Happy New Year to you all!!
First off, thank you so much for all the Christmas wishes, goodies, and gifts before the Christmas break!! I am most thankful for your support and prayers!! These are the best gifts I could ever ask of parents and guardians like you. Thank you also for getting the children back to school and ready to kick off after break!
This week is a short week, but a good way to transition the kids back into full gear next week. Please find attached our Weekly Newsletter and some announcements/reminders follow:
–HW: There is light homework today. There is no Word Work homework so therefore, I did not send home the journals with the students. The high frequency words will be repeated for next week and their usual test will be next Friday for these words. Please note that I’ve sent home and attached to this blog a support sheet for some of these words that sound the same, but are spelled and used differently.
–AR Reading Goals: Students were sent home with an Accelerated Reader Goal before Christmas break and a letter that explained what this means (see file attached). Please have students keep up with their reading homework at home because books they check out from the school library have quizzes which students are then able to take after they are finished with the book. Please reread the letter for more information on how to identify books as AR. Students need to reach their goal by the end of the trimester, March 8. As an incentive, they are rewarded one coupon each month for free pizza at Pizza Hut if they reach their monthly goal (students are well aware of their daily and monthly goal through the online system to help them track their reading points)!!!! I will send home AR reports to update you on their progress soon.
–2nd Grade Prayers: Please have students learn their prayers from the pink booklet in their folders. You can support them by having them recite the prayers daily.
-Parent Formation Retreat/Meeting: Please keep in mind our upcoming Parent Formation Retreat/Meeting this Saturday, January 5! If your child is receiving the sacraments this year, this meeting is a crucial part of your participation. The date and location is:
-Saturday, January 5th from 9:15am-11:00am in the Hall
The meeting will focus on First Holy Communion. Thank you for all you do to help prepare your child!
-2nd Grade Photos: I will be emailing you access to a google drive folder I had created to drop off 2nd Grade Photos of various occasions this school year (Halloween, All Saints’ Day, Christmas, etc). Since I am not much of a picture person, it would be helpful to have your photos for yearbook! Feel free to add to this folder anytime. Thanks so much!!
–Baby wipes: I have officially run out of baby wipe supplies for the school year. If possible, I would take any amount of donations. Thanks so much for helping our children stay clean!
Thank you all for your support and God bless you!!!
-Sr. Tina
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