Happy Fall!

We have been very busy finishing up our 1st Quarter of school.  We have had visits from Miles, our therapy dog.  He visits us during some of our library times.  He loves to sit with us as we read.

We are also working on our projects for the fund raiser at the end of the month.  Each 6th Grader creates their own cross for parents to buy.  The kids choose a color and paint their cross.  Then they decide on a medium to decorate their cross.  They can choose stones, beads, tiles, or marble-colored egg shells.  We have many wonderful parent volunteers that organize and help with this project.

In Math classes, we are working on all things Integers and Decimals.  One activity we did was play Quiz, Quiz, Trade with dividing decimals.  Each student had a white board and a  problem.  They paired up with a partner, solved each other’s problem, offered help if it was needed, cheered each other on, and then switched boards and paired up with a different partner.  They had a fun time practicing this way.

During October, we will be going on two field trips.  We will be attending the musical at Marian and the Archdiocesan Vocation Day.

Next Thursday is Picture Day!  Please come to school looking your best and ready to smile!

We end the month with conferences on October 30th.  We look forward to talking with all of our parents.  Please plan on attending!

Mark your calendar for the 5th and 6th Grade musical.  They are presenting Hairspray, Jr. on November 14th.  This is always an amazing performance and you won’t want to miss it!

We are off to a great start!

We have one Math group that has practiced all things decimals.  We have created a checking account to practice addition and subtraction.  We practiced multiplying and dividing at the board and with word problems.  We also reviewed Properties of addition and multiplication.  Our next topic is Measures of Central Tendency- Mean, Median, Mode, and Range.  We will do some practice in class and then we will go outside to generate and gather some class data.  We will then take that data to the computer lab to see how technology can make our work much easier and faster!

Another Math group has now mastered place value, comparing, and rounding with whole numbers and decimals.  We will be starting to work on the four operations with whole numbers and decimals.

Some dates to remember:

Thursdays are mass days.  Please join us at 8:30 in the church.

September 8th is the St.Leo Festival from 11:00 – 6:00.  Please join us for food and fun!

September 20th there is no school.  Teachers will be having an in-service.

Terra Nova testing will be the week of Sept 23 – 27.  Please help make sure your child has a good breakfast and plenty of sleep these nights.  Also, please try to not make appointments for your child on these days so they do not miss testing.  

September 27th is a dress down day!  Please follow the guidelines in the handbook.  

It was wonderful seeing all of our families last night at Open House.  I am excited to get to know all of the 6th graders.  It is going to be a great year!

Calendar events:

Thursday, Aug 15- First day of school- noon dismissal.  Mass for 6th grade at 8:30am.  

Friday, Aug 16- Noon dismissal

Monday, Aug 19- Full day, 3:25 dismissal

Thursday, Aug 22- Parent Meeting at 7:00pm

Wednesday, Aug 28- All School Opening Mass at 10:00am

Reminders:

Students can bring a healthy snack and a drink on Thursday and Friday, Aug 15th & 16th.

Student Assignment notebooks are available in the office for $5.  You are welcome to stop in the office and get one or send money with your child and we will get it for them.