I want to give you a heads-up about an important date to put on your calendars. On Thursday, January 15th, 2nd grade will be going on a field trip to Sea World! We will leave the school around 9:30 and return around 1:30. The cost is $34 for students AND chaperones. You can use a Sea World pass to cover the cost of admission, but you will still to pay $8 to cover the cost of transportation. Each class can take up to 10 chaperones. If more than 10 parents are interested, then a lottery style drawing will determine our chaperones. If you are interested in chaperoning, you must have already completed an ADDitions volunteer application, as well as a chaperone form . Please email me if you are interested in chaperoning so I can begin collecting a list of names. I want you to know about the date and cost now so that you will be prepared when the permission slips come home on the Monday when we return from winter break. We will only have 7 days to collect all the money and permission slips, and I want to make sure every child can attend!
The district sent (or will send) an email to all OCPS parents about an exciting event called The Hour of Code. It is a program that promotes computer science, which will be a major career field for today’s students. I had a student participate last year and she absolutely LOVED it! The kids feel like they are just playing computer games, but they are actually learning valuable technology skills. I’m attaching the email the district sent in case you didn’t see it. I highly encourage you to register your child for this fun and meaningful learning experience! The Hour of Code
Last week I introduced another one of the 7 Habits of Happy Kids: Habit #3: Put first things first! This habit will come in extra handy during those times when your child wants to put off homework or a project.
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