WTKJ News: Mrs. King's Class

Friday, October 22, 2010

Mrs. King's Class

Hi, Everyone!

I hope everyone had a great break! I know I did. My trip to California was fun and relaxing and Disneyland was super fun!

I enjoyed meeting with almost all of you during conferences. We are plowing ahead with the letter Ii this week and Bb and Kk for next week. We are also working on those numbers 0-15.

Next week is the week of Halloween and also Red Ribbon Week, which is drug awareness. The schedule for next week looks like this: Monday there will be a kick off presentation by the Student Council and students will receive a sticker. Tuesday is wear a Red accessory day. This means bows, headbands, socks or jewelery-just make sure it is not something that will interfere with our regular school day. Wednesday is "Be an Example Day" dress like a friend. Thursday is wear a red shirt day. Friday is the day of our "Harvest Celebration" and the Costume Parade. Students are asked to wear costumes that portray a character from a book or a historical figure or just wear red. No Masks, weapon type accessories (swords, play guns, knives, magic wands or other items that could be used as a weapon), no blood-fake or real and nothing super scary as there are lots of little ones around. You may send your child to school in their costume, because of lack of time do no send it in a bag with them. We just do not have the facilities or time to change them. The school-wide parade will begin promptly at 2 pm. AM parents you are welcome to bring your AM students back to school for the parade, but you will need to bring them back to school a few minutes before 2 and stay at school until the parade is over.

AM will do our own mini parade in the morning probably right at the end of the day if you would like to attend.

The actual "Party" will be vary simple this year. Both AM and PM I am asking each child to bring a banana to school by Thursday October 28. We will be making edible spiders and ghost toast that day as their snack. I am asking that you don't send any cookies or cupcakes or other candy to school as they will get plenty of that over the weekend. If you really feel the need to send in something please put it in a bag or something that can be sent home with each child. We will be doing fun activities throughout the morning and afternoon session so if you are available and would like to come in to help that morning or afternoon, please let me know and I will get you more details.

I will be sending home a new scholastic book order on Monday. You will be able to access it and order online just like the other one. I have all the flyer's open for Firefly and Seesaw for September, October, November and December although not all those flyer's will be coming home. They haven't sent me the December ones yet and they shorted us on the Novembers ones so be sure to go online and view all the flyer's with all the available books. Books make great gifts for the holidays and many are available for between $1-$5 what a bargain!! The order will be here for the Winter Vacation begins.

Don't forget Fall Festival is here at the school tomorrow from 10 am until 2 pm. I have told all the students I will be here from 10 until noon, so come by and enjoy the fun, food, entertainment and a great time for all!!

Have a safe weekend!!
Mrs. King

Trisha Wright

Kelly Trowbridge

Welcome to Kindergarten! My name is Kelly Trowbridge and I was born and raised in Tempe, Arizona. I graduated from Northern Arizona University with a degree in Elementary Education in 2006, a Masters degree in Early Childhood Education in 2008, and a Masters degree in Elementary Education with a Reading Endorsement in 2009. This will be my fourth year of teaching at Simonton. Teaching is my passion and I cannot imagine doing anything else. I am very excited and enthusiastic about getting the opportunity in helping your child start or continue his or her educational career.

Joline King

Welcome Kindergarten at Kathryn Sue Simonton Elementary School. We are so excited to be your partner in educating your child. My name is Joline King and this is my twenty-second year teaching, my ninth for the J.O. Combs District. I am a fourth generation Arizonian and have made the East Valley my home with husband, three children and our beloved dogs Salvador and Jones for the past twenty-three years. I graduated from Brigham Young University with a Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education and a minor in Early Childhood after completing an Associate’s Degree from Eastern Arizona College. I also have a Master's Degree in Adult Education and Distance Learning. My children, both at home and at school are my greatest joy! I have three children that are mostly grown: Matthew 25, Jennifer 21 and Bryant 19. We also added a daughter-in-law to our family this past spring. Her name is Kristin and she is married to Matthew. I look forward to a great year full of fun and lots of learning.

Kristy Johnson

Hi, my name is Kristy Johnson. I am an Arizona native and have lived in Queen Creek for almost 6 years. This is my third year at Simonton Elementary. For the first two years I worked in the SPED resource room as a paraprofessional. I worked with all grade levels but kindergarten always felt like home. I am looking forward to working with all the students. We will work on reinforcing cirriculumn as well as participating in school specials. My goal is to make learning fun for kindergarten. All aboard the Kinder Express!