Dear Parents, May, 6,2022
The May Crowning on Wednesday was beautiful. The Kindergarteners together with the Third grade planned the mass. The Third grade honored Mary with special readings and the Kindergarteners carried a beautiful long stemmed red rose up to the altar for Mary. Emily Mathews carried a crown of fresh roses which was then blessed and placed on the statue of Mary. This has been a long time tradition at Saint Philip Neri which will continue as your children move on up through the grades.
Our Fun Run takes place on Tuesday, May 10th. Students may wear appropriate athletic clothing and shoes on May 10th, the day of the run, instead of their uniform.
- Teachers will provide all students with a FunRun t-shirt. We will hand the t-shirts out on the day of the run. Students will wear their FunRun t-shirts when they run.
- Be sure to send a water bottle with your child for that day!
Don’t forget about our Spring Concert on Thursday, May 12th. All students are required to be in attendance. Details were sent in last week’s Kindergarten Update and Mr. Q sent an email to all families with the specifics. Going with the theme of A Prayer for Peace here are the specifics for attire: For evening concerts, students typically wear “Nice Free Dress” (description on p. 45 of the handbook), and for this concert, bright spring colors are the theme! Students may also dress in the theme of “peace and love” (i.e. clothing with tie dye, flowers, peace signs, or rainbows), but please no jeans or shorts.
The art show and all classrooms will be open from 5:30-6:30 for you to visit and see all of the wonderful art and work that our students have been working on. This is a great time to see the 1st grade classroom! All students will need to be in the classroom at 6:30 as parents will need to get their seats in the church for the concert. Please remember that no students will be dismissed prior to the conclusion of the concert. Pickup will be along the side gate per our dismissal procedure.
May 21st is the final Family Mass of the year at SPN. If you would like your child to participate in the 5:15 pm Mass as a reader please email Mrs. Foster for more information.
Rory is our SuperKid for next week! Thanks to Lucia for sharing her things.
What’s Going on in the Classroom?
ELA/ SuperKids- finish Unit 22, Begin Unit 23-Identify upper and lowercase Xx and Yy, associate sound of Xx with “ks” and Y with “y”,form X and Y, follow oral directions, blend sounds to decode words, form exclamation mark, comma and quotation marks, use correct spacing and punctuation in a sentence,associate pictures with words and sentences,identify the title of a story, recognize smaller words in compound words, identify a rebus, answer questions about a story, draw conclusions, discuss story concept words
Math.Bridges- Workplace “Butterfly Race”- count up to 20 objects arranged in a lne, decompose numbers less than or equal to 10 into pairs in more than one way
Science – Force and Motion ( Push and Pull)
Social Studies-Famous Americans
Art- Begin Unit on EIEIART – World Major Artists
Looking Ahead
Tuesday, May 10th – Fun Run!
Thursday, May 12th- Celebration of the Arts 5:30-6:30PM, Spring Concert- 7PM
Tuesday, May 17th – Free dress for May birthdays
Thursday, May 26th – St. Philip Neri Feast Day
Friday, May 27th – SPN Olympics! Kindergarteners wear GRAY! Noon dismissal
Monday, May 30th- No School Memorial Day Holiday
Happy Mother’s Day to all of our mothers. You are so appreciated for all you do for your children and family. We hope that you enjoy your day.
Mrs. Foster, Mrs. Halkias and Mrs. Hall
