, June 4. Come gather with us from 10:25-11:15am for a time of worship together. We’ll be out on the playground, so bring a lawn chair if you’d like (if there’s rain we’ll move it to the gym).  After chapel, Preschool students will be dismissed, and K-2 students will have a quick 15 minutes to close out the year in the classrooms with their teacher, and their dismissal will follow at 11:30am.

Miss Soderman's Last Day:

On May 27 it will be Miss Soderman's last day. We will have a small party and say goodbye to her. If your child would like to make a special card for her they are welcome to make one at home and take it to school. I can hide it until that day if they want to bring it in earlier. :) 

Lost and Found

The office is continuing to update our South Side Lost and Found Album as items come into the gray tub in the office. Please check it out to see if any of these items belong to your child. Feel free to email Rachel Steen, to claim your item(s), and we will be sure to get it into your child's backpack.

Library notice:

The week of May 5-9 is the last week for students to borrow books from the Library. 

All student library materials are due by May 16. 

IMORTANT DATES:

May 19: Field Trip to Windmill Island and Dutch Village

May 23: Sassafras Ridge with the 1st graders

May 26: Memorial Day- no school

May 27: Miss Soderman's Last day

May 30: Beach day with the 1st graders

June 2: Moving Up Day-visit to Pine Ridge

June 4: Last Day- half day, End of Year Chapel

Tulip Time

We had lots of fun marching together as a class in the Tulip Time parade! Thanks for helping us get your kiddos ready to go...they did a great job! What gorgeous weather! So much fun to celebrate part of our dutch heritage and to celebrate community! The kids did such a fabulous job! Check out pictures at the end of the blog!

HOMEWORK:

Reading slips and math papers are due on Monday May 12.

Our final Math Homework page and final purple Reading slip will be coming home on Monday. They will be due May 19!

Work on our new Bible Memory- Galatians 5:22-26

-If you have extra time around the house some great things to practice are: Writing numbers up to 100 (watch for letter/number reversals!), double digit addition/subtraction problems, names of coins and amounts, and counting piles of spare change!

FIELD DAY:

Field day this year is going to be held on the afternoon of May 16. Please send along water bottles for your child, dress for the weather, slather on sunscreen, and pray for a nice day!

MOVIN' UP DAY:

Monday, June 2 will be a special day in 2nd grade. It's MOVING UP DAY! This means that your child will get an opportunity to visit Pine Ridge, meet next year's 3rd grade teacher, and go on a school tour. This has always been a great experience in the past, and it helps settle the nervous butterflies that students may have about the changes to a new building. I'm sure you'll hear lots of great stories about the students' visit!

End of Year Field Trip:

Our class will be going to Windmill Island and Dutch Village as a part of our Social Studies Unit on Holland history and as our end of year field trip. We will head to Windmill Island first and explore, then head to Dutch Village for a tour, Dutch dancing, and some free time in the park. Students should wear good walking shoes and dress for the weather. Students will need a sack/home lunch as well. I have enough parents for our field trip! Thanks to those who signed up to go along! If you signed up to go along please turn in your money ASAP!

Beach Day:

1st graders and 2nd graders are going to be gathering together at Tunnel park on Friday, May 30. Your child will need a sack lunch and a beach bucket for sand castle making for this day. We are planning to stop at Captain Sundae on the way back. (I'm so excited for this!). The kids can choose between chocolate, vanilla, or twist soft serve in a cup. I will mark down their choice here at school. It costs $2.70. Please send this money to school by Friday, May 16.

Sassafras Ridge:

1st and 2nd grade will be heading to Sassafras Ridge for the last time this year! We will heading out there to take in God's creation and have some fun learning. We will be there over our lunch time so students will need a sack/home lunch that day!

End of the Year Chapel

Save the date! We will have a special end of the year Chapel to send off our 2nd graders on the last day of school, Wednesday, June 4. Come gather with us from 10:25-11:15am for a time of worship together. We’ll be out on the playground, so bring a lawn chair if you’d like (if there’s rain we’ll move it to the gym).  After chapel, Preschool students will be dismissed, and K-2 students will have a quick 15 minutes to close out the year in the classrooms with their teacher, and their dismissal will follow at 11:30am.

Miss Soderman's Last Day:

On May 27 it will be Miss Soderman's last day. We will have a small party and say goodbye to her. If your child would like to make a special card for her they are welcome to make one at home and take it to school. I can hide it until that day if they want to bring it in earlier. :) 

Lost and Found

The office is continuing to update our South Side Lost and Found Album as items come into the gray tub in the office. Please check it out to see if any of these items belong to your child. Feel free to email Rachel Steen, to claim your item(s), and we will be sure to get it into your child's backpack.

Library notice:

The week of May 5-9 is the last week for students to borrow books from the Library. 

All student library materials are due by May 16.

IMORTANT DATES:

May 12: Math Homework and Purple reading slip due

May 14: Library books due

May 16: Field Day

May 19: Field Trip to Windmill Island and Dutch Village

May 23: Sassafras Ridge with the 1st graders

May 26: Memorial Day- no school

May 27: Miss Soderman's Last day

May 30: Beach day with the 1st graders

June 4: Last Day- half day, End of Year Chapel

Kid Town in the Gym

Happy Friday! What a fantastic week we have had in second grade! Kid Town has been a success and the students have enjoyed it immensely! We have seen wonderful examples of generous spirits and students who are polite and caring business boys/girls, and they have also been wonderful shoppers with a lot of patience. They have had a ton of fun learning about businesses and economics! Thanks so much to all the parent helpers who came in and were a banker so kids could get paid, glued items together, helped with ideas, ran stores, and helped us pack things up!! We could not have done it without all of you!!!! Your support is appreciated and we are so thankful for the wonderful, supportive community here at South Side! 

Gathered for National Day of Prayer!

Homework:

Reading slips and math pages are coming home on Monday May 5. They will be due Monday, May 12.

Words of the week will be coming home.

New Bible Memory coming home on Monday- Galatians

-If you have extra time around the house some great things to practice are: Writing numbers up to 100 (watch for letter/number reversals!), double digit addition/subtraction problems, names of coins and amounts, and counting piles of spare change!

Jungle Explorer of the Week:

Miss Soderman was our Jungle Explorer of the week! We had so much fun getting know more about who she is! She is good at arts and crafts, she enjoys going up north, and her favorite place is Cancun Mexico. She wants to be a teacher when she grows up and her favorite food is ice cream! We had fun learning more about Miss Soderman and who God made her to be! Thanks for sharing your poster and pictures with the class!

Tulip Time

Wednesday, May 7 will be a full day for all students due to Tulip Time removing the Wednesday parade. On Thursday, May 8, our 1st and 2nd graders will participate in the Tulip Time Kinderparade. We will have a normal school schedule in the morning. Preschoolers will be dismissed at their normal time (11:15am) with no afternoon enrichment. Kindergarteners will be dismissed at 11:30am. All Kindergarten students will need to use carpool that day, as all buses are being used for getting students to the parade. First and second graders will remain at school, eat a sack lunch from home (hot lunch is NOT provided), have recess, change into their marching apparel (if they choose not to wear it to school that day), and be bussed to the parade route.

An peach colored paper with information about Tulip Time was sent home earlier, if you could send that in ASAP that would so great!

End of Year Field Trip:

Our class will be going to Windmill Island and Dutch Village as a part of our Social Studies Unit on Holland history and as our end of year field trip. We will head to Windmill Island first and explore, then head to Dutch Village for a tour, Dutch dancing, and some free time in the park. Students should wear good walking shoes and dress for the weather. Students will need a sack lunch as well. I am in need of 6 parents to join us for the field trip as a chaperone for groups. The cost is $13 per parent if you would like to join us. Sign up with the link below. Thanks for your help!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0A4CA9AB22AAFDC52-56602781-endofyear

End of the Year Chapel

Save the date! We will have a special end of the year Chapel to send off our 2nd graders on the last day of school, Wednesday, June 4. Come gather with us from 10:25-11:15am for a time of worship together. We’ll be out on the playground, so bring a lawn chair if you’d like (if there’s rain we’ll move it to the gym).  After chapel, Preschool students will be dismissed, and K-2 students will have a quick 15 minutes to close out the year in the classrooms with their teacher, and their dismissal will follow at 11:30am.

Miss Soderman's Last Day:

On May 27 it will be Miss Soderman's last day. We will have a small party and say goodbye to her. If your child would like to make a special card for her they are welcome to make one at home and take it to school. I can hide it until that day if they want to bring it in earlier. :) 

Lost and Found

The office is continuing to update our South Side Lost and Found Album as items come into the gray tub in the office. Please check it out to see if any of these items belong to your child. Feel free to email Rachel Steen, to claim your item(s), and we will be sure to get it into your child's backpack.

Library notice:

The week of May 5-9 is the last week for students to borrow books from the Library. 

All student library materials are due by May 16.

IMORTANT DATES:

May 5-9: Swimming lessons (no swimming on May 8 because of the parade)

May 8: Tulip Time Kinder Parade

May 9: Parents may come and watch swimming

May 16: Field Day

May 19: End of Year Field Trip to Windmill Island and Dutch Village

May 23: Sassafras Ridge with the 1st graders

May 26: Memorial Day- no school

May 27: Miss Soderman's Last day

May 30: Beach day with the 1st graders

June 4: Last Day- half day, End of Year Chapel