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Each week, students in Kindergarten through 4th grade present classroom reports as part of our GATHER assembly. These glimpses into the life of each class are presented by a different student each week.

Each week, students in Kindergarten through 4th grade present classroom reports as part of our GATHER assembly. These glimpses into the life of each class are presented by a different student each week.

Each week, students in Kindergarten through 4th grade present classroom reports as part of our GATHER assembly. These glimpses into the life of each class are presented by a different student each week.

Each week, students in Kindergarten through 4th grade present classroom reports as part of our GATHER assembly. These glimpses into the life of each class are presented by a different student each week.

Each week, students in Kindergarten through 4th grade present classroom reports as part of our GATHER assembly. These glimpses into the life of each class are presented by a different student each week.

Each week, students in Kindergarten through 4th grade present classroom reports as part of our GATHER assembly. These glimpses into the life of each class are presented by a different student each week.

Since classes finished last June, our faculty, staff, and administrators have been hard at work on a number of program initiatives. More on those at the end of this message. But in addition to these innovations, we have another important goal this year: Extend love of learning into the parent community by delivering high-quality family education to support a healthy school culture. My team and I want to make sure that PBS parent education is a love-of-learning opportunity: a way to strengthen our spirit of community, appropriately customized to address the concerns and challenges we're seeing. We want to pilot new approaches so we can better serve your needs and ensure strong school-home partnership. To do that, we need your help and input.

The 10th Annual MathCON 2018 Finals took place on Saturday, May 5, at the UIC Forum in Chicago, where more than 1,500 attendees gathered – including our future mathematicians, entrepreneurs, and leaders of tomorrow – to celebrate math and scholarship. Students, parents, and coaches spent the day hearing from guest speakers, battling in a race to solve a Rubik's cube, and honoring the accomplished students.

Below are the remarks that our 1st-grade teachers prepared for the rededication of the garden on the K–2 playground that memorializes Laine Mammen.

Each week, students in Kindergarten through 4th grade present classroom reports as part of our GATHER assembly. These glimpses into the life of each class are presented by a different student each week.

Oftentimes parents ask me what they can do to help improve their child’s Spanish, but the truth of the matter is impeccable grammar and studying words in isolation doesn’t translate into fluency. Above all else, having a good sense of humor and being comfortable with making mistakes, sometimes embarrassing ones, are helpful. Learning a language is a little like free play. You learn from everyone with whom you’re playing while having fun

For the 5th grade and technology CONNECT this year, the team decided that we wanted to teach an area that wasn’t otherwise a part of the 5th-grade curriculum. The team ultimately settled on participating in the nationwide Stock Market Game, run by the SIFMA Foundation. I’m proud to report that even in a down market PBS teams managed to do well, with 4 teams finishing in the top-10  of teams in the Northern California elementary grouping.

Each week, students in Kindergarten through 4th grade present classroom reports as part of our GATHER assembly. These glimpses into the life of each class are presented by a different student each week.