Dear Parents,                                                     February 6, 2011 It was wonderful seeing so many of you at Parents Day.  I hope you enjoyed your time with us.  As promised while in the computer lab…here is the website we were working on: http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/ – Enjoy!!  Remember, by the end of first grade students should know their facts to 20 […]

Dear Parents,                                                     January 31, 2011 What a busy week!!  It is Catholic Schools Week this week and we have something special planned every day.  Groundhog Day is Wednesday as well as the 100th day of school – more celebrating!  Friday is Chinese New Year and Parents Day.  I hope that you can spend the morning […]

Dear Parents,                                                     January 18, 2011 Thank you to those who were able to help in Primary Centers.  The children (and me too!) enjoy seeing you in our classroom and truly appreciate the help. I hope that everyone enjoyed the three-day weekend!  Let’s hope the weather stays just as nice for our field trip on Thursday.  […]

Dear Parents,                                                     January 3, 2011 Happy New Year!  I hope that you all enjoyed a peaceful, restful, and blessed Christmas. I want to thank everyone for the wonderful gifts and warm thoughts sent my way – I truly felt the blessings of the season. A new year – and what a school year we have […]

Dear Parents,                                                     December 13, 2010 I really enjoyed meeting with all of you during conferences.  Thank you for making the time to meet and discuss your child’s progress. The last week of school for 2010!!  What an exciting week it will be!  We have finished theme 4 in our reading series and will be assessing […]

Dear Parents,                                                     December 6, 2010 A HUGE “Thank You” to Mr. Sezzi and Mr. Galvan (a parent of a kindergartener, second and fourth grader) for helping in the first grade classroom for Primary Centers.  I could not have done it without you! It is Saint Nicholas Day today and the children have been very good.  […]

Dear Parents,                                                     November 29, 2010 I hope that you all enjoyed a wonderful, blessed Thanksgiving with family and friends.  Hard to believe that it is the first week of Advent!  The next few weeks are very busy and filled with much excitement.  I know that it is a busy time for everyone but I am […]

Dear Parents,                                                     November 22, 2010 We have much to be thankful for on this Thanksgiving week and at the top of my list is YOU!  Thank you for all your support and for sharing your children with me.  They make me smile everyday! This is a very short week and therefore we will concentrate on […]

Dear Parents,                                                     November 15, 2010 What an exciting week we have planned in first grade!  Today we are having our Chumash Native American Presentation from the Ventura Outreach Program.  We will also be watching a movie from California Streaming in the computer lab on the Pilgrims’ trip to America as a preview to our study […]