Dear Parents,
Today, we had our 100th day of school celebration. It’s a day to celebrate our accomplishments, but also an opportunity to reflect on our learning. We continue to promote and practice a Growth Mindset--to model to our children to challenge ourselves and show how we can grow by learning from our mistakes and to reflect on how “Knowledge feeds GROWTH.” Yet let’s not neglect our spiritual growth. I offer these petitions to help keep our spirits strong and faithful:
We lay our prayers before the Lord, who gives us strength.
We pray that those who lead us in faith and serve our Church, Pope Francis, our bishops, and pastors continue to be guided by the Holy Spirit.
We pray for national, state, and local leaders, that their work is focused on their desire to serve.
We pray for the students, families, faculty, and staff of our school, that we never forget our call to discipleship.
Guide us so that we may grow closer to you, O Lord.
In the power of your Spirit and in the name of your Son, Jesus Christ, we pray. AMEN.
--Mrs. Sandra Jimenez
AZTEC TREK
Please remember that the due date to submit the mandatory $100 Aztec Trek collection is Friday, February 21.
The more money a student collects, the more prizes and class points can be earned! Thank you in advance for your support!
FAMILY DINNER AND DANCE
See the attached flyer and ticket order form for our annual Family Dinner and Dance! This year, it will be held on Saturday, February 22. Tickets are limited, so purchase your tickets early!
LIFETOUCH PHOTOS
Spring pictures will be taken tomorrow, February 13. These photos are optional. If your child will be taking Spring pictures, they may come to school in appropriate free dress. Your child may bring in their order form and payment tomorrow, or you can also place your photo order on www.mylifetouch.com using the following Picture ID: EVT3PBD4B
Our school panoramic photo will be taken on February 20. All students must be in complete uniform for this school-wide picture.
ARCHDIOCESE ELEMENTARY FAMILY GRANT
The application process for the Archdiocese Family Grant for the 2020-2021 school year has now begun. Please go on to mytads.comto begin the application process. Be sure you have your 2019 income tax information or 2019 income information (Calworks, social security, food stamps, etc.). Please be sure you have completed the total process by the Archdiocese deadline—April 15, 2020
BASIC FUND
New students entering for the 2020-2021 school year must go online to the by visiting www.basicfund.org and completing a NEW BASIC Fund Application no later than March 18, 2020.
Renewal families will be renewing their BASIC Fund scholarship online in March All student tuition accounts must be current with no past due balances. Please be sure you have your 2019 income tax information or 2019 income information (Calworks, social security, food stamps, etc.).
IN THE CLASSROOM
KINDER - Happy 100th and Valentine's Day to everyone! What another lovely week to bless all of us! We are growing and learning fast. To help support all the work that we are doing in the classroom, I have included more activities in the homework to help us stretch our brains! And I am delighted to see the effort being put into completing the additional activities. Please remember to now sign your homework packet each week. We need love to grow and we grow by showing our love!
1A - This week, we are learning about how animals work together and help each other. We are focusing on the long e sound (as in me, keep, seat). In religion, we are continuing to word on our lapbooks and perfecting our prayers. In math, we are working on subtracting from larger numbers by using the count on or take from ten methods. In science, we are being engineers and building structures out of different materials.
2A - We are reading the story “How the Beetle got its Colors.” We are comparing 3-digit numbers as well as finding 1, 10, and 100 more or less than a number. Use those 100's charts! We are starting to talk about what Reconciliation is. Please mark your calendars for our next First Communion parent meeting on Wednesday, February 9 at 5:45 p.m. in St. Peter's Church.
3A – Today we celebrated the 100th day of school and tomorrow we celebrate St. Valentine's Day. We have our classroom party on the 13th in honor of St. Valentine because we have no school on Friday, the 14th. For the 100th day of school, many fun and educational activities have been planned for the students. Let's show our school spirit and be 100 for the day!
4A - We have many exciting celebrations this week! Today, we celebrate the 100th day of school! 100 days of challenging our brains and growing academically, socially and spiritually. On Thursday, we will celebrate Valentine's Day. This week, we will focus on learning about St. Valentine's and various forms of kindness in Religion. In Reading, we will continue to focus on our novel Frindle. We will also be completing our next two paragraph writing assignment. We will continue to learn about important African American activists in our history and in the present day who helped make and continue to make the world we live in better. In math, we will continue to progress through our multiplication and division unit by focusing on multi-digit problems. In Science, we will conclude our weathering unit.
5A - This week, 5th graders are preparing to help lead activities at the K-5 100th Day of School celebration! We are continuing to practice division with 2-digit divisors and reviewing a variety of reading strategies in preparation for the next round of STAR assessments.
6A Religion – Students are completing their Growing in Love Bible Verse project and will visit their 2nd grade buddies for a Valentines Project. Language Arts – Students will be finishing our novel this week and we will be discussing several of the book's themes, centered around justice, family, and hope. Students will continue to work on their characterization charts as we prepare for our final comprehension test on the novel. Math - Students are converting fractions to decimals and then adding, subtracting, and multiplying decimals this week. 6th grade students received their math tests from last week. Test corrections and parent signatures are due Thursday, February 13. Social Studies – Students will present their Ancient Dynasty Research Projects. Science - Scientists will be presenting their solution to an environmental problem in 6th Grade Science's "Environmental Tank." We will be learning about large-scale weather patterns, like el Niño.
7A Religion – Students will show their martyr research in a gallery walk. Language Arts - Students have finalized their Poetry Unit by creating a Poetry Portfolio of all the poems they have composed over the last few weeks. They have moved on to the introduction of their next novel, Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick. They will participate in a series of pre-reading activities: the author and various themes/topics to ensure comprehension. Math - Students are continuing to review adding and subtracting integers and are learning how to multiply and divide integers. 7th grade students received their math tests from last week. Test corrections and parent signatures are due Thursday, February 13. Social Studies – Students are creating a medieval China or Japan outline flipbook. Science – Students prepare to talk about genetics and begin their genetic disorder project.
8A Religion - Students will continue to gain knowledge about the Crusades and previous notions of salvation. They will also look into the ACRE Test Preparation before completing the culminating test next week. Language Arts - Students are continuing to explore and exercise their creativity in their Poetry Unit. They have finished elegy poems and are moving on to romanticism poems. Math - Students are learning how to find missing degrees in triangles and other missing angle configurations with transversals and parallel lines. 8th grade students received their math tests from last week. Test corrections and parent signatures are due Thursday, February 13. Social Studies – Students will begin learning about the roles and responsibilities of the Judicial Branch. Science - Students begin to explore the laws of physics as we look to begin our mousetrap car project.
REMINDERS
Feb. 13 LifeTouch Spring Picture Day
Feb. 14 NO SCHOOL, Presidents’ Day Holiday
Feb. 17 NO SCHOOL, Presidents’ Day Holiday
Feb. 19 5:45 PM, Parent First Communion Meeting
Feb. 20 School Panoramic Photo
Feb. 22 5:00-8:00 PM, Family Dinner & Dance
Feb. 23 11:00 AM Sunday Family Mass
Feb. 24 12:30 Dismissal
