Dear Fifth Grade Families,
Blessed Sunday! Please read the information you need for the week of 10/31 – 11/04.
Test Corrections
Test corrections given last week are due on Friday, November 4. Your child will receive half credit for the corrections. Please do not erase original answers. I highly encourage that your child do corrections on their tests to help boost their grades up.
NO CORRECTIONS on prayer test, however, students may retake the tests on Tuesday, Nov. 1 after school. The highest possible grade students can receive on retakes is 90% (B+).
SAINT REPORT DUE DATES
1. Choose Your Saint (due Oct.10)
2. Saint Report Essay Map (due Oct. 17) — Submit Google Docs via Google Classroom
3. Saint Report Essay Draft (due Oct. 24) — Submit Google Docs via Google Classroom
4. Saint Report Essay Final Draft (due Oct. 28) — HANDWRITTEN / CURSIVE
5. Powerpoint / Slides Presentation (due Oct. 31) — Upload on Google Classroom
HALLOWEEN TRUNK-OR-TREAT – October 31
It will be a 12 Noon Dismissal. Please note that our Office closes at 3pm that day, and Daycare will only be offered till 3pm after the Trunk or Treat and HalloweenParade/activities.
If your child is staying for Daycare until 3pm, please provide your child with a lunch from home as Happy Lunch will NOT be served on 10/31.
In addition you may also send your child with money that day, as the 8th grade is LUNCH FUNDRAISER after school on 10/31, so please support!
I will ask the students this week to let me know what their costumes will be. They must be appropriate and pre-approved, or a student may be sent home to change.
- Costumes should be child-friendly. No inflatables, no gory or scary clowns, no devils, or scary costumes
- Costumes Should Not:
- Be obstructive, offensive, inappropriate for a Catholic school (skimpy miniskirts or revealing tops), gory, evil, or violent
- Drag on the ground
- Contain sharp objects, pointed objects or materials that may accidentally strike another person.
- Contain any weapons which resemble or could easily be mistaken for an actual weapon.
- Encourage cross-dressing. Boys dress up like boys and girls dress up like girls.
Students must bring their own Halloween buckets/bag for trunk or treat. All students and adults volunteering may dress in their favorite appropriate Halloween costume and must follow these guidelines. The events are for students only. Adults working at or volunteering on campus for Trunk or Treat may earn up to 4 hours for decorating their trunks and helping to pass out candy.
ALL SAINTS’ DAY DRESS UP – November 1st
As part of your child’s Religion participation grade, he/she must come to school dressed up as ANY Catholic Saint for the Feast of All Saints. The Saint costumes do not need to be elaborate. The students will process into the church at the beginning of Mass with the school in their costumes. They should wear their Saint costumes OVER their school uniform as they will be changing in the classroom after Mass.
All Saints’ Day is a Holy Day of Obligation, so if you are not able to join us for Mass, you can find information for local churches at https://masstimes.org/. Make sure to confirm the Mass times on the parish websites, as sometimes there are changes not reflected on the Masstimes site/app. Mass times at St. Anthony of Padua on November 1st will be 6:30 AM, 8:00 AM, 12:00 PM, 5:30 PM, 7:00 PM (Language: Spanish).
** MUST wear PE Uniform under saint costume. **
Fifth Grade Survey
I welcome feedback on how your year is going and how together we can make 5th grade a positive growth year. This may be too early to ask for an evaluation but I would still like to hear your voice in case you did not have a chance to comment, ask, or suggest at our Back to School Night. This will be anonymous. Please respond by the end of this week. Please click the link https://forms.gle/2LNfPeUfVTu5ZuPd9
IMPORTANT DATES
Oct. 31 – Halloween Trunk or Treat
Nov. 1 – All Saints Day (Saint Dress Up Day)
Nov. 11 – Veteran’s Day (No School)
Nov. 18 – ST Math must be at 34% and AR Goal must be at 100%
Nov. 23 – End of First Trimester (Noon Dismissal)
Nov. 24 – 25 – Thanksgiving Break
Dec. 2 – 1st Trimester Awards & 5th Grade Class Merry Friendsgiving
Should you have questions/concerns, please do not hesitate to ask.
Thank you and God Bless,
Ms. Garcia
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