5M News

updated June 12, 2008

Hello 5M Families,

It was great to see all of you at the Grade 5 Celebration. Hope you had a good time.

Lincoln Creamery Yes, another permission slip. It is our tradition in 5M to end the year with a walk over to Lincoln Creamery on Front Street. This is my gift to the students for a great year. Our plan is to go Monday afternoon, with Tuesday as a rain date. They will need no money, but a permission slip is required.

Field Day What a great time we had a Lime Acres on Wednesday. Thankfully the humid weather ended, and we were treated to beautiful sunshine. The kids, as usual, were very well behaved. We owe a big thank you to Cody Foster’s family in 5A for providing the giant inflatable slide. The kids (and a few adults) loved it. Thanks also to Adriana Toro’s family, who called a frozen lemonade truck and purchased a lemonade for every child in fifth grade. Such generosity is amazing. We appreciate the parents who chaperoned, ensuring the day was fun and safe: Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Jourdan, Mrs. Kennedy, and Mrs. Toro. And Mrs. Barrett deserves a great big thank you for organizing the field day, and all the end-of-the-year activities.

End of the Year Please keep the following in mind as we approach the last day.

  • Each child was given a Math SRB hard cover text at the beginning of the year. Please be sure to return this as soon as possible, if you have not done so already, so we may have books for our students next year.
  • Students this year have done a tremendous amount of reading, and for that we should all be proud. Please check around your home and in your child’s bag for books belonging to our classroom library. They are stamped “Maloof” in green on the inside cover. Our classroom library is a very large (and growing) investment, and it is important we keep it that way for future students.
  • Photos used in the Celebration slide show were sent home with your child this week. If you have not already done so, please check with your child to make sure these photos have arrived home.
  • Report cards will be sent home Wednesday. Summer reading assignments required by the middle school teachers will be enclosed with the report cards.

I’ll wrap things up in a final newsletter next week. Enjoy the weekend.

Mr. Maloof