Kindergarten News - Week of March 23rd

 

 We have had 123 days of school!

Announcements/Reminders:

       Happy Birthday to Leith (Sunday) and Olivia (Monday)! 

• ​Easter Egg Hunt Wednesday (April 1st)
• Monday (March 30th):  Please bring in 2 hard boiled eggs 
• Tuesday (​March 31st): We will dye the eggs.  Also, please send a small basket or bag for eggs and other treats.
• Wednesday (April ​1st): Easter Egg Hunt first thing in the morning! If you would like to send in some small treats to add to the bag, I know they would love that! If anyone would like to stick around and help hide eggs, we always appreciate it.
• SHOW and TELL on Monday, March 30: ​Leith and Olivia. Please bring one item from home to show to the class.
• ​NO SCHOOL next Thursday (April 2nd): Conferences
  
• NO SCHOOL next Friday (April 3rd) and Monday (April 6th): Easter Break
• FOLDERS: Please check these and remove all papers.
• Bloomz: Please check the Bloomz App for reminders and the latest photos - in the “March 2026” album.

•    Practice at home:

• Black & White reading books (Please return black and white books every Wednesday, for a new take home book.) 
• Digraph Detective Activity
• Trick (Sight) Words (week 2): be, me
• Math “Race You to Zero"

A Peek at our Week:

March Birthdays: We were happy to celebrate March Birthdays this week! Happy Birthday to Wissam and Salah (Nursery) and our own Leith and Olivia. Thank you for the delicious cupcakes and pizza!

Star of the Week: It is so appropriate to be celebrating VI History Month and Olivia as our Star this week! She lights up with pride every
time we talk about beautiful St. Croix. Olivia will be turning 6 on March 30th. Her favorite color is green. Olivia's favorite sport is Volleyball. She enjoys hiking, dancing, aerials and playing. Her favorite food is hamburger. When Olivia grows up she would like to be a neonatologist and a Moko Jumbie. How cool is that?

Show and Tell: This week it was Ghalia who was in the spotlight. She brought her new baby doll, which she had just received for Eid. Ghalia said, "She's so new, she doesn't even have a name yet!" Along with the baby there were of course some extras, a baby bottle, teething rings and a diaper (ew! they all giggled). Ghalia's baby also 'borrowed' a Llama stuffy from her sister Saja.

MATH: Number Stations:  This week was a bit tedious to many, because math suddenly felt more challenging. We are officially in the last trimester of the school year! The class was introduced to three “number stations”, each one giving an opportunity to practice writing equations. It was hard work, but they all powered through and by the end of the week, some of the problems were just a bit less challenging. 

VI History Month: This week we listened to the story of "Anansi and the Tar Baby" as read by Mr. Pete (Mr. Pete's Playhouse - Storytime). The class enjoyed hearing this even though there were many expressions they couldn't understand. On Friday, as we listened to Stanley and the Ten Sleepless Knights, everyone painted yellow flowers - in honor of the official flower of the US Virgin Islands, the Ginger Thomas.

Kindergarten News - Week of March 16th

  We have had 118 days of school!

Announcements/Reminders:

 ☾⭑To all families celebrating ~ 

⋆.˚ ☾⭒.˚ Eid Mubarak! Wishing you a joyful celebration!

• MUSIC ​: Mr. Hayut asked me to pass along this video of Peter and the Wolf which the Kindergarten class has been learning about in Music class. They will be performing a part of it at the Spring concert, so it would be nice if you could watch with them at home. Peter and the Wolf
• SHOW and TELL will be on Monday, March 23rd: Ghalia, and Jasper. Please bring one item from home to show to the class.
• Ugly Animal Preservation Society - a group of adorable 4th grade student came by to promote their idea to sell special water filled balloons, with a
  face painted onto it (they assured me they won't easily burst) to raise funds for this very interesting organization.
  
  Ugly animals, are animals too, after all and deserve some attention. I promised the girls I would let our families know. $1 gets your child a medium size balloon 'squishy' and supports the cause. Balloon squishies will be delivered to our classroom next Friday.
• FOLDERS: Please check these and remove all papers.
• Bloomz: Please check the Bloomz App for reminders and the latest photos - in the “March 2026” album.

•    Practice at home:

• Black & White reading books (Please return black and white books every Wednesday, for a new take home book.)

• ​Digraphs review
• Trick (Sight) Words (week 1): we, he, she
• Math “Ten & More Bingo"

A Peek at our Week:

Farewell to Iron: Wednesday was Iron's last day with us. The class gave him a very loving sendoff. There were cupcakes and there was pizza, there was lots of laughter and there certainly were many, many hugs. We wish Iron and his family all the best as they settle into life in Iowa.

Eid: Thank you so much for the many treats we received from our friends celebrating Eid. We were so grateful to be included so thoughfully.

Show and Tell: Jahlicia was in the "spotlight" this week. She proudly showed the class her scooter and
helmet. Jahlicia talked about where she uses her scooter and the class was especially interested in knowing whether she can do any tricks. After taking a few questions, the whole class went out for a demonstration and everyone was impressed. These Kindergartners are a great audience!

Virgin Islands History Month (Social Studies/Art): Moko Jumbies were the focus this week - and everyone just loves them. At the beginning of the week we watched an episode of Mr. Pete's Playhouse about Moko Jumbies (see episode). To end the week, everyone painted colorful Moko Jumbies to decorate our windows.

Kindergarten News - Week of March 2nd

  We have had 1​13 days of school!

Announcements/Reminders:

• SHOW and TELL will be on Monday, March 16th: J​ahlicia, Ghalia, and Jasper. Please bring one item from home to show to the class.
• SPRING BREAK is next week! March 9th to March 13th.
• FOLDERS: Please check these and remove all papers.
• Bloomz: Please check the Bloomz App for reminders and the latest photos - in the “February 2026” album.

•    Practice at home:

• Black & White reading books (Please return black and white books every Thursday, for a new take home book.)

• Spelling Words​ (week 6)
• Trick (Sight) Words: was
• Math “​Shapes and Spinners Graphing"

Have a wonderful Spring Break!

See you on Monday, March 16th!

A Peek at our Week:

STAR STUDENT: Leith is our Star Student! He had an opportunity to show some very cool pictures, including one in the cockpit of a plane and one holding a snake, among others. Leith's Birthday is on March 29th. His favorite colors are blue and green. Leith enjoys swimming, playing with dinosaurs and building with Legos. His favorite foods are pizza, burgers, and Mozzarella Sticks. And when Leith grows up he wants to be a pilot so that he can travel around the world! 

Show and Tell: Frankie and Deen were up this week. Deen got us started with an album of Pokemon cards. He freely admitted that his

brother Zayn is the real expert, but the class was fascinated by the cards, especially the gold and shiny ones. Then Frankie presented her 'Bunny' which she made herself out of paper towel and other material. The class was very interested in hearing about how she made it. They asked how long it took to make it and if she made it all by herself. Great job being creative, Frankie!

STEM Fair: It was an exciting experience for Kindergarten to visit the STEM fair this week. They received tours in small groups by upper school students and showed interest in visiting almost every single display. When asked what their favorite was, many said that estimating the unifix cubes in the jars - which made sense, since we had done a similar activity just a few days before! They were also very interested in the lion fish.

SEL: This week's lesson focused on the concept of "Including and Excluding". Ms. Bird first read a Piggy and Elephant book, which gave great examples of how friends can make an effort to include each other. The class talked about the meaning of those words and recalled times that they have been included or excluded and how that made them feel. To end the lesson, Ms. Bird showed them pictures of different scenarios, and the class either made an x for excluding or hug for including for each image.

Read Across America / Reading Buddies: March 2nd, inspired by Dr. Seuss' birthday, was Read Across America day, but in Kindergarten we turned it into Read Across America Week. We read many Dr. Seuss or Dr. Seuss style books, which are a great way to practice rhyming words. The class was also invited to bring a favorite stuffy to school to read with during Reading time. At the end of the week, we met with our Reading Buddies again. Having fun with reading is the best way to encourage reading at any age!

VI History Month: It's Virgin Islands History Month! Hurray! It was a busy week, but we managed to watch an episode of Mr. Pete's Playhouse, which gives a

great overview of VI culture. One of my former students, Melodie (Melo) was even on it as a local storyteller! The class enjoyed learning a bit of Crucian, they danced, got excited about the Moko Jumbies among other things. Here's the link to the video, if you'd like to check it out: Learn About the Virgin Islands . We also enjoyed listening to some Quelbe music. Happy VI History Month!