February 7, 2011

Dear Parents,
Please read this important message about enrollment.


IMPORTANT ONLINE RE-ENROLLMENT INFORMATION:
We are excited to announce that we are moving to an online re-enrollment process!  This will allow you to complete your enrollment contract online, as well as make payments online. We believe that this will save you time and effort. 

You will no longer need to complete lengthy paperwork, as student information will be pre-populated on each student's individual enrollment form. Once the enrollment contract is submitted online, you will be able to print a copy of the contract for your records. 

In addition, we are pleased to offer you an easy, secure online payment system to make electronic payments of tuition deposits, tuition refund plan payments, tuition, and donation payments. This convenient alternative for families will allow you to make electronic payments by e-check or credit card (Master Card, American Express or Discover only).

A convenience fee of 2.75% will be charged if you use a credit card; however, there is no fee for using e-check, which is a direct debit to your bank account. You will be receiving further information the week of February 16.

This week in Class:
Writing-We are almost finished publishing. We will also have a visit from a writing specialist to work with us to expand on our narrative writing unit.
Reading-The children are working on their reader's theater. We are hoping to present to a few classes soon. My goal is to have a day for parents to come to see our shows and to listen to our writing near the end of the year. We will give lots of advance notice to you can plan to attend! We are also working on stories in our Voices series as well as finishing our novel, Sarah, Plain and Tall. There will be a quiz over this book on Wednesday.
Mathematics-We are continuing to work in our geometry unit.
Social Studies-I am sending home a biography project on Tuesday. The children will have a month to work on this. The details are all listed in the handouts, I will discuss this project with the children, and I will be able to answer questions you may have about it when we meet for conferences. It should be a lot of fun!

I look forward to meeting with you this week for our conferences. See you soon!