Weekly Updates 2/25 – 3/1

A FEW NOTES FROM ME

• 6th Grade Camp is fast approaching! We will have a parent meeting on Thursday, March at 7:00 p.m. in the Sixth Grade classroom. The program director from Camp Stevens will be present to give a preview of the program and answer any questions you, as a parent, may have. In addition, I will have payment updates, forms to fill out, and requests for information. At least one parent should be in attendance.
• A new electric/camera entrance box has been installed at the Ft. Stockton Gate by the school office. This gate will be the main entrance to our school. All parents, visitors, deliveries etc. will enter through this gate. Effective February 19th the school will no longer use the Ibis Street Gate – we will use the Fort Stockton Gate. The Ibis Street gate by the parish office will only be available to the preschool parents and parish guests only.  See Sr. Kathleen’s email for further details and instructions. Please call the school office if you need more information or have questions.
• Please note if you are stopping by the school during school hours, you must stop by the school office using the Fort Stockton gate. In an effort to increase instructional time and decrease interruptions, please leave uniforms, lunches, etc with the office staff, who will deliver to the classroom when appropriate. If you are going to a classroom, you must have a visitor’s pass/badge from the school office.

Don’t forget – your child can play Prodigy at home to practice math skills! It’s a fun, interactive game that helps build math skills and is geared to your child’s individual level and needs!

UPCOMING EVENTS

Pancake Breakfast
Date for the upcoming pancake breakfast hosted by 5th grade has been moved to Thursday, Feb 28, 6:45 – 9 am. Breakfast is $7 per person or $20 for a family of 4. Hope you’ll join us! *** Students may wear Disney-themed free dress for this event – regular uniform if students do not have/choose not to wear Disney gear. ***

Stations of the Cross & Fish Fry – Fridays during Lent
Stations of the Cross in the Church on Fridays during during Lent. Join us for Fish Fry (4:30p – 7p) in the Parish Hall before or after stations.
Tickets: Adults ($15 door, $12 pre-sale); Children ($8 door, $6 pre-sale) 12 and under; To go orders are available!
See flyer for more infomation.

BIG BASH – Versailles
The Big Bash fundraiser to benefit St. Vincent School will be held at the Bahia Resort on Mission Bay. Our theme this year is “Versailles”. Tickets are on sale now through the school website at www.svscatholic.org or click here.
Merci Beaucoup

THIS WEEK….

Reading/Language Arts:

Vocab – Vocab 15A this week – we will have a test this Friday. NOTE: no menu this week (lots of writing and grammar this week!)

Writing: We have started our persuasive essays. Last week, we chose a side to take (pro/con) and started our brainstorming/prewrite process. This week, we are continuing to conduct research to support the reasoning presented, organizing our thoughts into outlines, and drafting paragraphs. Full drafts (intro/body paragraphs/conclusion) are due for check on Monday, 3/4.

Reading: We are continuing to read Tuck Everlasting. Our EQs for the story:

1. Should people live forever?
2. Does every choice have a consequence?
3.Does your view of life depend on your age or stage in life?

For Grammar this week, we are continuing to look at prepositional phrases, as well as transitive and intrasitive verbs.

Math: Continuing our unit on equations and expressions… we have been working with algebraic expressions and equations including fractions. We will have a test this Tuesday.

We will be moving in to integers this week.

Religion: This week, we are jumping into an exploration of the Israelites as a royal people – specifically the appointment of Saul and David by the prophet Samuel, as well as the appointment of Solomon. Please note, we are combining Chapters 11 and 12 – test is scheduled for Friday.

Social Studies: We are finishing up our study of early Indian civilizations and will be moving in to a study of Indian empires. Quick assessment moved to Tuesday this week.

UPCOMING EVENTS