Generous Guest Reader!

Armstrong, LLC generously gives each Graham First Grader a book each year. That's Mr. Jim Armstrong reading The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle. Mr. Armstrong is responsible for the recent uplift to Graham's front yard so this book is just right for him to read and give to us.

Parents: Summer is a fun time and is a necessary break for us all. HOWEVER, most children return to school reading on a LOWER level than they did when they left for the summer. This will not happen if your child continues to read a little each day of the summer. Our book from Mr. Armstrong is a good one to read several times. PLEASE take your child to the Public Library often this summer. Read to your child and let your child read to you. It WILL lmake a difference next year!

Thanks again Mr. Armstrong! You are a model for us with your generosity and service to our Community!

Guest Authors

Mrs. Armstrong brought her very talented 8th graders to share their own historical fiction books about famous women in history. Those 8th grade authors were so good that we thought they were in college!!! Thanks Mrs. Armstrong!

Let's Help!!!!!

Let's help out tornado victims in our state! I have a personal contact with a school in Tuscaloosa. University Place Elementary was so damaged by the tornado that students will finish the year in an old school building that has been closed for some time.

These students and teachers need school supplies! Let's donate crayons, pencils, paper, notebooks, pencil sharpeners, rulers, scissors, glue sticks, construction paper, backpacks, pens, folders, etc. to help get them going again. They want to start school next Monday.

We don't have much time on this one......I need all donations by Wednesday in order to get them to Tuscaloosa.

I've got the greatest group of parents ever who read this blog and I know you won't let me down on this! I really want to show these kids and teachers that there are people who care about them. Help me get the word out and help me by bringing in donations!!!!!!!!

Thanks!!!!!!!!!

High Tea

We celebrated the wedding of Prince William and Kate by dressing up and enjoying High Tea, English Style. Ladies wore their best dress and shoes and some even had hats or gloves on! Gentlemen wore ties and hats, too! We were lucky to have our very own Prince William (Aiden) and Prince Harry (Sam) look-alikes! We used our BEST manners and enjoyed our tea and "biscuits" on Mrs. R.'s china. We even poured our tea from her silver tea pot! AND we learned a little bit about England, too. Thanks parents for helping us dress the part. It was the most fun!

Authors' Day!!!

By now, you have probably seen and read your child's book! Every one of them was precious. Each child wrote their own story and illustrated it. I helped with spelling and grammar rules, but the story was theirs!

Matt Burgess visited us on Thursday! He is a real author who attended Graham as a child. His book, Skylar and George Washington, may be purchased by going to the website listed on the little card I sent home Friday. If you use the code on that card, he will take $2.00 off the original price AND ALSO donate $2.00 to Graham! That is unheard of in the publishing world! Please support this ex-student and our school by visiting the website and ordering the book. He read it to us and we LOVED the story! We also met Skylar (his dog) and got to pet her. She performs great tricks.