Field Day Postponed

Due to the forecast calling for heavy rain tomorrow, field day will be postponed until next Friday. Unfortunately, at this time, it looks like it may rain next week as well. If it rains heavily starting on Wednesday of next week, we will once again postpone field day until May. We want to thank you all so much for your understanding – fingers crossed we have a sunny week next week!

Monarch Invasion

The past 2 weeks our class has studied Monarch butterflies and how they migrate in the fall.  We read about them with our weekly newsletter from News 2 You and studied them in IC.  We are lucky to have a garden at our school where Ms. Twining (our resident butterfly expert) found us a Monarch caterpillar.  We loved our little caterpillar.  We feed him Milkweed, watched him grow, and named him Dave.  We all enjoyed watching his transformation the past 2 weeks.  This morning the transformation was complete.  When we walked into our classroom we had a beautiful butterfly.  We were able to go out to the garden this morning and release Dave to explore the world.  It was really cool to explore and learn about these beautiful creatures with our students.  Here are some pictures of the transformation.

Can you spot the caterpillar?

He got really BIG!

I had no idea that a pupa could be so pretty!

Just a little over a week later...

Caught you! 

Someone is ready to start flying!

Look at those wings!

We will miss you Dave!

Exciting News!

Dear Christie Families, 

We want to thank you for your flexibility as we moved to a blocked specials schedule for the first part of the school year. The instructional planning time gained by teachers during the blocked schedule was used to plan ahead and review the larger picture of the school year. As the first nine weeks has come to an end, we are excited to share that beginning November 1st, we will be returning to the traditional schedule where specials takes place each day. 

As always, thank you for your continued support!

Christie Elementary 

Don't forget the spirit assembly on Friday. K-2 starts at 8 and 3-5 will follow immediately after (hopefully starting at 9). 

PTA has gone DIGITAL!

Stop by our PTA's new website.  It's a one stop shop for Newsletters, event updates, volunteer information, and much more.  Here's the website: PTA website.

Mark your calendars:
Oct. 12: Parent/ Teacher Conference Day – No Classes
Oct. 13: PTA Board Meeting @ 6:30 p.m.
Oct. 16: EPI Fundraiser Orders Due
Oct. 16: "Around the World" Teacher Appreciation Luncheon
Oct. 21: Room Parent Orientation from 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Oct. 23: Assemblies (K-2nd @ 8 a.m.; 3rd—5th @ 9 a.m.)
Oct. 26—30: Red Ribbon Week
Oct. 30: Field Day (Rain date: Nov. 6)
Nov. 9—13: Book Fair

Red Ribbon Week:
Monday: Wear red
Tuesday: Team up against drugs and wear your favorite sport team shirt
Wednesday: Turn your back on drugs and wear your shirt backwards
Thursday: Wear crazy socks!
Friday: It’s Field Day and healthy bodies have more fun! Wear your field day shirt and invite your parents to field day.