Hello again familes!

Hello Fox Kit Community!

This week I rejoined the class at JFK. We said goodbye to Ms. Kate on Tuesday and will miss seeing her every day. I am thankful that Ms. Kate was here with them in my absence. They did a lot of great learning together! I was so touched by the beautiful welcome back banner the students made for me, as well as warm greetings from all of you. It's been great reconnecting with the Fox Kits this week. One thing that has changed now that I am back is that I need to be away from class during breakfast/morning meeting and snack/mindfulness in order to "make baby milk." The Fox Kits have been very flexible about this change. Luckily Ms. Rafeef (their usual lunch teacher) will be with the class each day during these times which is great for stability as she is a familiar teacher. 

Students wrapped up their math unit on place value and demonstrated their new understanding on an assessment. We'll look at these next week with you at family conferences. Next up is a short unit on telling time to the hour and half-hour on analog and digital clocks. This will be a short unit, wrapping up on Wednesday before conferences next week!

We continued reading and writing in the opinion genre. Books we read: Red Is Best, Duck! Rabbit!, and I Want a Dog. Many students continued writing their opinions about why first graders should get to use the "big playground." Once finished students thought of self-directed topics on which they had opinions.

This week I sent home a yellow paper with your time slot for family conferences next Thursday or Friday. If you haven't yet please return the bottom portion so I know if you can make it or need to reschedule.

There is also exciting news from our Superintendent. The School Board chose Design Concept #2 as recommended by the WSD Capital Project Committee and adopted a bond amount of up to $57.8 million. The vote will be Tuesday, May 7th.  Please check out our Capital Project website and promotional video:

• Website: https://cp.winooski.org/
• Video: https://youtu.be/nBOFWCUr81Y

Also, the following opportunities to learn more about the project are available: 


Community Breakfast: Saturday, 4/13, 9:00am


Tour: Thursday, 4/18, 5:30pm


Dinner: Wednesday, 5/1, 5:30pm


Informational Meeting: Monday, 5/6, 6:30pm

Please check out the capital project information and vote on this important project. Our school and community needs your vote!


Dates to Remember:

• Book Fair - Monday 4/8 - Friday 4/12 8:30 am - 2:30 pm (8:30 am - 7:30 pm Thursday)
• Thursday 4/11 - 11:00 Dismissal for Family Conferences (12:00 - 8:00 pm)
• Friday 4/12 - 11:00 Dismissal for Family Conferences (12:00 - 3:00 pm)
• Monday 4/22 - Friday 4/26 - Spring Break - No School
• Tuesday 5/7 -Capital Project Bond Vote

Have a great weekend!
❤ Mrs. Fox