Jenie Rachal

Kaileb Carney

Cara Descant

Kinley Marsh

Caden Normand

Ralph Baldoz

Braelen Blanchard

Andrea Breaux

Amelia Chapman

Dorcia Gillam

Kennedae Greenhouse

Colby Lemoine

Maggi Logan

Matthew Prejean

Jordan Scallan

The First Graders will be traveling to Bunkie on Friday, November 18, 2011 to the Bailey House. Students will be delivering fruit baskets and performing a Thanksgiving skit. This trip will complete the First Graders service project by spreading holiday cheer to the elderly.

On November 29, 2011 we will be traveling to Alexandria to see a theatrical performance of Pinocchio. We will enjoy a picnic lunch after the play at City Park.

A few deadlines to remember:

October 18th: $10 for basket raffle.

November 1st: $10 Field Trip to Alexandria

November 2nd: Raffle Ticket Money Due ( each family required to sell one page of raffles)

Please send a adult bingo gift ( value $10)

If your child is the youngest or only child attending APCS, he/she also needs to bring a children's bingo gift (value $5)

Parents,

A small but very important daily assignment for you:

Please check your child's red mailbox folder each evening and empty the back pocket. Initial the date and note your child's conduct grade for that date on their conduct calender. Please check that all homework is complete. I sometimes make two-sided copies to conserve paper, so please check if a worksheet also has work on the back to complete as well.

I am extremely proud to announce that my 1-A Math students's class average is 92.1%. We are currently working on place value and are going to start timed subtraction facts sheets within the next two weeks. Keep it up first graders!!!!

I would like to remind parents of students who are in my reading group to look for your child's orange "Connections" folder each day. Please have your child read the selected story for 1 min and mark the last word read with a pencil and date it. Also look for word lists that may be practiced also.

During the month of October, we will be studying the mysterious Mayans and the Aztecs and your child will be assigned a project. Details and instructions coming home soon.

APCS faculty and staff are gearing up for our annual "Fall Festival". Look for notes to come in your child's red mailbox.

With the current cool snap, colds are sure to become prevalent among students. If you would like to send anti-bacterial wipes to school they will be appreciated. You will be credited with volunteer hours.

The first graders are having a great time creating both addition and subtraction fact families. The entire class is currently averaging 99.5% accuracy with their "doubles" and are doing this in 1 min. Wow!!! Great Job guys!

A big thank you to all parents who attended Open House. I hope we were able to answer all questions and encourage parents to keep open a line of communication with both Mrs. Dani and I. It is key to our success.

Our school year is off to a great start in the first grade. We are hard at work learning addition math facts, consonant sounds, sentence structure, and the continents and oceans of our world. A reminder to parents: please plan to attend Open House this Thursday. Mrs. Dani and I look forward to meeting all parents and are anxious to inform them of the day to day operations of the first grade.