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Pinnacle Academy
Second Grade
In The
News:


Science Day
Next Thursday, students in grades K-5 and 6-8 will be participating in Science Day. Each student signed up for a particular event (ice cream sculpture, cup tower, or penny boat). They will compete against other students in the school to see whose project wins! Awards will be given out on the last day of school.
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Field Trip
2nd grade is goin on Tuesday, June 7th to Roer's Zoofari. We are taking the van, which requires all students under 8 to bring in a booster seat. Please be sure to send in the money by Monday at the latest! Families are welcome to drive and join and meet us at 9:00am for the group rate, or pay the regular rate at a later arrival.
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End-of-the-Year
We have many exciting activities planned for the end of the year, like the science day, 2 more field trips, and assemblies. We also have testing the wek after Memorial Day. It is mandatory to test, so please let me know if you will be missing part of it so we can re-schedule.
Reminders:
Visit the P.A. Flickr account at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/pinnacleacademyva/albums
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Here are the language and elective classes for 2nd grade
LANGUAGE:
Turkish: Laila, Bilal, Tarik, Ceylin, Sumeyye, Necati, Sander
Spanish: Emin, Mirza, Diya, Nano, Furkan, Ali
ELECTIVES:
Yoga-Tarik, Laila, Mirza
Around the World-Sander, Ceylin, Emin, Necati, Ali, Diya
Fun Math-Sumeyye and Furkan
Games and Crafts-Bilal and Nano
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The specials' schedule for this year is as follows:
Monday: Art
Tuesday: P.E. (Please wear P.E. uniform)
Wednesday: Foreign Language (Session 1) and Music
Thursday: Foreign Language (Session 2)
Friday: Computer
We will also have Character Education/Library on Monday afternoons and a club elective on Fridays.
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UNIFORMS:
Please be reminded that we are always checking uniforms to be sure they follow the P.A. dress code If you are not sure, check the student handbook. It details the new policies on dressing. So far most students have been doing well!
*Wear your P.E. uniform on TUESDAYS (light blue/royal blue t-shirt and P.A. short/sweatpants/track pants).*
About the next week:
June 6th-June 10th:
This is the last week of the 2015=2016 school year!! It has been a wonderful year and I am sad it is coming to an end. Since it is the last week, our schedule will be different from usual. Here is the weekly break down:
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Monday-Regular school day
Tuesday-Zoo field trip (8:30-3:00)
Wednesday-Regular school day
Thursday-Science Day (AM only)
Friday-Spring play, 4th quarter awards assembly (@9:30)
*Early dismissal!*
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