Dear First Grade Families,

Welcome to November! We are so excited about all the amzaing learning that is taking place in the classrooms right now. The students have shown a lot of growth in the past 2 months and are more and more like first graders each day.  We are constantly surprised by the curosity and excitement of your children. Thank you for sharing them with us each day. While we are on the topic of ''thank yous'-we want to extend a huge thanks to the parents that planned, prepared and chaperoned our Halloween celcbration on Monday. It went very smoothly and everyone, including our 5th grade learning biddies, had a super time.  

Sincerely, 

The students continue to research Sea Crest School. We are still in the process of interviewing specialist teachers and administration. We are discussing the differences in people's jobs and the students are enjoying brainstorming questions to suit each individual. The interiews are complete the students create a class book with the information they have gathered.  

The last of our surveys were sent out this week which means that we will have learned something about every student in the school. Some of the questions we asked were; What is your favorite subject? What is your most challenging subject? What is your favorite thing to do at recess? and What special do you ejnoy the most. We tallied the results from our surveys and looked at the data to make comparisons.  

Next week we will begin talking about the physical space of Sea Crest School.

During this time of the year when there are many classroom or school-wide events and celebrations it is important to remember the critical medical challenges food-borne allergies can pose to students. It is especially crucial to be mindful of the potentially life-threatening impact of peanuts and tree nuts. As you send food items to school for group consumption, please review our guidelines from our Family Handbook below.

Some students at Sea Crest have  severe food allergies including dairy, gluten, soy, shellfish, tree nuts and peanuts. These allergies can be life threatening and many times can be triggered by contact alone and not only by ingestion of the food. By far the largest category of severe life threatening allergies comes from nuts. We ask that the entire Sea Crest community become informed and sensitive to this issue.  When preparing food for potlucks, bake sales, celebrations, or community gatherings, please avoid peanuts and tree nuts and clearly mark any dishes that may include them.