Have a great summer!

 

Mrs. Burch's Weekly Update (5/23)

One more week of second grade!! How can it be? This year has flown by! 

We had a great field trip yesterday! Here are the pictures! I'll add more as I receive them!

Don't forget that we have our Botanical Gardens field trip on Tuesday! Make sure your child has a disposable sack lunch and tennis shoes! (No open-toed shoes allowed!) We will be leaving school at 9:00am and returning about 12:30pm. It should be fun!

Take a look at Mrs. Deurloo's Summer Reading Challenge! 

Reminders:

• Chaperones for the Botanical Gardens Field Trip on May 27 will be: Mrs. Robinson, Mrs. Adamski, Mrs. Rosenthal, Mrs. Kaptagay, Mrs. Bott, and Mrs. Pedigo. Please arrive at school by 8:50. Chaperones will ride the bus with us. We will return to school by 1:15pm.
• If your child has not returned his/her library book or paid to replace the lost/damaged books, please do so ASAP!!

Next Week:

• Please continue to read at home daily!!
• Phonics: contractions review, spelling bee
• Reading: Poetry--finishing!
• ELA: Opinion Writing--Book Reviews--finishing!
• Math: End of the Year Math Assesment
• Science: Plants 🌱
• Social Studies: Howell History--finishing! 

Upcoming Dates:

• May 26--No School, Memorial Day
• May 27--Matthaei Botanical Gardens Field Trip! 🌼
• May 28--Summer Birthday Party 🎉 
• May 29--Desk & Locker Clean-out!
• May 30--Last Day of 2nd Grade! 😎

Repeat reminders:

• Please note: We do not celebrate birthdays with edible treats in 2nd grade. You are welcome to send in a pencil, small toy, or trinket for your child to pass out, if you wish! We will make sure their day is special regardless! 🎉

Mrs. Burch's Weekly Update (5/16)

Happy Friday! I can't believe we only have 9 days left of second grade! Students are bringing home their baggie gardens today! We talked about how they needed sunlight and might even be ready to plant outside! They are excited to see what sunlight and dirt will do to help their seeds grow! 

Reminders:

• Field Day is Monday! Please make sure your child dresses for an afternoon of field day fun. Tennis shoes and water bottles are a MUST!!
• Thursday is our Walking Field Trip to Howell. Please make sure your child dresses for the weather and has good walking shoes! No flip flops, please! They will also need a disposable sack lunch! Each child will be ordering a small cone (vanilla, chocolate, or twist) at Dairy Queen after lunch, compliments of our awesome PTO! Please let me know if this is a problem. 
• Chaperones for the Howell Walking Field Trip on May 22 will be: Mrs. Pilarski, Mrs. Pietila, Mr. Traviglia, Mrs. Linhart (Sulek), Mrs. Hainstock, Mr. Peters, Mrs. Bott, Mrs. Kaptagay, Mrs. Adamski, and Mrs. Rosenthal. Please arrive at school by 8:50 to go over some things before heading Downtown.
• Chaperones for the Botanical Gardens Field Trip on May 27 will be: Mrs. Robinson, Mrs. Adamski, Mrs. Rosenthal, Mrs. Kaptagay, Mrs. Bott, and Mrs. Pedigo. Please arrive at school by 8:50. Chaperones will ride the bus with us. We will return to school by 2pm.
• If your child has not returned his/her library book or paid to replace the lost/damaged books, please do so ASAP!!
• We will be previewing the book fair on Monday and shopping on Wednesday. Wednesday is the ONLY shopping day, so please make arrangements to send payment with your child that day. You can pay by cash, check, or ewallet.

Next Week:

• Please continue to read at home daily!!
• Phonics: contractions
• Reading: Poetry
• ELA: Opinion Writing--Book Reviews
• Math: End of the Year Math Assesment
• Science: Plants 🌱
• Social Studies: Howell History! *Field Trip Thursday!

Upcoming Dates:

• May 19--Field Day (Rain date: May 20) 
• May 21--Shop at Book Fair 📚
• May 22--Howell Walking Field Trip! 🚌
• May 26--No School, Memorial Day
• May 27--Matthaei Botanical Gardens Field Trip! 🌼
• May 28--Summer Birthday Party 🎉 
• May 29--Desk & Locker Clean-out!
• May 30--Last Day of 2nd Grade! 😎

Repeat reminders:

• Please note: We do not celebrate birthdays with edible treats in 2nd grade. You are welcome to send in a pencil, small toy, or trinket for your child to pass out, if you wish! We will make sure their day is special regardless! 🎉

Updates from PTO:

On Monday, we held our final meeting of the school year and voted on next year's board. The 2025/2026 board is as follows: 

President- Ashley Bansale

Vice President- Danielle Gulledge

Communications Secretary- Lindsey DeCamp

Recording Secretary- Sarilda Olvin

Treasurer- Ashley Mahler 

Trustee- Brian Mageli

Mrs. Burch’s Weekly Update (5/9)

Thank you for all the Teacher Appreciation love shared this week! I love being your child’s teacher so much and this class is just the best!! 🩷

We had fun in the garden this afternoon! We took the tops off our mini greenhouses! Hopefully it's finally warm enough that we won't have to worry about a freeze. If you're interested in helping us transplant one afternoon next week, please let me know!

Our class is featured in this week’s edition of The Halls of Hutchings! Check it out! They were super excited!

Chaperones for the Howell Walking Field Trip on May 22 will be: Mrs. Pilarski, Mrs. Pietila, Mr. Traviglia, Mrs. Linhart (Sulek), Mrs. Hainstock, Mr. Peters, Mrs. Bott, Mrs. Kaptagay, Mrs. Adamski, and Mrs. Rosenthal

Chaperones for the Botanical Gardens Field Trip on May 27 will be: Mrs. Robinson, Mrs. Adamski, Mrs. Rosenthal, and Mrs. Pedigo

Check out the flyer coming home in your child’s folder today for this year’s garden stone fundraiser!

Library Updates: 

• ALL library books are due back on Wednesday!!
• The Book Fair will be in the library the week of 5/19, so we will shop on 5/21.

Next Week:

• No more nightly homework! Please continue to read at home daily!!
• Phonics: Suffixes (-ing/-ed review)
• Reading: Poetry
• ELA: My Story, Your Story (personal narrative writing) 
• Math: Unit 9 Test Wednesday! The review sheet will come home on Monday!
• Science: Plants and Baggie Gardens 🌱
• Social Studies: Howell History!

Upcoming Dates:

• May 19--Field Day (Rain date: May 20) 
• May 21--Shop at Book Fair 📚
• May 22--Howell Walking Field Trip! 🚌
• May 27--Matthaei Botanical Gardens Field Trip! 🌼
• May 28--Summer Birthday Party 🎉 
• May 30--Last Day of 2nd Grade! 😎

Repeat reminders:

• Please note: We do not celebrate birthdays with edible treats in 2nd grade. You are welcome to send in a pencil, small toy, or trinket for your child to pass out, if you wish! We will make sure their day is special regardless! 🎉

Updates from PTO:

May PTO meeting 5/12 6pm. 

Are you interested in joining next year's board or do you know someone who would be great? Sign up here-https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdTG64w1RhI4dktGRYA6NhmGrxIcHIWbqp7MzDZ9SktNbXGRQ/viewform?pli=1 

Qdoba fundraiser 5/15 

Mrs. Burch's Weekly Update (5/2)

Happy May!! I can't believe it's the last month of school!! 

We had a great week! We visited the garden today for science and to check on our milk jug gardens. They're growing like crazy! The kiddos surprised me for my birthday when I walked in from bus duty this morning. They're the sweetest! ❤

Library Updates: 

• Next week will be the last week to check out books! 
• ALL books are due back on our library day 5/14. 
• The Book Fair will be in the library the week of 5/19, so we will shop during our library time on 5/21.

Next Week:

• No more nightly homework! Please continue to read at home daily!!
• Phonics: vowel teams review
• Reading: Miss Rumphias, Poetry
• ELA: My Story, Your Story (personal narrative writing) 
• Math: Unit 9--Equal Shares and Whole Number Operations
• Science:
  Plants 🌱 
• Social Studies: Howell History!

Upcoming Dates:

• May 19--Field Day (Rain date: May 20) 
• May 21--Shop at Book Fair 📚
• May 22--Howell Walking Field Trip! 🚌
• May 27--Matthaei Botanical Gardens Field Trip! 🌼
• May 28--Summer Birthday Party 🎉 
• May 30--Last Day of 2nd Grade! 😎

Repeat reminders:

• If you would like to volunteer in our classroom this year, please make sure you have filled out all the paperwork and have been cleared in the office before signing up! Here is the sign-up for Classroom Volunteers! 
• Please note: We do not celebrate birthdays with edible treats in 2nd grade. You are welcome to send in a pencil, small toy, or trinket for your child to pass out, if you wish! We will make sure their day is special regardless! 🎉

Updates from PTO:

Staff Appreciation Week-

Next week, we are taking a trip to the Emerald City to celebrate our incredible teachers with a Wicked-themed Staff Appreciation Week! 
Our teachers work their magic every day to inspire and support our students, and we want to show them just how much they mean to us. Throughout the week, we'll be showering them with appreciation, fun surprises, and a touch of Broadway magic!
Please see the flyer attached on how you can join in on the celebration and help he celebrate our Wickedly OZ-some staff!
Let’s make this a Popular celebration and show our teachers just how much we appreciate them! Thank you for your support in making this week truly magical!

Staff Appreciation Signup Genius: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0B4DAEA822A7FAC43-56400636-staff

Staff Appreciation Donations: https://www.zeffy.com/donation-form/staff-appreciation-week-5

Upcoming Events-

Teacher Appreciation week is 5/6-5/9.

Airborne fundraiser! 5/6 from 4-8. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased at https://www.airborneadventure.com/fundraiser-events 

May PTO meeting 5/12 6pm. Are you interested in joining next year's board or do you know someone who would be great? Sign up here-https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdTG64w1RhI4dktGRYA6NhmGrxIcHIWbqp7MzDZ9SktNbXGRQ/viewform?pli=1 

Qdoba fundraiser 5/15

Mrs. Burch's Weekly Update (4/24)

Tonight is our choir concert! Students need to be at school at 5:20 PM. They will meet Miss Favio right outside of the classroom, next to their lockers. The show starts at 5:30! I am sorry that I will miss the concert, but Miss Favio said she would record their songs so that I can see how awesome they do! I know it will be out of this world! 🪐 💫

Book orders are due on Wednesday. This is the LAST book order of the school year. Order on our class page, if you're interested! 

Next Week:

• Spelling/fluency homework 24
• Phonics: vowel teams review
• Reading: Miss Rumphias
• ELA: My Story, Your Story (narrative writing) 
• Math: Unit 9--Equal Shares and Whole Number Operations
• Science: Plants 🌱 
• Social Studies: Howell History!

Upcoming Dates:

• April 24--2nd grade Choir Concert at 5:30pm 🎶 
• May 19--Field Day (Rain date: May 20) 
• May 21--Shop at Book Fair 📚
• May 22--Howell Walking Field Trip! 🚌
• May 27--Matthaei Botanical Gardens Field Trip! 🌼
• May 28--Summer Birthday Party 🎉 
• May 30--Last Day of 2nd Grade! 😎

Repeat reminders:

• If you would like to volunteer in our classroom this year, please make sure you have filled out all the paperwork and have been cleared in the office before signing up! Here is the sign-up for Classroom Volunteers! 
• Please note: We do not celebrate birthdays with edible treats in 2nd grade. You are welcome to send in a pencil, small toy, or trinket for your child to pass out, if you wish! We will make sure their day is special regardless! 🎉

Updates from PTO:

Staff Appreciation Week-
*Teacher’s Look Away!*

Help us spoil our wonderful Hutchings Staff Members during Staff Appreciation Week which starts on May 5th. We have opportunities to donate items and funds to help provide a wonderful week full of goodies for our Wicked Amazing Hutchings Staff!

Staff Appreciation Signup Genius: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0B4DAEA822A7FAC43-56400636-staff

Staff Appreciation Donations: https://www.zeffy.com/donation-form/staff-appreciation-week-5

Upcoming Events-

Teacher Appreciation week is 5/6-5/9.

Airborne fundraiser! 5/6 from 4-8. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased at https://www.airborneadventure.com/fundraiser-events 

May PTO meeting 5/12 6pm. Are you interested in joining next year's board or do you know someone who would be great? Sign up here-https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdTG64w1RhI4dktGRYA6NhmGrxIcHIWbqp7MzDZ9SktNbXGRQ/viewform?pli=1 

Qdoba fundraiser 5/15

Mrs. Burch’s Weekly Update (4/17)

Happy Easter! 🐣 Don’t forget that there is no school tomorrow! 

We had a fun celebration for Miss Favio today! I think the kids really enjoyed showering her with books and teacher tools for her new classroom! We also put together a class book of teacher advice. It was super cute and I think she loved it! 

Next week is our choir concert! Students need to be at school Thursday night at 5:20 PM. They will meet Miss Favio right outside of the classroom, next to their lockers. The show starts at 5:30! I am sorry that I will miss the concert, but Miss Favio said she would record their songs so that I can see how awesome they do! I know it will be out of this world! 🪐 💫

Next Week:

• Spelling/fluency homework 23
• Phonics: vowel teams
• Reading: Rotten Ralph
• ELA: My Story, Your Story  
• Math: Unit 8–Geometry *Test Tuesday!
• Science: Plants 🌱 
• Social Studies: Howell History!

Upcoming Dates:

• April 24--2nd grade Choir Concert at 5:30pm 🎶 
• May 19--Field Day (Rain date: May 20) 
• May 21--Shop at Book Fair 📚
• May 22--Howell Walking Field Trip! 🚌
• May 28--Summer Birthday Party 🎉 
• May 30--Last Day of 2nd Grade! 😎

Repeat reminders:

• If you would like to volunteer in our classroom this year, please make sure you have filled out all the paperwork and have been cleared in the office before signing up! Here is the sign-up for Classroom Volunteers! 
• Please note: We do not celebrate birthdays with edible treats in 2nd grade. You are welcome to send in a pencil, small toy, or trinket for your child to pass out, if you wish! We will make sure their day is special regardless! 🎉

Updates from PTO:

Upcoming Events-

• Buffalo Wild Wings fundraiser 4/22 11am-11pm
• Teacher Appreciation Week is May 5-9! 
• Airborne fundraiser! 5/6 from 4-8. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased HERE.
• May PTO meeting 5/12 6pm. Are you interested in joining next year's board or do you know someone who would be great? Follow the link HERE to sign up. The election will be held at this meeting. 
• Qdoba fundraiser 5/15