May 1st- 5th

HOPE

Please devote at least 15 minutes during your specials block to teach MAY'S

character trait: Hope

Give every student a post-it note and give them the opportunity to send some words of encouragement to a fellow peer. Be sure they write the name of the student on it so  you can place it on their peer's  desk for them to see at the beginning of the day.

Important Dates... check out more dates by clicking HERE

• May 1st- SPICE Tours
• May 3rd- Staff Meeting (Mission/Vision)
• May 5th- Multicultural Evening Event
• May 8th- Leadership Canceled

Happening Things:
Keep practicing SBAC! http://sbac.portal.airast.org/practice-test/  Ask Stephanie if you need help!
Girls On the Run- T/Th 3-4:30
Markham Choir- Second Grade Hallway on Wednesdays before school
Exploring Biotechnology- Grades 3/4 Room 6 on Wednesdays for 5 weeks
Ballet Folklorico- Thursdays After school
Parent Institute Quality Education (PIQE)- Thursdays from 6-7 in MPR
2017-2018 Registration has begun
Art Smart- Tuesdays After school

• African Drumming- rm 16
• Clay- rm 15
• Theatre/Movement- MPR

The SPICE parent Board and PTO have decided to change the 5 de Mayo evening to a Multicultural Evening this year. The idea is to feature countries from around the world. We will get more information later, but I wanted to give you a head’s up early on.

        Briefly, teachers will be able to pick a country for their class to represent in the evening of May 5th. SPICE Board has Mexico and SPICE classes will have 1st bids on Latin American countries. REACCH can chose a country from anywhere around the world. That’s the basic idea for the evening, in a nutshell. Next Meeting is April 5th at 5:00.

Timberwolf Tips...

https://www.weareteachers.com/praise-students-nonverbal/

Markham Shout Outs....

• José: For making it to VP! 
• Shannon: For all your help this past week :) 
• Janine: Janine did a wonderful job organizing and setting up the jog-a-thon! My kids had so much fun! Thank you so much for your hard work on this event and on everything you do! 

Let out a happy "howl" here -  Markham's Staff is HOWLing....