Teaching Like Pirates!

Hi folks, Jon Wennstrom here! You may have seen on our Buchanan Facebook page, our staff wearing some fun pirate eye patches. Here's the background: We all read the book "Teach Like a Pirate" this summer and started our year together with discussing ideas from the book. Now teaching like a pirate doesn't involve attacking ships, looking for treasure or walking the plank. It's all about being courageous in our teaching, taking risks on new and exciting lessons, and finding our passion for education. Most importantly it's about making learning FUN for both our teachers and students! I'm so excited to set sail into the new school year with the best crew in Education!

UPCOMING EVENTS AT BUCHANAN

Tuesday, September 4: First Day for Students! Students dismissed at 12:10 PM (no lunch)

Thursday, September 20: PTA Meeting 7:00 PM (All families welcome)

Friday, September 21: Lifetouch Picture Day

Monday, September 24 - Friday, September 28: Scholastic Book Fair

Thursday, September 27: Curriculum Night / Open House 6:00-7:30 PM

For those students being driven in, we provide curbside drop off. Please pull up in front of the gym and an adult will help your child out of the car and to the designated spot. We will do the same for all students as they exit the school bus. Please see the picture below to find the designated line up spot for each grade level. Kindergarten students will always line up in front of the main doors. 

Students riding the bus will be helped by adults and safeties into the appropriate bus line. Kindergarten students being picked up will be delivered to parents outside the classroom exterior doors (in the back of the building). Students in grades 1-4 will be picked up in the gym. The gym will be divided into four quadrants, one for each grade.  Parents may enter the gym through the exterior gym doors when they are opened at 3:55 PM. (Unfortunately, parents will not be able to wait in the front entryway as the new design provides a much smaller area.  Thank you for your cooperation!

Free & Reduced Lunch Applications and Online payments & account access

ICHAT Link: This link is for volunteers and chaperones to use for background checks

Interested in becoming a lunch/recess supervisor? Apply here: EduStaff

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PTA POINTS

The PTA Newsletter is attached to this email and will go home with all the students in their opening day packets! 

Did you know that our school has its own hashtag on Twitter? It's #BuchananBears.  Whenever our staff members tweet out, we will use our hashtag. If you are on Twitter you can see the cool things happening at our school by searching the hashtag #BuchananBears. Great things are happening at Buchanan!