Underwood Families,
I hope that you are having a great start to your week! We are in our second week of electives and third week into the second quarter. We continue to have so many things to be thankful for at Underwood. We are proud to announce our teacher and instructional assistant of the year as well as updates on Readvolution.
I hope that you are having a great start to your week! We are in our second week of electives and third week into the second quarter. We continue to have so many things to be thankful for at Underwood. We are proud to announce our teacher and instructional assistant of the year as well as updates on Readvolution.
Teacher of the Year and Instructional Assistant of the year :
Heather Burton - special education teacher working mainly with k-2. This is Mrs. Burton’s second year at Underwood. She has a variety of experience in working with students with special needs for pre-kindergarten to high schoolers. She works in general education classroom along with providing instruction during the student's elective time. Her peers say, “Heather is a huge asset to Underwood’s youngest learners….She is always going above and beyond for the needs of all students...She models appropriate response and allows herself to mess up, but reflects.” Congratulations to Mrs. Burton!
Michelle Kurtz - instructional assistant in our ECS k-2 classroom. This is Mrs. Kurtz second year at Underwood Elementary. She previously taught self-contained special education classes for over 25 years. She joined us last year as an instructional assistant in our ECS classroom. Her peers say, “She is kind, fun, and always willing to help anyone….she never fails to have a smile upon her face. No matter what challenges her day may contain...she always demonstrates her kind and friendly personality to her colleagues and jumps in to help when necessary”. Congratulations to Mrs. Kurtz!
Readvolution
We are still two weeks away from the December 6th end date of the Readvolution campaign and we already have over 60 students who have reached or surpassed the goal of 800 minutes. Way to go! Don’t forget each student that reaches the goal of 800 minutes will receive two hockey tickets. Our fourth graders are still in the lead with over 70,000 minutes logged! Keep reading Unicorns!
Upcoming Events
- November 20th - Holly's Harps performance at 1:20
- November 22nd - 3-5 Cultural Arts Music Performance (Shana Tucker)
- November 26th - Book Fair opens
- November 26th - Leadership Meeting at 7:45
- November 27th - November 29th - Holiday
Wishing you well this week!
