Weekly Update

Hi Everyone!

I hope you enjoyed your week.  Thank you to those of you able to come to last night's Sports Spectacular.  It is one of the most fun events of the year!

Flat Student Update:
We kissed our Flat Students goodbye and sent them off on their adventures this week!  If your child did not bring in an address or stamps for our Flat Student project, I sent his/her Flat Student home with the supporting materials. You may choose whether to mail it from home.  Stay tuned for updates on our Flat Students' adventures!

No School March 29th and April 1st:
Please note that students do not have school Friday, March 29th or Monday, April 1st due to Teacher Workdays. 

Spring Picture Day:
Spring Picture Day is Wednesday, April 3rd.  A whole group (class) picture will be taken on that day, and your child's individual picture will be taken too. Please note these 2 very important points:

1. If you would like a class picture (this is the whole group photo), you must order and pay for it before Picture Day.  I sent an order form home in yesterday's Thursday folder for the class picture.  You can fill out the order form, include payment, and return the payment envelope to school, or you can order and pay online.  If you order and pay online, you must return the payment envelope to school with the online payment confirmation code written on the envelope. This means that by Wednesday, April 3rd, you should return either the payment envelope with payment inside, or the payment envelope with the online payment confirmation code written on it. If you do not order a class photo by Wednesday, April 3rd, you will NOT receive one.  There is NO option to order a class photo at a later date. This becomes an issue every year.  Please, please....if you want a class photo, you MUST order it per the instructions I've just outlined.
2. Individual pictures will also be taken April 3rd, and you will receive a picture packet at a later date.  You can indicate a "Portrait Look" for your child's individual portrait by completing and returning the "Individual Picture Day Form" attached to the order form I sent home yesterday.  If you would like to purchase individual pictures, you will purchase those AFTER you receive the picture packet.

Science Night:
Pinebrook will be hosting a Science Night with The Children's Science Center on Thursday, April 4th from 6:00-8:00 pm here at school.  Please watch The Puma Paw weekly email for more information! :)

Career Day:
Pinebrook will host a Career Day on the morning of Friday, April 5th.  We are in need of volunteers to share information about their occupations with students at Pinebrook.  If you can't be with us in person, you can Skype in!  Please consider volunteering by contacting our counselors, Tana Amadeo (tana.amadeo@lcps.org) and Heather Ross (heather.ross@lcps.org).

Yearbooks:
Pinebrook yearbooks are on sale now! Yearbooks may only be purchased online. To purchase a yearbook, go to ybpay.lifetouch.com and enter school code 7561119.  You will be prompted through the order and payment process. The deadline to order a yearbook is April 28th.  You must pre-order a yearbook if you would like your child to receive one.  

Focus Areas for the Coming Week:

• Reading:  We will talk about the main idea and supporting details in books.
• Writing:  We will practice opinion writing as we focus on editing our writing for mechanics, punctuation, and proper sight word spelling. We will practice supporting our opinions with strong reasons. 
• Math:  We will wrap up our Place Value unit.  We will compare and order numbers.
• Social Studies:  We will finish our maps unit.

Your feedback is always welcome.  Please let me know if you have any questions or comments.