We are excited to offer two learning opportunities to our 5th grade students.  We are starting an after school robotics club.  We will be using Wonderworks Dot and Dash robots to practice our programming skills. Then starting in October we will start completing competition challenges.  This is a new adventure for our school and we are looking forward to seeing what our team can do.

Tiger News Reporter job applications went home this week and are due back to school by Wednesday, August 31st. Tiger News is a weekly news show that is written by and stars our amazing fifth graders.  Students will work on the shows Monday afternoons and the final presentation is posted to the internet so all Woodsdale classrooms and friends and family can enjoy the hard work.

The first through fifth graders checked books out for the first time this week.  Kindergarten will start taking their books home the first week of September.  Here are just a few book care reminders.

1. Read and enjoy the books you check out. Don’t just leave them in your desk or bookbag until time to return them.
2. Keep them in a safe place where babies and pets can’t reach them and you’ll know where to find them.
3. Always read with clean hands.
4. Keep books away from water. (They really don’t like to swim.)
5. Turn pages carefully.
6. Never write or draw in your book.

We need everyone to return their books on time so that other students  can read and enjoy them too.  We had quite a few books that weren’t returned from last year, so if you find them hiding under your bed, please bring them back to school.

Applications to become this year’s reporters went home with interested 5th graders last week.  The last day to turn in the signed forms is Friday, Sept. 11th.  Our new reporters will be announced on Monday,  September 14.  The first show will be taped on Sept. 28th.  I look forward to working with the new team.  I’m sure they will have lots of great ideas for new features.