Yay! We had a wonderful first day at school! Today was tons of fun. Our objectives for today? To make new friends, and learn more about the wonderful place we call Prairie Creek Intermediate. In addition to lots of "getting to know" activities, we went over important procedures that will help our classroom community function effectively. Parents, you would be AMAZED at how little time it takes fifth graders to warm up to their new environment and make new friends. It is super cool that by lunch, many students who were strangers at the beginning of the day were talking to each other like they had gone to school together for years, despite having met only few hours before. I even witnessed a couple of students sitting with their new friends on the shuttle bus over to Point, and exchanging phone numbers.
Hopefully your child had positive stories to share about today, and looks forward to this school year. I'm sure many of them were exhausted by the time they got home. I know I was!
Tomorrow we will be operating on a Late Start schedule. This does NOT mean school has a delayed start. Instead, the first two hours of the day will be used to hold a school wide common area expectation activity, where classes travel to different areas of the building. At each station (lunch room, playground, IMC) teachers and administrators will explain the common expectations that all students will be held accountable for. Prairie Creek is committed to creating a positive learning environment where all students can grow and learn together.
Best regards,
Mrs. J.
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