MSAD #4

Sixth Grade Newsletter
March 11, 2010

Kindergarten Registration: Friday, March 19, 2010
at McKusick School in Parkman
8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Please call 876-4590 for more information and an appointment.

Field Trip Fundraising: Each year the sixth grade studies the ocean as one of our themes.  In the past we have enjoyed a field trip to Fort Knox and Moose Point State Park in Bucksport, Maine.   Parents who attended a fundraising meeting on February 5 decided it was easiest to have each child bring in $2.00 to help with the cost of this trip.  The date is slated for Friday, June 4, rain or shine.  More information will follow.

Homework:  Sixth graders should be expected to do some homework each night.  Spelling requires oral practice every night as well as a short written assignment.  Children should be reading every night; some classes are assigned to read 15 minutes while others are assigned 10 pages.  Some students need books covered, new folders, and/or new pencils.

Dress Code:  Most students come to school properly dressed, but there are some problems that need to be addressed as winter turns into spring:

Children need to be properly covered.  See page nine in Parent-Student Handbook.

• Shirts that are too low cut are not appropriate.
• Spaghetti straps, see-through fabrics, and tank tops are great for the beach, but not for school.
• Pants that are too big require a belt.
• Pants that are too small are too revealing when a student is sitting down or bending over.
• Slippers are not appropriate footwear for school.
• Shorts need to be fingertip length.

Social Studies classes are studying ancient India, science classes are studying magnetism and electricity, and math classes are changing improper fractions to mixed numbers, mixed numbers to improper fractions and fractions to decimals.