Class Promise

Each and Everyday, we promise to show respect to our fellow students, our teachers, and to our own learning. Together we have created a class promise that we say each morning after our pledge. We have committed this year to help eachother learn and grow in First Grade. Each student represented their committment by decorating their handprint to be displayed on our class promise.

Hurray for the First Day!

What a fabulous first day we had! We began our day by getting to know each other and learning the routines of our new classroom. Our WOW for the day was a special band appearance in the Dining Room. We danced, sang, and clapped! One of our students even got to play on stage!!!!
We had a yummy lunch, wrote to introduce ourselves, went on a Grand Tour of the school, and had a popscicle recess :). We were danced our way out the door to the tune of a Steel Drum Band. Oh my, oh my what a wonderful day! Check out a few pictures from our day :).

Hi Groovy First Graders!

My name is Heather Correia and I am one of your teachers this year! I hope you all are ready to disco down with Mrs. Bridges and I! We are so excited to teach you and to get to know each of you! We have a year filled with fun and learning and have many exciting things planned ALREADY!

I hope you had a wonderful summer...mine was VERY busy! In addition to teaching here at Chets Creek, I have also been a Tae Kwon Do Instructor for 16 years in Jacksonville Beach! This summer my school competed in an international tournament in Orlando, Fl. It was called the U.S. Open. Martial Artists from all over the world were there! It was so cool to all be together in one place like that! I will post more pictures later so you all can see! :)

I also did a summer camp this year! For the last 4 years I have done a 2 weeks summer camp after school ended. This year was our biggest year! There were quite a few Chets Creek students there! We did things like arts and crafts, piano lessons, guitar lessons, fear factor, dancing and outside games. The kids had a lot of fun...even though it was a lot of work for me! lol

Oh, also I live very close to Chets Creek and I have 2 dogs! Trey and Saki.....and they are both very spoiled! Trey is 14 years old and Saki is 9! I put a picture on here so you can see them!

I'll see you soon! Leave a comment if you read this so we can chat!

Miss Correia

Mrs. Bridges' Summer Adventures

Dear Fabulous First Graders,

My name is Mrs. Rachel Bridges and I am one of your new First Grade Teachers. I am so excited to meet you and for our Disco Party to begin! I can't wait to hear all about your summer adventures. I wanted to share mine with you as well as introduce myself.

The summer is always a wonderful time to spend with family and friends and this year, I did just that. I have throughouly enjoyed spending time with my husband, Zach (Mr. Bridges) and my two adorable sons, Josiah (2 yrs.) and Josh (1yrs.). We have had a great time visiting the Jacksonville Zoo, going to the beach, and spending time with our families. We have taken advantage of every opportunity to stay cool whether at swimming lessons or just under a beach umbrella. Have you been at the pool or the beach this summer?

I bet you have, it has been a scorcher!

I got to spend some sunny relaxation time in Key Largo this summer, where I went snorkeling for the first time! Mr. Bridges and I took a four hour boat ride to a Coral Reef Preserve in Key Largo, Florida to check out some of the most beautiful fish I have ever seen! We actually got to visit John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, which has some amazing history and has the only live coral reef in the continental United States.

Well, I can't wait to meet all of you amazing First Graders and I know that together with Ms. Correia and Mrs. Matics, we will have a wonderful and successful year!

Far Out First Grade!

Dear Parents and Students,

Welcome back to school and to your new class! We are so excited about our First Grade Disco Party as Chets Creek orchestrates a symphony of student success. We have so much to learn and discover this year as we groove along as the Sunshine Band (Our class name). CB, stands for each of your new teachers, Ms. Correia and Mrs. Bridges. We will be introducing ourselves in future post . We are so excited to begin our musical learning journey together in First Grade. We hope that you have been getting ready all summer for this amazing adventure as a learner and/or as a parent. We can't wait to meet you at Orientation and show off our plans for the year. We hope that you will use this blog as a means to keep tabs on our class and communicate your thoughts and personal learning adventures. We would love to hear what you did over the summer. Please share your vacations, beach, pool, or just sunny stories with us as a comment. We would love to hear from you!
See you soon :), Ms. Correia and Mrs. Bridges