• Dear parents,
  
  This year as part of literacy week we are encouraging our students to create an online book using a website called Storybird. The stories that are created will be shared through our primary websites during the following few weeks. We think that you will find Storybird a great resource to create imaginative books with your child and look forward to reading the stories that you share with us.
  
  Adults will need to sign up at www.storybird.com. You can then create a book from a variety of great art.  Here is an example of a book I made for literacy week.
  
  Once you have created a published your book if you would like the book shared on the HKA websites, you will need to email me the embed code. Once I have the book will be shared through the library website and some other locations.
  
  If you have any further questions please do not hesitate to contact me.
  
  Regards,
  Andy
  

The class has enjoyed taking action in the school garden, watering the plants and investigating what is growing out there. They have found seed pods, flowers and even fruit growing. The first graders even ate the first fruit grown on the HKA papaya tree!

All of the kids (and teachers) somehow forgot to get dressed before school on the same day!

Big thanks to Mary Macleod, Jacob's energetic mommy for coming in for share a snack. The students in 1LJY enjoyed decorating gingerbread men with as much brightly colored frosting as was physically possible! One teacher in particular ( no names will be named) ate so many cookies he or she wasn't able to eat their lunch!

Miss Carla has continued to visit our class and discuss problem solving methods with the help of her little green friend, Kelso. The students look forward to her visits and enjoy helping her act out situations and they REALLY get into her games! Ask them some of the ways they have learned to solve problems!