Lunch Change, Odds & Ends

Beginning Tuesday, April 14, we will be making changes to our lunch/recess schedule for 1st-6th grade. Presently, our students eat lunch before going to recess. This will change on Tuesday when the students will eat lunch after recess. We are making this change because research is showing that the students benefit in a number of ways by eating after recess:
• Students eat at a more leisurely pace because they are not eager to get to the playground
• Students eat more of their lunch, therefore taking in more nutrition
• Students are more ready to perform in the classroom immediately after lunch
• Less food is wasted
We have spent the past month working through the challenges we face, including our transition time and hand washing. We will still have some wrinkles to work out as we put this into practice, but we will address them as they arise.
For those of you who bring a lunch to your student on special occasions, here is our new lunch schedule:
Kindergarten 11:15-11:35 (Kinder still has lunch before recess)
2nd grade 11:45-12:05
1st grade 11:50-12:10
3rd grade 12:10-12:30
5th grade 12:15-12:35
6th grade 12:35-12:55
4th grade 12:40-1:00

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Congratulations to Madison and Duncan! Each year the district purchases student artwork to display in the district office and Governing Board room. Madison and Duncan each won a blue ribbon at the district art show, and the district has purchased and framed their work for display.

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Thank you to everyone who participated in last week's carnival. Great events like this can't happen without all of the parent and teacher volunteers... another reason why the Sandpiper community is so strong.