Family Friendly "Ghost Stories"

Hi fabulous families of Room 108!

I am passing along some info I got from Mrs. H-D about an opportunity to enjoy some Family Friendly "Ghost Stories" with children's author, Helen Ketteman.

Details
Date: Thursday, Oct. 29
Location: Tea Party Bookshop
Time: 6-8PM
Special Guest: Helen Ketteman  http://www.helenketteman.com/



For further questions, contact:


JoAnne Kohler
Owner of the Tea Party Bookshop (across from the Salem Convention Center & the Phoenix Grand Hotel)
420 Ferry St SE, Salem, OR 97301
503-990-6471

Time For Kids ~ Bullies Beware!

As many of you probably noticed we got our first issue of Time for Kids last week.  Thanks to those of you that sent in the money for it and to those of you that were able to send in extra money for a scholarship subscription.

We enjoyed learning about National Bullying Prevention Awareness Week (Oct. 4-10) while reading our Time for Kids.  After reading, each issue will be sent home with students to share with family.

As an extension of this lesson we have been checking our the Stop Bullying Now website: stopbullyingnow.hrsa.gov  This website has webisodes that follow a group of students at school dealing with bullies.  We have been watching these at lunch time and then taking the quiz together as a class.  It is a great website to visit with your child and talk about bullying. This issue of Time for Kids has given us lots of opportunities to have great discussions about bullying and how to stop/prevent it.

Homework

The first homework assignment was sent home on Friday (Oct. 2).  It is due the following Friday, but in this case it will be due Thursday, Oct. 8, since we don't have school Friday.  Homework assignments will be sent home on Fridays and are due the following Friday.  Please call or email if you have any questions.