Happy Friday!

Lots of information coming home this weekend!  Please be on the look-out for the following:

• Fifth Grade Behavior Contract (see below, but there is also a paper form coming home that will require a signature)
• A note regarding some changes being made on Monday, September 14th.
• Weekly checklist
• A note regarding After School Clubs

Please return the Behavior Contract signed along with the checklist, and the After School Club sign-up sheets if you are interested in joining a club.  It is a first come - first serve basis for the clubs.

We continue to have problems with the following in fifth grade:  hoodies, hats & sunglasses. Students are choosing to play with them, wear them when asked not to, and taking them from each other which causes chasing on the trail.  So, hats & sunglasses are NO LONGER allowed at school.

iPads will come out to students in the classroom next week.  They will not come home until after winter break, if the teachers decide to do so.  

Have a great weekend!

Fifth Grade Behavior Contract 2015-2016

Fifth grade is a year of change for many students.  Students are growing up, learning who they are, given more opportunities (1:1 iPads), and are getting ready for middle school.  With these opportunities come more responsibilities.  We want students to become leaders both in and out of the classroom.  Students who choose not to be good citizens make the choice to forfeit some of the opportunities that come with being a fifth grader.

Below are the consequences for poor choices:

3 Think Sheets will result in 1 red card

2 RED cards (office referrals) between field trips/parties will result in not being able to attend the field trip/party

Fifth Grade Students will be going to the Planetarium October 13th and 14^th. If they have 2 red cards (known also as office referrals) they may not go and will stay in a classroom with one teacher- Fifth grade teachers will rotate and stay behind if the group is large.

When walking the trail in the mornings, if a student receives 3 Think Sheets, then they will be off the trail for 2 days.

We are being proactive in helping students be good citizens.  If students cannot be safe at school, we are concerned for their safety and others on field trips or at a classroom party.

Please sign the form below and return with your student.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

The Fifth Grade Team

Mrs. Hamilton, Mrs. Aguilar, Mrs. Butcher, & Mrs. Fitzpatrick