Good Afternoon 2nd Grade Parents and Guardians,
Hoping you are all well and ready for this week full of events! Tonight is an opportunity for us to check in with one another as teacher and parents at a meeting I will be holding in our 2nd grade classroom, Rm 4, at 6:00pm. If possible, please join us to share successes, learn more about our 2nd grade curriculum, and discuss upcoming projects and events. This is also a time to also clarify questions you have about AR goals and reading STAR reports. Your presence will strengthen our class community and will help build a strong partnership. Moreover, if you have not done so yet, please remember to respond to our parent survey via this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSelTN2pa130ZrssW7Y6cpbhH5MVieI_BcBe7RMYk3Cp8cQaxg/viewform?usp=sf_link. We really appreciate everything you do and your input and respectful feedback is valuable to building our school community.
Thank you so much for your partnership in educating your child!
Please find our Newsletter and the Read Across America Flyer attached. Announcements and reminders follow:
CLASSROOM ANNOUNCEMENTS/REMINDERS:
–Extra Credit for AR goal: I will also offer up to 5 extra credit points towards their AR goal if they are to complete the 5-story packet with supplemental questions I have sent home in their Red Folder last week. Please turn in this packet by this Friday, March 1st. Students who reach their actual goal without extra credit will be rewarded with an incentive!! Please continue to encourage students to read their AR books at home and come in to take a quiz as soon as they are done! Our AR reading block is 20-30 minutes per day. They are asked to read independently during this block or quiz on books they have completed.
–Tests:
-Chapter 6 has gone by fairly quickly with the new skills they had acquired when learning how to do 2-digit addition and subtraction. There is a Chapter 6 Math Test scheduled at the end of this week.
-Chapter 5 and 4 Math Tests:-These tests have been graded and sent home last week. For an optional regrade, students can make corrections to their test and turn in by this Friday, March 1st.
–Talent Show: If your child is part of the Talent Show, our show will be in the Hall this Thursday from 1-3pm. You are all cordially invited to come and see!
–Read Across America Schedule: Please see our Newsletter and the flyer attached here for more information. You will also find copies in your child’s homework folder. We are doing something a little extra for tomorrow as 2nd Grade. That is, students can bring ONE stuffed animal to read to during AR time tomorrow. Thanks!
–Sacrament Dates
–Friday, March 22: First Holy Communion Retreat on campus 8-3pm. This is a regular school day, but all students receiving the Sacraments will be on retreat.
–Monday, March 25: First Reconciliation at St. Anthony of Padua from 5-7pm. Students need to be present in the classroom by 4:30pm! Parent(s) are asked to accompany their child during this time.
–Saturday, March 30: First Holy Communion Mass @ 5:30 at St. Anthony of Padua. -3:30pm in Hall: Individual/Family photoshoot (optional)-5:00pm: Meet in classroom Rm 4-5:30pm: Holy Communion Mass-6:45pm: Class photoshoot
Note: Parents will need to provide a scapular for their child. If you need this holy article, I can provide these for you. Just let me know. However, feel free to purchase these if you’d like. Towards the end of Mass, students and parents will be asked to come up the the foot of the sanctuary where Monsignor will bless the scapulars. Parents will then wear these holy articles on their child. To read more about the scapular, visit: https://www.catholiccompany.com/content/How-to-use-the-Scapular.cfm
–Dress code:-for girls: white dress, white shoes, optional veil; dress should have sleeves covering shoulders and armpit area; length should be below knees; may have a white cardigan to provide extra coverage if needed.–for boys: black or white slacks with white collared shirt and tie; full suit is optional.
SCHOOL EVENTS:–Family Social:
-Date Change: Please note that due to a scheduling error at the rectory, they double booked the Hall on 3/2 when we originally had our SpecialPersons’ Social scheduled. The new date for the Special Persons’ Social is Saturday 3/9/19.
Please save the date and we look forward to seeing many of our school families there on 3/9/19! We apologize for any inconvenience that this date change may have caused.
-Silent Auction Baskets:
- Basket 1: Ride with Sr. Tina on the Pablo-mobile and spending lunch with her and another friend at the Poor Claire’s Convent!
- Basket 2: Reserved front row seats for your immediate family, grandma, gramps, and godparents at First Holy Communion Mass!! This basket also comes with one reserved parking space and a special kids’ Marian lamp for your child’s bedroom!
Love and prayers,Sr. Tina
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