Need Help Choosing a Book that works your child?  CLI Coach, Ms. Halpern wants to help you help your student pick the right book.  Students choose books for independent reading for many different reasons: “I just saw the movie,” “I like the pictures,” “My friend just finished it.” Students usually choose books that appeal to them visually. The front covers are designed to capture their interest and emotions. However, many students do not choose a book that they can actually read independently and with success (Parks, 2004).

If the book is too difficult, it will lead to frustration and too little of a challenge will lead to boredom (Routman, 2003). So the book needs to be “just right.” A just right book is one that provides a little bit of a challenge for the student. It should be a book that the student finds interesting and can be read with a small amount of assistance with the text. Spending time reading just right books during independent reading time will help students become stronger.

Attention bikers to school:  It is amazing to see that students are riding bikes to school.  Please purchase U-locks or heavy metal locks to lock your bikes. While no lock is 100% safe, wire cable locks, especially thin wire cable locks, are easy for bike thieves to cut.  Wish we lived in a world where bike locks weren’t necessary---especially in front of a school — but until such time, plan accordingly and invest in a heavy lock!

Shoes:  As the weather warms up please remember that school shoes must be closed toed and fully cover the ankle.  The full Adaire dress code can be found here in the Handbook.  In a nutshell the following shoes are NOT permitted:

• Flip flops
• Sandals
• Slides
• Open toe shoes
• Shoes with open backs - like clogs
• Jellies

FoA Annual Auction Ending Monday May 6th!  
Get your bids in! FoA’s Annual Auction is ending at 9 PM on Monday May 6th and we need your bids!  This is a fun way to support the FoA Annual Fund so make sure to get your bids in on all our wonderful donations, including gift cards to local restaurants, weeks of camp, sporting event tickets and signed memorabilia, and incredible experiences and gifts that are perfect for moms, dads, and grads!  We also have lots of fun classroom prizes, including, 2 class pizza parties, an ice cream party at Weckerly’s or a water ice party at Castellino’s that you can bid on to try and win for your child’s classroom--good luck! Thank you donors and bidders!! Remember even losing bids help Adaire win! www.ebay.com/adaire

Bike or Walk to School Day:   On Wednesday, May 8th, the annual "Bike to School" ride invites Adaire students, families, teachers, and caregivers to bike to school starting from Penn Treaty Park. We're gathering at Penn Treaty Park before 8 a.m., with bikes, scooters, gliders, etc., then leaving for Adaire. We'll have a bicycle officer from the 26th escort us for the route to Adaire. It's a very casual event, so you can just show up if it works for your family that morning. Happy biking! Or scooting, if that's your thing. Or cargo-biking! If it's got wheels and ride it to school, bring it! Kids from other area schools---preschools, homeschools, whatever — are welcome to join in the fun on wheels!

May 9th: FoA Annual Spring Student Concert volunteers needed: 
Is your kid participating in the May 9th concert?  If so, are you willing to help? We’re looking for about 18 total volunteers---two volunteers for each of the classrooms that will be in the concert (Rooms 100, 101, 102, 104, 106) plus we'll need help with Strings, Brass, & ASAP Drama Club.  Volunteers will be expected to arrive at 5pm to help sort out shirts for these 8 groups then they will sit in the auditorium with the children to assist in getting them on/off the stage & keeping them quiet for the whole of the concert. It’s simple as that!  Please use this link to sign up. Thanks in advance!

May 10th 95 Club: 
Sign up to volunteer here.

May 14th: Field Day Morning:  Field Day (Morning in our case!) is a great way to celebrate the end of the school year!  It is a time when students can let loose and have friendly competitions with all their friends in a fun, safe and inclusive environment.  And we need adults to help make it happen. Sign up here.  Schedule:

• 9:00am K-1st
• 9:30am 2nd-3rd
• 9:55am 4th-5th
• 10:30-11:00am 6th-8th

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Alexander Adaire School Vision: collaboratively and cooperatively create an effective and comprehensive educational program designed to meet the academic, social and emotional needs of all students, cultivating them to become responsible and productive citizens in a culturally diverse society.

Mission:to provide the opportunity for every child to be successful academically and socially.