Good afternoon Shady Lane families,

As we head into Thanksgiving break, I want you all to know how thankful I am for you. It is a blessing to be the principal at Shady Lane. I am thankful for our dedicated, caring and skilled staff that teach our students every day. I'm thankful for our awesome students who work hard and brighten my day. And I'm thankful for you, our families, as partners in the effort to educate our kids. Thank you!

It's going to be a great week!

Brad Hoffman

Social Studies Resource

The district is interested in your feedback as we explore new resources for the area of Social Studies. Please use the survey link below to share your thoughts.

 Elementary Social Studies Parent Survey

Shady Lane Intergenerational Day

With Valley View's Intergenerational Day this past week, it has led to some questions about ours. Don't worry, you didn't miss it. Shady Lane's Intergenerational Day is Friday, April 12th. More information to come in spring.

Healthy November

Join Mrs. Resch and healthy Shady Laners by participating in Drop Everything and Move (DEAM) this month. And also participate in No Soda November. See more below!

Young Rembrandts

The next Young Rembrandts Class at Shady Lane begins on November 29th. Check out more information here.

Parent Corner

On Wednesday, we hosted a 4K literacy night. Our literacy coaches, Susie Grabow and Sarah Halverson, shared information with our 4K parents on how to support literacy growth in their children. Below is a link to a video that really stuck out to me as valuable in helping understand how our language and interaction with our children is critical to their language development which then sets the path to reading success. This focuses mostly on development before the age 5, but it definitely applies for children of all ages. Check it out.

Thrive by Five

Important Dates

• 11/22-11/27 - Thanksgiving Break
• 12/6 - 5K-2nd grade report cards emailed home
• 12/23-1/1 - Winter break