Operation Christmas Child Shoeboxes…

I hope your family plans to participate in the packing shoeboxes project again this year.  Information went home this week on red & green paper with the details.  Please fill a box and bring to school on Monday, Nov. 17 for the Chapel program on Tuesday, Nov. 18.  What an easy and fulfilling way for [...]

Scholastic Book Orders

If you’d like to order books from the Scholastic Book Order, please just write ONE CHECK to Scholastic and send in all the slips together which have marked your order.  You do not need to write separate checks!  Because we are getting close to the holidays, I’d be glad to order things for you (in [...]

What’s Coming…Oct. 27-31

Monday-F&F Performance Test
Tuesday- Chapel; F&F Skills & Vocabulary Test
Wednesday - Marble Jar Party (details to come…)
Thursday - Spelling Test - Unit 11; Scholastic Book Orders DUE; BMV Psalm 1:2-3a
Friday - 5 days of Fall Break - Enjoy!

Bible Lessons…

We are in the middle of one of the most interesting Bible study units, in my opinion.  We are going through the life of David.  We just finished the section called “Young David” which focuses on the early parts of David’s life.  Now, we are moving into the parts of David’s life when he is [...]

Fort Harrod report…

Parents,
Thank you so much for entrusting your children to us today to take this field trip.  Even though we had a solid downpour for the second half of the tour, no one over the age of 11 complained (ok, maybe a couple…when they got cold!)  The students learned a lot and had a good time, [...]

Carpool Notice from Mrs. Carson…

Parents-
Please note that for safety purposes students are not to play with balls or other items that could go out in the drive during carpool. We know that it is fun to play with other classmates; however, effective immediately this is not allowed due to traffic. It is our intention to make sure that students [...]

Weekly Reader Election results

The 4th grade participated in the national Weekly Reader election poll.  Our grade results were as follows:
McCain - 91 votes
Obama - 8 votes
Ron Paul - 1 vote
I have posted a link (to the right) to the Weekly Reader site.  There are several interactive games giving the students practice with the election process, presidential facts and [...]

Spanish update…

Parents,
I know many of you have been concerned over the quizzes and tests for Spanish this year.  I know some were even surprised by the report card grades.  Ms. Capita told the students today that there will be no more quizzes and tests given this year for academic grades.  She will assess them each class [...]

SCHOOL SUPPLIES

Your children are running low on pencils, glue sticks (we use A LOT!), and paper.  Please help them replenish these ASAP.  Thanks! 

Biography Book Report

Parents,
Our next book report will be on a biography book that the students choose.  We will focus on the comprehension skill we are finishing up now - “Cause & Effect”.  The important thing now is to choose a book in the next few days and start to READ it!  Most students chose one yesterday.  I [...]