On Wednesday, September 27th at 2:00pm Canton Central will have a required evacuation drill, weather permitting. The students will be walked to St Mary's school where the buses will be waiting. If your child is normally picked up, the sign out will be at the Banford playground after the drill is completed. Thank you

Just a reminder that Banford Open House is tomorrow night (Thursday) from 6:00-7:00.  Hope to see you there!

You will begin seeing this symbol quite a bit around Banford. It symbolizes the Positivity Project. Banford will be implementing this program throughout the year. It empowers America's youth to build strong relationships by seeing the character strengths in themselves and others.

Each week we will learn about, and work on displaying, each one of the 24 character traits. Today we started with what exactly it means to understand how other people matter. The hashtag #otherpeoplematter will be an important reminder throughout the year to think of others and display these character traits on a daily basis. 

Each day we will spend a minimum of 10 minutes to reinforce the weekly characteristic. Please remember to ask your child about it.

This week your student will begin bringing bookworm books home to read every night. It is important that the books come back to school each day. The students are expected to take at least one bookworm test every week. The students are not allowed to look back in their books during the tests. This is so I can assess their reading comprehension accurately.

Please don't be surprised if your child brings home a book that is a level or two lower than last year. It was a long summer and I like the students to start off successfully. I assure you that the students will working on the level that is best for them.

I am so excited for Tuesday to get here! I can't wait to meet all my new tadpoles.

I have a few reminders for the first week:

🐸We have PE on Tuesday don't forget your sneakers.

🐸Remember, no open-toed shoes on the playground.  So, if you need to, bring shoes to change into for recess.

🐸We will have snack at 9:30 every morning, please try to send only healthy snacks.

🐸Please check the Frog Folder every night. There will be forms you need to fill out and send back. I will also be sending home important information about what goes on in the 2nd grade Frog Pond.