Dear Families, Everyone did an excellent job at reciting his or her poem in class. Congratulations to our top five, Madeline, Austin, Rosita, Aidan, and Gisele. They will present their poems to a panel of judges on Wednesday. On Thursday we will have our school Mass at 8:30 am. Please join us if your schedule […]
Dear Parents, April 30, 2012 Thank you to all the parents who supported and participated in the Jog-A-Thon on Friday! It was a fantastic success and the students had “The BEST day ever!” (or so they told me!) […]
Kindergarten Families, This week I am sending home a reading booklet, two math worksheets, and a few interactive games. Have your child read the booklet to you. List on log and read each night for 10-20 minutes. Discuss what is happening in the stories as you read together. As your child reads help them to […]
This Sunday is the fourth Sunday of Easter. The Gospel uses the analogy of Jesus as our Shepard and we are his flock of sheep. The class discussed the many ways we all try and act like good sheep and follow the ways to act taught by Jesus. The Gospel mentioned the wolf who represents […]
Dear Third Grade Families, It feels good to be back at school. I was in New York for the past couple of days. This will be a very busy and eventful week, so let’s hit the ground running! Starting on Tuesday, our class will begin recitation for the annual school poetry contest. Five students will […]
Dear Second Grade Families, This is another busy week for all second graders. We will begin classroom poem presentations. Everyone will do this, as this is part of Language Arts. Those desiring to go on for the speech contest will be chosen and notified by this Friday. This is always a tough decision as there […]
Dear Families, This is a very busy week for out fifth grade class. We begin to recite our poems in class on Wednesday and Thursday. This Friday is our Jonathon. Please have your child wear their P.E. uniform. We will also have a noon dismissal on Friday. Next Monday is our field trip to the […]
Today we began hearing the poems students have been memorizing. We will continue with this through Thursday. I will then choose five to go to finals. This is a graded assignment and will be entered as an English grade. Tomorrow will be our chapter 9 math test. We then begin our geometry unit. Wednesday I […]
Dear Kindergarten Parents and Families, I hope everyone enjoyed their weekend. Earth Day projects will be made today as we discuss making good environmental choices. Please read below for a number of upcoming events: Today we will see Marla the Mermaid a hour program on marine life in the Channel Islands. As we did last […]
Dear Parents, April 23, 2012 Our reading strategy this week is evaluating. The comprehension skill that will help us with evaluating is story structure. Knowing the setting, the characters, the problem, and solution in the story and being able […]