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The Gift of a School Year: Education, Virtue, and Community

As this 2025-2026 school year closes, our community has an annual opportunity to reflect on the lives we've lived over the past nine months. 

Teachers might have some of the most up close opportunities to view the truly outstanding efforts of these amazing scholars. At Archway Chandler, we ask the scholars to rise to levels not expected of their peers in both academics and virtue. 

We know parents are also a huge piece to helping build the community in the hours invested into their child's educational journey. It is obvious that you want your children to have a strong start in their early years, believe they have the abilities and capacity to rise to many challenges, and you help them along the way. Thank you for the many, many hours of working with your children-- helping them learn poems, study for tests, correct homework, organize their things, find their materials, and so many more tasks. Thank you parents for all your partnership this year.

As your child's teachers, we are truly honored and privileged to be a part of this community. Your children are why we come to work. It is said that teaching is the greatest act of optimism (Colleen Wilcox), and everyday we return to face new challenges, embrace struggle, and celebrate accomplishments. We are grateful for the learning we also face as we endeavor to improve our teaching crafts and abilities. We also thrive in an environment striving toward virtuous character.

Do not forget to celebrate your children and all their accomplishments this school year!  They've worked so hard and had so many amazing moments!    -- Mrs. Heisler

News:

Spirit Week:

Books! Books! Books! Calling all books! Parents! Please check your child's room and home libraries for any books belonging to the school or classroom. In addition, if your family is finished with any books, please consider donating them to the classroom library. Have your child write a special inscription to their teacher. If you find books belonging to teachers past, don't be embarrassed, just return them! I myself found many previous teacher's books in my child's closet!

Speaking of Books, here is a link to 8 Summer Reading Programs!

-Half Days 5/19-5/22. Everyday this week is a half day except Monday. 

-On Friday, 5/22- 4th graders are welcome to bring in a blanket, pillow or stuffed animal and any books from home they are reading (no graphic novels or pop culture).

-Carry On, Mr. Bowditch Party on May 21st. This is our end of year party celebrating all that the fourth graders have accomplished with a fun nautical theme.

Carry On Mr. Bowditch Party: Thank you to everyone who has already donated to the Mr. Bowditch Party. We are still in need of donations. 

4A - https://signup.com/go/cLuPuxG

4B - https://signup.com/go/LcEoeFC

4C - https://signup.com/go/LjdUiND

IMPORTANT: Medication Pick-Up

Parents or guardians who provided any medication for your scholar, please pick up the medication from the school nurse by Friday, May 22^nd  at 3:30pm the latest. After the last day of school, all medications will be disposed of. Please know that we can't put the medicine inside the student's backpack; it must be picked up by a responsible adult who has been approved by parents or guardians to pick up the medication.

We additionally would like to remind you that if your student has a chronic condition such as asthma, diabetes, seizures or severe allergy (needing epi-pen), every new school year we require a new action plan and non-expired, medications for that condition. Please reach out to your student's medical provider this summer to obtain these before the new school year starts.

Reach out to the school nurse if you need a blank copy of the next school year's action plan for these conditions.

Please reach out to the school nurse for any questions or concerns at sspanbauer@archwaychandler.org  

Curriculum:

ELA:

In GRAMMAR, we will be learning about one final concept in two quick lessons. This concept is relative clauses. 

In LITERATURE we will finish Carry On, Mr. Bowditch.

For our POETRY, we are officially finished unless your student has not recited "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Goodnight". 

In WWE, we are officially finished after we write letters to our fifth grade teachers and next year's fourth graders. Scholars are also not finished if they have not submitted the final draft of their essay.

In LATIN AND GREEK ROOTS, we are officially finished.

For PHILOSOPHY, we will discuss what lies ahead in fifth grade. What are the students looking forward to? What are they nervous about?

Math:

In math, we are finishing our year with an area and perimeter pet paradise project.

History:

In history, scholars have submitted the Revolutionary War Lapbooks for grading.

Science:

Scholars will explore their creative sides while they teach their classmates with creative presentations of 3 famous, historical scientists. Students will read and present on George Washington Carver, Elizabeth Blackwell and Michael Faraday.

Michael Faraday

Elizabeth Blackwell

George Washington Carver

Nat. Geo Kids George Washington Carver

Remember, the blog is updated weekly. Be sure to come back frequently to see any upcoming events or changes in fourth grade.