Family Newsletter

Dear Families,
This week went by so fast.  Remember, we have February break from school next week.  Students return to school on Monday, March 4th.

Reading:
Your child brought home a new vacation reading log for our school break.  We encourage your child to continue reading every day. The reading log can be returned when school resumes again on Monday, March 4th.

When we return to school, the children will start learning about the Iditarod.  Traditionally, the students on Harmony follow the dog-sledding race, which takes place in Alaska, every year.  This year, we will choose a musher to follow as a class.  We will read many books in school, learning about the race, its history and the amazing dogs and mushers that are all part of this incredible race.  This year, we will also host our "Kid Iditarod Race" on the fields behind the school.  This amazing race will take place in the afternoon of March 29th, starting around 12:40.  The children will be divided into mixed groups from Harmony and work as teams in small Iditarod teams.  They will design a team flag and come up with a team name.  They will also participate in an engineering challenge to construct a solid structure to protect an uncooked egg, which will symbolize the serum, which traveled the original Iditarod trail.  The children will travel in their teams through a series of check-points on our field.  We are looking for parent volunteers to help us with the different activities for each station.  Please let me know if you are interested.  Thank you.

Writing:
Many students brought home some unfinished hand-writing to work on at home during the break.  This is voluntary, of course.  We will start something new when we return.

Upcoming Events & Reminders:

• Parent-teacher conferences will be in the week of March 18th.  There is no school for the students on March 22nd.  I will send out a google doc shortly with sign-up times.
• Kid Iditarod Race on the fields behind ABS, March 29th in the afternoon.  More information will follow when we return to school, but please consider volunteering for this amazing race!
• School resumes again on Monday, March 4th

I hope everyone will have a restful February break.

Best,

Maria