"Ms. Snoeyink, you should try this!"

FISH FOLDER:
- New Spelling words (Purple Sheet) LAST WEEK OF SPELLING!
- May's Bible Memory (Purple Sheet)
- Treasures from their desk!

HOMEWORK:
- Reading and Math will be coming home.

WRITING CELEBRATION:
Parents please join the second grade students on May 10 for a celebration of our Poetry Unit. Students will be sharing poems they have been working on over the last few weeks.  Our celebration will take place from 11:00-11:30am. We would love to see you there!

TULIP TIME:
Thank you for turning in your Tulip Time slips. On Thursday we will participate in the Kinderparade! Please choose from the following options for Thursday: 
- Send your child to school in his/her Dutch Costume 
- "Practice" trying on the costume at home so your child knows exactly what to do when putting it on at school by himself/herself. 
- Send your child to school in normal attire and stop by between 11:30-12:00 to help your child get his/her costume on.
- Your child will also need a SACK LUNCH on Thursday--hot lunch is not offered. 

We will hang out together at school (usually with some time to play and a movie) and then board the bus when it gets closer to parade time. The bus will bring us to our Line-Up spot and we will march the whole parade route (We are in the 2nd Division this year). The parade ends at Kollen Park--please meet us at the fire station promptly. It is located directly across from the park. You will NEED to hand us your child's TULIP NAME-TAG before you leave with your child. 

On Monday we will have our Parade Practice. I will determine our class line up and then send you a page home that shows which side of the street you'll want to sit on. 

YEARBOOK:
The South Side/Pine Ridge Yearbook will be arriving soon! If you did not order one with your child's photos, you can still go online and order one now for $8.00 at www.geskusphoto.com. You will then select "Order Yearbook" and follow the prompts after you select our school's name. If you are not sure if you've already ordered one, you may contact the school secretary to check. This year, we will NOT have EXTRA in the office!

IMPORTANT DATES:
May 9: Library books due
May 10: 1/2 day of school Tulip Time
May 11: 1/2 day, students need a sack lunch and then will march in the parade
May 12: Spelling test (LAST ONE)
May 17: Class Chapel @ 11:00-11:30 (NOTE THE DATE CHANGE)
May 29: Memorial Day - No School
June 2: Last Day of school - Half Day