Lower School Update - December 9, 2019

LS Holiday Concert 

Students in pre-primary and Grade 1 will perform on December 11 at 8:45 am.  Our students have been working hard to prepare a wonderful show for you and we look forward to seeing you there.  There are still a few seats left if your family hasn’t reserved them yet. Be sure to check your email for instructions.

Library News

Access Your Library Wherever You Are! 

Reading during the vacation is a critical way to keep up the progress students have made! We invite families to check out books for vacation, but also to take advantage of our online resources! Our LS Library website makes it easy to read digital books, research using reliable sources, and get book recommendations. Please bookmark this site at home to access the wonderful resources we have available! Check out Tumblebooks to access over 1000 online books (including read-alongs) at all different levels. Look up country information in Culturegrams. Read encyclopedia articles and play learning games through World Book. Watch short educational cartoons, take quizzes, and play games through BrainPOP. Read encyclopedia articles in Portuguese through Britannica Escola. 

AND access magazines and newspapers for yourself! If you haven't had a chance to look at Flipster yet, it's on the Teacher Resource page of the library site, and gives you free access to all issues of magazines like National Geographic, Real Simple, Rolling Stone, Yoga Journal, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Time, Photoshop Creative, Cooking Light, and many more.  You'll also find links for our subscriptions to The Economist and The New York Times.

Usernames and passwords for our resources are included on the site. 

Dona Emilia Week

We will be celebrating Dona Emilia’s 45 years of service to the Graded community during our last week of school, Dec 9-13.  As she is retiring, we have special activities planned for the week to show her how much we love and appreciate her.  

Last Day of School

The last day of school for students is December 12, 2019.  Students will be dismissed at 11:30 am. Please make arrangements for transportation for your child.  Busses will leave at 11:45 am. We look forward to seeing everyone on January 21, 2020 at 8:00 am.  

Upcoming Important Dates

December 11	LS Holiday Concert  (Pre-primary - 1st)
December 12	Last Day for Students  (Dismissal at 11:30)
December 13	Last Day for Teachers
January 21, 2020	First Day Back for Students - 8:00 am

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Lower School Update - December 2, 2019

LS Holiday Concert 

We have great news!  Due to popular demand, we have added an additional Holiday Concert for students in Grades 2-5. On December 6, our first concert will take place at 8:45 and the second concert will be at 9:45.  Students in pre-primary and Grade 1 will still perform one show on December 11 at 8:45 am. Our students have been working hard to prepare a wonderful show for you and we look forward to seeing you there.  Be sure to check your email for instructions on choosing your seats.

Library News

This is the last cycle for regular checkout before break. Please help your child to return any overdue books. Next cycle, returning students who have everything in will be able to check out 10 items per family for vacation. We will reschedule checkout times for classes who have library time during concerts or on days G or H, so please look out for notices from your child’s teacher. The libraries will not be open during the vacation this year. 

Last Day of School

The last day of school for students is December 12, 2019.  Students will be dismissed at 11:30 am. Please make arrangements for transportation for your child.  Busses will leave at 11:45 am. We look forward to seeing everyone on January 21, 2020.  

Dona Emilia Week

We will be celebrating Dona Emilia’s 45 years of service to the Graded community during our last week of school, Dec 9-13.  As she is retiring, we have special activities planned for the week to show her how much we love and appreciate her.  

Upcoming Important Dates

December 6	LS Holiday Concert  (Grades 2 -5)
December 11	LS Holiday Concert  (Pre-primary - 1st)
December 12	Last Day for Students  (Dismissal at 11:30)
December 13	Last Day for Teachers
January 21, 2020	First Day Back for Students

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