Thanks to a fun and enthusiastic group of students and their very supportive parents, it was a fantastic year. Thanks so much for a wonderful celebration that was made possible by all of you who helped by serving, setting up, cleaning up and/or providing treats. I received some lovely gifts that I will treasure forever. I will miss those students who are moving out of state but am thankful that I will be able to see most of you around the building next year. Have a fantastic summer!

During every spare moment today, I read bits of a story we started yesterday The Bears on Hemlock Mountain by Alice Dalgliesh. We played a couple of games we don't normally have time to play: heads up, 7-up and parachute. We had one injury with the parachute, but otherwise it was a good time. In the afternoon, the 5th graders shared fairy tales that they had written and illustrated.

Please DO send your child with a backpack tomorrow. I am cleaning the room right now and keep coming across papers that need to go home. I have a DVD for each of you that will be enclosed in your child's report card envelope, which they will receive tomorrow. I can't believe it's the end of the year! See you tomorrow.

Can you believe we only have one and a half days of school remaining? Wow, how time flies. I have a multimedia presentation to commemorate your child's kindergarten experience that I might not have time to show you on Friday, but that I will send home in DVD format. The disc that I send home will not play in the DVD player hooked to your television, but it should play in your computer. (I created it with Windows Movie Maker.)

Tomorrow is our last "normal" day of school. We will see you at 11am in the gym on Friday for our end of year celebration.