School Update

Dear Families,

I just wanted to update you on the coming school year and give you a few updates. First of all I am very excited to meet all of you at our open house on August 30th from 3 to 6 p.m. Our new location is at 6154 Mission Gorge, just off the 8 freeway. Remember that school starts on Sept 1.

I am attaching a school supply list to this along with a wish list of classroom supplies. Also if you don’t mind please put these supplies in a box for easy storage. If you need to contact me for any reason please feel free to contact me at my email bill@innovationsacademy.org. I am also planning an informal get together/ potluck at the OB pier on September 11, from 2:00 to 6:00 p.m.

The following is a list of supplies each student must bring to class:

An appropriate leveled book of interest for independent reading time
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1 Box of Copy Paper

Pencil box

Pencils #2 - 24

Eraser - (Pink Wedge) - 3

Pen (red) - 2

Highlighters - 5 assorted colors (pink, yellow, green, orange, blue)

Children's Markers - Crayola/12 Ct. box

Colored Pencils - Crayola/24 Ct. box

Glue Stick(s) - 4

12" Ruler - 1 with centimeter and millimeter markings

7" Scissors - 1

Package of Index cards (3x5) - 1 pack of 100

POST-IT® NOTES - 2"x 2" pack of 3

Pocket Folders - 6 any color or style

Single-subject Spiral Notebooks - 6 (wide-ruled if possible)

Loose leaf ruled 3 hole filler paper - 1 pack of 150 wide-ruled

Tabbed Dividers - 8-tab multi-color

USB Flash Drives

3-Ring Binder - 3-inch

Sheet Protectors for Portfolio

Compass

I am requiring that students bring a stainless steel water bottle for drinking. Also, talk to me about our partnership with a company that makes reusable lunch kits with stainless steel bottle included. It is one of my personal goals to lower our School ecological footprint.

The following is a wish list and items I would like donated to the classroom, if possible:

Chart Paper, Tissue Paper (all colors), Pencil Top Erasures, Tape, Dry-erase markers, Kleenex, Binder clips, Paper Towels, Clipboards, Construction Paper, Paint and Paint Brushes, Pastels, Glue Guns and Glue Sticks.


Thank you!

Bill

Time to wrap it up

I would like to thank everyone for getting the permission slips and money turned in for the upcoming events. To recap, we are having our field day next Monday the 7th, and beach clean-up on the 11th which is a Friday. The week after next we will be having our feed the homeless day on the Thursday, the 17th and our pool party the following day. Thank you for making the end of the year a very memorable time. In class we are continuing to have our spirit days and regular academic schedule.
We are finishing up our persuasive essays and we are reading The Island of the Blue Dolphins as an entire class. For our project time we are continuing to work on our passion project. They are coming along quite nicely now. After school gets out we will be moving to our new location so we will need parent volunteers to help with that as well. The more people that we can get to help, the easier it will be on all of us. I will keep you up dated about our upcoming trips and events