Passport Club Summer Fun!

Attention! Passport Club’s November Check Day arrives early on the 18th.

Have you noticed that Check Day occurs at the end of the month? Well, that’s certainly true–it is scheduled on the last instructional Wednesday of each month. EXCEPT November! Many families find that the shortened school week of the Thanksgiving holiday is extra hectic. To make Passport Club participation easier at that busy time, we test one week earlier. So, please note that the November Check Day is on the 18th, NOT the 25th. Note that some Special Itinerary and Continent Challenge packets incorrectly showed the later date. Our apologies!

PASSPORT CLUB OVERSIZED MAPS FOR SALE

Passport Club is selling oversized maps for those who like to study using a larger map. We offer blank and labeled maps, $4.00 each. These maps will be available at Curriculum Night. Or, you can contact the Passport Club leaders (see Passport Club page).

TIP: Purchase a map, laminate it, and then use dry erase markers to color the countries you’re learning that month.

PASSPORT CLUB – TRAVELING BOBCATS!

Thank you, Bobcats, for sending postcards to Bonny Slope Elementary. We enjoyed reading about your travels. The winners of the Passport Club Summer Postcard Contest are:

Most Unusual – Cameron Vargas (5th grade)
Best in the West – Kawena Kohler (kindergarten)
Most Educational – Gina Lee (3rd grade)
Farthest Away – Liam and Ron Collins (4th grade)

You can view all the postcards we received on the bulletin board across from the library.

May Passport Club Update!

Passport Club News – April

What’s up this month in Passport Club? All students who learn Level One will learn the locations of Egypt, Germany, Greece, Kenya, and Mexico. Here’s a fun fact: did you know that our tradition of birthday cake and candles originated in Germany? “Happy birthday” in German is “Alles gute zum Geburtstag!”

Kindy classes gear up for Passport Club! This month on Check Day the kindergarten students get to visit Passport Club with their fifth-grade buddies to see how our students show off their geography skills. We will be so happy to welcome our eager new Passport Clubbers next September when they start first grade.

Congratulations, fourth-grade students who also do Special Itinerary! You learned all our 50 states and their capitals, and the provinces and territories of Canada and their capitals, too. This month you will get a chance to practice what’s in store for you next year: the Continent Challenge. On April and May Check Days you get to show us what you learned about the countries in North and Central America. Great work!