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Second Grade Update

Dear Second Grade Families, Your wonderful children and I enjoyed a great second full week of school! They were reverent and joyful as we experienced our first All School Mass together, enthusiastic during Garden lessons with Ms. Kristen, thoughtful as we created art to decorate the church in honor of first responders, and motivated as we started Accelerated Reader and dove into our first reading log entries! Thank you for supporting them in bringing their 4×6 covers for their reflection logs. It was illuminating to see what images they chose to inspire them! 🙂
  • Food Drive This week on Wednesday, the Executive Director of the Alameda Food Bank will visit SPN to kick of our food drive! Please join us for morning ceremony if you can! 🙂 Also, you will be receiving a flyer with more details in this week’s family envelope. Many of your children were so enthusiastic about our drive that they asked if they could have extra copies of the flyer to share with family friends and neighbors! They also wanted to create posters for our school! So awesome of them!
  • What We Are Learning
    • English Language Arts
      • Word Work – identifying and spelling sh/ch/tch words, using and spelling pronouns, recognizing and forming possessive nouns
      • Reading – introducing our SUPER magazine and small-group reading practice
      • Writing – practicing letter writing and editing with get-to-know-me letters
    • Math – using story problems to reinforce number facts to 20, exploring odd/even numbers
    • Social Studies – exploring our families and traditions
    • Science – making observations and developing scientific questions, exploring the power of water with respect to Earth’s landforms
    • Religion – exploring how God invite us to know him and believe in him
  • Important Dates/Events This Week
    • Wednesday, Sept. 11th – Visit from Alameda Food Bank; Food Drive Kick Off! (9/11-9/30)
    • Friday, Sept. 19th – Free dress with Fun Fair T-Shirt
    • Friday, Sept. 20th – No School / No Share and Care (Staff Training Day)
    • Saturday, Sept. 21st  Fun Fair!
    • Monday, Sept. 23rd – Free dress for September birthdays
With gratitude, Catherine Suer

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What Our Families are Saying

"The supportive teachers at SPN played a big role in preparing me for high school and helping me understand what to expect. They encouraged me to ask questions and seek help when needed, which made me more confident in my learning. Thanks to them, I entered freshman year already familiar with many concepts and effective study habits that have helped me stay on top of my work. SPN also taught me valuable life skills that I still use today, helping me succeed academically, build strong friendships, and maintain my overall well-being."
— Tibby Horvath, SPN Class of 2022
"We are very satisfied with the SPN community, something that is important to our family. My children feel safe and comfortable with SPN. Our family feels connected with the SPN community from parents and families to the staff and faculty. My children and we as parents have made healthy and positive relationships with other families from school. We share time outside of school with other families which brings a level of connectedness I don't know if we would have elsewhere"
— SPN Parent
"My children are experiencing community in other ways than just friends and playdates. Faith Families is an example of community, interacting with students from all grade levels, and learning and creating for others outside of SPN. Field trips to Kids Against Hunger or the Alameda Food Bank where they work and see firsthand how their efforts help others less fortunate, for those who are in need of support. Community is not just our SPN ‘bubble,’ and that is what SPN demonstrates and provides– opportunity to explore a bigger community."
— SPN Parent since 2016

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