Dear Parents, By now the news has spread that Mrs. Manning is moving to eighth grade and I will be the first grade teacher! It is with great excitement that I begin this position! As mentioned in previous introductions, I am an alumna of Loyola Marymount University. I graduated as a member of the University […]
Dear Kindergarten Families, Here we are in a new month. I hope all families have been thinking which saint your ‘little saint’ will represent. We will be discussing many saints in class and reading to understand how they helped people spreading God’s love and faith. Progress Reports coming home today! Please review, sign and return by […]
Dear Second Grade Families, Yeah!!! the testing is over and now we can progress with all second grade work all of the time. Some second grade activities were put on hold to accommodate the many tests that were needed. This week is a full week with five full days! Please remember the note concerning food […]
Dear Parents, October 3, 2011 It has been a great year so far! I would like to thank you for sharing your children with me – I have enjoyed getting to know them, spending time learning and playing together. Our eighth grade teacher, Mrs. Dwyer, is relocating to Rio de Janeiro and I will be […]
Dear Third Grade Families, I am pleased to report that as of last Thursday, we are all done with ITBS and CogAT testing for the 2011-2012 academic year! The next time your child completes these assessments he/she will be a fourth grader. All of our students deserve a big pat on the back for their […]
Dear Families, We have complete all of our ITBS testing. The students did an excellent job. We will resume our regular schedule this week. Progress Reports will be sent home this Tuesday, October 4th. Please sign and return the forms by Friday October 7th. This Friday is also our pumpkin sale. Students who have prepaid […]
Fall is in the air as we begin the month of October. Students are having a good time using the IXL math site and Spelling City. I just got a report from IXL and am very happy to see how much time each child has been spending doing math on the site. A few students […]
Sacred Heart has been my parish now for over 25 years. My family has attended church here and my two children are graduates of Sacred Heart School. For over 20 years I have been blessed with the opportunity to work here at SHS. It has been a great joy to teach at this school and […]
Dear Parents, October 3, 2011 Our reading strategy this week is “monitor and clarify”. If we have difficulty understanding the story as we read, we stop and go back to reread the sections that were confusing. We also use key words or the pictures to help the story become clear to us. Our comprehension skill […]
This Sunday is the 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time. The parable told by Jesus in this weeks Gospel is hard to understand. After much discussion and interpretation, the 8th graders realized that the vineyard represents the earth and that the vineyard owner’s son is Jesus. They reflected on 3 ways they can be good stewards […]