Spikey-our hermit crab

Spikey is looking for a new, loving home. He is free to anyone who can take him-all his supplies go with him with the exception of the tank. Please contact me if you are willing to take on a new family member (I mean pet).

April's Top Readers

My students read a total of 9,907 minutes at home last month-topping the month before!! Our top readers for the month of April were Garrett V.-1,089 minutes, Elise Black-835 minutes, and McKinley-755 minutes. Way to go class!

http://www.brownsburg.k12.in.us/brown/newsletter/BR2011-05-13.pdf

Here is the link for this week's Brown Barker-we've only got two weeks of school left but they'll be busy ones!

Storm Drain Presentation

We saw a fabulous presention yesterday about storm drains and pollution. In the end, we all participated in polluting the waterway in which the water drained into. Some of the students were really fascinated by it. There is much work to be done in Brownsburg with educating people about what goes into storm drains. If you are a boy scout/girl scout leader and are interested in this type of service work, contact Kathy Dillion with the Town of Brownsburg. They are always looking for groups to volunteer and help with drain markers.

Clothing Needed for Brown Clinic

Kindergarten is once again collecting clothing for the Brown clinic. Students who spill something on them, have an accident, or otherwise need a change of clothing often visit the clinic for a change of clothing. Unfortunately, many of the clothing items do not get returned to the nurse after being lent to a student. They are collecting gently used (no holes or stains please) or new items to stock the clinic.

• Our clinic's top need is boys clothing: all sizes but especially sizes 10-16


• New packages of underwear or socks: all children's sizes (all underclothes provided by the clinic must be brand new and does not need to be returned to the clinic)


• Boys or girls pants, shorts, and shirts sizes 6-16, regular, slim, and husky


• Jackets


• Mittens and gloves

You may bring clean clothing to donate to school the week of May 2-13 and place in boxes located outside each kindergarten classroom. If we receive more clothing than our clinic can store, they will donate the excess to other Brownsburg school clinics or to Goodwill. Thank you for supporting kindergarten service learning!

Weather Weather Everywhere!

Wow, what a week of weather, inside as well as outside! Our study of weather went past the science text book when we made mini tornadoes in bottles on Friday. The week concluded with a reading of "Thunder Cake" by Patricia Polacco and actually tasting thunder cake. It was very good (even with tomatoes in it) and without the frosting and strawberries. The recipe can be found online on the author's website.

Field Trip

Permission slips went home last week. Please return them with the $2 fuel charge by Friday, April 22nd.

Also, I'd like our class to wear their light blue t-shirts that PSG provided to us for the Dog Dash. Some students have theirs in class already so no need to look for those. Thanks Parents!