Dear Fourth Grade Families, Here’s our week in 4thgrade… Math: We are wrapping up Unit 8! This week, we determine how to find the area of triangles! ELA: -Writing: We are beginning our new unit on Literary Essays -Reading: We are continuing our Reading Responses. Remember nightly homework is to read 20-30 minutes! We are also […]
The 7th grade class entered the realm of the marvelous Mayans this week. We are learning about their calendar, farming methods, government, and religion. We know much about their culture from their codex. In class today the students created a colorful codex with information about the Mayan culture using their numbers and pictographs. Next we […]
Dear Families, This Wednesday is a Free Dress Day for a $1 donation. Please have your child wear P.E. clothes for our Jogathon on Friday. This Friday is also a noon dismissal. Looking ahead next Monday, May 13th is a noon dismissal for students. Next Wednesday is our Intermediate Grade music program. Please see below […]
Dear Kindergarten families, This is an exciting week! Jogathon is on Friday. Have your child dress in P.E. type clothes: Red or blue shorts and solid color T-shirt. If your schedule permits come join us at 8:30 for Mass. Jogathon should begin about 9:30, starting with Kindergarten. Tuesday we have an art lesson with Miss […]
We hope you are gathering Jogathon donations to send to school with your students! Our Jogathon is scheduled for Friday morning, May 10. Be sure to return your Jogathon Order Form that was included in the May Family Envelope to purchase Spirit Signs & ShoutOUTS for students, Starbucks coffee for adults, and Kona Ice for […]
Dear Kindergarten families, In your child’s homework folder is an envelope with craft sticks to help with mental math skills. Especially subtraction combinations from 10. I can see everyone needs more practice. In class we take turns asking several different math combinations such as, “I have 9 sticks in the pocket, if I take out […]
6th Grade has just finished our chapter on Earthquakes and we put our knowledge to a challenge in the lab today. We had to use what we learned about buildings, center of gravity, and strength of structures and we designed a building out of marshmallows and toothpicks…on a bed of jello. Then we subjected the […]
The 6th grade class spent a beautiful sunny day wandering the amazing Getty Villa. As we move on from Ancient Greece to the Ancient Romans we were able to view many statues, pots, jewelry, glass bottles and mosaics from antiquity. We also strolled through the beautiful peristyles and the culinary garden. It was a truly […]
Third grade families, Welcome back!! I hope you had a wonderful Easter Break. The kids came back refreshed and ready to work hard as we finish up our third grade year together! We have a lot of fun events coming up this month, so please keep a lookout for any important dates! Important dates: Thursday, […]
Hello Second Grade Families, Welcome back! I hope everyone enjoyed the Easter vacation among family and friends. The students came back to class yesterday morning rested and ready for this home stretch in the school year. This week in class, we will be working to build our momentum up again. Math: We will begin the […]