Practice!   Here we are practicing our songs for the Holiday Concert. I loved the look of the Alvin hats for the, “All I Want For Christmas is my Two Front Teeth” song. The group did an amazing job listening, singing, and watching Mrs. Hasty for directions. You can definitely tell the growth and maturity…

Hello, Dolphin Parents! I hope you all had an enjoyable and relaxing Thanksgiving Break. I know when it comes to hosting Thanksgiving with the cooking, cleaning, and then cooking and cleaning again, it’s nice to be back at school. I really missed the children! Hopefully, you had a great time just being home with family…

The Dolphins were very excited to begin our first field trip to the Shedd Aquarium. In the picture above, we were anxiously waiting to board the bus. When we arrived, we walked down to see the Beluga Whales and the new baby Beluga! The little one stayed close to it’s mom’s side as it navigated…

  What a fun day of Halloween festivities! Once we got over the forecast of SNOW, we settled into our exciting day. The class looked so adorable in their pajamas! The class earned the pajama marble party for collecting compliments. We were able to get the last few marbles over to the end jar after…

What a great day of rock painting! The K-2nd grade classes gathered to paint rocks to put out for our Open House on Sunday, November 3rd from 1-3 p.m. First, the students researched different ideas for their rocks. We saw characters, motivational sayings, and just beautiful designs. Next, we drew our designs on paper to…

Parent Conferences! Thank you so very much for attending the Parent/Teacher Conferences. I love getting our room ready, gathering the best work possible from your child, and also getting a chance to brag about each child to the other people in the world who also think they are pretty amazing…YOU! So, thank you for attending.  …

Into the future…We have a lot of things happening all at once! I’ve sent home some information, listed out dates of things to come, and added more “to do’s”. In order to keep everything straight, let’s take a look into the future together: Parent/Teacher Conferences tomorrow October 17th and Friday, October 18th. See your scheduled…

  Can you believe it will be October next week? I’m not sure how this happens every year,  but school/life is flying by! We have officially ended our 26th day of school. We are working on completing all of our assessments and starting differentiated work in all subjects.  Before each new month, I will list…

The first grade classes had a great day getting to know Quest Academy’s latest and greatest addition to the school, My Museum. After celebrating it’s opening day, we were able to spend some time exploring the creative space. As we entered the museum, we saw many shadows painted on the walls. Using the cheat sheets,…

Just announced! We have a Field Trip scheduled to the Shedd Aquarium on Tuesday, November 19th. Both first grade classes will be traveling by bus to the Shedd to learn more about Dolphins and Beluga Whales. You will receive an email from Quest with a permission slip that needs to be completed before your child…