Kindergarten Update

Dear Parents,                                             December 17,2021

Thank you to all of the parents for all of your support during this challenging time and during this busy holiday season. Thanks also to your children for their hard work and attention to their studies.

Don’t forget to have your child pick a selection for our Oratorical Fest and submit it by email to us. Selections are due on Friday, January 7th, 2022. 

If you would like your child to participate in Christmas Eve Mass:

–Christmas Eve Mass on Dec. 24th at 5:15 PM

-MANDATORY Christmas Eve Rehearsal on Dec. 23rd at 5:00PM at the church to give roles, costumes and rehearse

We will return to school on Tuesday, January 4th, 2022.  Teachers have a Staff Work Day on Monday, January 3rd.

No SuperKid the first week that we return.

                            What’s Happening In Class When We Return?

ELA/ SuperKids/ Writing– Students will now be introduced to the SuperKids Club.Students will decode and encode many more words and begin to read longer stories. They will be copying and writing sentences and practicing reading using their finger to track the print.  Students  will continue to practice blending sounds to read words. Most children will demonstrate steady improvement and begin to have more confidence in their decoding and fluency skills while others may need more encouragement and support. We will begin to customize instruction to better address children’s differing abilities.

Math.-We will continue with our Math Interactive Notebooks focusing on numbers to 20 as well as our Bridges Workplaces.

Religion– Students will focus on our Student Learning Expectations-Respectful, Responsible, Reverent and Life Long Learner.

Social Studies– Goals for 2022!

Science- Begin Unit on Weather

                                                   Looking Ahead

Monday, December 20th-Monday, January 2nd, 2022-CHRISTMAS VACATION

Monday, January 3rd,,2022 – Elementary Staff Day -No SCHOOL

Tuesday, January 4th, 2022– Return to school

Friday, January 7th-2022- Oratorical Selections due 

Looking back on 2021 during this pandemic, we have adjusted our lives-school, work, home to what this new normal is.  However we remain grateful for our health and the health of those we hold dear. We are grateful for the heartfelt efforts at remembering social distancing and mask wearing while in public settings.  We pray at this time of year for healing and God’s guidance towards an end to the suffering.

And so it is Christmas- another holiday to be shared somewhat differently than before. Yet it is still a beloved remembrance and reflection of Christ’s birth. We wish you peace, good health and  the gifts of perseverance, faith and prayer. Merry Christmas and Cheers to 2022!

With sincere gratitude and appreciation,

Mrs.Foster, Mrs. Halkias and Mrs. Hall