Week of October 15

Dear Families,

This week we are writing about our state’s first prehistoric inhabitants, learning about North Carolina’s first people in the Lowlands or Coastal areas, about classifications and taxonomy, about the presidential campaigns in our Weekly Reader, and of course, practicing the 6^th grade play.

We are in the process of finalizing our plans for the Thursday night, November 1^st (dinner begins at 6:00 p.m.) dinner theatre. Our 6^th years will be presenting “Orville and Wilbur Wright: First in the Air” after a North Carolina dinner of soups, breads, and desserts. Again, this year’s production will be held at First Baptist Church at the corners of Harvey and Main Streets in Washington.

Each class is responsible for crock pots of soup, baskets/loaves of bread, desserts, paper goods, and tea. By the end of this week, we will finalize the list of responsibilities for our class, provide ticket prices, and have various other information about the dinner theatre available to you. Hopefully, also by next week, we will post our needs on our class blog (thanks, Margaret!) where you may sign up to help! Thank you! A special thanks to our 4^th and 5^th years’ parents who volunteer although their children aren’t directly involved this year.

A couple of upcoming opportunities for our students include 4^th grade Bath Heritage Days (we are currently waiting for more information) and 5^th grade Environmental Field Day. We have attached the permission form for 5^th graders at Goose Creek State Park for the October 30^th Environmental Days. If you are able to drive, thank you!

Thank you for all that you do,

Amy and Darla

Heads Up:

Friday, 10-19:   BoT rally

Tuesday, 10-30: Goose Creek 5^th grade Environmental Days

Thursday, 11-1:   6^th grade dinner theatre

Friday, 11-2:  Teacher work day---no school

Monday, 11-5: Half day school for students—parent conferences begin

Tues-Fri, 11-6 to 11-9: Parent conferences

Monday: 11-12: Veterans’ Day holiday—no school