Summer Announcements

I know that we are all out having a great summer, but there are a few announcements that I wanted to share with you.

• Glen will be having some medical tests completed in a couple of weeks, and I know he and his family would appreciate your thoughts and prayers that everything goes okay and turns out well.
• Mr. Ward is not feeling well and is undergoing some tests. Please keep the Ward family in your prayers as well.
• Some of you may have heard already, but Ms. Greer has been moved to Shayne Elementary. Their wonderful gain is a definite loss for Jones. That being said, I have met the new principal, Ms. Smith, and she is excited to join the Jones family. I know that you will all welcome her and bring her into the fold!

As I hear more news, I will keep you updated. Just know that although next year will be very different, your children are prepared and will have a great 4th grade year--no matter what! If anyone else has an announcement, you can post here or e-mail me, and I'll post the news or updates.

Happy Summer

I wanted to check in and make sure everyone is having a wonderful summer. You may not get a full "104 days of summer vacation," but I do hope everyone enjoys what we do have. I spent some time last week in Illinois visiting Kaleb and my family. Now this week and next I am working at school helping a group of soon-to-be kindergartners get ready to come to Jones in August. Can you believe that? Me with little 4 and 5 year olds! I just hope I don't scare them too much.

Remember to keep reading all summer. If you wait until the last few weeks to try and get it all done, it won't be fun, and that is the whole point! I am not going to post any of the questions for Ralph S. Mouse until later in the summer. You can go ahead and read it, but don't forget that you need to write a one page summary of the book to turn in on the first day of school. Check back in July for the online discussion posts for the book.

If you have some pictures of your summer vacation activities you would like to share, the easiest way to get them to me is either to e-mail the photo to me or post it on our wiki page, and I can then post them here on the blog. I hope to hear from you!