OCTOBER ACTIVITIES
We are back up and running after our most unusual Hurricane experience yet. Hopefully all of our families are up with power by now. We all missed the girls and were excited to get back to a normal routine. Be sure to read all e-mails from Duchesne about changes of dates to make up some of our missed days. For example - this month - Columbus Day - Oct. 13 will be a Normal School Day - NO Holiday!!!
Parent/Teacher Conferences will be scheduled individually by the teachers at times convenient for parents. Friday Oct. 3rd will be a regular school day and we will celebrate the invention of the "Ice Cream Cone"!!!!
Field Trips - First Grade will have their annual trip to the Oil Ranch on Wednesday, Oct. 8th. They always come back with lots of pumpkins and lots of fun stories of their adventures with the animals and hay rides!! Kindergarten will be going to Main St. Theater to see "If You Give a Pig a Party!" on Wed. Oct. 29th
Get ready for "Get A Clue @ Duchesne's Annual Book Fair!"
We will have our annual Book Fair at Barnes and Noble Town and Country again this year. They are a wonderful host to us and you will have a great time.
Dates:
Tues. Oct. 21 All classes will be bused to the B&N to shop for books throughout the day. You are welcome to meet your daughters there and help her pick out books, or she can bring a B&N gift card to make her purchases. Look for your daughters time in the invitations coming soon.
4-6 Grandparents/Special Friends Tea - Come to B&N for a special time to shop with your granddaughter or special friend.
Wed. Oct. 17 4-8 p.m. Family Fun Night at Barnes and Noble Town and Country. There will be lots of activities and dinner for you and your family. Don't miss out on this fun-fill night!!
Honor a teacher, a family member or a special friend by buying a book for the LS Library at the gift table. There will be lots of books to choose from.
**COME HAVE FUN AT THE GET A CLUE @ DUCHESNE'S BOOK FAIR 2008**
October 20th - Feast of Mater is celebrated. Wear your pink bows and socks on this special day.
October 31st - HALLOWEEN - Wear your costumes to school, but don't forget to bring your uniform. We will start with a special assembly in the music room for the students. Parents are welcome to come and line up down the sidewalks for our annual Halloween Parade. Come and support your local ghosts, goblins, witches, princesses and mermaids!!!
SOCIAL AWARENESS: We have several ongoing projects in Lower School.
1. We continue to collect the little pink Box Tops for Education. Please continue bringing these in. Go to: http://www.boxtops4education.com/AboutBoxTops/
to find out which products carry these coupons. You can even collect Box Tops when you shop online at select stores. The money we collect will go to a local school in need.
2. We are also collecting the pink lids from Yoplait yogurt to benefit Breast Cancer Research.
3. When you pop that can to drink a soda or fruit juice - pull the tab off and collect it in a cup. Bring the tabs to school and you will help the Ronald McDonald House in Houston.
4. Again this year, to honor St. Francis of Assisi, we will be collecting dog and cat food. This food will go to the Adult Protective Services so that the elderly will not have to spend their money on their special friends and go hungry themselves. We will have a special Assembly on Monday, Oct. 6th where the girls will bring all the food they have collected to the Bayou Room. It is always exciting to see how much they bring!!
THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR HELPING US IN THESE CAUSES!!
REMINDER:
You can keep up to date with the Lower School by going to the Duchesne website. Calendars, activities and picture essays of special events can be found there.
Also - don't forget to sign up for the Duchesne list serve if you haven't already done so. If your e-mail has changed over the summer - be sure to update it also. Most Lower School correspondence is through this list serve so it is VERY IMPORTANT that you keep the e-mail current.
