12-15-14

Kindergarten Newsletter

December 15, 2014

Letter of the Week: Vv

Sight Word of the Week: Q1, Q2 review

Prayer of the Month: Gloria

Christmas Party:  We will have a special snack, treat, and juice Friday, December 19th.

Uniform Dress Code:

Please be aware, the only sweatshirt allowed is the OLM sweater/sweatshirt.  Jackets (any color) may be worn at recess on the playground only.  Also the rules and guidelines can be found in the parent handbook.

Spirit of Christmas: Student council is sponsoring an all school Christmas Food Drive. Please bring in a can of green beans, corn or peas.  We are also accepting warm clothes and toys.  Thank you for those that have already brought in a donation.

Homework:

No homework will be sent home this week.  Homework will be sent home the Friday that we return to school.

Please continue to practice letter and number recognition (upper and lower case) letter sound association, and sight words. We are also working on ordinal numbers (first, second, third, etc), writing our numbers 1-30,  rhyming words, in addition to blending and segmenting words (b-a-t, bat), and writing. 

Dates to Remember:

12/17 Christmas Program 6:30pm  at St. Pat’s

12/19 Free Dress & Minimum Day.  12:30 Dismissal.  NO EXTENDED CARE

12/22- 1/4  Christmas Vacation

1/5/15  School resumes

Don’t forget Friday dismissal is at 12:30.  There is no Extended Care on this day!

Wishing you all a Blessed Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Nutcracker ballet field trip.

Parents,

Our field trip is tomorrow and the children are looking forward to it. Please note the following reminders:

All students must bring their car seat/booster.

All children are to wear their school uniform. 

Drivers & chaperones are to meet by 9 as we will leave at 9:15. 

(You may want to come a few minutes earlier as we need to install the car seats)

We will return around 12. 

See you tomorrow!

Mrs. Gargano 

 Kindergarten Newsletter

11/17/14

Letter of the Week: Bb

Sight Word of the Week: can, not

Prayer of the Month: Act of Contrition

We had a great turn out for the Thanksgiving Program last week. Thank you everyone for bringing your children. We hope you enjoyed the performances and food.

Operation Christmas Child:

A few children have brought in various items. If you would like to contribute please bring your items in tomorrow morning.  We will be filling shoeboxes tomorrow afternoon.  Thanks again for helping.

Field Trip:  We will be attending the Nutcracker Ballet at Buhach Colony High School on December 4^th.  Permission slips are due this Friday.  Drivers are needed.

Classroom Helpers:

If you are interested in helping out in the classroom 9am-10am Mondays, Tuesdays or Wednesdays, just let me know and we can arrange a day for you to come join the fun!

Dates to Remember:

11/18 Thanksgiving Feast with First Grade

11/21-25 Thanksgiving Vacation

11/23 School Mass 5pm at St. Patrick’s Church

12/4 Field Trip –  The Nutcracker Ballet at Buhach Colony High

11-12-14 newsletter

Kindergarten Newsletter

11/12/14

Letter of the Week: Bb

Sight Word of the Week: who, for

Prayer of the Month: Act of Contrition

Thanksgiving Program:

We are in the Thanksgiving Program tomorrow night Thursday November 13, 2014. We have been practicing our performance and the children are eager to get up on stage.  We will meet in our classroom at 6:15 pm.  The program starts at 6:30 pm.  Children are to wear something nice.  Church clothes are fine. See you there!

T-Shirts:

We are making a Native American costume. Please bring in an adult sized white t-shirt. One of Dad's old ones is perfect! Turn in ASAP.

Classroom Helpers:

If you are interested in helping out in the classroom (9-10), just let me know and we can arrange a day for you to come join the fun!

Operation Christmas:

As we give thanks for the blessings in our lives let us not forget those in need. Each year the classes at OLM gather various supplies and create shoe boxes filled with necessities and small toys for the poor in third world countries. I will be sending home a flyer of things that your child can bring to contribute to our Operation Christmas shoebox. Due:  Monday November 17th

Dates To Remember:

11/18 Thanksgiving Feast with First Grade

11/21 Thanksgiving Prayer Service

11/21-25 Thanksgiving Vacation

12/4 Field Trip – The Nutcracker Suite at Buhach Colony High

11-3-14 newsletter

Kindergarten Newsletter

11/03/14

Letter of the Week: Ll

Sight Word: look we

Prayer of the Month: Act of Contrition

Please continue to practice recognizing and writing: sight words, ABC's, & # 1-30. We will continue working on these skills in class. In addition we will continue practicing our phonics skills, identifying beginning sounds, blending/segmenting and rhyming.

Free Dress:  We won the Box Top competition in October!  We have earned a free dress tomorrow!  Thank you for your support.

Dress Code: Don't forget the fall/winter dress code means no more shorts. Also, the only sweatshirts that may be worn on campus are the OLM sweatshirts. Jackets may be any color but can only be worn during recess. Please refer to the handbook if you have any questions.

Hair: Boys--hair must be above the ears, eyebrows and collar. Girls--only Black, brown, white or OLM hair clips (etc) may be worn ( no pink, purple, aqua, etc., hair ties, clips or rubber bands).

Thanksgiving Snack: It is tradition here at OLM for the kindergarten (Native Americans) to share a Thanksgiving snack for the first graders (Pilgrims). We will have a small Thanksgiving snack with Mrs. M’s first grade class 11/18/14. I am asking each child to bring an adult sized white t-shirt (due Thursday) to make our costumes.

Dates to Remember:

11/5                           Spirit Free Dress- Wear an OLM Shirt and pants/skirt.

11/6               Veteran’s Day Program at 8:30.  All are welcome.

11/10 &11     No School

11/7                           Mass, Early Dismissal & 2 pkgs. of gravy mix due,

11/13                         Fall Program

11/18                         Thanksgiving Feast with First Grade

11/24-28       Thanksgiving Vacation

10-27-14

Kindergarten Newsletter
October 27, 2014

Letter of the Week: Cc

Sight Word of the Week: yes, no
Theme: Halloween/Red Ribbon Week
Prayer of the Month: Hail Holy Queen

Red Ribbon Week:    M-Color It Drug Free- chalk art activity

                                                T- Red & White Free Dress- healthy living fair K-4

                                                W- Itune out Drugs- dance activity

                                                Th- Knockout Drugs- Relay Races

                                                F- Scare Drugs Away!- costume parade

School Mass:  Free dress on Wednesday if you attended the 9am school Mass at St. Patricks Church this past Sunday.

Please bring in a plain white mens sized t-shirt (new or gently used). We will use it to make a Native American costume.

Halloween Carnival: Thank you to all who helped in our booths.  We had a great turn out!

Uniform: 

It is almost time to put away the shorts and bring out the pants.  Boys must wear the navy corduroy pants and girls must wear the plaid jumper.  Pink socks, shoes, and shoelaces are no longer allowed.

Reminders:

School Mass: November 7th

Nov 10 &11  No School

Thanksgiving Program – November 13

Thanksgiving Prayer Service:  8:15 Friday November 21^st

Thanksgiving Vacation:  Nove 24-28^th