- WALKATHON: Congratulations to all the students for doing SO WELL on our walk and for all of our families who worked so hard in getting pledges. And a special thank you to all of our Parent Helpers who supervised and assisted in making our walkathon such a safe and great success. Please note that pledges are due by Friday, October 18th in order to be considered for our various prize draws. You can send in your money and pledge forms in the blue folders and we will get it to the office where they will calculate our class total as well as who is eligible for the different prize draws we have for the students. Again, thank you for your support...we could not do this without YOU!
- PHOTO ORDERS: Order forms for photos were due on Friday, October 11th but you can also send them first thing on Tuesday morning. If you wish for your child to have a re-take, please either send back the proof indicating a re-take needed or send me a note (please write it down, rather than just telling me as I will likely forget if it's not in writing:o). Retakes will take place on October 24th.
- PUMPKIN PATCH: Permission forms are due by Wednesday, October 16th. I am also sending home the driver note to families who have not completed one so that you can fill it out and return it so that we will have it for any future fieldtrips :o) Please also note that we encourage parents who wish to supervise at fieldtrips to also complete a Criminal Record Check as we require these documents for safety reasons for our students. Thank you again for your willingness to help and to spend time with us...again, we could not have fieldtrips without you!
- ALPHABET FLASHCARDS: I will be sending home an envelope with alphabet flashcards that come from the back of our class Phonic's Books. These cards can be kept at home but I would encourage you to use them with your child to review the different letters and their sounds, particularly the ones we have covered in class so far (Aa to Ee). We continue to work on becoming confident with all our letters so any additional support from home is always appreciated. Thank you!
- SUNDAY GOSPEL: As we returned a little later than I thought on Friday from our Walkathon, I didn't have a chance to send home our Sunday Gospel book so I will send it home on Tuesday but please return back to school before Friday. It is a wonderful Gospel for Thanksgiving as we hear the story of the 10 lepers, who are healed by Jesus. But only one returns to praise God so it is an excellent remind to all of us to also take time to say thank you to God, for all the blessings we have in our life.
- SAINT PROJECT: Your child should have brought home a note and a worksheet that asks them to pick a favourite saint to write about. If you have any questions or have trouble locating information about a particular saint, please let me know. I will also be sending a note home asking you to indicate who your child might dress up on for All Saints Day (Friday, November 1st). I do this so I can talk about these saints prior to the day so that we are all a little more familiar with them. Some popular choices in the past are St. Francis, St. Anthony, St. Nicholas, Angel Gabriel, Mother Mary, St. Therese the Little Flower and St. Joan of Arc. Bathrobes and pillow cases can make easy costumes for all our Little Saints :o) Please see me if you need any costume ideas as well but we really encourage all of our students to dress up for All Saints Day. So much of the focus is on Halloween but we try to build up as much excitement as we can around our Holy Heroes as we hope to all be Holy Heroes in Heaven one day as well. Thank you!
- STAR OF THE WEEK: CONGRATULATIONS to Mark for being our first Kindergarten Star of the Week. Here are a few things his classmates had to say about him as we celebrated him this past week...
Mark plays baseball.
We like him.
He plays nicely.
He has a medal.
He is a good friend.
Keep shining, Mark! You are a star! We look forward this week to celebrating our second class star, Rosa and learning about why she is so very special.
HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEK, EVERYONE AND GOD BLESS YOU ALL!!!
