We Believe! November 2013 News November Newsletter Dear Families, We Achieve! We Succeed! November Newsletter Thank you for participating in our Fall Parent/Teacher Conferences. Our school continues to have an outstanding participation rate with this important school and family team connection. We continue to encourage your participation in supporting your child with homework completion and listening to them read for 20 minutes each night. Your commitment to be involved with your child s education and continued school support is appreciated. Throughout the course of the year, our school calendar becomes very busy. Here are a few school events taking place during the month of November: Second Quarter mid-term reports go home on or before Friday, November 9 th. Our monthly Dragon of Character Assembly is scheduled for Friday, November 9 th, at 8:15a.m Skills for Success: Homer Davis is still accepting participants. This program is after-school, free, supports academics, art, and good health. Please call Will Roberts at (520) 442-7989 for more information. Flowing Wells School District has an app, download it for free. The district app will link to our school web page. Our web page looks great and can be viewed by logging on to www.davis.flowingwellsschools.org. The Homer Davis web page has our school newsletter, updates, staff picture, e-mail accounts, school phone numbers, and a calendar of events. Please stop by to see me or call 696-8251 with any questions or concerns, Lyle Dunbar, Principal
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 3 rd gr. Veterans Day Practice 8:50 am Meet @ Laguna GAP Dinner 1 2 3 4 th gr. Saguaro Park Pre-trip Visit 6 th gr. Desert Museum Presentation 4 Book fair Begins 5 6 7 8 Book fair ends 9 10 Choir 2:30 Cheerleading 6-9 4 th gr. to Saguaro Nation Park (Cossette and Aguirre) Karate 6-9 3 rd Gr Performance 9:00am & 6:00pm 4 th gr. to Saguaro Nation Park (Repucci) @ Jacob s Park GAP Dinner Dragons of Character Assembly 8:15 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Veterans Day No School Pizza Lunch with Principal 11:30 TSO Brass and Percussion Assembly 9:00 Pizza Lunch with Principal 11:30 Stories that Soar Assembly 1:00 2:15 PTO Meeting 2:30 Karate 6-9 6 th Grade to FWJH 8:45 Meet @ Christopher Columbus Park GAP Ministries Dinner Mid-Terms Go Home! 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Choir Cheerleading 6-9 Turkey Trot 1/2 Day Noon Dismissal Karate 6-9 THANKSGIVING NO SCHOOL NO SKILLS BREAK NO SCHOOL NO SKILLS 25 26 27 28 29 30 Choir Cheerleading 6-9 2 nd gr. to Tucson Village Farms 9:00am Site Council Meeting 2:30 Karate 6-9
GRADE LEVEL NEWS Kindergarten Hello Families! Happy November! The holidays are fast approaching! We want to give a shout out to the parents who came to parentteacher conferences and to the parents who volunteered to chaperone at our first field trip! We appreciate all the parent involvement and your support of your child s education. During, the month of November we will be focusing on the letters: I; G; F; and continue to work on word building. The sight words we are focusing on are: come; here; and this. We are excited for our first book fair of the year. It will be open in the morning on November 5 th -9 th. As you shop around, please stay mindful of the time. There are so many wonderful and exciting books that we can get wrapped up in them and forget that school starts at 7:55AM. Midterms will be distributed this month along with information on Stories that Soar and our first lock down practice. There is no school on November 12 th, 22 nd or 23 rd. November 21 st is noon dismissal. Thank you for everything! The Kindergarten Teachers First Grade Thanks to all of the wonderful parents and grandparents that came with us to the pumpkin patch last month! We had a great time and appreciate all the help! We are especially grateful to Ms. Shelley, who made this trip possible. Thank you, Ms. Shelley! Please continue to read 20 minutes nightly and turn in reading logs every Friday. Weekly reading logs are what counts for students homework grade. As we enter into the season of thanks and giving, know that we are so thankful for our Homer Davis families and appreciate all you give for the success of your students. Happy Thanksgiving, Mrs. Power and Mrs. Thomas Second Grade The second grade team truly enjoyed meeting with all of our families for conferences! Please feel free to call, email or stop in before/after school if you ever have any questions or concerns regarding your child. Our doors are always open! This month, we will continue to study fire safety with Inspector V. We will also take our first off-campus field trip to the Tucson Village Farm at the end of the month. At the farm we will learn about growing fruits and vegetables as well as having a healthy diet. Please look for permission slips from your child s teacher in the next 2 weeks. Remember, all field trips are earned with good behavior and work completion. All classroom teachers are running low on healthy snacks! If you can, please consider donating any of the following items.pretzels, cereal, crackers or popcorn. Thank you! ~ The Second Grade Team ~ Mrs. McCain, Ms. Kiecolt & Mrs. Howe Third Grade November is here and so is the 2nd quarter! We really enjoyed meeting with the parents that came for conferences. Now that we have one quarter over it is a good time to start making goals with your student for this quarter. Getting to school on time is very important, so continue to get here with enough time for breakfast before the bell. Please have your child practicing their math facts at home and memorizing their multiplication facts as this will help students with their understanding and fluency with division! Third graders are also learning and practicing their cursive every day. It is a good idea to be practicing at home too. We are also starting a new science unit on Ecosystems and are excited to learn about the different ecosystems around the world! Please remember that it is important to turn in homework every day and read the assigned chapter every night. Students who do not complete their work will miss out on class activities and upcoming fieldtrips. Please continue to call or visit any of the teachers if you have any problems. Thank you, Your Third Grade Teachers
Fourth Grade Happy November 4th Grade Families! Please see below for important announcements: * Field Trip- We will have our first field trip to Saguaro National Park during the first full week of November. Thank you for sharing our high expectations to attend a field trip. Please look out for our second field trip permission slip form. All field trips are earned based on good behavior and completed work. We will be passing out Christmas Cash as an incentive program and students will need to pay for the field trip using their the Christmas Cash they earn. * DOC Assembly: 4th grade will be preforming Integrity & Trustworthy at the next Dragon of Character Assembly on November 9th at 8:15 am. Please attend! * Parent Portal- Please continue to check Parent Portal for updated grades and for missing work to complete. Progress reports will be sent home mid-november. * DAP- DAP 2 testing will begin on November 19th. Please make sure your child is getting enough sleep, eating breakfast, and attending school on time. * Turkey Trot- November 20th will be the 3rd Annual Turkey Trot. We look forward to a fun and healthy day! * Days offo November 12- Veterans Day o November 21- Half Day o November 22/23- Thanksgiving Break We always appreciate your support and understanding throughout the year. Please do not hesitate to contact your child s teacher with any questions or concerns. -4th Grade Teachers Fifth Grade Dear Fifth Grade Families, Thank you to all the families that attended the first quarter conferences to discuss your child s report card. An extra special thank you to all families that attended the Homer Davis Carnival in October! Science Fair project folders have been sent home and are now officially underway. The final project is due to their classroom teacher on 1/23/19. Book Fair is held in the library the week of the 5th. Riley Liljenquist and Logan Spears will be recognized at a Sullivan s Steakhouse luncheon at the 7th by the Tucson Optimist Organization. Friday, the 9th at 8:15 will be a Dragons of Character assembly in the. Midterms go home on Friday as well. Please sign and return these on the following Tuesday. On Monday, the 12th, there will be no school in observation of Veterans Day. There will be a practice school lockdown on Tuesday, the 13th at 10:00. The Magic Box Stories that Soar will do a brief presentation of the 14th. We will host our classroom and grade level Spelling Bee the week of Thanksgiving. The 21st is a ½ to start Thanksgiving Break. There is no school on Thursday the 22nd and Friday, the 23rd due to Thanksgiving Break. Thank you for your continued support and making sure that your child is completing their homework daily. Please keep practicing your math facts and reading with your child nightly. Please continue to assist your child with their with their Science Fair Project and daily homework to increase their success. -Ms. Carswell, Ms. Hendricks, and Mr. Van Derlaske Sixth Grade November is a busy time of year for 6th grade! Please review and save the dates... The week of November 5-9th is our book fair. Students are able to shop at the book fair before and after school. November 12th: Veterans Day: NO school! November 13th: Lock down practice: It is important that all students attend school this day. November 15th: Field trip to FWJH to watch their fall performance. November 21st: HALF day! November 22-23rd: NO school. Enjoy your Thanksgiving and be safe! We are really pushing for 100% daily attendance in 6th grade. Unless your child is sick, please assure that they will be at school and on time each day. As always, thank you for your support! 6th Grade Team
Specials Area News PE Thank you Mrs. Wescott and Mrs. Abrams for coaching our team for another great season. s remaining meets 11/1/18 @ Laguna, 11/8/18 @ Jacobs Park, and 11/15/18 @ Christopher Columbus Park. The next sport coming is flag football. Please come in the morning to start getting ready for the season and play some football. Wellness Great wellness week by all.thank you to Mrs. Powers and Mrs. Cavagnaro for guiding us to make wellness week a success. Continue to wear all of your workout gear on Wednesdays and be ready for the Turkey Trot coming up on November 20 th. Gobble! Gobble! Music As the Second Quarter gets going, so does our performance schedule. Every grade will go on stage at some point this year, and we have a couple of them coming up. Here s a look at what your child is doing in music: Kindergarten- We are exploring music and learning about comparatives like high and low, slow and fast and loud and quiet. We are starting to play some instruments and getting used to our four different types of voices: singing, shouting, speaking and whisper. 1st grade: We have started work on our upcoming program- The Incredible Reindeer! This will debut in December, so be on the lookout for special communication about this event. 2nd grade: 2nd graders have just finished up doing music that sounds spooky or has a spooky theme. We are excited to move into Thanksgiving and fall themed songs while playing instruments, learning new rhythms and adding to solfa street. 3rd grade 3rd grade will be on stage on Thursday, November 8th at 6pm. Our 3rd grade students have been working very hard on this Veteran s Day performance, so please come join us for the fun! 4th grade: We continue working on recorder. We should now be able to play B, A, G and E on our recorder and recognize them on the music staff. Don t forget to have your child fill out their practice bug for every 10 minutes of at home practice! 5th & 6th grade: We just finished creating sound effects for a spooky silent film. Next, we are going to move into learning about dance around the world! Dragon Choir: We just finished up our performance at the District Choral Festival, and it was AMAZING! Next, we move onto our spring musical, Seussical, Kids! and we are accepting new members! As always, please feel free to contact me with any questions! ~ Ms. Thrush