Welcome Back All!  Happy 2026! I thank you all for the generous gift that I received from you. I am looking forward to using it when all my children come home this summer. Thank you for your generosity as I love teaching your children. I hope you all had a relaxing and delightful winter break wherever you may have been.  I had a joyful time staying put right here on STX; relaxing, hiking and reading. We had a chance as a class to share our adventures that took place over the couple weeks and it was great to hear the variety of ways the students spent their time. 

Homework change - no more Fundations, as I am doing the extension in class. Students should continue reading for 20 minutes or more along with the math games that are being sent home. The work should not take more then 30 minutes a night. Thank you so much. Maureen Gwilliam - Ms. Mo

Announcements - 

• 1/19 - No School - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day
• 2/14 - 16 - Agriculture Fair
• 2/16 - No School - Presidents Day
• 3/9-13 - Spring Break week, no school

Ask Your Child About - 

• Community Building
• Morning discussions about returning to school and expectations; lining up quietly, being mindful during transitions in the classroom and on campus.
• Sharing about winter break and all that we did on and off island.
• Coloring page and puzzle building

• Math
• Review of math topic of lapsed time
• Word problems about time/lapsed time
• Adding and Subtracting of double digit numbers

• Literacy (Read Aloud, Word Study, Reading, Writing)
• Fundations - working with prefixes and understanding the meaning with the root word.
• Reading and writing about the upcoming holiday of Dr. MLK Jr.
• Classroom read of The Hero Two Doors Down by Sharon Robinson
• Continually learning cursive

• Science/Social Studies/Global Perspectives
• Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
• Civil Rights Movement
• Discussing Traits in plants and animals
• Learning about island fruits and the trees that they come from.

• Homework 
• Nightly reading log - 20+ minutes
• Math Games - Math Fluency