Secret Project

This December we are going to do a Secret Project. This is a project that Mrs. Treece Knows nothing about! In your child/childrens backpack you will see a brown lunch sack with a letter on the front. You are to take that sack and fill it with items that start with that letter. Make them items either you think Mrs. Treece would like or could use in the classroom. Please take your time and be creative. This will turn out to be a great gift idea from everyone to Mrs. Treece. They will need to be reurned to Mrs. Rebecca by December 15, 2009. Please help out in this project cause everyone and letter counts! Thanks! Look for more info to follow in youir child/childrens notebook!

GINGERBREAD HOUSES PROJECT...

We are soo excitied about creating our Gingerbread Houses on December 17, 2009. We would love for any parents/guardians to come and and enjoy this even with our kindergarten classes. The project will begin at 9a.m. and after we will then go into our christmas party. The items we will need are as follows:

8 - Boxes of powered sugar
7 - boxes of graham crackers
we will need several bags of peppermints
At walmart for like $9.00 they have a huge bag of holiday M&M's. We will need that!
a few boxes of MINI candy canes
a few bags of life savers
2 boxes - fruit loops
some red hot candies/decorations
a few bags of mini marshmellows

If you can bring anything please let Mrs. Rebecca know ASAP thanks! 1-904-406-4976

RODEY'S MONDAY MEMO - WEEK OF 11-30-09

DATES TO KNOW:

November 30th - Welcome back to school - 8:30a.m. - Hope everyone had a safe and wonderful Thanksgiving! Santa Shop Opens! It will last till December 4th. This is a great time to allow your child/children to get a special gift for that loved one in their life. So come on out and participate! All Classes will get to visit and preview the items and then they will let you know how much they will need to bring for their purchases. The hours are Monday - Thursday 8:30a.m. - 2p.m. and Friday 8:30a.m. - 12:30p.m. Come and enjoy!

December 1st - Merry Christmas and Happy New Year time starts!
BOOK FAIR - will be the 7th - 11th. This will be a great opportunity to buy a great book for your child/children to recieve at christmas as a gift from you. What a better gift to give then the gift of learning!
11th - POLAR EXPRESS DAY - Everyone is allowed to wear their favorite PJ's to school. YEAH! Also there will be Pictures will Santa...More info. to come look in child/childrens notebook/backpacks.
15th - ABC's of Christmas Around the World Performances - We will be having two showings...9a.m. at school for the school and 7p.m. for all parents and families. Please have your child dress in their favorite country outfit. Particularly not the USA
16th - School Wide Christmas Carol the Movie
17th - Gingerbread houses - 9a.m. and after that roughly around 12:30p.m. we will be having our book exchange and christmas party look in child/childrens notebook/folder for more information.
18th - Early Release Day! Students will be released at 10:45a.m.

*DECEMBER 21-JANUARY 5 - CHRISTMAS BREAK! MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL! *

DONATIONS NEEDED: We are in need of items to make our annual gingerbread houses. Check your child/children's notebook/folders for the list. Also there will be information coming on our class teacher gift. This is a hush, hush project so if you have questions or comments PLEASE call me at 1-904-406-4976. Mrs. Treece will have no knowledge of this activity so please do not contact her about it. Thanks! We are trying to make it all a surprise. We also are asking everyone to bring in a book that is $5.00 or less. It needs to be wrapped in christmas wrap and a gift tag on it. Doo not fill out the TO part just fill out the FROM part and put your childs name on it. If any parents are going to attend on that day of the party bring in an ornament $6.00 or less wrapped and put a gift tag on it. Do not fill out the TO part just fill out the FROM part with your name. We are going to do a game and exchange the books and ornaments with each other. More information to come!

LAST BUT NOT LEAST - KINDERGARTEN NEEDS ARTISTIC PARENTS!
We are in need of parents to help us create scenery for our "ABC's OF CHRISTMAS AROUND the WORLD" If you are willing to assist us either before/during/after school, PLEASE come to Mrs. Treece's room on Wednesday December 2, 2009 at 7:45a.m. or send a note to your child's teacher. The Scenery needs to be completed by Friday December 11th! Thanks!

THE GIVING TREE!

If you are comming in from the hallway into Mrs. Treece's room you will see on the left on the wall our classroom giving tree. This is a tree that when Mrs. Treece is in need of items for the class she will post there for all to see and hopefully our classroom moms and dads will pick an item to bring in. If you look there now you will see several items that Mrs. Treece has recently posted that we are truely in need of. Please help! Stop by and take a look and take an item to get and donate to the class it will be very much appreciated by all. Thanks!

I AM ON THE LOOK FOR.....

OK! I am on the hunt for an item. If you know how or where I can get it please let me know. This is what it is...You know like you see in the movies those really big boxes with the tops that come off where they are decorated on the top and bottom to look like on big gift and sometimes in the movies a dog pops out when opened. Well that is what I need a box like that. It needs to rather big for several items to be put inside of it at christmas. There is going to be a project sent home to you with more details for you and your child to work on that will go inside this big box. If you or anyone you know can make it or knows where I can get one PLEASE let me know ASAP thanks! You can contact me day or night at 1-904-406-4976. I am also hoping that it will not cost to much to get it either so if I have to buy it try to find out the price and all thanks!

THE TIME HAS COME.....

The time for what you ask?!? For me to ask for a donation to be sent in. Mrs. Rebecca has spent lots in the class thus far with the t-shirts, halloween, pictures, plates, napkins, ect. Mrs. Rebecca has also done the doors for each holiday thus far as well with only one parents help with Octobers door. I have done Thanksgivings door and will do a Christmas door as well. So with that being said I am asking for at least $4.00 to be sent in to help in the cost of the door decorations, pictures, and other stuff already done in the class, and it will also help with the Thanksgiving Turkey we are going to have. If you could send in the money I would greatfully appreciate it and if you can send it in an envelope marked Mrs. Rebecca and I will set it aside to help out with next months door and projects. Thanks.

WE SAY OUR GOOD-BYES!

We are sad to announce that we have lost one of our class "M&M's" to Lakeside Elementary! We want to say good-bye to Aleczander Nalos and his family. You will be truely missed at our school. Good luck at the next school!

MRS. TREECE AND HER "TURKEYS" WANT TO THANK.....

Our class home room mother for all that she has and will do for us this year. Thank you Mrs. Rebecca!

Also the folowing individuals:
Mrs. Yvonne - Zalon Sanders mom
Mrs. Wendy - Antonio Mendezs mom
Mrs. Amy and her mom - Riley Crosbys mom and grandma
Mr. and Mrs. Bridges - AJ Bridges mom and dad
Rosco - Jenna Tallakson
Liam Burke - his family for all they do
Mrs. Ganion - Aubrey Ganion's mom
Mr. Durban - Beren Durbans dad

We want to thank you for all you have done and for comming along and helping on our class field trip to the ZOO! It really turned out to be a great time!

WE MOST IMPORTANTLY WANT TO THANK MRS. BROWN FOR FIXING OUR CLASS SHIRTS. SHE TOOK THEM HOME AND SEWED EVERY SINGLE "M" AND NUMBER AND NOW OUR SHIRTS LOOK GREAT!

THE JACKSONVILLE ZOO AND THE KINDERGARTENS FROM R.O.E.!

Today 11-09-09 the kindergarten classes at R.O.E. got to have their first field trip. It was to the ZOO! We had a great time and had wonderful buses to drive us all there and we had great parents and grandparents who volunteered their time to help out on the trip. At the Zoo we got to see many things as well as have a great snack provided by Mrs. Treece and we also got to have a great Lunch provided by the Zoo! This is a great apportunity to talk to your child/children about their trip to the Zoo and what they saw there. It also is a great time to talk to your child/children about nature and animals and all the wonderful creatures that we have here on this earth.

HOPE ALL THAT ATTENDED HAD A GREAT TIME CAUSE I KNOW I DID!

FUN EVENTS FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY IN NOVEMBER!

MONDAY 11-09-09 : GUIDED SHIP TOURS

There will be guided ship tours of U.S. Navy frigate the USS Klakring. It will be docked on the Northbank Riverfront behind the Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront.

USS KLAKRING - Tour hrs. 1-5 p.m. Admission is FREE! The USS Klakring is not ADA Compliant.

Tuesday 11-10-09 : GUIDED SHIP TOURS

There will be guided ship tours of U.S. Navy Frigate or Coast Guard Cutter. The ships will be docked on the Northbank Riverfront behind the Hyatt regency jacksonville Riverfront.

USS KLAKRING - 1-5p.m. ADMISSION IS FREE!

USCGC MARIA BRAY - 11a.m.- noon and 1-5p.m. ADMISSION IS FREE!

USCGC SHRIKE - 11a.m. - noon 1-5p.m. ADMISSION IS FREE!

There is also a MAKE A SCENE DOWNTOWN MOVIE - NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM 2 @ 7:30p.m. - Bring your picnics, blankets, and chairs and MAKE A SCENE DOWNTOWN with the feature presentation of NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM 2 shown outside on the side of the CSX building. @ Northbank Riverfront Park (end of Pearl Street) - ADMISSION IS FREE!

Wednesday 11-11-09 : Veterans Day Parade - Support our military and show your countries pride and head down to the parade. The parade will honor our military veterans and their units, marching bands, decorative floats, giant balloons, JROTC, and more!

Where you ask? Downtown Jacksonville

Live entertainment in front of the Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts

9:45a.m. Orange Blossom performers.

10:30a.m. Jacksonville Harmony Show Chorus

10:45 Rebecca Hewitt

and 11:00a.m. The parade will begine at the Prime Osborn Convention Center, continue down Water Street, left on Newman Street to Bay Street/Gator Bowl Blvd. and will end at the Jacksonville Municipal Stadium. Bleacher seating will also be provided at the corner of Water Street and Hogan Street. Comcast will broadcast the parade live on Cable Channel 29 and will be available 5 days after the parade on Video OnDemand.

Hope that everyone tries to take this week as a great time and opportunity to talk to your child/children about Veterans Day and your family tree and teach them to remeber those who have gone before us and fought for our freedoms that we have today. Also not only the past, but the present and future verterans as well. Hope that you and your family can get out and enjoy some of these great events and EVERYONE HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY VETERANS DAY!