Happy Monday! We had a fun time with our first grade reading buddies on Friday playing the Alward Mathlete Game.

M-Step begins on Tuesday this week at 9:00, and it is scheduled for each morning through Friday morning. Please avoid all appointments during this time. The students have worked hard to prepare, so I think they will do their best — and that is all that matters. Two of the tests in math and reading are “CAT’s” (Computer Adapted Technology), so each student’s test will be unique to his/her abilities.

Parents can help by encouraging plenty of sleep each night and providing a healthy and balanced breakfast each morning before school. They will have to wait until 11:00 for snack each morning, so be sure the belly is full to feed the mind. Water bottles are always a good idea too.

The week of May 8 is our last book fair at Alward. Great time to get books for the summer! I will not send out a Scholastic order form for books again until June, in order to support the book fair. Our buy date is May 10 at 1:00 for the Book Fair.