Field Trip to the Cove

Sorry it's been awhile since I've posted. Apparently the blog got "spammed" and I got busy. But enough excuses. We had an amazing field trip to the Cove today to enjoy the low tide. Ed O. took some great pictures that you can enjoy by clicking on the link below...
http://picasaweb.google.com/eokeefe333/201006KindergardenFieldTripTheCove?authkey=Gv1sRgCLKxv_XA0LPqowE&feat=email#

I also wanted to thank all of you for making my first year here at Marvista so enjoyable.

Have a happy, safe summer!!

End of Ocean Week #1

Our first week of Ocean Month has flown by!! This week we have been talking about the Ocean as a "habitat" and learning about all of the animals that live there. Today we were making scuba divers to swim in our classroom "habitat" and we were joined by Mr. Hornus who has been scubing diving for many years and has gone on over 2000 dives!! He brought in his diving equipment and photographs and videos from some of his dives. A HUGE THANK YOU to Mr. Hornus, we had such a fun day!! Our Scuba Divers

Mr. Hornus showing us some of his Scuba gear.

Trying on the equipment. :)

Enjoying the diving videos.

It's an Ocean in Room 1310

Over Spring Break our classroom turned into an Ocean! We will be studying the Ocean for the whole month of April and have already learned so much in the past week! Observation Charts

Busy Oceanographers sketching some ocean creatures.

Kindergarten Registration 2010-2011

ATTENTION:
We are still issuing lottery numbers for full-day kindergarten for the 2010-2011 School year. The first class has been filled.

AM AND PM KINDERGARTEN
AM Kindergarten is 9:10 am -11:45 pm
PM Kindergarten is 1:10 pm -3:40 pm

All Day Kindergarten is $295 per month

Half Day is no cost

Kindergarten Requirements for All Day and AM/PM

*You must live in the Marvista Boundries

*Copy of a Utility Bill or Lease

*Copy of Child's Birth Certificate

*Copy of Immunizations (Drs. Copy)-Needs both Varicella Shots

Spring Break

Reminder! April 5-9 is Spring Break. Hurray for Spring!

Cove to Clover

This Sunday, March 14th was the Cove to Clover 5K run. In addition to the 5K, there was also a Family 1 mile run. Lots of kindergarteners partcipated and Nicole O. (pictured above) even ran the 5K with her dad. Marvista was also able to earn $1500 from all of it's participants. It was great seeing all of you Sunday and I am already looking forward to next year!! More information about the race can be found on the link below.
http://www.b-townblog.com/2010/03/15/sundays-cove-to-clover-race-raised-around-35k-here-are-the-results/comment-page-1/

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!!

What a day in Kindergarten! We were celebrating Dr. Seuss' birthday today and we were surprised by an unexpected visit from the Cat in the Hat.



Not only did he come and visit us, he gave us a signed copy of Mrs. Holbrook's favorite Dr. Seuss book, Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now! What a fabulous day!!

100th Day of Kindergarten!!

We celebrated the 100th Day of Kindergarten today! I can hardly believe we have been together 100 days. To celebrate we made...

100 Day Trail Mix

and 100 Day glasses!

It has truly been a joy being this group's teacher for the past 100 days!

Celebrating the Olympics with Art

Today we had so much fun celebrating the Winter Olympics through art. First we all painted our medals. Once that was completed we all did a water color with the Olympic rings and last we made our very own Olympic torches. Of course none of this could have been done without the help of all of the wonderful parents that come in and help every other Tuesday!

Reminder: There is NO EARLY RELEASE TOMORROW!

School is out at our regular dismissal time of 3:40 PM tomorrow (Friday, Febraury 19th 2010) due to the shortened week.

100th Day of Kindergarten!

We will be celebrating the 100th Day of Kindergarten Wednesday, February 24th. We will be doing many fun activities throughout the day to celebrate. One of the activities that will be doing is an "100th Day Trail Mix" If you can donate any of the following items before the 24th it would be greatly appreciated!

• 1 box of Cheerios
• 1 box of Fruit Loops
• 1 bag of M & M's
• 1 bag of Marshmallows
• 1 box of Cheez-Its

Valentine's Day

On Thursday, February 11th we will be having our class Valentine's Party. The festivities begin at 1:30 PM and parents are more than welcome to join us. Please send your kinder to school that day with a valentine for everyone so there are no hurt feelings. If you would like to provide a treat OR plates & cups please send me the attached form from your February Newsletter. Our schedule will be as follows.
1:30-2:00 Pass out Valentine's
2:00-2:30 Enjoy treats and watch a video

Book Orders

Book Orders are going home again today! If you are interested please return the completed order form and your check made payable to "Scholastic Books" by Friday, January 22nd.