The Underwood Way
Comets Elementary Newsletter November 2025
We had a great turn out for our Parent-Teacher Conferences in the Month of October! Thank you to all of the parents/guardians who attended.
This is a great way to to build a partnership between home and school to improve a child's academic and social development.
with Mrs. Nagel
Greetings!
For our Accelerated Reader program this year, I am selecting “AR Stars of the Month.” These will be either the student in each grade earning the most points for the month or a student who has made significant improvement. They will be posted in the hallway outside the Library. October’s AR Stars are: Hadley - 3rd, Khloe - 4th, Cooper - 5th, and Pearce - 6th. Way to read!
We also have two students who’ve already earned over 100 AR points and their ticket to the annual 100 AR Point Field Trip in the spring: Otto and Cooper - impressive work! Grades 2-6 students will have until roughly the end of April to earn 100 points and a spot on the field trip.
Book Blast was a phenomenal success this fall! Thanks to your participation, every student in our elementary school received at least two books of their own to keep, each teacher received a set of ten books for their classroom, and four teachers received classroom shopping sprees (based on class participation) to get books or other items for their classrooms! We appreciate everyone who helped make this possible, and look forward to making it an annual fall event. Check out the recent or soon-to-be published Central McLean News-Journal’s coverage of our Book Blast deliveries!
During October, our Elementary Library classes in grades PreK-2 focused on fall/Halloween stories with crafts, fiction vs. nonfiction, and beginner coding/computer skills with activities using www.kodable.com. We also discussed the importance of limiting our screen time and read The Couch Potato by Jory John during Digital Citizenship week (October 20-24). Grades 3-6 learned about and explored many different book genres such as: historical fiction, realistic fiction, fantasy, mystery, folktales, science fiction, and graphic novels. For November, grades PreK-2 will be Grades 3-6 will be
The Bookmobile will be here on Thursday, November 20th. Please help remind students to return Bookmobile items if they haven’t already. Thank you!
Please reach out to angie.nagle@underwoodschool.org or contact me via Rooms with any questions, ideas, or concerns. Thank you!
Wednesday, 11.5.25
- Way Wednesday
Tuesday, 11.11.25
- No School-Veterans Day
Tuesday, 11.18.25
- Family Breakfast in the lunchroom
Thursday, 11.20.25
- Bookmobile
Tuesday, 11.25.25
- School Board Meeting--7:00 am-- PD room
Wednesday, 11.26.25
- Hat Day
Thursday & Friday, 11.27.25-11.28.25
- No School
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