A Busy But Exciting End of Our Year!

We have so many fun things happening in our classroom and around our school between now and the end of our year! Here is a list of the many different events coming up between now and June:

May 6th-10th Teacher Appreciation Week: Thank you to the many parent volunteers who are doing so much to make Teacher Appreciation week so special! We are very grateful for your gratitude :)

May 8th- Wellness Walk 1:30-2:30: Feel free to join our class for this whole-school event! We will meet outside of our classroom before walking as a school down Gifford Farm Rd. and back. Please be sure to send your child to school with appropriate walking shoes!

May 10th- Bike to School Day: All SMS Students are invited to bike, walk, skateboard or roller blade to school to promote heart healthy and earth friendly habits! If you live far from school or on a busy street, feel free to drive to the park to use the paths as a safe alternative!

May 16th-Early Release and Maker/ArtFest 5:00-7:00: All SMS students will have a piece of artwork on display that they've created in Art Class with Mrs. Dow and many other students, staff, and family members will have other items they've created at home! This is a great event to attend as a family, you will be blown away by these creations!

May 21st- Field Trip to SEE Science Center (Manchester, NH): Permission Slips were sent home for this field trip on Monday. Please return the signed permission slip along with $9 for each of your giraffes (along with an additional $9 for each parent chaperoning) and any bagged lunch order forms by Monday, May 6th.

May 22d- Field Trip to Exeter High School: Kindergarten will be heading to the high school to enjoy a play put on by EHS Students. This trip will not require chaperones, and permission slips will be due back to school by 5/10. In lieu of purchasing tickets, each student is also asked to send in one canned good on or before the date of this trip to go towards the EHS food drive.

June 3rd- Grand Luncheon: We invite all grandparents and special adults to join us for the Grand Luncheon at our school! More information about this special event will be coming home soon.

June 7th- Field Day and Kindergarten Graduation: In the morning between 9:00-11:30, we will be participating in field day at SMS! We will be playing lots of different games outside with our classmates enjoying our last day of Kindergarten. Afterwards, families are welcome to join us for a whole kindergarten picnic lunch from 11:30-12:30 out on the lawn, and afterwards we will head into our classrooms for a special slideshow and to receive our kindergarten diplomas. After we enjoy our treats, you are welcome to bring your child home. If it rains that day, we will spend the morning in our classroom and you will be welcome to join us for the slideshow and ceremony in our classrooms at 12:30

June 11th-12th- Kindergarten Screening: We will be holding kindergarten screening for all incoming kindergartners on these two dates. If you have a child who is headed to SMS next year for K, please see the front office to receive your registration forms.

We will update this list as necessary! 

Be Well!

This year, we were lucky enough to celebrate Health and Wellness during one of the most beautiful weeks we've had all year! 

On Wednesday, we did our Wellness Walk with our reading buddies in 4B. We walked one mile together as a school in the sunshine!

It's a Ms. Riley Sannawich!

On Friday, many of the giraffes participated in Bike to School Day! 

The weather was perfect all week long, and we were so excited to spend some extra time in the sunshine :) Be Well!

Getting Outside!

This week, we had our Wellness Walk through the neighborhood surrounding our school and we also celebrated Bike to School Day! The weather was a little iffy on both days, but luckily the sun won the battle against the clouds and both days ended up being lovely! 

Way to get moving, SMS! 

A Busy but Exciting End of The Year!

Hello, Families!

We have lots of upcoming dates for the end of our school year, so please mark your calendars for these special upcoming events. If there are any further dates that need to be shared or any changes to these dates, I will be sure to let you know as soon as possible! 

May 5th- PTO Spring Social:  A great night out for parents at the Portsmouth Harbor Events and Conference Center from 7-11 pm with music, dinner, and a live and silent auction! Purchase tickets online here for $30 or purchase for $35 at the door.

May 10th- Wellness Walk: We will have an all-school wellness walk up Gifford Farm Road at 1:30 pm. 

May 12th- Bike to School Day: Students can walk, bike, scooter, skateboard, or roller blade to school! Want to avoid riding on a busy road? Families are welcome to park at Stratham Hill Park and ride the trails from there! 

May 17th- Early Release Day: students will be dismissed at 12:50 pm. 

May 18th- MakerFest and Art Show: Everyone is welcome to join us for our second annual MakerFest and our first EVER Art Show in the Cafeteria from 3:30-6:30 pm. Projects can be brought in that morning by students or can be dropped off by parents after 1:30 pm. The MakerFest and Art Show will run through Friday morning.

May 24th- Sidewalk Shel-ebration! Families are welcome to join us at 9 am as we head outside (weather permitting) to publish our poems on the sidewalk. We will also be reciting a few of our poems from our class poetry book as well as a poem by Shel Silverstein.

May 30th and 31st- Can't Stop The Seedling: Students will put on the dress rehearsal of our play during the school day on May 30th and will perform our play for families on May 31st starting at 6:30 pm in the cafeteria. The giraffes will be playing the part of The Pollinators, so they are welcome to dress up as their favorite bees, birds, and butterflies! More information will be coming home about the play over the next few days.

June 2nd- Volunteer Appreciation Day and 1-2-3 Fun Run: All parent volunteers are welcome to join us for a "Thank You" breakfast at 8 am  in the library and Celebration in the Gym at 8:45 am so we can thank you for all that you do for our classroom and school! That afternoon, teachers, parents, and students are welcome to run or walk 1,2, or 3 miles around SMS and Stratham Hill Park at 5:30 pm. Following the run, there will be a BBQ, Dunk Tank, Snow Cones, and a Dance Party! 

June 5th- Grand Luncheon: Grandparents and friends of SMS students are invited to join us for our annual Grand Luncheon. Second Grade Lunch will be from 12:15-12:50 and recess will be from 12:50-1:10. 

June 9th- Field Day: bring your sneakers, because June 9th will be field day! Please bring a change of clothes with you, as we will have some water games and we will also be outside, rain or shine. This year's Field Day Theme is "Where's Waldo?"

June 12th- Field Trip to Great Bay Discovery Center: we will be going on our annual field trip to Great Bay Discovery Center. We will arrive at Great Bay at 9:00 am to spend the morning there. We as we ask chaperons to meet us at the Discovery Center on Depot Rd. (NOTE: 2R will be going with 2H  and 2S that day-- 2D and 2A will go on June 5th)

June 19th- End of Year Picnic at Stratham Hill Park: All second grade classrooms will be hiking through the trails from SMS to Stratham Hill Park for an end-of-the-year picnic. Families and Friends are welcome to join us! We will arrive at the park around 10:00 am and we will leave at 1:30 pm. Families are welcome to join us for any of that time!

June 20th- Last Day of School: While it is bittersweet to see these amazing children off to third grade, I am so proud of the growth they've made, and I'm also hoping they might come back for a visit from time to time in the years to come :) In the meantime, we will enjoy all the fun we have in store for these last few weeks of second grade!

Bikes Galore: Bike to School 2016

While we had a pretty rainy week after our vacation, we were very lucky to have a rain-free Bike to School day on Friday! 

Half of our classroom biked to school with their friends and family, and some even won prizes! 

We can't wait to get moving again next week when we participate in our annual Wellness Walk on Wednesday, :)

Bike to School This Friday!

Friday, May 6th is our annual Bike to School Day. Bike, walk, run, jump, hop, or skip to school to promote healthy habits and being active! 

Activity books will be coming home today with fun games and puzzles that also teach us about bike safety. If activity books get completed by Friday, students can enter to win a raffle from the Stratham Police Department! 

Bike to School 2015

On Friday, many of the giraffes participated in our annual Bike to School Day! Some of us biked all the way from home with our families while others drove to Stratham Hill Park and biked through the trails and onto the fields. 

It was a really fun way to jump start our morning and end our day, and many of us now want to ride to school every day!