First Day Greetings!!!!

Hello Fabulous First Grade Parents!!!

Greetings from your new room parents, Marcie Poss, Mary Marrero and Laura Evans, at your service! Why three, you ask? Well, like you, we all have busy lives but we all want to contribute to our children's lives in a significant way. We believe there is power in numbers, and it takes a village, and any other cliche you would like to insert, but seriously we can all do it if we do it together! The three of us hope to help Mrs. Oaks and help all of the parents of this awesome class to use our creativity and our available time and resources to help make this a memorable year. You work? No problem. You have other kids? No problem Your hobby of underwater basket weaving take up most of your time? No problem. We will use a combination of good ideas, good communication and good organizational skills to allow all of us to be part of the team without letting the rest of our crazy whirlwind existences suffer.

First, the blog. We have decided to take advantage of technology in order to keep everyone up to date. On Sunday nights we will post our weekly blog which will include reminders for upcoming events, pertinent information for field trips, parties etc, and a to-do list with opportunities for volunteer work in the class room. This way, everyone will be up to speed, and can offer their time or resources in small, do-able increments. We will also post pictures of the class and stories of the kids for all of our enjoyment. This first picture is from their very first day, as Mrs. Oaks had them each make a wish for the year with candles in a fruit plate (healthier than a cake-she's a smart lady!) I personally wished for a pony but my husband said no, there is no room! Oh well.

The cool thing about the blog is that everyone can post, comments, pictures etc, and we have made it private so that only our class can see it (gotta be safe in these days of cyber-weirdos!)
Also we will have some sections where you can list your talents and resources, and an idea page for ideas for parties, field trips etc. We will try to make your ideas into reality, so help us by letting us know how and when you can help. No idea or offer is too small!!!
We are currently working on getting everyone's email addresses together, and I will also send home a note with instructions on how to use the blog. Please call any of us with questions or comments once you have tried it out. We look forward to a great year with all of you!

Sincerely,
M, M and L