Principal's Feb, 2010 Letter
Feb. 8, 2010
Dear Parents:
Our celebration of Catholic
Schools Week was a huge success! Thank
you to all who came to our special liturgy on January 31st,
gave
tours at our two Open House days, came to our parent Open House,
provided for
the teacher luncheon, doled out ice cream on Friday, supported our
Barnes and
Noble book fair, or volunteered in any capacity. We
could not have accomplished all of this
without your assistance. You are the
best!!!!
I know by now most
of you
have heard that St. Tarcisius School will be closing in June. This is a sad time for their school and
parish community and our thoughts and prayers will be with them these
next few
months as they work to close their school.
The Archdiocese has
designated our school,
you will join me in
helping
some St. Tarcisius students transition to
Any St. Tarcisius
parent who
wishes to continue their child’s Catholic education, will be
welcome to submit
an application and go through our application process for admission.
On March 1st you
will receive a
re-registration packet for the 2010-2111 school year.
Our re-registration period runs from March 1st
to April 1st. Parents who
wish to apply for financial assistance can apply online at www.factstuitionaid.com and
then must
call Mrs. Sebastian at 508 875- 5959.
Thank you!
Thank You, PTO!
On behalf of the staff and
students I would like to thank the PTO for these recent donations:
·
One new lunch
table (picnic style) to replace an “old” one with missing
stools
(irreplaceable)
·
A new large
screen monitor for our school library.
This is hooked up to the computers for use with library class
lessons
·
A donation to the
principal’s discretionary fund.
Thank
You, Students and Parents:
Our fundraiser on Friday,
January 29th, for the victims of the earthquake in
Our February coin
drive is in
full swing. This year the PTO has opted
to give half of the amount raised to our Haitian relief fund and the
other half
to our sister school in
Did You
Know:
- On
January 15th, four 7th grade students (Conor
Dykeman, Annie Budra, Emily Generazio, Caroline Rakip) accompanied by
Mrs. Trombino, attended a workshop for Middle School students at
- The Annual Fund has received
over $11,000. in donations thus far.
Thank You!
- From Ms. Fannon: Grade
6 constructed Roman
architecture structures in class. The coliseums and aqueducts are
amazing. The class will now begin studying Ancient China and
celebrate the Chinese New Year.
In
small groups Grade 8 created their
own Utopia to tie in with reading the novel The Giver.
Grade 7 students, working in small groups, are
discovering
many facts about Western European countries. They will have a European
Fair on
Wednesday.
The
Middle School has started their Junior Achievement Course that is
taught by St.
B’s parents - the topic for this year is Economics for
Success. This
explores personal finance and students’ education and
career options
based on their skills, interests, and values.
- February
may be a short school month but is filled with
many new and fun learning experiences
for the K1
students. Some of the topics being covered
include: Groundhog Day and shadows
President’s Day, dental health, the Winter
Olympics, and
the face value of
coins. A couple of
highlights will be celebrating
Valentine’s Day, and our
100th Day of school. This class is
always busy!
- 5th Grade is mathematically and geometrically creating
Chinese
Dragons. They will learn about the Chinese
calendar, and conclude their learning on
Monday,
February
8th, with a day of celebration.
The student
will begin with a Dragon parade, make origami
shapes,
and end the day with a movie tracing Chinese
history.
The celebration of Chinese New
year is a tradition in
China
Sadly,
Mrs. Logue’s 5th grade class will be having a going
away party for
our three new friends, Ha, Marc, and Kim, Korean exchange students who
have
been with us since the beginning of January. It has been an honor and a
pleasure to have them with us. The class will look forward to
exchanging letters
throughout the remainder of the year.
6.
In Math, the third grade is beginning the concept of
division.
In Social Studies the children are
entering
into studying governments: federal, state, local
and conclude with a study of
DC, their
topic for the State Fair.
7.
To celebrate the
100th day of school, KB and
KM are collecting 100 non-perishable food items to donate to the
food
pantry. As of 2/3 KB has 66 items and KM has collected 86!
8.
Our
first graders are completing
a unit on the Gingerbread Man. The
children have compared versions of this
classic fairy tale, re-wrote a story with a new ending and, at Open
House, made
a keepsake gingerbread boy or girl from applesauce, cinnamon and glue. In religion class they have been learning
that Jesus loves them so much that He sent the Holy Spirit. The class is looking forward to their 100th
day and its activities.
9.
During the
month of January the second grade children wrote about
their Reconciliation experience,
completed a mini unit on snowflakes and worked on several activities to
prepare
for Catholic Schools Week. The second graders will be celebrating
the
100th day of school. In cooperative groups
and centers they
will work on various 100th day math activities. The
children
will be having a 100 word spelling test. For each day the test
will be
given in 25 words increments. These words are some of our
previous
spelling words since the beginning of the school year.
In celebration of “Black History Month" the
children
will research and complete a book report on a famous Black American of
their
choice. They will also write a letter to
their special
valentine. The week before winter vacation will be a review
week
and the children will use the week to review many learned skills and
concepts. February will be BUSY!!!!!!
10.
Sixth
and seventh grade language arts
classes have been focusing on grammar topics.
Sixth grade has created nouns posters, and they have been learning
about
different types of pronouns. They will finish up a unit on
punctuation
shortly after vacation. Seventh grade has made preposition
posters, and
they have been learning about verb forms, prepositions, and verb
complements. They’ve been playing ”Parts of Speech
BINGO” and
“Punctuation BINGO,” and students will design a grammar
game of their own.
During the month of February and March, they will also focus on nonfiction topics associated with the students’ Science Fair projects. Students will be assigned an oral presentation on an aspect of their research. Time will be spent in the computer lab practicing research skills, such as taking notes from a website, keeping a research log, and citing sources throughout the research process. Once the Science Fair gets closer, they will review editing for content, grammar, and mechanics. Students will also be introduced to the concept of writing an abstract for their research paper.
CIA’s
(Christians In Action) for January:
K1
Brian Dutile
2B Olivia Generazio(2)
KM Emma Judge
2A Lucas Pekkarinen
KM Shane
Fonseca 2A Amelia Pyron
2B
Sophia Pelletier
7K
2B
Gillian Elias
8F Kit Langan
2B
Lizzy Brady
2B
Olivia Generazio (2)
2B
Brittany Kirwan
God Bless You,
Mrs.
Roseanne Mungovan
Principal
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