The PTG has changed the way the Box Tops challenges will work this year. Instead of doing two, large challenges, there will be a challenge each month. Each month, at our Community Meetings the class with the most Box Tops will be presented with the trophy shown in the above picture. At the end of the year the class with the most cumulative Box Tops will win a special prize.

So please, continue to clip and send in your Box Tops! There is no need to wait or hold onto them. Send them in as frequently as you'd like.

As an extra note: Did you know Box Tops must be submitted in packages (baggies) of 50 and that they must be trimmed completely? Don't worry If you're unable to send them to school this way, the PTG will continue make sure they are ready for submission, but we'd love any help we can get with making this task easier. Thanks so much for your support!

Today Firsties went to Dartmouth College to see a very special performance of Junie B. Jones. The show was amazing and everyone enjoyed it. I was so impressed with the fantastic audience members our Firsties were. After the show the actors came back on stage to answer a few questions. They even shared with us where they went to First Grade!

On Friday afternoon our class celebrated reaching our Read to Self goal of 15 minutes! What this means is that consistently our entire class has been engaged in 15 minutes of daily Read to Self time, without anyone being off task. This is AMAZING! The Firsties were so proud of themselves and we celebrated with Popsicles and an extra recess before our Community Meeting.