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Back to School 2025-2026

Dates to Note:

Friday, August 1, 2025 – Optional Open Houses for All Students

1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

 

Monday, August 4, 2025

First Day for All Students

 

Wednesday, August 6, 2025

Parent Orientation in your child’s classroom, 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

 

School-wide information can be found on our Family Resources Page

 

Posts

class update

camp surf

Dear Parent(s)/Guardian(s), 

This Spring, we are so pleased to offer our E2 students a wonderful and engaging overnight trip experience. Students will travel by charter bus to San Diego, California, for a two-night stay on May 6-8, 2026. The total cost for the class trip is $336.00. The trip installments will be billed as follows:   

PAYMENT 

DUE DATE 

AMOUNT 

1st Payment / Deposit 

Nov. 1, 2025 

$ 112.00 

2nd Payment 

Dec. 1, 2025 

$ 112.00 

Final Payment 

Jan. 1, 2026 

$ 112.00 

ECA fees must be paid in full by November 1st or have a current payment plan in place with the billing office that is being followed for students to participate in the overnight trip. These monies are used to cover expenses incurred above and beyond those paid for by trip fees charged to students. Chaperones will be required to pay a cost of $336.00 due in February 2026. We do realize that making payments can be difficult, and at no point do we want a child to miss this educational experience. If your family cannot afford the cost of this trip, please contact the Finance office. 

Cancellation Refund schedule:  

If cancelled by 3/6/26 – 50% refund  

If cancelled by 4/3/26 – 25% refund 

Refunds considered after 4/6/26 require family or medical emergency documentation. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Erin Ford at [email protected]

If you prefer a different billing arrangement, please contact Jazmine Gray, in Billing, at [email protected].  

 Thank you for all the support,  
Kayla and Paul 

 
Homework
Lesson 1-5 due this week 
spelling goes home today, test on Friday 
 
Fall Spirit week
11/27 crazy hair day
11/28 backwards clothes day 
11/29 fall colors/ pumpkin carving
11/30 fan shirt (anything you are a fan of, ex: band, football team, etc/ class flag football game
11/31 pajamas and hot cocoa 
 
Class Social: Parents vs. Kids Kickball Game
Date: October 18th
Time: 9:30 – 11:30 AM
Location: Granada Park

class update

Safety Week

This week we will be going over different drills to make sure students have a better understanding of how to respond to different scenarios if ever necessary. We will be having discussions/practicing 1 drill a day. We will be practicing an off campus evacuation drill this Friday. Please look for a permission slip today and return by Friday am, giving your child permission to walk off campus to the alley across the street in order to practice this drill. 

Homework

Math: Lesson and Practice Set 1-5 (Lesson & practice set 2 due tomorrow Tuesday)

Math tests will be given weekly after every 5 lessons. The tests correspond with the homework lessons the students complete weekly. Students will be given their first math test this Friday, September 12th. 

Field trip

Class field trip September 25th from 9:00-1:30 to ASU school of space exploration 

week 2 Newsflash

Newsflash

Happy Tuesday! Students are doing a great job of getting adjusted to the classroom and the systems we are putting in place and they have really stepped up in working hard to set a good example for the class. I'm proud to say that the 4th graders are adapting well, but will most likely take about 2-3 months to become fully comfortable with the E2 transition. I know that change can be hard, I'm grateful that so far everyone is working together to really help make each day run smoothly.

Special Thank you

Big big thank you to Anah and Chris for donating our popcorn machine and fixings to go with it! We are looking forward to trying it out this Friday. :)

ALLERGY IN CLASS

please do not pack any foods with pistachios or cashews any other nuts are allowed. 

Parent Orientation

Thank you to those who were able to attend the parent orientation last week. If you were unable to attend the Parent Orientation, we sent home a folder with your child that included the packet of information for you to look over. 

Pizza Friday

If you would like your child to participate in Pizza Friday and you have not already turned in the Pizza Friday form or payment, please make sure to do so by August 22nd to our class coordinator. 

Homework

Math: Review packet, Monday and Tuesday should be completed 

Reading: 20min of reading daily 

This year students will go to Study Hall if they miss a homework assignment. If you would like to opt-put of Study Hall please email Christy Cantu, [email protected], with your request and how you will help your student make up their missed homework.

Enrichments

The Enrichment Fair was held on Friday, so your child may have expressed interest in an after school activity. Online registration for E2 Enrichments is open this Wednesday, August 13th at 7pm. https://www.villamontessori.com/apps/news/article/1950926

Sign Up Genius

If you haven't already, please checkout the different Sign Up Genius links that are various ways you can volunteer, help or donate in/to the class.

Volunteer in our class

 
plants for class 
 
 
 pizza Friday snack
 
Parent Surveys

Thank you to all the parent surveys that were filled out for me. I have read through them and soon, I will be sending a class email of Q & A with the responses to some of the questions parents asked in the survey. If you were a parent who did not attend the parent orientation, you will find the survey in the folder that was sent home with your child on Friday, please fill it out and return it to me by this Friday. 

upcoming field trips:

our first field trip will be to the ASU Planetarium on September 25th. A signup for volunteers to drive will go out this week. 

Week 1 update

Happy first week of school! Please refer to this class Newsflash weekly to see what is happening in the classroom.This week will be filled with student assessments, team building, student mentor groups along with some work time.
 

Parent Orientation: We will be having our Parent Orientation night this Thursday, August 7th at 6:30 pm in the classroom, Room 201. We ask that at least one parent attends the orientation, if you are unable to attend, we will send home your Parent Orientation packet in your student’s communication folder on Friday.

Homework: Summer Homework should be turned in this week, and if there is any portion of summer homework not completed, your child should use this week to complete it.

Book Talks have begun. Students should have read and completed one book report project this summer. Today, I sent home book talk forms/rubrics with any student who requested one. Each student signed up for a day this week in which they would like to present. Please make sure your child is prepared for their 5-10min book talk, which is a summary and review of the book they read along with an explanation of the project they created.  

Math: Review Packet will be sent home this Friday, August 8th. A calendar for homework due dates will also be set home or you can find a copy under the tab Homework Calendar.

Reading: We encourage students to read about 20min daily at home. The goal is to complete a book every month and to present a book talk each time a book is finished. 

Pizza Friday
Pizza Friday will start Friday, August 29th. If you would like for your child to participate in Pizza Friday please return the Pizza Friday form with payment on or before August 22nd. Half payment ($75) or Full payment ($150) can be made out Venmo or Zelle to our class coordinator Megan Affrunti 
Venmo: @Megan-Affrunti-1
Zelle: Megan Affrunti 847-815-9688
If there is any financial hardship, please reach out to me via email [email protected]
Pizza Friday forms will be sent home Thursday.
 
Class sign ups 
The following sign-up genius links are for ways in which parents can volunteer in the class, our class pet needs, and a sign up for all of our Pizza Friday snacks for this school year.  I will attach the links below and please feel free to look and sign up for anything of interest. 
 
Volunteer link
 
Plants for our class 
 
Pizza Friday snack 
 
Food for class pet 
 
Flowers for our class 
 
Class wish list