Hi! Welcome to sixth grade. We are excited to be part of the team that will be working with your child next year. We are planning to continue to departmentalize sixth grade for the next school year. You will get to enjoy each sixth grade teacher, so instead of knowing just one teacher, you will be thrilled to have three. We will work hard to make it an enjoyable year. If there are items your child would like to keep in the classroom that are school-related, we see no problem with that. Markers, colored pencils, crayons, etc. are all perfectly fine to have if wanted. We will be able to supply these, but we do understand how kids like to have their own stuff. Just remember, they need to be used at appropriate times. We would like the kids ready for next year from day one. Over the summer, practice the mult. and div. facts, read some books to keep the brain cells flowing, and write a little bit each day. You need to be ready to roll out of the gates from day one. We believe that we can have a good time learning next year, so we hope your children get excited over the summer to come back to Highland. Hopefully, we will make it a positive, memorable year.   Adios, and enjoy the summer, Mr. Basilo (Mr. B.) Mr. Casey (Mr. C.) Ms. Munden   ***The following items may be contributed to the classrooms if you desire: box of Kleenex, # 2 pencils (ordinary wooden…the others (fancy) mess up the sharpeners, pocket folders, white school glue or glue stick, white lined paper, white board markers…black preferred, a small plastic box to hold items, 1 ream of copy paper, a spiral or composition notebook to write down assignments in, a spiral or composition notebook to work in, colored pencils, markers (not permanent).