MEAP IS COMING

THE MEAP (Michigan Educational Assessment Program) testing begins next Tuesday morning. Fifth grade testing will be conducted on the mornings of October 13, 15, 20, and 22. It is very important that your child is in school on these days. Make-up testing will be scheduled on other days prior to our October 29 deadline for all testing. Fifth grade students will be tested in reading, mathematics, and science.

Amanda shares from her Writer's Notebook in response to reading a Polish folktale.

OUR ONLINE READING CLASS allows us to see lessons and assignments when we are using the wireless laptops in class. Students may also access the Lake Hills Online School from home. We took a short quiz today in response to reading Prot and Krot, a Polish folktale about a soldier who wishes for modest things when he can ask for anything in the world. Have your child show you our online classroom this weekend. Students can also view their grades for this class from home.

Sady and Cooper play the online Factor Game with the computer as their opponent.

THE CANDY BAR SALE to raise money for our Outdoor Education camp program will begin next month. Orders for 85 Chocolate Shop kits were placed today with World's Finest Chocolate. This year's Snow Camp will be on Wednesday, January 27, and Thursday, January 28, at YMCA Camp Pendalouan in Montogue.

PERCUSSIONISTS are not all that common at Lake Hills. Can you believe we have FIVE students who are now a part of the percussion section in the Lake Hills band? The band, choir, and orchestra meets every Friday afternoon from 1:00 to 1:50 to rehearse.
Mac, Amanda, Michael, Natalie, and Hans show off their percussion kits. Rhythm abounds!

CONFERENCE REQUEST FORMS were sent home this week. Please complete your request for a Parent-Teacher conference and have your child return this form by Monday, October 12. Fall conferences will be held on Monday, November 2, and Tuesday, November 3.

THE ECOSYSTEM PROJECT dues dates for science are now posted in the classroom. Students must have a "creature picture" turned in on Monday, October 12.

• October 16 - Creature Adaptation
• October 19 - Fact Sheet
• October 21 - Food Web (completed in class that day)
• October 22 - Project Poster
  

THE FALL FUNDRAISER product pick-up is from 3:30 to 6:00 pm on Friday, October 23. Be sure to put that time/date on your calendar if your child participated in the fundraiser.