Coin Drive

Bitterroot is having a coin drive. One of our families at Bitterroot recently lost their home and all of their belongings to a fire. The class of the student who was affected wanted to help out. They decided to collect coins and then donate them to the family to help pay for items needed. If you would like to help, then please send any change to school with your child. We greatly appreciate your generosity and we know the family will also.
Thank you,
The Bitterroot Staff

Vacation is almost here!

It's hard for me to believe that there are only 10 days left before our winter break. Today we are going on a field trip to the Moss Mansion. It will be decorated for Christmas and we are excited to see it and learn about its history.
We have quite a bit to do before we vacation. We are about finished with our novel, Stepping on the Cracks. We've enjoyed reading this and as we read we have worked on many concepts such as analogies, cause/effect, character analysis, compare/contrast, and finding main ideas of the chapter to include in our summaries. Yesterday we took our math chapter 3 test. We will begin chapter 4--Adding and Subtracting Fractions. Next week the PTA will be having Santa's Workshop. The children can bring a list of people they need to shop for and money and buy presents. They usually have a great selection to choose from and reasonable prices. Everyone wins! Our lass will go to Santa's workshop on Tuesday, Dec. 16 from 8:30-9:00.
I wish all of you peace.
Chris Morales
Important Dates:
Dec. 15: Band/Orchestra Concert @ 2:20pm for 4-6 grades and parents
Dec. 17: Skyview Trading Cards here (1:10-3:00)
Dec. 19: Dress rehearsal in the gym @ 8:35am for music program
Dec. 22: General Music Holiday Program **2 performances, 10:00am and 1:30pm
Dec. 23: Skyview Choral Concert in the gym @ 1:00pm (K-6 are invited to attend)
Dec. 24-Jan. 4: Winter Break, No School
Jan. 5: School resumes
Jan. 12-22: Venture Theater practices for interested students in 4th-6th grade
Jan. 16: End of 2nd Quarter
Jan. 19: PIR DAY, No School for students (Teachers, Mtg. in AM, Records in PM)
Jan. 23: Venture Theater performances
Jan. 26: Follow-up hearing screening
Jan. 28: NAEP TEST for 4th Grade students
Jan. 28: Skyview Trading Cards here (8:00-9:50)
Jan. 29: PIR Early out. Students dismiss @ Noon. District Mtgs. (1:15-3:45)

Short week

Hi everyone. This is a short week--only 1 1/2 days of school. Remember that we only have school for a half day on Tuesday and no school on Wed.- Fri. I hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving. Enjoy and eat lots of turkey!

Important Dates:

Nov. 14: Bitterroot T-shirt orders

Nov. 17-21: THANKFUL WEEK
11:30 Parents are welcome to come in and read with your child. If you'd
like to stay for lunch, please let the lunch clerk know before
Friday.

Nov. 19: Skyview Trading Cards here (10:20-12:10)


Nov. 20: PTA Meeting in library (6:00pm)

Nov. 25: PIR Early out 12:00 noon

Nov. 26-28: Thanksgiving Break, No School

Dec. 17: Skyview Trading Cards here (1:10-3:00)

Dec. 24-Jan. 2: Winter Break, No School

Jan. 12-22: Venture Theater practices for interested students in 4th-6th grade

Jan. 16: End of 2nd Quarter

Jan. 19: PIR DAY, No School for students

Jan. 23: Venture Theater performances

Jan. 26: Follow-up hearing screening

Jan. 28: NAEP TEST for 4th Grade students

Jan. 28: Skyview Trading Cards here (8:00-9:50)

Jan. 29: PIR Early out. Students dismiss @ Noon.

THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE PARENTS WHO ATTENDED PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCES. This is a favorite time of year for me. I feel as if I get to know your child better and that we can work together to help him/her be successful.

Thank you,
Chris Morales

October 20 Newsletter

10-20-08

Dear Parents,
I hope all of you had a great long weekend. It is almost time for the first quarter of school to end. I can’t believe how fast the time goes. I sent a bright green sheet home last week for you to select your top 2 preferred parent/teacher conference times. Please return those by Wednesday, October 22. I will be scheduling my own conferences this year. Our staff will meet Thursday after school in order to try to schedule families as close together as possible. I encourage everyone to make every effort to schedule one conference per child. I only have so many available time slots and this really helps.
I also am writing to let you know that I now have a blog where I will be posting important dates. You can get there by putting http://www.blogger.com in the address bar of your computer. Also, my email address is moralesc@billings.k12.mt.us. Please feel free to contact me anytime. If you would like to share your email address with me, I would really appreciate it. It’s easy for me to answer emails throughout the day or at home in the evening.

Dates to Remember:
Oct. 20: Fire Prevention Assembly @ 9:15am for K-4 students
Oct. 21: 2nd Grade to ABT @ 12:30pm
Oct. 23: Staff Conference Scheduling Meeting in the Library @ 3:20pm
Oct. 24: PTA Little Caesars Pizza PICK UP in the gym @ 2:30-6:00pm
Oct. 27: Vision Screening in the gym (K-6)
Oct. 27-31 National Red Ribbon Week
Mon. Wear Pink
Tues. Wear Hawaiian Lei
Wed. Bring a can of food for the Food Bank
Thurs. Dress Retro
Fri. Wear your favorite team apparel
Oct. 30: End of 1st Quarter
Oct. 30: 6th Grade to ABT @ 9:30
Oct. 30: 11:00am-12:15pm Fifth Grade Bake Sale during lunch
Oct. 31: PTA Pumpkin Patch Party (5:30-7:30)

Thanks,
Chris Morales
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Name:_______________________ Student:___________________________

Red Ribbon Week

Hi. It is Friday, October 17. I just want to let my students and their parents know that Red Ribbon Week will be Monday, Oct. 27 through Friday, October 31. Each day we have a theme.
Monday: Drugs stink. Wear Pink
Tuesday: Lei off drugs. (Wear Hawaiian Lei)
Wednesday: You can. I can. We all can stay away from drugs. (Bring a can of
food for the Food Bank.)
Thursday: No drugs in the past. No drugs in the future. (Dress retro.)
Friday: Team up against drugs. (Wear your favorite team apparel.)
This should be fun. I hope everyone will participate. The PTA has also purchased bracelets, suckers, pencils and stickers for all of the kids. THANKS PTA!

Hope all of you had a great long weekend. I will see you Monday.

Friendly Reminders:

THE ULTIMATE PENNY WAR: Our school is still collecting loose change for Huntley Project School. So far we have $175 and we still have 1 more week to go!!! Way to go Bitterroot families!
PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCES ARE COMING! The dates are Wednesday, November 5 and Thursday, November 7. Today I sent home a bright green sheet of paper for parents to sign up for their top 2 choices for conference day and time. I am scheduling my own this year. Our school is meeting in order to schedule families' conferences as close together as possible. If at all possible, I encourage parents to make a conscientious decision to schedule your conference together. This will help me and the staff here at school because there are only so many time slots available. Thank you!

Hope you will visit my blog often. Feel free to write back. Please remember that this is not confidential. If you have a concern specific to your child, please email, write, or call me.

Thank you and have a great week!