5TM Class Blog

It seems cliche’ to start off this final 5TM update with “it seems like only yesterday that your children walked into room 204…” but it really does. The year has flown by! I have so many fond memories of this terrific groups of students. Thank you for all your support this year and for sending your kids to school prepared to learn. Please stay in touch!

The updates:

1). You will find various slideshows and videos below. Enjoy!

2). The directions to download graduation photos are posted on this blog (see below).

3). I have emailed a summer reading list and have placed a hard copy in the report card envelopes.

Have a terrific summer!!

Go to:

portal.saschina.org
http://portal.saschina.org/index.php

then click on the PHOTOS tab

then, in the search window, type GRADE 5 TRANSITION CEREMONY

there is one photo in there already, a lovely shot of the PAC that I took.

If you want to download a full sized version of the photo, just above and to the right of each photo they can click on the full resolution link (in the example photo that is already posted, the resolution is 4242 x 2828.  The photos may, depending on the connection speed, take a while to download as they are HUGE when they come off the camera.

Copy and paste this into your browser:

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/gettysburgaddress.htm

1). Project Runway – What do Lady Gaga, Harry Potter, and Barrack Obama all have in common? They all graced the 5th grade with their presence at the 4th Annual 5th Grade Project Runway. After our celebrity guests strutted down the runway, it was the 5th graders’ turn. In their literature circle groups, students had to design a costume for one of the characters in their books. Each group chose one student who had to model the costume on the runway. Good times were had by all! Check out the Project Runway video below. You cannot hear the music, but more importantly you can hear the clapping, laughing, and cheering! Thanks to Mrs. Hughson who spent several hours editing this video.

2). 5th Grade Transition Ceremony – Thursday, June 10th from 10:00 to 11:00 in the PAC. – All parents are welcome to attend.

3). USED BOOK COLLECTION

SAS Community its time to dust your book shelves,
Spring Clean and generously donate to the
SAS International Fair
USED BOOK BOOTH
We also accept gently used games, magazines, English & foreign language books
The SAS USED BOOK FAIR
Is the Best Book Sale In Shanghai

Also, if you’d like to volunteer to help the International Fair Used Books
Committee,
Please contact DeniseFIroozi@gmail.com or 13901667391.

Drop the books off in the PTSA Office 119 Located in the Elementary School

Thank you in advance for your support and have a wonderful summer.

Denise Liedel Firoozi
Executive Vice President
denise.firoozi@pacgroup.com

4). Friday Folders will not be sent home this week.

When students log in, they must click Class Registration. If students are not returning to SAS in August, they won’t be able to register for any classes in PowerSchool.  Sorry for any confusion.

Here are this week’s updates:

1). The Music Bonanza was a huge success. Orchestra students made the long trek to the Pudong campus and all 5th grade band students met on the Puxi campus. I am always so impressed by how talented our students are. Way to go 5th graders! You can view the Band Bonanza concert on the blog (see below). You will be able to view the Orchestra performance from the year end concert within the next couple of days (stay tuned!).

2). Middle School Exploratories - Your child will receive instructions to sign-up for Exploratories in his/her Friday Folder. On Monday evening, students can login to Powerschool from home and choose their Exploratory classes for 2nd quarter. You can currently view the online catalog on Powerschool, but the sign-up will not be open until Monday afternoon.

In the first quarter, all 6th graders are required to take the “Getting to Know your Mac” exploratory.

Sign up for exploratories is NOT on a first come first serve basis.

Students must select one course from 5 out of 6 categories (Create, Expand, Inquire, Lead & Serve, Live & Move, and Wired). They will get one of their choices.

If students do not sign up by Thursday, May 27, they will be assigned an exploratory. Please return the hard copy of the sign-up sheet by Friday, May 28 just in case their is a glitch with the online registration.

If you have any questions, please email Theron Mott in the Middle School at theron.mott@saschina.org

3). On Monday, students in 5TM will eat in the Middle School cafeteria. Students need to bring their lunch cards to pay for lunch or bring a lunch from home. On Friday from 11:00 to 3:00, all 5th graders will attend the Middle School orientation.

4). The final due date for Reading Olympics is Friday, May 28th.

They sound terrific with only a few hours of rehearsal time! Way to go 5th graders from both campuses!

The next time you see one of our fantastic PE teachers (Rachel Baydo, Mata Mataio, and Sarah Bartlett), make sure you give them a big THANK YOU for all their hard work for Field Day. It rained a bit, but the students had a blast!!!! I managed to escape without getting drenched like in the past! Thank you to our awesome parent helpers! If you took some pictures, please send them my way as I forgot my camera (I charged the battery, but left it locked up in my filing cabinet…duh!).

Please remember that the Music Bonanza is on Monday. Orchestra students will leave for Pudong first thing in the morning. There will be a band concert at 2:00 in the PAC.

All Reading Olympics activities are due by Friday, May 28.