A FEW NOTES FROM ME
Emergency Comfort Bags
Please send in your child’s emergency bag ASAP. The list can be found here.
P.E. is on Mondays and Thursdays.
- On Mondays – students should come to school in their regular uniform and change into their P.E. uniform at lunch.
- On Thursdays, students should come to school in their P.E. uniform and change into their regular uniform during recess (full uniform per Sister Kathleen’s request).
- IF YOUR CHILD IS SAFETY PATROL – they may wear their red SP shirt and white pants all day if they are on duty the day of P.E.
Catalog Fundraising – Sixth Grade Camp
Every year, Sixth Grade and Eighth Grade participate in catalog sales to raise money for Sixth Grade Camp and Graduation events, respectively. The profit from our sales goes towards individual Sixth Grade Camp balances – the more your child sells, the less you have to pay for camp :).
Online access for our catalog fundraising can be found here. If your child is collecting money/checks & paper orders, the order form and money envelope are due to me on the morning of Friday, September 7th.
Jogathon – October 12th, 2018 – “Americana” —> Online donation
Our school goal for this year is $35,000. Contributions go towards funding our technology, science, art, and music programs. Thank you for helping our school! If you have any questions, please contact the Jog-A-Thon team at svsjogathon@aol.com.
Catch the Americana spirit and show off your business on our St. Vincent’s Jog-a-thon T-shirt this year. You don’t need to own a business to sponsor – your employer can sponsor and your family receives the credit towards your PTG Commitment. Also, your child will receive FREE DRESS and will be entered to win a SONY PS4. Click here for the sponsorship information. Any questions, see Camille Dickinson or Dalece Sardina or email svsjogathon@aol.com.
We have some great prizes this year!
- Bring in a Gold Sponsor or higher earns 3 entries to the raffle for a Sony PS4
- Every student that raises $100 online by Friday 9/21 will receive 1 entry to the raffle for a Sony PS4 and a chance to win a $25 Target gift card (2 gift cards available)
- Student with the most money raised online by Friday 10/5 will have the choice between being Miss Huscher’s music assistant or Mr. Arnas’s mad scientist assistant
- Every student who raises $100 in pledges or brings in a sponsor receives a free dress pass
- Students who raise $500 or more in pledges will earn 5 entries to the PS4 raffle
- Grade Cluster Prizes 6-8: Students who raise the most money in Grades 6-8 will earn (3rd) a $50 gift card of own choosing, (2nd) $100 gift card of own choosing, or (1st) 32″ TCL Roku SmartTV
T-shirt order forms will be sent home with your child on the first day of school – please send back to classroom by 8/31.
Summer Unplugged – Back to School Social
Join St. Vincent School’s Class of 2019 on Friday, September 7th at 5pm on the black top for a night of food and fun to kick off the school year! Catch up with friends in our beer garden while your kids enjoy some cotton candy and have a shot at the Dunk Tank to soak their favorite teacher! Enter our Chili Cook-off or have a taste and judge the best for yourself! Music will energize the night and end with Karaoke that is sure to entertain us all!
Tickets to enter are $12 for adults and $8 for children. Tickets include a visit to food stations for pizza, sliders, hot dogs and kebobs. Purchase additional tickets for $5 beer/wine, $5 dunk tank (2 shots), $3 cotton candy, $1 soft drinks/bottled water. You can purchase tickets here or look for flyers in the school office.
THIS WEEK….
We’ve started our fundraising for camp – any paper orders should be turned in the classroom on Friday, September 7. Better yet, try out the online sales!
A few forms that might still be floating around your child’s backpack or binder…
- School Calendar and Handbook (sign and return by Friday, September 7)
- Jog-A-Thon Information and T-Shirt Orders (orders due Friday, August 31)
Reading/Language Arts: We are wrapping up our summer reading by writing a book review on one of the books read over summer. In addition, we’ll be focusing heavily on how to read informational text, using our text books as our main examples. During the first couple weeks of school, we’ll explore how the different features in each text aids in understanding of the content and various strategies to comprehend the material presented (note-taking skills).
We’ll also be starting our first unit in our Vocab book. Vocabulary and spelling both come from the same book. Normally, sixth grade will have a both spelling test and a vocabulary test on every Friday. However, to ease them into this book (it is a big jump from Fifth), this first unit will take us two weeks, as we are learning how to properly complete the book work and independent spelling menus. Vocab and Spelling Unit 1A tests are scheduled for Friday, 9/7.
Grammar this week focuses on sentences and the difference between subject & predicates.
Math: Our number systems unit focuses on using the place value system to recognize patterns, create relationships between numbers, and establishing generalizations (rules/properties) for operations with whole numbers and decimals. Please note that while a cumulative test will not be given until after the end of the unit, I will give smaller quizzes throughout the next few weeks (look out for the notice in your child’s homework planner or on the homework page of the class site).
This week, we’re focusing on divisibility, prime & composite numbers, and place value of whole numbers & decimals. The class will also be assigned a math project towards the end of this week, which will be due next Friday, Sept.7.
Religion: We are starting our exploration of the Old Testament by exploring the different ways God reveals his self to us. This week, we will explore the various ways God has revealed His self through creation (including us as humans).
Social Studies: Our first Social Studies unit (Origins) focuses on the origins of civilization. We will study the development of hunter-gatherer societies and discover how the first cities and civilizations formed. This week, we are exploring the use of artifacts to investigate early human life and the skills hunter-gatherer societies developed to survive.
Art: We’ll be working with the elements of color and line this week. We should start our first project on Friday.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Aug 27: Uniform Day, Ki’s Hot Lunch Begins
Aug. 30: Back to School Night (1st – 6th)
Sept 3: Labor Day – NO SCHOOL
Sept 5: PTG Meeting (6p Social, 6:30p Meeting)
Sept 7: 12N Dismissal; 4p – 8p Back-to-School Social
Sept 10-21: STAR testing
Sept 11: 6th Grade Hot Lunch
Sept 12: School Mass (formal uniform)
Sept. 16: Family Mass
Sept. 19: Progress Reports
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